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Pixel, pixel, on the wall - who's the squarest of them all?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:15 am
by JonBrawn
Wotcha!

When you are writing games or other graphics routines for your VIC-20 you'll sometimes need to compensate for the pixels being rectangular rather than square. My question is:

What aspect ratio do you assume for pixels in your code?

Re: Pixel, pixel, on the wall - who's the squarest of them all?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:12 am
by chysn
I think it’s about 1 2/3 wider than tall.

Re: Pixel, pixel, on the wall - who's the squarest of them all?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:19 am
by Mike
The pixel aspect ratio (PAR) of hires pixels on PAL is 5:3 (or 1.667:1) and on NTSC it is 3:2 (or 1.5:1).

Re: Pixel, pixel, on the wall - who's the squarest of them all?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:29 pm
by JonBrawn
Thanks!