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Should I be playing SNES games in 8:7 or 4:3?

>> No.2086780

Standard definition is 4:3.

>> No.2086782

>>2086780
But SNES internal resolution is 8:7 and Snes9x default is also that.

>> No.2086783

>>2086782
If you work out the video timings versus NTSC nominal rates, you'll see that it comes out to 4:3 with fat pixels.

>> No.2086790

It depends on the game. Some had artwork done with square pixels, others expected the image to be stretched. Just go by which you feel more comfortable with if you aren't sure.

>> No.2086791

We had a thread on this a few weeks back, I didn't save any of the images from it but I recall some pretty conclusive/strong evidence that snes games were intended to be viewed in 4:3, despite the occasional imperfect shape here and there.

>> No.2086794

>>2086782
If you think 8:7 looks better, you can use it. Unless you're worried about some autistic manchild on /vr/ being angry at you? But I'm just stating the obvious before you worry to much about which is the "right" one. Every single TV an SNES was plugged into in the 90s was outputting 4:3.

>> No.2086797

Not this shit again

>> No.2086805

check the game first
look for anything that should be round and see if it makes a perfect circle or not and adjust resolution

>> No.2086808

>>2086782
>But SNES internal resolution is 8:7 and Snes9x default is also that.

Who had an 8:7 display in the 90's? Did they even have 8:7 displays? No, everyone had 4:3 displays.

>> No.2086812

>>2086773

This is why you are all virgins.

>> No.2086814

>>2086808
The artists didn't work on displays, they used graph paper. Graph paper with squares was easier to come by than one that accounted for the distortion of stretching the image to 4:3.

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2086816

As best I could on my CRT, hooked up through composite.

>> No.2086824 [DELETED] 

>>2086812
This is /vr/, kiddo.
We're all married with kids.
faggot

>> No.2086826

>>2086814
>The artists didn't work on displays, they used graph paper.

I think that's only for the earliest games.

>> No.2086827

my favorite thread
i think sometimes 5/4 looks better

>> No.2086829

>>2086773
How about you play it in whatever way you prefer? There, problem solved. Now go play some vidya!

>> No.2086831

nes has the same problem

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>>2086826
We're talking about retro games after all.

>>2086791
https://archive.moe/vr/thread/2016146/

>> No.2086840

>>2086827
error
8/7 not 4/3

>> No.2086845

>>2086790
>>2086790
>>2086790
>>2086790
>>2086790
everyone just read this and let's move on. there is no aspect standard on snes because devs flip flopped

>> No.2086846

>>2086840
error
8/7 not 5/4

>> No.2086847

i love to see comparisons nes and snes

>> No.2086849
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2086849

I only play snes in 6:9 ratio.

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>>2086849
>not playing in 9:16
stay pleb

>> No.2086871
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2086871

4:20 is the aspect ratio the developers intended.

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>>2086867
10:1 is more cinematic.

>> No.2086885

>>2086879
Only if you add black bars.

>> No.2086908

>>2086879
I can make out Bonk and Milo, so without stretching it back in paint all I know is it's something from Hudson

>> No.2086910

>>2086879
Needs scan line and CRT filter

>> No.2086919

>>2086773
8:7 is closer to what an actual TV looked like.

>> No.2086924

>>2086919
This is literally contrary to everything said in this thread.

>> No.2086926

>>2086879
さめがめ(鮫亀)

>> No.2086935

>>2086919
are you on fucking drugs?

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>>2086885
>>2086910


BEHOLD

>> No.2086953

>>2086941
That's how I remember the arcade version of Street Fighter.

>> No.2086954

>>2086926
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ERrXqWMECg

Looks like a Panel de Pon clone.

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>>2086824
>We're all married with kids.
half the people here are teenagers or college kids

>> No.2086965

>>2086953
>v deflection collapses
>anon keeps playing
always look on
the bright side of life

>> No.2086979

>>2086814
>The artists didn't work on displays
Yes we did

>> No.2086987

>>2086979
You're not a true artist.

>> No.2087058

>>2086956
And the other half are even younger.

>> No.2087061

>>2086941
>>2086879

Funny enough, outputting like that is the best way to output emulators to actual CRTs

>> No.2087070

>>2086987
>You're not a true artist.
I won't dispute that and have never considered myself an artist. But I did graphics for games in the late 80's and early 90's and most of it was done on computers.

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>>2086824
>kiddo

>> No.2087456

>>2087061
really?

can you elaborate?

>> No.2087503

>>2087456
You output an ultrawide resolution that is divisible by most of the common resolutions used by retro games and let the CRT do the leg work in putting back to the correct aspect ratio.
You do this to get past the fact that the emulator really can't switch resolutions on the fly as many old games would for stuff like pseudo hi-res mode on the SNES.
CRTs do really well with horizontal scaling, and despite the fact that it's being fed something far wider than it should be able to resolve, it all gets evenly squeezed down into the correct size.

I should say that I haven't actually done any of this myself, so someone who has could probably give a much better and in-depth explanation.

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>>2087058
I'm 30

>> No.2087531

>>2087520
Same.

>> No.2087596

>>2087531
same thing
and I have 3 kids

>> No.2087603 [DELETED] 

alright mods, why did you delete my post?
>>2086824

you leave this shit: >>2086812
but my reply that we're all old farts with kids gets deleted?
oh no, did i call the shitposter a faggot? call the fucking law.

>> No.2087615

>>2087520
>>2087531
>>2087596
>>2087603
I'm 27, married with a adorable 14 month old boy

>> No.2087616

>>2087615
An*
Before that one douche shows up.

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>>2086773
>>2086782
>>2086783
>>2086790
>>2086791
Or you know, just judge which is best with the linearity test in the 240p test suite?

http://junkerhq.net/xrgb/index.php/240p_test_suite

>> No.2087642

It's obviously supposed to be 4:3, look at the tops of the fence posts

>> No.2087674

>>2087642
It very much depends on the game, Some games look wonky in 4:3 others look odd in 8:7, not all devs compensated for the stanard 4:3 displays most TV's had

>> No.2087679

>>2087674
>most

>> No.2087681

Yes

>> No.2087682 [DELETED] 

>>2087603
Mod abuse.

>> No.2087683

>>2087679
My Point still stands.

>> No.2087685

4:3

>> No.2087726

>>2087615
>married with a adorable 14 month old boy

Is that even legal?

>> No.2087794

>>2086812
We're mostly married with kiddos

>> No.2087810

>>2087794
Doubtful, just because a few people are and the board wants to think it's mature and discussing something with similar people doesn't make it so. The userbase across boards doesn't change that greatly, though having more older and married people than other boards (Still not a majority) is certainly plausible.

>> No.2087815

>>2087726
Also married with a 1 year old little buddy

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>>2086773

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>>2087810
Autism speaks.

>> No.2087875

>>2086812
No, but it's why most of us are single. Few women want a man with a hobby that doesn't benefit them in some way.

>> No.2087895

>>2087794
>we are
>we

Nobody in control of their social life would ever dare entering this hell, now be gone with you, normalfag-san.

>> No.2088612

>>2087875
Few women are put off by men having hobbies that don't benefit them. Most are put off by obsessions that monopolize time and the living environment.