Getting Majora's Mask to true 16:9
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ExtremeDude2
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Explain please, dk64 (and probably others) have a widescreen setting
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The majority of Televisions and Monitors back then were all 4:3, and there was no standard for communicating between device and display the screen format. Yeah there was a few high-end sets that used a wide format, but mostly they catered for letter-boxed movies by cropping the video. So mostly to avoid confusion of settings and distorted picture, most games did not offer any support for a widescreen display. Surprisingly though, 007 Goldeneye (a launch title) [Edit: it's about a year after launch] had a variety of screen settings, full-screen, letter-boxed wide, letter-boxed cinema and lastly an actual 16:9 setting. This doesn't mean the Nintendo 64 had native support, Goldeneye did this software-side, as well as the other games that opted to have an option.
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Enable "Override aspect" and set "Aspect display" to "Stretch". Make sure Full Screen Resolution is your native resolution. Also be aware that Majora's Mask displays letterboxes when in cutscenes and Z-Targeting.
Games that natively support 16:9 are anamorphic, that is, they squeeze a 16:9 image in a 4:3 resolution (or weirder resolutions like 640x240), which is later stretched by the TV. Same principle as CinemaScope.
And GoldenEye was not a launch title.
Games that natively support 16:9 are anamorphic, that is, they squeeze a 16:9 image in a 4:3 resolution (or weirder resolutions like 640x240), which is later stretched by the TV. Same principle as CinemaScope.
And GoldenEye was not a launch title.
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Oops, yeah you're right, just around a year after the Nintendo 64, should have checked it before. It might be the earliest game to support it to my knowledge though.
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