The Secret Life of XY Monitors By Jed Margolin During my time at Atari/Atari Games I worked on several XY games. This article represents what I know about XY Monitors. XY was Atari's name for what the Computer Graphics industry calls '"Random Scan" and the Video Game Community calls "Vector Games." The major parts of the XY Monitor are the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), the Deflection Amplifiers, and the High Voltage Supply. XY Monitors - Contents 1. CRT Electron Optics 2. Deflection Types A. Electrost...