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Old 19 July 2017, 23:32   #33
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Originally Posted by brakenwagen View Post
The question is how did most people back in the day view their games. My understanding is that widescreen monitors didn’t exist back then (or were really rare). So how was it done did Amiga user have special Amiga monitors that were sized just for that family of computers? If not then it must have been a 4:3 and if so was the image starched to 4:3 or was it shrunk down to fit while still maintaining the internal resolution of the game?
Phew! You inspired me to write up a complete answer to all you need, in order to create and truly enjoy perfect aspect ratio graphics on Amiga!

It has a picture that I hope can be considered the truth at least.

And maybe there is one or two interesting details all of you Amigans in here don't already know.
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