Not just NES; games were largely designed with CRTs in mind all the way through PS2/Xbox/Gamecube console generation!
Legitimately would love a decent CRT TV (and room for it) to be able to authentically play Point Blank again - light gun games of that era only work on CRTs.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Not allegedly, it’s quite true. CRT’s tech approach adds gradients, depth to the colors and softens sharp pixel corners. Any sprite based game will look richer on a CRT, but filters are eh 80% good enough
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
[This video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-8y2R6IxI&t=6m30s] shows the difference quite neatly. (Timestamp included for Earthworm Jim)
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Daymn