Friday, 29 April 2016

Playing 4:3 games on an HDTV

I got a Steam Link as a gift and it works fantastic for my couch gaming needs!

Now that I'm back on the couch, there's a couple of titles I've had for a while that I want to play on my HDTV like Psychonauts, Beyond good and Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Times, ect.

Of course, these games were designed to be rendered on Xbox/PS2 (at 640x480ish) and the artists had to work within the confines of these limitations to make the game look as best they could.

This is a subjective topic, so I'm interested in hearing what you prefer because there really is no wrong answer. For example:

I think that a lower resolution almost feels like part of the overall puzzle and just fits in with low resolution textures, where as in a high resolution I can see each and every "flaw" with clarity.


How do you like to play 4:3 games on modern hardware?

  • 1440x1080 with no scaling

  • 720x540 with minimal 1:1 scaling and close to the original resolution

  • 640x480 with scaling artifacts

Or something in between?

Participate in the poll!



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