Re: Colored Gels for B/W Vector Games

I thought of that, too but my Red Baron has a rigid, curved, screen-
sized overlay, not unlike the ones used on Cinematronics games like
Armor Attack.

K

On Oct 29, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Bob Langelius wrote:

> The blue is probably for Red Baron.
> Bob
>
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>> From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:owner-
>> vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Kristopher Sandrick
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:02 PM
>> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>> Subject: VECTOR: Colored Gels for B/W Vector Games
>>
>> Hey, all.
>>
>> Just about ten years ago, I restored an Omega Race upright and added
>> it to my collection. It's been running great and has been enjoyed
>> ever since. The original yellow-tinted gel screen overlay was still
>> with the machine, albeit faded considerably. At the time, I
>> contacted
>> a local theatrical supply house, obtained a swatchbook and set to
>> work
>> matching up the colors (I was also working on a Battlezone and
>> something that used a blue gel... Asteroids Deluxe maybe?). I bought
>> the yellow gel, then shelved it, figuring I'd get around to it
>> someday. This week, I opened up and disassembled the Omega Race to
>> perform some overdue maintenance in the course of getting the
>> gameroom
>> ready for a Halloween party. While it was apart, I remembered the
>> yellow gel and installed it when reassembling the machine. I had
>> always figured it'd make the graphics yellow, which I guess would be
>> nice but hadn't considered the fact that yellow cancels out blue.
>> The
>> screen always had a bit of a background glow to it, which I figured
>> I'd have to "dial out" someday (wasn't thinking of the fact that
>> vector monitors HAVE no "black level" to adjust and the fact that
>> blacklights make screen phosphors glow). Holy cow! What a
>> difference. The background phosphor glow is gone and the floating
>> effect of the graphics over the blacklight-lit cabinet graphics is
>> amazing. Really pops!
>>
>> Given this, just wanted to share the specifics (all gels are
>> Roscolux):
>>
>> For Omega Race, I used 312 Canary
>>
>> So long as I've got the info handy, here are the others I've used
>> with
>> good results:
>>
>> Battlezone is 25 Orange Red and 90 Dark Yellow Green
>>
>> I have no idea what the 71 Sea Blue would've been for. Omega Race
>> cabaret?
>>
>> Very respectfully,
>> Kris Sandrick
>> Player Two
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