> > Good to know. We have a very different views and ways of looking at things. > > Let me ask you something. You said you play "most" 4:3 games stretched to 16:9, but > now you've also said you don't play fighting games which arguably are a good portion > of MAME arcade games. > > So here's my suspicion: the games you play that are 4:3 stretched to 16:9 are simple > games with no background and maybe 2-color sprites. Things like the 8080bw games for > instance. > > Games like that are a bit more forgiving to being stretched abnormally. > > But games with high color depth and high resolution, at least the ones you enjoy, > those are the ones you *don't* stretch? > > Otherwise the only games in MAME you actually play are your preferred "golden age > arcade classics". > > Or am I off base? > > What sort of games don't you prefer stretching? > > - Stiletto
I mentioned elsewhere, some time ago, that I have an abiding love for all things from mid-70's through maybe.... 82 or so. Not that I don't like the other games, just that my own slice of nostalgia is triggered by the early period.
I well remember fighting games coming into vogue in arcades. They were the hot thing for some time, and were a large part of the reason I moved away from frequenting arcades. It seemed at the time that all new games were fighting games, and nothing else. My love of fighting games started, and ended, with Karate Champ.
Understand, it illustrates a personal preference. Plenty of people loved the fighting games, and still do. I'm pleased for them - but for me I'd not have a single fighting game on my system - just not my thing.
I don't know if that answers your question. I don't make a blanket statement about stretching 4:3 games because it depends on the game. For example, great bezel art would change my mind. Also, if I truly felt a game looked odd, I'd not do it. As I've said, I'd never stretch a 3:4 game to 16:9, for example.
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