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'''Widescreen''', '''ultrawide''', and '''super ultrawide hacks''' are emulator enhancement features that make older games playable on 16:9, 21:9, and 32:9 aspect ratios, respectively, '''without stretching''' (view frustum)<ref>https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2024/02/10/dolphin-progress-report-november-and-december-2023-january-2024/#50-20785-support-custom-aspect-ratios-by-filoppi</ref>. | |||
Most video games before mid-2000s were developed for TVs and monitors with 4:3 aspect ratio. If these games are played on 16:9 aspect ratio, the game is either displayed with black bars on each side or stretched to fill the whole screen. Some emulators however provide a widescreen hack option to make these games look nice on modern monitors. | Most video games before mid-2000s were developed for TVs and monitors with a 4:3 aspect ratio. If these games are played on 16:9 aspect ratio, the game is either displayed with black bars on each side or stretched to fill the whole screen. Some emulators, however, provide a widescreen hack option to make these games look nice on modern monitors. | ||
Some games before mid-2000s do have built-in 16:9 aspect ratio support, but usefulness of this option will vary. Some games just add black bars to top and bottom, while others have very zoomed out camera, so widescreen hacks may still be useful in these games. | Some games before the mid-2000s do have built-in 16:9 aspect ratio support, but the usefulness of this option will vary. Some games just add black bars to top and bottom, while others have a very zoomed out camera, so widescreen hacks may still be useful in these games. | ||
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[[Flycast]] has widescreen support available via hack that creates widescreen automatically with HUD supports or cheats, use only one of those. | [[Flycast]] has widescreen support available via hack that creates widescreen automatically with HUD supports or cheats, use only one of those. | ||
[[Redream]] has widescreen support available in the <code>Manage cheats</code> menu. | [[Redream]] has widescreen support available in the <code>Manage cheats</code> menu. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||