-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
PS1 games can now be played in Super Ultra Widescreen (32:9)
- Thread starter Dreamboum
- Start date
Yes. Is it really hard to believe that some people might not view things the same way you do?
Of course you're free to have your own preferences.
I'm just surprised that anyone would want to bring back letterboxing in movies after 21:9 displays finally eliminated it for 99% of them.
The most common aspect ratio for movies is 2.37:1, and most "21:9" displays are very slightly wider, since they're technically 43:18 (2.39:1).
I'd prefer that they were 2.40:1 since that's as wide as typical movie aspect ratios get.
If I could buy a 2.40:1 TV, I would do so in a heartbeat.
I cannot stand letterboxing and the way that it either makes the image smaller, or requires you to sit closer to get the same impact.
Movies are supposed to have a bigger and more immersive image than TV, not less - and I prefer that for games as well.
16:9 is especially bad in third-person games. I played Resident Evil 3 on a 16:9 projector, and it felt so claustrophobic compared to my 21:9 monitor. I hate it.
Those games look very impressive in ultrawide.
Ultrawide is the god tier gaming upgrade IMO. 21:9@1440p is where it's at!
Ultrawide is the god tier gaming upgrade IMO. 21:9@1440p is where it's at!
I don't want to bring back letterboxing, and there's not much you can do about the movie industry standards since they've been far from a good match with televisions since forever, but I am also not a big movie buff so I'm mostly talking about gaming here. And for that purpose I find 16:9 to be pretty good even if I'd be okay with something slightly wider. But 32:9 is just ridiculous to me. At that point it's starting to look like a strip rather than something to cover a human eye's FOV.
I agree that 32:9 is too wide, since it forces me to sit further back - which makes the image feel smaller.
But 21:9 does not. I can comfortably sit as close to a 21:9 display as I can with 16:9. It fills more of my vision without being any less comfortable.
- Going back to 16:9 for gaming after 21:9 feels like something is missing - even if the display is much larger; e.g. a 130" projector.
- Going back to 21:9 after 32:9 feels more immersive because I can sit closer.
Perhaps people that like the 32:9 format for gaming were already sitting far enough from their displays that all it does is add width, rather than force them to sit further back due to discomfort.
I feel like 32:9 is a format you'd use for a massive LED screen at a stadium or other public space.
I still think 21:9 is a tad bit too wide. But I guess it also greatly depends on what games you play. Fighting games at 21:9 just feel off.
PS1 has some of the greatest games of all time. Why wouldn't people want to play them?
Last edited:
Mostly because 3d games doesn't age so well. But that's a personal taste. I do enjoy old ps1 2d games though :)
This is ridiculous and I love it.
WOW
LOL!
I thought so too, but...
To me early polygon graphics are every bit as charming as 8-bit graphics. I feel the same way about those Virtua Fighter graphics as some do about Super Mario Bros.
The lack of pre-rendered backgrounds paid off!
While the UI is too stretched to actually play it at 32:9 (alongside making the loading of the terrain very obvious in the open), it works great at 16:9. Coupled with the perspective correction, it's a huge improvement. Since there's no UI during gameplay you can also take some cool screenshots at 32:9 at least.
While the UI is too stretched to actually play it at 32:9 (alongside making the loading of the terrain very obvious in the open), it works great at 16:9. Coupled with the perspective correction, it's a huge improvement. Since there's no UI during gameplay you can also take some cool screenshots at 32:9 at least.
Last edited:
UI and menus stretch in both 2097 and 3, and 3 in particular doesn't play well at all with any aspect ratio over 16:9 as the track gets loaded out near the edges. 2097 does this too but to a much lesser degree, the tracks I tried seem playable if you can deal with the UI stretching.
I don't have the first one so somebody else will have to try it.
It really boggles the mind that it hasn't even got a quick and dirty port.
Another batch:
~ Bloody Roar 2 ~
~ Shadow Tower ~
~ Xenogears ~
