Full Screen Ikaruga

[saltdrip]

i've noticed that emulated Ikaruga seems to have no black bars. As in, the system is actually rendering a full widescreen image on dreamcast, but just blocking some of the view



Is there any way to hack a rip of Ikaruga to do that on a Dreamcast?

Thanks

[Generalidea]

you'd have to keep the black bars though, so you knew where your movement limit was

[darkNiGHTS]

That's interesting, I remember doing that to a few Game Boy games using an emulator and having the same result.  Does stuff ever actually go over the black bars?

[jem]

Ikaruga has plenty of video options.  There is one for full widescreen with no black bars.  I tried it on my widescreen LCD in VGA, and it looks great.

[HiroProbot]

Ikaruga has plenty of video options.  There is one for full widescreen with no black bars.  I tried it on my widescreen LCD in VGA, and it looks great.

Did you flip your monitor into Tate mode?   

[wickidweasel]

wish i could, my plasma bracket allows tate but you have to lift it off and hook it back on and its not easy with a 50incher
i think verticle shooters look shite in wide

[jem]

Did you flip your monitor into Tate mode?   

Yes, but its not VESA mountable.  So I had somebody hold it up, and when they got tired - i layed down sideways to play.

[Generalidea]

lol, you're pretty extreme

[ryohazuki]

You could never play Ikaruga in 'vertical' mode on a widescreen tv without black bars.

Here is a pic of Ikaruga running on my 42" TV.

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee342/stvd_games/ikaruga.jpg

If you switch it to 'vertical' mode the black bars are almost a foot wide, each!

Jem, me too. Layed on my side for about half an hour. Also tried playing it as a side scroller too. Didn't seem right though.

[jem]

i cant remember if i saw black bars or not.  maybe my monitor stretched the image.  who knows.

[HiroProbot]

i've noticed that emulated Ikaruga seems to have no black bars. As in, the system is actually rendering a full widescreen image on dreamcast, but just blocking some of the view



Is there any way to hack a rip of Ikaruga to do that on a Dreamcast?

Thanks

I have been thinking about this idea of hacking away the black boxes. This seems worth looking into. To me half the enjoyment of the game is seeing the animations and graphics.