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Native Resolutions/Clean Screenshots

This document is archived from RHDN as is. Here, native resolution + clean screenshot standards are encouraged, but not mandatory. Screenshots should be .png or .gif format, however. This document is archived primarily for legacy purposes.

If you take the time to read the documentation that comes with your emulators you will find most of them support saving a clean screenshot. For your continence we have provided a list of popular emulators with instructions on how to save a clean screenshot:

Nintendo Entertainment System

FCE Ultra (All variations)- Hit F9 to save a PNG screenshot.
Nestopia – Select “Paths…” from the Options menu, make sure “PNG” is selected as the image format. Hit Alt and E or select “Save Screenshot” from the File menu to save a PNG screenshot.
NNNesterJ – Hit F12 or select “Screen Shot” from the File menu to save a PNG screenshot.

Nintendo Game Boy

BGB – Right click the emulator window and select “save screenshot” from the menu to save a bitmap (BMP) screenshot. Open this bitmap in an image editing program and save it as either a GIF or a PNG.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

ZSNES – Hit F1, change “IMAGE FORMAT” to “PNG,” select “SAVE SNAPSHOT.”

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X

Gens Plus – Select “Configuration” from the Options menu and make sure “Compress screen shots (GIF)” is checked. Set the video mode to Normal, turn off any video filters, hit Shift and Backspace or select “Screen Shot” from the Graphics menu to save a GIF screenshot.
Kega Fusion – Set video mode to Normal, turn off any video filters, hit Shift and F12 or select “Save Screenshot” from the File menu to save a bitmap (BMP) screenshot. Open this bitmap in an image editing program and save it as either a GIF or a PNG.

Sony Playstation

pSX Emulator – Hit F12 to save a PNG screenshot.

Nintendo 64

Project64 – Select “Generate Bitmap” from the System menu to save a bitmap (BMP) screenshot. Open this bitmap in an image editing program and save it as either a GIF or a PNG.

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

VisualBoyAdvance – Select “Emulator” from the Options menu and make sure “PNG format” is checked. Select “Screen capture…” from the File menu to save a PNG screenshot.

Most emulators with screenshot options allow you to set up a screenshot directory where they will be saved. If you don’t set up a screenshot directory most emulators will save the screenshot to the same directory as your ROM.

If you’re using an emulator that doesn’t have an option to take a clean screenshot you’ll have to take one “the hard way.” First, open your emulator, make sure it’s running windowed at the console’s resolution and turn off any video filters you have on. Hold down Alt and hit Prnt Scrn, this will copy a screenshot to your clipboard. Paste this into any image editing program and crop out the window border, leaving only the in-game image.

RESOLUTIONS:

Atari 2600

192×160

Dreamcast

640×480

Famicom Disk System

see Nintendo Entertainment System

Game Boy/Game Boy Color

160×144

Game Boy Advance

240×160

GameCube

480i (720×480)
576i (720 x 576)
480p (720×480)

Game Gear

160×144

Megadrive/Genesis/SegaCD

256×224
256×448
320×224
320×448
256×240(PAL and NTSC)
320×240
256×480
320×480 PAL only)

Jaguar

“Programmable screen resolutions, from 160 to 800 pixels per line. The resolution can be increased even further with additional hardware up to a reported 1350 pixels per line.” I.e. this console sucked so much no one got around to figuring out what the max resolution was.

Master System

256×192
256×224
256×240 (PAL/SECAM)

MSX

256×192

MSX2, MSX2+, MSX TurboR

80×24 text mode
256×192 graphics mode
512×212
256×212

NeoGeo CD

304 x 224

NeoGeo Pocket

160×152 (256×256 virtual screen)

Nintendo 64

256 × 224
320 × 240
640 × 480

Nintendo DS

256×192 per screen

Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom

256×240 (256×224 also acceptable with over scan cut off)

Nintendo Wii

480i (720×480)
576i (720 x 576)
480p (720×480)

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Playstation

256×240
320×240
384×240
512×240
640×240 Non Interlaced
256×480
320×480
384×480
512×480
640×480 Interlaced

Playstation 2

NTSC-NI 640×240(224)
NTSC-I 640×480(448)
PAL-NI 640×288(256)
PAL-I 640×576(512)
VESA-1 640×480
VESA-2 800×600
VESA-3 1024×768
VESA-4 1280×1024
DTV-480P 720×480
DTV-1080I 1920×1080
DTV-720P 1280×720

Playstation Portable

480×272

Sega Saturn

Horizontal sizes of 320, 352, 640, 704 pixels
Vertical sizes of 224, 240, 256 scanlines, non-interlaced
Vertical sizes of 448, 480, 512 scanlines, interlaced (only PAL consoles support 256 and 512 scanline displays)
Hi-Vision (EDTV) and 31 kHz (VGA) display support:
- 31 kHz: 320×480 or 640×480, non-interlaced (progressive scan)
- Hi-Vision (EDTV): 352×480 or 704×480, non-interlaced (progressive scan)

Sega 32x

320×224
320×240
320×204 (direct color)
320×408 (8bpp)
450×262 (Overscan NTSC)
450×313 (Overscan PAL)

Sega CD

See Genesis

Sega SG-1000

256×192

Super Nintendo

Progressive:
- 256×224
- 512×224
- 256×239
- 512×239
Interlaced:
- 512×448
- 512×478

Turbografix-16

X (Horizontal) Resolution: variable, maximum of 565 (programmable to 282, 377 or 565 pixels, or as 5.37mhz, 7.159mhz, and 10.76mhz pixel dot clock)[15] Taking into consideration overscan limitations of CRT televisions at the time, the horizontal resolutions were realistically limited to something a bit less than what the system was actually capable of. Consequently, most game developers limited their games to either 256, 336, or 512 pixels in display width for each of the three modes.[16]
Y (Vertical) Resolution: variable, maximum of 242 (programmable in increments of 1 scanline) It is possible to achieve an interlaced “mode” with a maximum vertical resolution of 484 scanlines by alternating between the two different vertical resolution modes used by the system. However, it is unknown, at this time, if this interlaced resolution is compliant with (and consequently displayed correctly on) NTSC televisions.
The majority of TurboGrafx-16 games use 256×239,[15] though some games, such as Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective did use 512×224. Chris Covell’s ‘High-Resolution Slideshow’ uses 512×240.

Virtual Boy