/vr/ - Retro Games

>>910985
>they were supposed to be shown in 4:3
Not true. They were often letterboxed instead. I remember that from when I was a kid.
It's also the same with a lot of Japanese computers from around the time. 320x200 and 640x400 were popular.

It really is extremely game dependent though. Games like Popful Mail seems designed to be letterboxed, while games like Lolita Syndrome were clearly designed to be stretched.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc88/lolita-syndrome

I'd say developer perspective doesn't matter there, since end users often used both.