UPDATE: This became possible (for some games) 4 months after I made this post using TWiLight Menu++ (which allows you to run standard DS games off your internal Micro SD!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Ctrl+F and look for "3DS/2DS: Playing in Widescreen".
FYI, a compatibility list .txt of games that can run widescreen is included in the TWiLight Menu++ download when you go to install it. If you want quick access to a list, This compatibility list was last updated Jul '19
I am aware of the 1:1 "pixel-perfect" mode you can activate when holding down Start/Select on boot for DS apps (and maybe Virtual Console too).
But I want what most people find blasphemous: Get the top screen stretched to fill the entirety of the top screen. Like this (taken from a GameFAQs(?) forum discussing the topic):
I want the Stretched to fill screen (Blasphemy before the laws of God and Man) on my top screen in DS mode.
Back when I played GBA in GameBoy/GBColor mode, I always had it stretched, so I became accustomed to stretched resolutions and find it painful to have any black bars on my screen.
I spent a while Googling yesterday, but it looked like no one had made a hack or plugin to get the top screen to stretch full screen in DS mode. I knew I was in the minority in preferring stretched screens, but I didn't know I was so much in the minority that no one would make a plugin to support it. Emulators support stretching to fill the screen, so I'm bummed no one added support for it in DS mode (which of course would be much more difficult to implement).
I just want to 100% confirm that there's no way to stretch the top screen in DS mode
FYI, a compatibility list .txt of games that can run widescreen is included in the TWiLight Menu++ download when you go to install it. If you want quick access to a list, This compatibility list was last updated Jul '19
I am aware of the 1:1 "pixel-perfect" mode you can activate when holding down Start/Select on boot for DS apps (and maybe Virtual Console too).
But I want what most people find blasphemous: Get the top screen stretched to fill the entirety of the top screen. Like this (taken from a GameFAQs(?) forum discussing the topic):
I want the Stretched to fill screen (Blasphemy before the laws of God and Man) on my top screen in DS mode.
Back when I played GBA in GameBoy/GBColor mode, I always had it stretched, so I became accustomed to stretched resolutions and find it painful to have any black bars on my screen.
I spent a while Googling yesterday, but it looked like no one had made a hack or plugin to get the top screen to stretch full screen in DS mode. I knew I was in the minority in preferring stretched screens, but I didn't know I was so much in the minority that no one would make a plugin to support it. Emulators support stretching to fill the screen, so I'm bummed no one added support for it in DS mode (which of course would be much more difficult to implement).
I just want to 100% confirm that there's no way to stretch the top screen in DS mode
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