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Not quite 13 tiles high, but 8 pixels of extra space if you only use 12 pixels. On a game with 16x16 pixel tiles, you end up with 20x12.5 tiles. In the classic DOS days this mode was used in 256-color mode for many games like DOOM and other FPS games. The left and right edges were also cropped off on standard CRT TV's as overscan which brings the display area that you can actually see to about 240x224.ДЄspect ratio is 16:10. The consoles drew the top 8 pixels, but the bottom 8 were left empty to save on processing power.

CAVE STORY ORIGINAL RESOLUTION TV

The top and bottom 8 pixels were cropped off by the TV screen.

ONE THING TO NOTE however is that the actual 'usable' resolution of an NES or SNES game was actually 16 pixels less vertically. Black bars will be present no matter what unless you force a 4:3 stretch on a 4:3 display. Super Mario All-Stars and Link to the Past as well as the DKC trilogy and many others on SNES.ДЄspect Ratio: As mentioned, by default the screen will be almost square like the GameBoy. Notable games are the SMB trilogy, Legend of Zelda, Dragon Warrior and many others on the NES. On a game with 16x16 pixel tiles, you get 16x15 tiles. On a CRT TV, the screen was stretched to 4:3 even though in an emulator it is almost perfectly square. On a 4:3 resolution there will be slight bars on top and bottom, but on widescreen, there will be a small strip on the left and right for both of them. Notable games include all the Mario Advance titles and Zelda Minish Cap.ДЄspect Ratio: Widescreen, but not exactly 16:9 or 16:10. On a game with 16x16 pixel tiles, you get 15x10 tiles. Some popular resolutions will end up with perfectly square pixels.ДЄ bit more room than the original GameBoy. A fullscreen proportional game will have a lot of black on the left and right on any screen including 4:3. Some notable games were the Zelda GB games (Link's Awakening and the Oracles)ДЄspect Ratio: Almost square. On a game with 16x16 pixel tiles, you get 10x9 tiles per screen. You can go with either the classic 4-color black and white (Rather creamed vetable) modes or the updated GameBoy Color modes. The small screen resolution of a GameBoy means you have less on screen. The following choices allow for really nice emulation while remaining faithful to the system you're trying to pretend you're on. as opposed to scrolling maps) you'll need to make the tough decision of what resolution to use because each one has a different 'tile resolution' and once you set your map format, it's kind of hard to switch to a new size later on as it would require changing every single map and shifting everything around.

Seeing as 8/16-bit graphics are all the rage these days I thought I'd get an idea of what resolutions people prefer when emulating these old game styles.

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