Post your Gaming Setups

[Spatial]

And might destroy those Futurama box sets !

[Pikman]

In regards to aspect ratio - I feel it's subjective to both the source material and what 'stretch' mode is used.

All 4:3 games look awful played in true widescreen mode, but some games look fine when 'autofit' is used because the image distortion is very slight (to my eyes anyway).

Having said that I do understand why some people refuse to play games in anything other than what the designers intended. When it comes to music I loathe treble, bass and balance controls, graphic equlualisers, megabass, stadium, rock, disco etc. modes, dolby surround, 3D sound, or anything that alters the original sound.

[CurryKitten]

I play using a true widescreen mode if games are in 4:3. My TV has a mode called "SuperLive" (which I guess is similar to "fit" modes) in which it works by leaving the central part of display unstretched and then stretches other areas more to compensate. This is fine for TV, but with a game you notice part of the screen warping more because you tend to have to look around the screen. So although w/s will mess up the aspect ratio, at least it's consistant

[mr_fantazmo]

I play Neo Geo in 4.3, thats the law, but i reckon any modern games can be used using super live, PS2 and gamecube games are the worst for not having widescreen games! I want bloody pro evo in widescreen!!

[buster_broon]

if i take a couple of photo's can a nice guy here host them for me

pretty please

[g-funk]

I can host em for you

[Rushy]

I want bloody pro evo in widescreen!!

Here here.

This is the single biggest offender out their. I seriously can't understand why it wasn't included in the Xbox version :S

[hankwangford]

At least games these days aren't as bad as what it would have been. I tried playing F-Zero SNES PAL in Widescreen a while back.

Dear GOD never again.

[Commander Marklar]

if i take a couple of photo's can a nice guy here host them for me

pretty please

You can attach them to your message, if you shrink 'em a bit. No need to host.

[charlesr]

Now stop having a go at me for how I choose to display images on my TV! It's disturbing.

Repent! Confess your sins!
I remember trying Metroid Prime in 16:9 and it didn't look too bad, so I know what you mean, but it was still bad.

[mr_fantazmo]

I thought it was about time i put my modest setup on here, i've never posted pics before so fingers crossed they will come out ok!!

First a look at the ol' bookcase, as you can see i've got way more DVD's than games, got my ryu and ken money boxes (thanks Ebay) and there is now a set of Bongo's on that shelf as well

Further down in the middle of the bookcase is my Consolised Neo Geo MVS, not used it for a while so is getting a wee bit dusty

Then all my games occupying the bottom shelves, quite a small collection but i've rid myself of most of the **** (need to get rid of those AES games as well!) Then i've got my TV setup with Gamecube Panasonic Q and PS2 along with my amp, dvd player etc

And then finally, my Mario phone, no house is complete without one!!

YAY!! THE PICS WORKED!!!!

[RLench]

What's the size limit of attached images? I might add some of mine later on but I don't have a host

[csuzw]

Can't remember what the attachment size is now but its not huge. If you need some space to host your pics then PM me as I've got quite a bit of space I'm currently not using on my site. Or you could use one of those free photo gallery sites (not sure of any offhand but I'm sure they exist).

[fragmast3r]

What's the size limit of attached images? I might add some of mine later on but I don't have a host

email them to

[email protected]

and i'll put them on my webspace for you

[buster_broon]

here is post 1 with 5 photos

1/ is all my dvd's minus box sets

2/is the extra spare consoles i keep in the back bedroom

3/is basically all my gamecube games minus my 5 Japanese games - think i have 163 in total and at the very bottom there is my panasonic Q. dont really have anywhere else to put it

4/Is all my light gun games and the top of my display cabinet and there is also a taiko no tatsujin at the back

5/is the display cabinet in all its glory, glad it arrived pre-built it would have been a nightmare to build