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Widescreen support

Hardware theme

Supports widescreen aspect ratios (widescreen resolutions and monitors with it), but does not necessarily require their use.

325
games
12
platforms
Summer Athletics (Windows)
Summer Athletics
WIN 2008-08
Medal of Honor: Airborne (Windows)
Medal of Honor: Airborne
WIN 2007-09-04
Far Cry 2 (Windows)
Far Cry 2
WIN 2008-10-21
Resident Evil 5 (Windows)
Resident Evil 5
WIN 2009-09-15
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (PlayStation 2)
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
PS2 2007-10
Widescreen Asteroids (Linux)
Widescreen Asteroids
LIN 2017
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (Windows)
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
WIN 2005-03-15
UFO: Afterlight (Windows)
UFO: Afterlight
WIN 2007-02-09
Dawn of Magic (Windows)
Dawn of Magic
WIN 2005-12-16
SunAge (Windows)
SunAge
WIN 2007-11-16
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut (PlayStation 2)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut
PS2 2004-01-22
Alien Dominion: The Acronian Encounter (Windows)
Alien Dominion: The Acronian Encounter
WIN 2010
Related:
* Horizontal FoV
* Letterboxing
4:3 aspect ratio
16:9 aspect ratio
16:10 aspect ratio
5:4 aspect ratio
Automatic wide aspect ratio
Aspect ratio: automatic
Anamorphic
Letterboxed
Widescreen
Customizable aspect ratio
Customizable anamorphic aspect ratio
Widescreen
Customizable aspect ratio
Customizable anamorphic aspect ratio
This is non-specific in terms of the screen ratio except that it has to be wider than the regular 4:3, so both 16:10 and 16:9 work and any others as well.

Popular tags

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Child groups

16:9 aspect ratio, 16:10 aspect ratio, Letterbox

Games by year

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The first Widescreen support video game was released in 1995.

Valve, Ubisoft and THQ published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 217
Linux 65
Mac OS X 21
PS2 8
BSD 3
N64 3
X360 2
PS3 2
Flash 1
Wii 1
Unix 1
Switch 1

Most common companies

Valve14
Ubisoft14
THQ8
Codemasters8
Eidos Interactive7
Paradox Interactive6
2K Games6
Electronic Arts5
Activision5
Microsoft Game Studios4
Sega4
Broken Rules4
Ogre Head Studio3
JoWood Productions3
Microsoft3