/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5354294
It comes down to personal preference. The NES Classic doesn't have integer scaling on the horizontal axis which is arguably much more noticable in side scrollers, whereas on the GB Boy Colour the non-integer lines are on the vertical axis. I hardly notice while playing the system unless it's something like pokemon with vertical scrolling, and even there it's not bad.

The McWill screen has an option for horizontal integer scaling and an option for full integer scaling. Horizontal integers causes the screen to spill out past the Game Gear's plastic bezel due to the size of the screen, but it's not bad and if you really want perfect smooth scrolling in something like a Sonic game, it works fine. Full integer scaling is heavily cropped since the Game Gear's resolution does not use square pixels. And you can have an unscaled image if you want, but then you will have a postage stamp sized image. All of this can be toggled with a button.

There are options beyond the GB Boy Colour for GBC backlights, but they are very expensive and require a lot of modding. The GB Colour is a fine option for what it costs though.

For the game gear, unless microcontroller tech gets cheap enough to fit an interpolation-capable processor onto a board that will fit inside the Game Gear, I think the McWill screen is going to be as good as it gets. To me, it looks fine, so I am okay with that. If I really want perfect scaling then I can plug it into my framemeister and use it on my TV. The screen's board is a bit of a technological miracle already, and everyone I've shown my modded system to have been very impressed with it. I can put up with a slight shimmer effect a lot better than I can the washed out and blurry image of the original screen. Comparing the black levels on the two screens, there's no comparison in my eyes.

>>4160627
Of the games I own, these are my favorites:

Sonic Chaos
Sonic Triple Trouble
Super Columns
Prince of Persia
Shinobi GG
Golden Axe: Ax Battler
Haley Wars
Mickey Mouse Land of Illusion