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How to shrink 3.5 inch screen to original gameboy size? Config.txt?? Help needed

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:08 am
by Safari9982
So I don’t want to cut my gameboy Case... is there any way to resize console on the 3.5 inch screen so it’s the same size as the original gameboy? If so can you show me how it’s done? I’m assuming you have to mess with the overscan and framebuffer which to me those numbers make zero sense haha.

Also I’m not interested in buying another screen. At least not right now. And plus I want to see if this can be done anyway.

Re: How to shrink 3.5 inch screen to original gameboy size? Config.txt?? Help needed

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:40 am
by rodocop
in the config.txt there are some lines like this:

#disable_overscan=1

overscan_left=-20
overscan_right=-20
overscan_top=-20
overscan_bottom=-20

You can play around with those numbers to get the screen to fit right. You will need to un-comment the first line, and then adjust the numbers, and reboot to see any changes. I can't tell you exactly what value to use, just play around until you get it to fit right.

Re: How to shrink 3.5 inch screen to original gameboy size? Config.txt?? Help needed

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:43 am
by Safari9982
Thank you!

Re: How to shrink 3.5 inch screen to original gameboy size? Config.txt?? Help needed

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:52 pm
by tinkerBOY
You can also set the overscan settings on the fly with this: https://github.com/ukscone/set_overscan

Re: How to shrink 3.5 inch screen to original gameboy size? Config.txt?? Help needed

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:20 am
by rodocop
tinkerBOY wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:52 pm
You can also set the overscan settings on the fly with this: https://github.com/ukscone/set_overscan
That seems handy to be able to do it on the fly. I might have to try that.

Re: How to shrink 3.5 inch screen to original gameboy size? Config.txt?? Help needed

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:24 am
by tinkerBOY
rodocop wrote:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:20 am
tinkerBOY wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:52 pm
You can also set the overscan settings on the fly with this: https://github.com/ukscone/set_overscan
That seems handy to be able to do it on the fly. I might have to try that.
Yes, i use it all the time.