Modern-ish 4:3 aspect ratio games for your CRT PC monitor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8TJMoFrV1A and here's the adapter so you can make it happen
priority placed on games without a widescreen mode or that look better in 4:3 or have an internal resolution of 4:3
honorable mentions: almost every RPG Maker game, emulated games (this list focuses on native PC games)

Mariovania
Mariovania
Skippy the Bot
Skippy the Bot
Memoirs of Magic
Memoirs of Magic
CannonBall
CannonBall
Wirewalk
Wirewalk
Mondealy
Mondealy
No One Can Ever Know
No One Can Ever Know
Super Lone Survivor
Super Lone Survivor
Blue Wish Desire
Blue Wish Desire
Garn47
Garn47
Merry Gear Solid 2: Ghosts of Christmas Past
Merry Gear Solid 2: Ghosts of Christmas Past
Guxt
Guxt
Distorted Travesty 3: Saved Game
Distorted Travesty 3: Saved Game
Dynomite Deluxe
Dynomite Deluxe
Super Cyborg
Super Cyborg
Merry Gear Solid: Secret Santa
Merry Gear Solid: Secret Santa
Tres-Bashers
Tres-Bashers
Super Mario 64 Render96
Super Mario 64 Render96
Warning Forever
Warning Forever
Ruina: Fairy Tale of the Forgotten Ruins
Ruina: Fairy Tale of the Forgotten Ruins
Yo! Noid 2: Game of a Year Edition
Yo! Noid 2: Game of a Year Edition
Fallow
Fallow
Pharaoh Rebirth+
Pharaoh Rebirth+
Producer (2021)
Producer (2021)
Psycho Waluigi
Psycho Waluigi
Samurai Gunn
Samurai Gunn
Vividlope
Vividlope
Metal Unit
Metal Unit
Copy Kitty
Copy Kitty
Oniken
Oniken
Cho Ren Sha 68K
Cho Ren Sha 68K
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Steel Assault
Steel Assault
B3313
B3313
emulated, but I figured I'd include it because it is physically impossible to run on the real console
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
Toilet in Wonderland
Toilet in Wonderland
Abobo's Big Adventure
Abobo's Big Adventure
Moon
Moon
Eversion
Eversion
Corn Kidz 64
Corn Kidz 64
Tower of Heaven
Tower of Heaven
Nightmare Kart
Nightmare Kart
ElecHead
ElecHead
Project Warlock
Project Warlock
Portal with RTX
Portal with RTX
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
La-Mulana
La-Mulana
Bloodborne PSX
Bloodborne PSX
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
I Wanna Be the Guy
I Wanna Be the Guy
Sonic Robo Blast 2
Sonic Robo Blast 2
ZeroRanger
ZeroRanger
Undertale Yellow
Undertale Yellow
M.U.G.E.N
M.U.G.E.N
Amid Evil
Amid Evil
Lisa: The Joyful
Lisa: The Joyful
Hylics
Hylics
Gyakuten Kenji 2
Gyakuten Kenji 2
fan translation via Android emulator
AM2R: Return of Samus
AM2R: Return of Samus
Everhood
Everhood
Deltarune
Deltarune
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Android emulator
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
Dusk
Dusk
Cave Story
Cave Story
VVVVVV
VVVVVV
OneShot
OneShot
Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki
Black Mesa
Black Mesa
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush
Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire
Omori
Omori
Undertale
Undertale

8 Comments


1 year ago

As someone with a crt computer monitor - big thank u!!

1 year ago

I've been thinking of getting a CRT monitor (mostly for emulation) but this is also interesting

1 year ago

Pretty cool.
Aren't the freeware Cave Story and CS+ also 4:3?

1 year ago

updated the list pretty extensively hope you like it

9 days ago

How did you manage to run Signalis in 4:3? no matter what I do I get black borders as if it was 16:9 content.

8 days ago

@Dyoxsito I might have received incorrect information, I went off someone in the Google search results saying as much but I never actually confirmed myself, I'll look further into it

8 days ago

@PZT Remove it from the list, I did tests and the only way to have 4:3 is stretching the image making it look terrible, it is also not possible to play it in 240p since the game is 640x360 (16:9)

7 days ago

@Dyoxsito done, good looking out, sorry that I haven't checked all of them, I have for some but for many I'm going off second-hand reports


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