diff --git a/docs/CORE_LIBRARY.md b/docs/CORE_LIBRARY.md
index 13c654f..50c491d 100644
--- a/docs/CORE_LIBRARY.md
+++ b/docs/CORE_LIBRARY.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Core titles in the library
 
-The N64 internal-resolution menu offers 1x, 2x and 3x for every title, in both
-platform and title settings. A previously saved or explicit higher numeric
-scale is resolved to 3x when the hub launches N64. This shared player policy
-does not change other systems' scales or the core's developer diagnostics.
+The internal-resolution menu uses the values declared by the selected core,
+in both platform and title settings. Current n64lle cores offer 1x, 2x, 3x
+and 4x. The launcher preserves the selected scale, including an explicit
+`--opt video.internal_resolution=4x`; it does not silently lower resolution
+for performance. Stored values no longer declared by the core are omitted
+with a warning; explicit invalid values remain the core's validation error.
 
 A **core title** plays inside the hub's own window through an rcore core
 (Retro-Runtime `docs/CORE_LINK.md`), instead of being spawned as its own program. This page covers
diff --git a/src/hub/hub_core_settings.cpp b/src/hub/hub_core_settings.cpp
index 856a746..1c2eaf5 100644
--- a/src/hub/hub_core_settings.cpp
+++ b/src/hub/hub_core_settings.cpp
@@ -12,22 +12,6 @@
 
 namespace retcomm::hub {
 
-std::string player_core_option_value(const std::string& platform, const std::string& key,
-                                     const std::string& value) {
-    if (platform != "n64" || key != "video.internal_resolution") return value;
-    const auto scale = [](const std::string& text) -> unsigned {
-        if (text.size() < 2 || text.back() != 'x') return 0;
-        unsigned result = 0;
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i + 1 < text.size(); ++i) {
-            if (text[i] < '0' || text[i] > '9') return 0;
-            result = result * 10 + static_cast<unsigned>(text[i] - '0');
-            if (result > 64) return 0;
-        }
-        return result;
-    };
-    return scale(value) > 3 ? "3x" : value;
-}
-
 namespace {
 
 namespace corelink = ::retro::corelink;
diff --git a/src/hub/hub_core_settings.hpp b/src/hub/hub_core_settings.hpp
index e13026f..9df94e3 100644
--- a/src/hub/hub_core_settings.hpp
+++ b/src/hub/hub_core_settings.hpp
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ struct CoreOptionDecl {
     std::string description;
 };
 
-// Shared player-facing limits apply to both the menu and launch options.
-// N64 currently offers at most 3x; the core's diagnostic scales remain available
-// to developer tools. Other platforms/options and non-scale values pass through.
-std::string player_core_option_value(const std::string& platform, const std::string& key,
-                                     const std::string& value);
-
 struct CoreInputDecl {
     std::uint32_t button = 0; // one RCORE_PAD_* bit, or 0
     std::uint32_t axis = 0;   // RCORE_AXIS_* + 1, or 0
diff --git a/src/hub/hub_main.cpp b/src/hub/hub_main.cpp
index b75cb41..e3dc586 100644
--- a/src/hub/hub_main.cpp
+++ b/src/hub/hub_main.cpp
@@ -11120,8 +11120,6 @@ void apply_player_settings(retcomm::hub::PlayArgs& args, const fs::path& data_di
         drop(title, "this title's");
     }
     args.options = retcomm::hub::layer_core_options(plat, title, args.options);
-    for (auto& [key, value] : args.options)
-        value = retcomm::hub::player_core_option_value(platform, key, value);
 }
 
 // A runner from before seats 2-4 took a Transfer Pak (no transfer_pak_seats
@@ -11619,8 +11617,7 @@ void draw_core_option_row(CoreSettingsPage& p, const retcomm::hub::CoreOptionDec
     std::string inherited = o.has_default ? o.default_value : std::string();
     if (p.title_scope)
         if (const auto it = p.plat_opts.find(o.key); it != p.plat_opts.end()) inherited = it->second;
-    const std::string requested = set ? own->second : inherited;
-    const std::string cur = retcomm::hub::player_core_option_value(p.platform, o.key, requested);
+    const std::string cur = set ? own->second : inherited;
     const std::string label = o.label.empty() ? o.key : o.label;
     const char* inherit_word = p.title_scope ? "All titles" : "Default";
 
@@ -11638,8 +11635,6 @@ void draw_core_option_row(CoreSettingsPage& p, const retcomm::hub::CoreOptionDec
                 layer.erase(o.key);
             for (const std::string& v : o.values) {
                 if (p.title_scope && v == kTitleDeclaredValue) continue;
-                if (retcomm::hub::player_core_option_value(p.platform, o.key, v) != v)
-                    continue;
                 const bool chosen = (set || p.title_scope) && v == cur;
                 if (ImGui::Selectable(v.c_str(), chosen)) layer[o.key] = v;
                 if (chosen) ImGui::SetItemDefaultFocus();
diff --git a/tests/hub_core_settings_test.cpp b/tests/hub_core_settings_test.cpp
index 14302e1..3bcc347 100644
--- a/tests/hub_core_settings_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/hub_core_settings_test.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ void test_options(const fs::path& dir) {
     std::string err;
     check(save_core_options(dir, "n64", "pokemonstadiumtest_game", v, &err), "options save");
     check(load_core_options(dir, "n64", "pokemonstadiumtest_game") == v, "options round-trip");
+    const std::map<std::string, std::string> four_x{{"video.internal_resolution", "4x"}};
+    check(save_core_options(dir, "n64", "resolution-test", four_x, &err), "4x options save");
+    const auto stored = load_core_options(dir, "n64", "resolution-test");
+    check(stored == four_x && layer_core_options({}, stored, {}).at("video.internal_resolution") == "4x",
+          "stored N64 4x remains 4x at launch");
+    check(layer_core_options({{"video.internal_resolution", "2x"}},
+                             {{"video.internal_resolution", "3x"}}, four_x)
+                  .at("video.internal_resolution") == "4x",
+          "explicit N64 4x wins over platform and title scales");
     check(!save_core_options(dir, "n64", "t", {{"k", "a\nb"}}, &err),
           "a value with a newline refused");
 }
@@ -613,17 +622,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     test_display(dir);
     test_n64lle_mods(dir);
     test_n64lle_options(dir);
-    check(player_core_option_value("n64", "video.internal_resolution", "4x") == "3x",
-          "N64 stored or explicit 4x launches at 3x");
-    check(player_core_option_value("n64", "video.internal_resolution", "6x") == "3x",
-          "N64 higher diagnostic scales are not player choices");
-    for (const std::string& value : {"1x", "2x", "3x", "title", "bad", "99999999999999999x"})
-        check(player_core_option_value("n64", "video.internal_resolution", value) == value,
-              "N64 lower scales and non-scale values pass through");
-    check(player_core_option_value("psx", "video.internal_resolution", "4x") == "4x",
-          "other platforms retain their own scales");
-    check(player_core_option_value("n64", "video.supersampling", "4x") == "4x",
-          "unrelated options retain their own choices");
     test_transfer_pak(dir);
     test_tpak_library(dir);
     {