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    Enlarging the game screen

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      chip
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      Hello,

      Is it possible to enlarge the game screen.

      My retropie occupies the whole LCD during start up. But when entering into the game there are big margins around the screen. Is there way to fix?

      Chip

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        budgingwhale922
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        how large is your screen

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          chip @budgingwhale922
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          @budgingwhale922 3.5"

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            budgingwhale922
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            https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Overscan here try this it might help

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              budgingwhale922
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              let me know if this helped

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                chip @budgingwhale922
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                @budgingwhale922 thanks, but is it possible to have same screens for retropie and game screen?

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                • herb_fargusH
                  herb_fargus administrators
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                  Aspect ratio

                  If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                  Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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