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Best handheld screen resolution for retro gaming
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This spreadsheet will help you find the screen resolution that suits your retro gaming needs the best. It shows the percentages of the screen occupied by the game, given that integer scaling is turned on.
Make a copy of the spreadsheet if you want to be able to switch calculations from "total area" to "vertical space", exclude systems from average scores or input a custom resolution of your liking.
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Created by: Dariusz Kuśnierek (@dkodr) • Updated: 2021-09-11
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ORIGINAL RETRO CONSOLES AND HANDHELDS
TARGET SCREEN RESOLUTION - VERTICAL SPACE
Show vertical space instead of total area?
CUSTOMWidth: 480
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ConsoleWidthxHeightAspect ratio240x160480x320320x240640x480854x480960x5441280x7201920x1080480x272x
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Dreamcast640x4804:3 (1.33:1)0.00%0x0.00%0x0.00%0x100.00%1x100.00%1x88.24%1x66.67%1x88.89%2x0.00%0xHeight: 272
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Game Boy160x14410:9 (1.11:1)90.00%1x90.00%2x60.00%1x90.00%3x90.00%3x79.41%3x100.00%5x93.33%7x52.94%1x
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Game Boy Advance240x1603:2 (1.50:1)100.00%1x100.00%2x66.67%1x66.67%2x100.00%3x88.24%3x88.89%4x88.89%6x58.82%1x
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Game Boy Color160x14410:9 (1.11:1)90.00%1x90.00%2x60.00%1x90.00%3x90.00%3x79.41%3x100.00%5x93.33%7x52.94%1x
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Game Gear160x14410:9 (1.11:1)90.00%1x90.00%2x60.00%1x90.00%3x90.00%3x79.41%3x100.00%5x93.33%7x52.94%1x
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Lynx160x10280:51 (1.57:1)63.75%1x95.63%3x85.00%2x85.00%4x85.00%4x93.75%5x99.17%7x94.44%10x75.00%2x
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Master System256x1924:3 (1.33:1)0.00%0x60.00%1x80.00%1x80.00%2x80.00%2x70.59%2x80.00%3x88.89%5x70.59%1x
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Mega Drive320x22410:7 (1.43:1)0.00%0x70.00%1x93.33%1x93.33%2x93.33%2x82.35%2x93.33%3x82.96%4x82.35%1x
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Neo Geo320x22410:7 (1.43:1)0.00%0x70.00%1x93.33%1x93.33%2x93.33%2x82.35%2x93.33%3x82.96%4x82.35%1x
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Neo Geo Pocket160x15220:19 (1.05:1)95.00%1x95.00%2x63.33%1x95.00%3x95.00%3x83.82%3x84.44%4x98.52%7x55.88%1x
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Neo Geo Pocket Color160x15220:19 (1.05:1)95.00%1x95.00%2x63.33%1x95.00%3x95.00%3x83.82%3x84.44%4x98.52%7x55.88%1x
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Nintendo256x2248:7 (1.14:1)0.00%0x70.00%1x93.33%1x93.33%2x93.33%2x82.35%2x93.33%3x82.96%4x82.35%1x
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Nintendo 64320x2404:3 (1.33:1)0.00%0x75.00%1x100.00%1x100.00%2x100.00%2x88.24%2x100.00%3x88.89%4x88.24%1x
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Nintendo DS256x1924:3 (1.33:1)0.00%0x60.00%1x80.00%1x80.00%2x80.00%2x70.59%2x80.00%3x88.89%5x70.59%1x
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PC Engine256x24016:15 (1.07:1)0.00%0x75.00%1x100.00%1x100.00%2x100.00%2x88.24%2x100.00%3x88.89%4x88.24%1x
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PICO-8128x1281:1 (1.00:1)80.00%1x80.00%2x53.33%1x80.00%3x80.00%3x94.12%4x88.89%5x94.81%8x94.12%2x
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PlayStation320x2404:3 (1.33:1)0.00%0x75.00%1x100.00%1x100.00%2x100.00%2x88.24%2x100.00%3x88.89%4x88.24%1x
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Pokemon Mini96x643:2 (1.50:1)80.00%2x100.00%5x80.00%3x80.00%6x93.33%7x94.12%8x97.78%11x94.81%16x94.12%4x
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PSP480x27230:17 (1.76:1)0.00%0x85.00%1x0.00%0x56.67%1x56.67%1x100.00%2x75.56%2x75.56%3x100.00%1x
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Super Nintendo256x2248:7 (1.14:1)0.00%0x70.00%1x93.33%1x93.33%2x93.33%2x82.35%2x93.33%3x82.96%4x82.35%1x
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TIC-80240x13630:17 (1.76:1)85.00%1x85.00%2x56.67%1x56.67%2x85.00%3x100.00%4x94.44%5x88.15%7x100.00%2x
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Wonderswan224x14414:9 (1.56:1)90.00%1x90.00%2x60.00%1x60.00%2x90.00%3x79.41%3x100.00%5x93.33%7x52.94%1x
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Count towards average score
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Score:43.58%78.21%70.08%85.38%90.15%85.41%91.53%89.65%71.86%
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80:51 (1.57:1)