List of High Resolution Games on Classic Consoles

[Infinite_Kaos]

I'm been doing a lot of work lately with classic consoles and RGB output, upscalers, deinterlacers, etc. and found certain games give unexpected results do to their resolution.

All consoles had a "standard" resolution in which most if not all games were coded, but some supported alternate, high resolution, and interlaced video modes. I've been trying to find lists of these games for a few weeks now, but have found limited and scattered information.

So I'd like to start one. Below is all the information I've been able to obtain. Any help adding missing titles or correcting wrong information would be much appreciated.

NES
All commercially released titles are 256x240 AFAIK

Sega Genesis
256x448
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Used only in 2 player mode

SNES
512x224
Secret of Mana - Menu screens only
Seiken Densetsu 3 - Menu screens only

512x448
Ranma 1/2 - Chounai Gekitou Hen - Mostly menu screens
RPM Racing

Turbografx-16/PC-Engine
512x224
Sherlock Homes: Consulting Detective

Sega Saturn
682×448
Dead or Alive

?
Virtua Fighter 2

Widescreen
Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams...
High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge
NiGHTS into Dreams...
Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei
Soukyugurentai

Sony Playstation
640×224
Soul Blade

512x448
Dead or Alive
Tobal 2

368x480
Tekken 1
Tekken 2
Tekken 3

640x480
Chrono Cross - Menu screens

?
iS - internal Section
Ridge Racer Turbo (Bonus disc that came with R4)

Widescreen
Ghost in the Shell
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness
Pac-Man World
Soukyugurentai
Wipeout 3

Nintendo 64
640x480
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Hybrid Heaven
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Perfect Dark
Resident Evil 2
Star Wars Episode I - Battle for Naboo
Star Wars Episode I - Racer
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
World Driver Championship

Widescreen
Banjo-Tooie
Donkey Kong 64
GoldenEye 007
Jet Force Gemini
Mickey's Speedway USA
Perfect Dark

[cnick]

Doesn't Nights on the Saturn have a widescreen resolution?

[Xonticus]

Don't mean to nitpick, but under playstation is that Soul Blade instead? Or did you mean it for the Dreamcast?

[Infinite_Kaos]

It does have a widescreen mode, but it uses the same resolution, and the TV needs to be manually set in 16:9 mode. Honestly, I could never see much of a difference.

Several PS1 and N64 games have 16:9 modes with varying qualities, although all that I've come across still retain the same internal resolution. Is it worth adding these games, or making a separate section?

Xonticus: That should be Soul Blade. Thanks...

[lisalover1]

I could have sworn I heard something about Lords of Thunder for the Turbo Duo being 240p. Is this true?

[swiftzx]

lucasart games for the n64 utilized the expansion pak, which gave it a higher resolution, I believe

[Ziggy]

Several PS1 and N64 games have 16:9 modes with varying qualities, although all that I've come across still retain the same internal resolution. Is it worth adding these games, or making a separate section?

I think so. Widescreen is just a better thing to have, being that there's more visible area on the screen.

[Hobie-wan]

From Wiki on the PCE/TG16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pc_engine

Resolution

* 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)[12]
* Y (Vertical) Resolution: variable, maximum of 242 (programmable in increments of 1 scanline)
* The majority of TurboGrafx-16 games use 256×239[12], though some games, such as Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective did use 512×224. Chris Covell's 'High-Resolution Slideshow' uses 512×240.

[Anapan]

I remember Chrono Cross having a (I think) full 640x480 interlaced mode while viewing the character model in the status menu.
Ghost in the Shell PS1 has some wide-screen modes, but at the same resolution.

[Infinite_Kaos]

Widescreen is just a better thing to have, being that there's more visible area on the screen.

Since the internal resolution generated by these games is the same there's no increase in picture detail. In fact, Jet Force Gemini (I'll have to check other RARE titles) letterboxes the image when in 16:9 mode so you really get less.

lisalover1: Maximum resolution for TG16/PCE is 565x242. Max known resolution in a commercial game is 512x224. All TG16/PCE games are technically 240p. We'd need to check horizontal resolution in LoT, but I think it's standard res.

Next-Gen: Thanks! Didn't know about that one...

64-bit: You're right. I forgot about the menus...