Carlos Rodrigues 🪣 on Nostr: Jazz Jackrabbit (MS-DOS, 1994) impressed me back in 1995 when I first played the ...

Jazz Jackrabbit (MS-DOS, 1994) impressed me back in 1995 when I first played the shareware version. The speed, the music, but especially how smooth it ran. 🧈

🕹️ https://archive.org/details/msdos_Jazz_Jackrabbit_1994 (not as smooth in the browser, alas)

Fun fact: 320x200 is supposed to be 4:3, but these screenshots aren't 4:3, and look correct. What gives?

Turns out the game uses 320x199 instead, triggering CRTs to squash the image vertically for an effective aspect ratio of 16:10. 😲

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#retrogaming #pc #msdos #graphics