I agree with the conclusion this guy seems to be making.

That some of the games were made with square pixels in mind and look weird in 4:3, and vice versa for some other games. While the only one I disagree with among his specific examples, Balloon Fight, does not make my case stronger that most of the games look better in square pixels, there are so many games he didn’t list that do. Including The Legend of Zelda. It’s so wild that even though I grew up with them all in 4:3, in screenshots, magazines, manuals, and every TV in the neighborhood, it looks weird now. I know for sure I noted the squat tiles as a kid in those very first games (Duck Tales, Super Mario Bros.), but I got used to them and only now after a life on square tile games on other systems (like Game Boy) they are back to looking super weird.

I used to never post about video games and now all I post is about video games 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyway accidentally stumbled over Super Metroid Subversion and started playing it and it’s great so far and it’s not even the highest rated Metroid hack?!

NES Game Atlas.

Covers Mario 1–3, Zelda 1 & 2, Mega Man 1–3, StarTropics, DuckTales 1, Rescue Rangers 1, Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2, TMNT 1 and 2, and all three Castlevania games.

Castlevania II retranslation + map.

Emulator that runs on Windows, Mac, or Android that plays old iPhone games.

I don’t mind the resolution so much as the ratio 😅

Not sure why this hack says 4:3.

How the tic-80 got its weird aspect ratio.

I love this incredible game.

100 Rabbits har gjort en dataspelsversion.

Although it can’t match T99.

Gravity in Tetris 99 does not behave the same as other Guideline games; it uses a lookup table for the “seconds per line” duration.

Settings for Lockjaw to match other games.

I got my 2DS working in a rather dumb way but hey I’m happy because it’s my favorite console. RIP productivity and hello video games. I’m bookmarking this list for later.

I’m in no rush to getting around to them because I’ve got plenty of games already, including some NDS, GB, and NES games. I’m replaying Layton vs Wright and playing 1001 Spikes for the first time.

A decade ago, NRK made train journeys recorded professionally and released into the Creative Commons! ♥︎