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A '''widescreen or ultrawide hack''' is an emulator enhancement feature that make older games playable on 16:9, 21:9 or 32:9 aspect ratioratios without stretching.(View Frustum)[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]
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.
===GameCube/Wii===
[[Dolphin]] has a widescreen and ultrawide hack under graphics options.The aspect ratio option must be set to 'Force 16:9' or "custom" to make it work.[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]
Some games have specific Gecko Codes to fix the aspect-ratio in widescreen. Check the game page in the [https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Nintendo_GameCube Dolphin Wiki] to find those codes. It's also possible to enable them in RetroArch ([https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/pg1bak/tip_dolphin_patchescheats_for_xbox_oneseries_sx/ guide on reddit]).
===PlayStation===
* [[PCSX-Reloaded]] has the widescreen hack in the CPU options.
* [[ePSXe]] also has the widescreen hack located within the GTE Hacks options. This feature was added in version 2.0.5.* [[DuckStation]] and [[SwanStation]], a new PSX emulator, also has a widescreen hack located in the Enhancement Settings.
Some games have specific widescreen codes made by the community to render the game at wider aspect ratios. These codes are generally more reliable than widescreen hacks and work on real consoles too. The PCSX2 forum has [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-PSOne-Widescreen-Patches a thread dedicated to them.]
===PlayStation 2===
[[PCSX2]] can render the games in 16:9 aspect ratioif game supports it, though unlike but for other consoles ones that do not have this option game-specific patches are required. See [http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-PCSX2-Widescreen-Game-Patches?pid=271674#pid271674 PCSX2 widescreen game patches] and [http://ps2wide.net/ PS2 widescreen hacks] for patches.<!-- Correct me if I'm wrongAlso there is a dedicated repo for various [https://github. I've only played 2D games on PS2com/PCSX2/pcsx2_patches PCSX2 patches]. -->
===PlayStation Portable===
PSP has a widescreen aspect ratio from the beginning, with [[PPSSPP]] you can render games in other ratios such as ultrawide 21:9 and 31:9. There's a forum post with [https://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?tid=26189 collection of patches].
===PlayStation 3===
See [https://forums.rpcs3.net/thread-199065.html this page] for Ultrawide/Eyefinity/Surround (21:9, 32:9, etc) hack tutorial and codes/patches list.
===Nintendo DS===
Some games have specific widescreen codes made by the community to render the game at wider aspect ratios. These codes are generally more reliable than widescreen hacks and work on real consoles too. In gbatemp there is [https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-play-nds-games-in-hd-widescreen-16-9-21-9-32-9.538988/ this compilation of codes]. In a different thread there are even more codes [https://gbatemp.net/threads/widescreen-cheats-for-ds-games-on-3ds.543212/ to adapt 4:3 nDS games to 16:10 n3DS screen].
===Nintendo 3DS===
DS-Homebrew has a dedicated page for [https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/twilightmenu/playing-in-widescreen playing DS backwards compatibility titles in Widescreen with 3DS system]. Currently there is no ultrawide hack for 3DS system.
===Nintendo Switch===
[https://github.com/theboy181/switch-ptchtxt-mods Some games have specific 21:9 ultrawide patches made by the theboy181]. Also yuzu has a dedicated "[https://web.archive.org/web/20240228203620/https://yuzu-emu.org/wiki/switch-mods/ Switch Mods]" page for ultrawide or super ultrawide mods.
Also you can use [https://github.com/amakvana/SwitchEmuModDownloader SwitchEmuModDownloader] or [https://github.com/MaxLastBreath/TOTK-mods/releases TOTK Optimizer].
===Nintendo Wii U===
Use [https://github.com/cemu-project/cemu_graphic_packs/releases these packs] for ultrawide.
===Xbox===
The PCGamingWiki has a page section dedicated to [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Emulation:Xbox#Xbox_widescreen_hacks xbox widescreen hacks].
===Xbox 360===
Use [https://github.com/xenia-canary/game-patches these patches] for 21:9 or 32:9 enhancements.
===Dreamcast===
==External links==
[https://www.retrowide.com/forums/ RetroWide] - forum for discussing widescreen development, both ROM-hacking and technology on the emulator side.
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