absolutely fascinated by this raw pixels on an emulator vs how the game was actually supposed to look on old tvs twitter
People say that old games dont look as good as they remember
Its because they legitimately dont.
The “fuzz” from CRT monitors was something that was definitely accounted for and taken advantage of back in the day when it came to video games! While this effect is noticeable in 3D games, it’s MUCH more visible when it comes to 2D sprites:
Just look how much more depth these simple sprites of Princess Peach and Bowser from Super Mario RPG seem to have when seen through the “dots” of a CRT TV screen!
I somehow did not know this!?!?!?
One of the clearest examples of this is using the effect for transparent waterfalls in the MegaDrive Sonic games
My absolutely favourite example of this is with Dracula’s eyes in Castlevania
On the one hand this is legitimately really cool and fascinating and on the other both versions still make my eyes hurt.
OPEN RP
“Hey guys, I picked up some snacks from the corner store today. Would anyone like some.“
i, aslan of narnia, wonders if you bought any sprite
((A talking lion!?))
“Ah, sorry Aslan-san. They only had Sierra Mist. I hope that’s okay.”
oh ive never tried one. let me
hhg. what is this flavor?
AAAUUGHG ITRS FUCKING GOOD!
Sierra Mist has been discontinued this is the last time you can reblog this. I’m sorry Aslan.
oh my god it’s true
