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On 09 March Gareth Jason Freddy Stardust challenged the You Tube gaming community to submit their Tate (vertical screen) gaming setups, into his Grand Competition.

One thing all these gaming setups have in common is that they are an awesome way to enjoy old school shoot em ups, like Donpachi, Galaga, Raiden and others, which scroll vertically and are based on a narrow but high playing field. Back in the day very many arcade cabinets had Tate arcade monitors. Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Asteroids were all in Tate mode. The Vectrex was the world's first and only vertical screen specific home games console.

Today, the iPad is the essential tate mode gadget. It also has a large and growing number of Tate mode games such as Bug Princess and Dodonpachi Resurrection.

Long live Tate!!

13 entries were received from across the globe: from Ontario, Canada to Aukland, New Zealand. Bizarrely, the winner comes from near Birmingham UK, Gary's place of birth. The entries reflect a diverse approach to vertical screen gaming. Widescreen LCDs, tank like CRTs and arcade cabinets. The entries can be viewed in full as video responses to Gary's original compeition video (see below).

I highly recommend you check out these dudes' channels too!

www.youtube.com/user/cyanidebreathmintz
www.youtube.com/user/stuffiwrote
www.youtube.com/user/alexgameroom
www.youtube.com/user/eddansby
www.youtube.com/user/Faginrs500
www.youtube.com/user/Outlawstar107
www.youtube.com/user/wip3outguy7
www.youtube.com/user/tris113
www.youtube.com/user/modonpachi
www.youtube.com/user/MrOreo76
www.youtube.com/user/SoftOtaku
www.youtube.com/user/AmidstStorm
www.youtube.com/user/darrenwalshsock