> While I probably would have internalized your vitriol, I can't say it wasn't > well-deserved. His statement that, "...at the end of the day it's 2016 and as long as > things aren't stretched beyond recognition - such as a 3:4 game stretched to 16:9 - > then it's okay" is particularly horrifying, and should sound major alarms to anyone > who cares about how original game experiences are translated to future generations. > > This kind of terrible thinking is particularly damaging on video serivces like > YouTube through videos made by people who don't know what they're doing, their > viewers who then believe it's ok because "everyone else is doing it", and the > continued propagation of such nonsense.
Well, I'm sorry you find it "terrible". I personally don't think it rises to the level of mildly annoying - but we're all different.
I don't have an arcade cabinet. I don't have arcade controls. I don't have the lights dimmed to restrict reflections, and I don't play naff pop music in the background for ambiance. There are lots of ways I don't emulate the original experience. It's just not that important to me. I accept it may be to you, and of course, I'm happy you can run the games any way you please.
There's no propagation going on. Do you think a good number of people installing Mame for the first time hasn't tried turned off the "Enforce Aspect Ratio" option? I'd guess a lot of them have. Some might have found they prefer it that way. No big deal.