Add additional aspect ratios & resolutions about gamercade_console HOT 5 CLOSED

The default resolution is currently the Low, 320x180 resolution @ 16:9 aspect ratio.

I think a stricter selection is better. An oft-cited benefit of developing for a virtual console is that it is helpfully constrained.

Yep exactly the reason for opening this up to discussion. Flexibility is good, but too much could let people shoot themselves in the foot and end up with huge black bars or bad scaling.. Consistency is good, but too much and everything is the same.

But I do think it would be great to add in some square resolutions, like

And potentially some 4:3 ones... but there are ~12 decent resolutions we could use to cover flexibility back towards the 1920x1080 target with good scaling. Some of the iconic classics like 320x240, 640x480, would likely be OK, but 800x600, 1024x768, are too big and would end up with borders.

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Took a second pass at 4:3 resolutions...

We lose those "iconic" resolutions from previous times, but make up for it with solid consistency and a similar distribution against the standard 16:9 ones.

Square resolutions can be:

Squares are kinda a special case andI'm fine with them having borders around the edges. Also I decided against including 720x720 and 1080x1080 just to keep with the "powers of 2-ish" theme. I think in the farther future we could add something like "Exotic Resolutions" for advanced usesrs, and use things like 720 and 1080 squares, portrait resolutions, and those iconic 4:3 ones which just don't scale well these days.

Anyway, I think breaking this into a selection process of (1) Aspect Ratio, then (2) Resolution helps keep it simple. Instead of bombarding the user with 21 new resolution choices, they are presented with the default 16:9, Low, and can adjust to Square or Retro (or Classic, the name for 4:3), and are still presented with the familiar Ultra/Low/Med/High settings.

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Some additional thoughts on this topic: The current resolutions were picked due to their ability to scale perfectly into either 1080p , 720p, or both.

The currently supported resolutions are:

So with that in mind, we should target these resolutions

And work our way down.

Alternatively, we could just open up the resolutions and allow them to be input by the user, with some prevention of going over 1920 x 1080, and recommending those with pixel perfect scaling. Include useful data like aspect ratio, and some common recommended ones.

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Alternatively, we could just open up the resolutions and allow them to be input by the user

I think a stricter selection is better. An oft-cited benefit of developing for a virtual console is that it is helpfully constrained.

You may even consider determining a default resolution that’s already set for people who just wanna get going as quickly as possible. I reckon that ought to be either the Low or High resolution; can only be one though!

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Closing this as it will be resolved in #98

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