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Old games in super high resolutions?

LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
edited May 2010 in Games and Technology
I was thinking, are there any examples of great older games that run well in modern high screen resolutions?

I was thinking playing something like the Mega Drive Sonic games zoomed right out. I am pretty sure that doesn't exist though.

I'm mainly thinking of 2D games here, I know that a lot of 3D games do this, and things like Doom source ports.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Well, the Civ games usually don't mind resolution changing. However, most 2D games don't let you do this, simply because at 1080p, the graphics will either be a stretched, pixelated mess, or will be zoomed out to the point of unplayability. However, DOSBox has some scalers and such that let you run DOS games at higher resolutions, though they might become more blurry and CPU intensive.

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  • The Muffin ManThe Muffin Man Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island scaled up fairly well.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ultima 7 with the fan engine. Crank up the resolution to whatever you want, abuse the fact that some things work "as far as you can see" to hilarious effect.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ah, speaking of RPG's, all of the Infinity Engine games

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Baldur's Gate 2 can be cranked to whatever you want, nice to see the whole of the surrounding area.

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  • ZellZell Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Age of Empires II
    Arcanum
    Baldur's Gate I & II
    Diablo II (no multiplayer of course)
    Fallout I & II
    Icewind Dale I & II
    Planescape Torment
    Red Alert 2
    The Sims (not sure how well this works)
    Tiberian Sun
    Total Annihilation & Kingdoms
    Worms Armageddon & World Party

    All 2D games that look amazing at higher resolutions (well Total Annihilation isn't entirely 2D). StarCraft (again no multiplayer) also has a patch but last time I tried the sound positioning was broken with awful results. I would expect someone to figure out Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds at some point, hasn't happened yet though, wonder why.

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