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Rimrook
Rimrook
Posted 10 years ago2014-10-27 00:22:57 UTC
Rimrook RimrookSince 2003
Question for you:

I'm rebuilding Super Matt Jordan and I can get it to run in full screen natively, combined with my 16:9 widescreen res, it looks really sexy.

But how popular is widescreen, or a 16:9 aspect ratio?

And no, I cannot change the game's resolution from within itself. :/

11 Comments

Bruce
Bruce
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 00:27:45 UTC Comment #42385
Isn't it the most popular aspect ratio nowadays? My android is also 16:9 (1280x720), does your game work on Android?

I'm playing some PSP games on my android with an emulator and I like the fact that the original aspect ratio of PSP is also 16:9
Captain Terror
Captain Terror
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 00:38:21 UTC Comment #42383
^
DiscoStu
DiscoStu
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 02:24:06 UTC Comment #42388
I'm probably the only person left with a 4:3 monitor, which I don't even use much because my laptop already has its own screen. I still think it would be reasonable to allow people to use either aspect ratio without much fuss.
Penguinboy
Penguinboy
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 02:50:18 UTC Comment #42382
16:10 is not uncommon for PC monitors either, but I would say that 16:9 is the majority. The Steam hardware stats are probably a good indication: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
Striker
Striker
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 05:35:35 UTC Comment #42384
16:9 is everywhere.
Even my windows(real windows) have a 16:9 aspect.
Tetsu0
Tetsu0
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 09:16:43 UTC Comment #42381
I'm running 1920x1080 (16:9 aswell)
Stojke
Stojke
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 09:56:22 UTC Comment #42389
As Pengy says, 16:10 is also very popular.
Many laptops and monitors use this resolution.

Pretty much its down to 16:9 and 16:10 in majority. 4:3 is in rare cases.
Strider
Strider
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 11:16:47 UTC Comment #42379
16:10 here.
Bruce
Bruce
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 13:05:39 UTC Comment #42386
i used to have 16:10 until i smashed it, but im not big of a gamer so now im with my old 4:3, actually 5:4 (1280x1024), but i would buy 16:9, but i dont really care
Notewell
Notewell
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 16:08:33 UTC Comment #42387
I've got widescreen on my laptop, and on my desktop/secondary monitor.
(1600x900 and 1920x1080, respectively)
Rimrook
Rimrook
Commented 10 years ago2014-10-27 19:38:10 UTC Comment #42380
I think I made the right choice here.

You can keep up with my progress on my twitter, @Rimrook.

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