So? It hasn't been done on HDMI panels either, and yet... Huge chunk of "DOS" gaming also comes from machines where TVs were the main displays (and from the RF/Composite era too), see below.
How many graphics cards from the 486 era had composite out ? Not many that I can think of. Connecting a consumer-grade TV to a PC, in the early 90s, wouldn't have been a straight-forward thing.
Really? What about a game which was ported to a PC from 8/16 bit machine (or vice versa)? Ooops
Oooops ? The 486 era didn't have many ports from the 8-bit or 16-bit machines - I mean, why would it ? The PC was the dominant gaming machine in the 90s, so any ports would have went from PC to lesser machines.
This is a subjectivity-zone,
Is it ? So a 640x480 DOS game, according to you, looks better on a consumer-grade TV, rather than the display it was meant for ?
Don't be silly. Try a point 'n click adventure, a game where you would need to see detailed graphics AND text. On a TV, these look awful, on a VGA monitor they look how they're supposed to look. And the higher you push the resolution, the better these old adventures look.
Even FPS games, like Doom, look utter shite on a regular TV. On a CRT VGA/SVGA monitor, Doom looks amazing, as does Duke Nukem 3D, and all the other DOS FPS games.
In any case, there are quite a few people interested in this functionality, hence the existence of this thread.
I agree. But not long after trying some of my own ini files, I hooked up my VGA monitor, despite it having an arching issue, I was surprised at how much better DOS games looked compared to my Philips, or Sony TV.
Back in the day i had the Ati Xpression PC2TV, and i was a pro, gaming on a 29 Trinitron thru S-video
Maybe recreating an ATI Rage card in ao486 would make TV out easier.
Both of those cards didn't exist during the 486 days, so not sure what "Back in the day" you are referring to.