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You're Emulating Retro Games Wrong (you need CRT Shaders) (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by DdCno1@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not just the look of it, but the art and games were designed with the limitations of CRT in mind. Not all games off course. An example is the transparency effect on Genesis / Mega Drive:

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shaders are not only useful for CRT emulation, but also to get the look of handhelds:

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Ah jeez, this picture triggered the earworm! Now that song is in my head!