Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
63 lines (53 loc) · 4.91 KB

RESOLUTIONS.md

File metadata and controls

63 lines (53 loc) · 4.91 KB
Raw

List of resolutions for all systems

The goal is to calculate maximum resolution, integer-scaled (multiplied by an integer), to fit a modern 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 720p (1280 x 720) TV screen.
Why? Because it's better-looking to have the "resized emulator pixels" be multiples of actual TV pixels, it's easier to create an overlay with scanlines, and when you are using a shader, it's usually faster.

What is not covered

  • Atari 2600: has a weird resolution that is stretched for display
  • Computers (Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum): too many resolutions are possible
  • Vectrex: does not really have a resolution

Except handheld systems (which have their own attached screen) most systems are capable of outputting a great number of resolutions : between progressive and interlaced, PAL and NTSC, and various resolutions from 240p to 576i, the combinations are endless.
The tables below use the most common resolutions for each system.

Calculations for integer-scaled emulators

My table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Un2a9OwGAxn7u5nEPxMSxaoqe5MzzcxDTu0fo5UJEPc/edit#gid=0

1080p

System hres vres ratio viewport width viewport height viewport x viewport y
Atari 7800 320 240 4 1280 960 320 60
Atari Lynx 160 102 10 1600 1020 160 30
Dreamcast 640 480 2 1280 960 320 60
Game Gear 160 144 7 1120 1008 400 36
Gameboy / Color 160 144 7 1120 1008 400 36
Gameboy Advance 240 160 6 1440 960 240 60
Master System 256 192 5 1280 960 320 60
Megadrive / 32X / CD 320 240 4 1280 960 320 60
NeoGeo 320 224 4 1280 896 320 92
NeoGeo Pocket / Color 160 152 7 1120 1064 400 8
NES / Famicom 256 240 4 1024 960 448 60
Nintendo 64 320 240 4 1280 960 320 60
PC Engine 256 240 4 1024 960 448 60
Playstation 320 240 4 1280 960 320 60
PSP 480 272 3 1440 816 240 132
SG-1000 256 192 5 1280 960 320 60
SNES 256 224 4 1024 896 448 92
WonderSwan 224 144 7 1568 1008 176 36

720p

System hres vres ratio viewport width viewport height viewport x viewport y
Atari 7800 320 240 3 960 720 160 0
Atari Lynx 160 102 7 1120 714 80 3
Dreamcast 640 480 1 640 480 320 120
Game Gear 160 144 5 800 720 240 0
Gameboy / Color 160 144 5 800 720 240 0
Gameboy Advance 240 160 4 960 640 160 40
Master System 256 192 3 768 576 256 72
Megadrive / 32X / CD 320 240 3 960 720 160 0
NeoGeo 320 224 3 960 672 160 24
NeoGeo Pocket / Color 160 152 4 640 608 320 56
NES / Famicom 256 240 3 768 720 256 0
Nintendo 64 320 240 3 960 720 160 0
PC Engine 256 240 3 768 720 256 0
Playstation 320 240 3 960 720 160 0
PSP 480 272 2 960 544 160 88
SG-1000 256 192 3 768 576 256 72
SNES 256 224 3 768 672 256 24
WonderSwan 224 144 5 1120 720 80 0