Nintendo Switch “vertical” mode found in Neo-Geo games—are more coming?

Sam Machkovech

The Nintendo Switch may not have a full-blown Virtual Console collection yet, but its eShop has a few emulated classics already. This week, fans finally noticed that its current, small slate of '80s and '90s games had a surprise tucked inside ever since the system's launch: a vertical orientation option.

The only classic games available for purchase on the Switch's eShop come from the Neo-Geo system, and this week's launch of Neo Turf Masters should have gone by as a minor blip. This title wasn't a major Neo-Geo hit, nor a rare curio. But for whatever reason, this game, as opposed to the other Neo-Geo games launched thus far, got someone to post video of the emulator's "display settings menu."

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