Best shmups for shit PCs

[kernow]

6yrs old, still pretty fast for emulation, older versions of mame etc. it's hardly a dinosaur.

[Klatrymadon]

A lot of PC shmups run tiny windows when I try to play them on my laptop. The machine's nothing special, but it's only about a year old. I'd have thought any old toaster would be able to run games like Cho Ren Sha, Eden's Aegis and BWR, but it appears not. I don't suppose there's anything I can do to force a larger display?

Ed: I should clarify that I don't mean 'windows' in the computing sense. They're technically running full-screen, but blacking out a large percentage of it.

[Udderdude]

It sounds like you have to find where it's setting the full screen games to do that and change it, if you can.

[null1024]

That sounds like your display is set to not scale the display when doing a resolution switch.
It's a pretty simple fix if you have some settings program that came with your video card [like Intel's control panel], otherwise, tough luck.

[Klatrymadon]

Heh, you were exactly right! I dug around in the display settings and found some Intel driver which had set the scaling to "Centre Image". I just had to whack it into "Full Screen", and now everything's splendid. That was easy. Thanks a lot, sirs!

[ZacharyB]

I forgot all about GanGan Extend!

A medal-fest the likes of which is rarely seen. Scores go into the quadrillions. Seems to be well-designed, too.