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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: When Is A Game Old?
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:48:16 -0400
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:00:14 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:


>Also anything that plays in 800x600 or 1024x768 (and does anyone remember
>1280x1024?) as a base res, or starts you up in 640x480 and gives you the
>option to increase to the 4:3 res of your choice.

Yeah, that's another good delineation: if a game can't do widescreen,
it automatically feels old to me. It's really hard for me to play
fencepost'd games on a modern monitor; I have to REALLY enjoy the game
to keep playing at that point. I'd almost certainly be looking for a
wide-screen hack (or, at the very least, an option to play the game in
a window, which I oddly find less offensive than 4:3 fullscreen)
before continuing.