> > > > One of the SNK development tools didn't show the eight pixels on each side of > the > > > > frame. The designers used the tool, and QA never cared about the garbage on the > > > sides > > > > on target hardware. > > > > > > Like I said, negligent and lazy. I never shipped a console game where I couldn't > > see > > > it all the way to the border on all 4 sides. > > > > Yeah, but would you have failed Lot Check if you hadn't? If not, you're probably > just > > bitter that you weren't that clever back then. > > amazingly there are still games that have shipped in recent years that have issues > near the screen edge often only a line or two, but it's really noticeable on modern > screens.
I've seen a few games where menus and stuff are just overlays and they don't always reach the entire screen - they cut off one or two pixels too short. Just enough to be noticeable.
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