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)

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

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

8 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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