Vertical schm'ups with a "Tate Yoko" mode?

[Metroid_Hybrid]

For the uninitiated (like I was until recently)

Spoiler: Description copy/pasted from Google AI

"Tate yoko mode" is a combination of two gaming terms: Tate mode, which refers to playing a game in a portrait (vertical) orientation, and yoko mode (or yoko), which means landscape (horizontal) orientation. This term is often used when discussing the practice of playing games that are designed for vertical arcade cabinets on modern horizontal screens by physically rotating the display.

• Tate mode: A game designed to be played vertically on a screen, common in classic arcade games like shoot 'em ups (shmups).
• Yoko mode: The standard horizontal orientation of most modern displays.
• Tate yoko mode: A term that describes the specific setup where a vertical game is played in its intended portrait orientation (Tate), but on a horizontal screen (Yoko). This is often achieved by rotating the television or monitor 90 degrees, and sometimes involves rotating the game's inputs to match the new screen orientation.

I had no idea this was a thing until I played Donpachi & DoDonpachi (eBoots) on my PSP, and I was blown away with being able to play vertical schm'ups this way..

Are there any others that you are aware of?

 

[Bandini]

Star Soldier on psp

 

[χKai]

Judgement Silversword on Wonderswan Color

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

As far as I know Ikaruga and Shikigami no Shiro 2 on the Gamecube both had a sorta "Vertical 2" option where both the view and inputs are shifted to 45° sideways.

 

[qw90700]

Well this one is a very popular example:

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Well this one is a very popular example:

I think they didn't mean shoot'em ups with the direction swapping (like Salamander) but with the possibility to play as Tate on a non Tate screen.

I think that some emulators allow that as well.

 

[CaptainToad]

Ghost Blade on Wii U on the gamepad maybe? You can play it vertically on the gamepad held on its side.

I can't actually understand what the difference between Tate and Tate Yoko is.

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Do you mean like this?: https://yokotate.hazard-city.de/

They post about creating a device for arcades to output at the TATE resolution that's then rotated and rescaled to fit on a horizontal display so you get the full resolution but pillarboxed on a horizontal display so you don't need to rotate your screen to get that lost resolution the TATE mode usually offers that the original YOKO mode usually doesn't.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Star Soldier on psp

I have that one. I heard about it long before I ever soft-modded my PSP. As it does it by default; even gives you a warning screen before rotating..

Judgement Silversword on Wonderswan Color

I'll have to look into that one. Thanks..

I can't actually understand what the difference between Tate and Tate Yoko is.

"Tate" only rotates the screen..
"Tate Yoko" rotates the screen AND the controls. Thus can be comfortably played with a vertically held PSP, for example..

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Both Layer Section on the Saturn and Ikaruga on the Dreamcast support Tate mode. Layer Section has the edge on this particular element, since you can also disable the hud at any time with a simple button press to let you see more of the screen in standard mode.

 

[Atilla]

For the uninitiated (like I was until recently)

Spoiler: Description copy/pasted from Google AI

"Tate yoko mode" is a combination of two gaming terms: Tate mode, which refers to playing a game in a portrait (vertical) orientation, and yoko mode (or yoko), which means landscape (horizontal) orientation. This term is often used when discussing the practice of playing games that are designed for vertical arcade cabinets on modern horizontal screens by physically rotating the display.

• Tate mode: A game designed to be played vertically on a screen, common in classic arcade games like shoot 'em ups (shmups).
• Yoko mode: The standard horizontal orientation of most modern displays.
• Tate yoko mode: A term that describes the specific setup where a vertical game is played in its intended portrait orientation (Tate), but on a horizontal screen (Yoko). This is often achieved by rotating the television or monitor 90 degrees, and sometimes involves rotating the game's inputs to match the new screen orientation.

I had no idea this was a thing until I played Donpachi & DoDonpachi (eBoots) on my PSP, and I was blown away with being able to play vertical schm'ups this way..

Are there any others that you are aware of?

There are many on the sega saturn, ps1 and some on dreamcast. Generally most of the arcade ports have the option. I usually always play arcade tate mode even on a horizontal screen. I found the easiest way to play without rotating your actual screen is to choose the arcade mode(which will usually put the screen sideways) then go to retroarch main video settings and rotate the screen once 90 degrees(this will rotate the orientation back vertically on your monitor). This works well on a decent size monitor, playing in arcade mode is definitely optimal, you'll have more screen space to see enemies and projectiles ahead of time like it was originally intended on arcade cabinets. Another plus to this setup is you wont have to rotate/remap the controls.

 

[MajesticSiN]

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

There are many on the sega saturn, ps1 and some on dreamcast. Generally most of the arcade ports have the option. I usually always play arcade tate mode even on a horizontal screen. I found the easiest way to play without rotating your actual screen is to choose the arcade mode(which will usually put the screen sideways) then go to retroarch main video settings and rotate the screen once 90 degrees(this will rotate the orientation back vertically on your monitor). This works well on a decent size monitor, playing in arcade mode is definitely optimal, you'll have more screen space to see enemies and projectiles ahead of time like it was originally intended on arcade cabinets. Another plus to this setup is you wont have to rotate/remap the controls.

Maybe I didn't make it explicit enough, but I'm trying to do this on my PSP. So talking about different monitors, and virtually everything else you said, completely misses the point of what I'm looking for..

 

[χKai]

I'll have to look into that one. Thanks..

Oh, it's great. A lot of fun, a few attack options, dual D-pad controls for your ship and lasers. Played vertically on the Wonderswan Color, it is probably one of the best titles for the handheld in my opinion.

 

[goznog]

the psikyo ports by zerodiv all have this option, I believe (see the steam descriptions). unfortunately they'll be delisted from steam at the end of this month, but will remain on the switch eshop.
ALLEGEDLY they're a bit laggy compared to MAME but I can't confirm that