Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-5641163-20150522174501/@comment-5641163-20150522193545

Heh, I had no idea, I always figured I was living in the dark ages with my 19" 5:4 screen. I've actually been considering upgrading this year given that all my movies and TV are widescreen, but I really don't want to lose any vertical height, so I'd have to go to a 22", which I simply can't afford at the moment.

However, if half the Wikis out there are broken in widescreen I might hold off for a while! If it 'aint broke... I use Wikis all the time.

As for "upgrades", I agree with you entirely, with the exception of lighting. Textures and models et al I could care less about, but I always remember Quake as being dark, gloomy and atmospheric, and I was struggling to persuade my version to look like I remember.

Likewise Quake 2 OpenGL looks pretty hideous (everything really bright and washed out) with yet another slider that doesn't actually do anything. As long as I can fix the lighting, that's enough for me.

Well, that and a HUD I can actually read. ;-)

Having a Fiend leap out of the darkness into my face was one of my earliest and most profound PC gaming memories, and pretty much set me up as a full-time gamer from then on. 800 games and counting! And still I keep coming back to the classics. :-)