diff --git a/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.cpp
index 6f8459b588..83fffeecc0 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.cpp
@@ -570,6 +570,13 @@ void PresentationCommon::CopyToOutput(OutputFlags flags, int uvRotation, float u
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (flags & OutputFlags::PILLARBOX) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+			// Looks about right.
+			verts[i].x *= 0.75f;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (usePostShader) {
 		bool flipped = flags & OutputFlags::POSITION_FLIPPED;
 		float post_v0 = !flipped ? 1.0f : 0.0f;
diff --git a/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.h b/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.h
index eae2834abf..919f63b42a 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.h
+++ b/GPU/Common/PresentationCommon.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ enum class OutputFlags {
 	RB_SWIZZLE = 0x0002,
 	BACKBUFFER_FLIPPED = 0x0004,
 	POSITION_FLIPPED = 0x0008,
+	PILLARBOX = 0x0010,
 };
 
 inline OutputFlags operator | (const OutputFlags &lhs, const OutputFlags &rhs) {
diff --git a/GPU/Software/RasterizerRectangle.cpp b/GPU/Software/RasterizerRectangle.cpp
index e396d3a16a..b6697b52c7 100644
--- a/GPU/Software/RasterizerRectangle.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Software/RasterizerRectangle.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// See comment in header for the purpose of this.
+// See comment in header for the purpose of the code in this file.
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <emmintrin.h>
 #endif
 
-extern bool g_DarkStalkerStretch;
+extern DSStretch g_DarkStalkerStretch;
 // For Darkstalkers hack. Ugh.
 extern bool currentDialogActive;
 
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ void DrawSprite(const VertexData& v0, const VertexData& v1) {
 	}
 }
 
-bool needsClear = false;
+bool g_needsClearAfterDialog = false;
 
 // Returns true if the normal path should be skipped.
 bool RectangleFastPath(const VertexData &v0, const VertexData &v1) {
-	g_DarkStalkerStretch = false;
+	g_DarkStalkerStretch = DSStretch::Off;
 	// Check for 1:1 texture mapping. In that case we can call DrawSprite.
 	int xdiff = v1.screenpos.x - v0.screenpos.x;
 	int ydiff = v1.screenpos.y - v0.screenpos.y;
@@ -246,24 +246,28 @@ bool RectangleFastPath(const VertexData &v0, const VertexData &v1) {
 	// Eliminate the stretch blit in DarkStalkers.
 	// We compensate for that when blitting the framebuffer in SoftGpu.cpp.
 	if (PSP_CoreParameter().compat.flags().DarkStalkersPresentHack && v0.texturecoords.x == 64.0f && v0.texturecoords.y == 16.0f && v1.texturecoords.x == 448.0f && v1.texturecoords.y == 240.0f) {
-		if (v0.screenpos.x == 0x7100 && v0.screenpos.y == 0x7780 && v1.screenpos.x == 0x8f00 && v1.screenpos.y == 0x8880) {
-			// Also check for save/load dialog.
-			if (!currentDialogActive) {
-				g_DarkStalkerStretch = true;
-				if (needsClear) {
-					needsClear = false;
-					// Afterwards, we also need to clear the actual destination. Can do a fast rectfill.
-					gstate.textureMapEnable &= ~1;
-					VertexData newV0 = v0;
-					newV0.color0 = Vec4<int>(0, 0, 0, 255);
-					Rasterizer::DrawSprite(newV0, v1);
-					gstate.textureMapEnable |= 1;
-				}
-				return true;
+		// check for save/load dialog.
+		if (!currentDialogActive) {
+			if (v0.screenpos.x == 0x7100 && v0.screenpos.y == 0x7780 && v1.screenpos.x == 0x8f00 && v1.screenpos.y == 0x8880) {
+				g_DarkStalkerStretch = DSStretch::Wide;
+			} else if (v0.screenpos.x == 0x7400 && v0.screenpos.y == 0x7780 && v1.screenpos.x == 0x8C00 && v1.screenpos.y == 0x8880) {
+				g_DarkStalkerStretch = DSStretch::Normal;
 			} else {
-				needsClear = true;
+				return false;
 			}
-		} // else, handle the Capcom screen stretch, or the non-wide stretch? Or let's just not bother.
+			if (g_needsClearAfterDialog) {
+				g_needsClearAfterDialog = false;
+				// Afterwards, we also need to clear the actual destination. Can do a fast rectfill.
+				gstate.textureMapEnable &= ~1;
+				VertexData newV0 = v0;
+				newV0.color0 = Vec4<int>(0, 0, 0, 255);
+				Rasterizer::DrawSprite(newV0, v1);
+				gstate.textureMapEnable |= 1;
+			}
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			g_needsClearAfterDialog = true;
+		}
 	}
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.cpp b/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.cpp
index 7e17d54f89..d0d49548b9 100644
--- a/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void SoftGPU::SetDisplayFramebuffer(u32 framebuf, u32 stride, GEBufferFormat for
 	GPURecord::NotifyDisplay(framebuf, stride, format);
 }
 
-bool g_DarkStalkerStretch;
+DSStretch g_DarkStalkerStretch;
 
 void SoftGPU::ConvertTextureDescFrom16(Draw::TextureDesc &desc, int srcwidth, int srcheight, u8 *overrideData) {
 	// TODO: This should probably be converted in a shader instead..
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void SoftGPU::CopyToCurrentFboFromDisplayRam(int srcwidth, int srcheight) {
 	OutputFlags outputFlags = g_Config.iBufFilter == SCALE_NEAREST ? OutputFlags::NEAREST : OutputFlags::LINEAR;
 	bool hasPostShader = presentation_->HasPostShader();
 
-	if (PSP_CoreParameter().compat.flags().DarkStalkersPresentHack && displayFormat_ == GE_FORMAT_5551 && g_DarkStalkerStretch) {
+	if (PSP_CoreParameter().compat.flags().DarkStalkersPresentHack && displayFormat_ == GE_FORMAT_5551 && g_DarkStalkerStretch != DSStretch::Off) {
 		u8 *data = Memory::GetPointer(0x04088000);
 		bool fillDesc = true;
 		if (draw_->GetDataFormatSupport(Draw::DataFormat::A1B5G5R5_UNORM_PACK16) & Draw::FMT_TEXTURE) {
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ void SoftGPU::CopyToCurrentFboFromDisplayRam(int srcwidth, int srcheight) {
 		u1 = 447.5f / (float)desc.width;
 		v0 = 16.0f / (float)desc.height;
 		v1 = 240.0f / (float)desc.height;
+		if (g_DarkStalkerStretch == DSStretch::Normal) {
+			outputFlags |= OutputFlags::PILLARBOX;
+		}
 	} else if (!Memory::IsValidAddress(displayFramebuf_) || srcwidth == 0 || srcheight == 0) {
 		hasImage = false;
 		u1 = 1.0f;
diff --git a/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.h b/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.h
index e97f6c1dde..fc9bf68b7e 100644
--- a/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.h
+++ b/GPU/Software/SoftGpu.h
@@ -121,3 +121,10 @@ private:
 extern u32 clut[4096];
 extern FormatBuffer fb;
 extern FormatBuffer depthbuf;
+
+// Type for the DarkStalkers stretch replacement.
+enum class DSStretch {
+	Off = 0,
+	Normal,
+	Wide,
+};