While this isn’t HPTC related, per se, anyone who has tried to play Baldur’s Gate or Planescape: Torment on a big screen TV, knows how horrible the games look. Ars-Technica published [url=http://arstechnica.com/gaming/guides/2009/08/how-i-rode-a-samsung-tablet-pc-to-retro-rpg-nirvana.ars]an article[/url] detailing Jon’s quest to play these old games in a portable fashion, using a Samsung tablet PC. Just a bit expensive to be doing that, IMHO, [b][i]however…[/i][/b]
While reading the article, he mentioned a [url=http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/]widescreen mod[/url] which allows you to play the game at just about any resolution, including widescreen. To give you an idea of just how impressive it is going from a game which was originally released and played at just 640×480, here’s Planescape: Torment [url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/may08/pstlarge8.jpg]at 1650×1080[/url].
If you’ve ever tried to play one of these games on a modern LCD screen, you know how painful it is. Stretching the image is utter horror. When my 21″ CRT was replaced with a 20″ LCD, I couldn’t bring myself to continue playing Baldur’s Gate. This mod may very well bring me back.
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