[rescue] SLACKERS

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Wed Jan 23 11:56:05 CST 2002


On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:34:51PM -0800, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> Resolution is pretty much fixed at NTSC ranges, so I doubt that PS1 games
> see any improvement, since they were also coded for NTSC/PAL resolutions.
> Maybe it might do something with the interlacing, but I doubt it. These
> machines are designed for use with TV sets, not computer monitors. So the
> resolution ranges are pretty much fixed, unless the machine also supports
> HDTV...

The PS2 does break some games.  I don't think it is many though.

Also, I've noticed that alot of PS1 games only use half the resolution 
available to them.  So, to just add a scan line doubler could be a slight 
improvement for many games.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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