It hurts me that the Castlevania screenshot does not match the pattern of the other screenshots with filter on the left and raw on the right.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
Old games were designed for CRTs. The way lines were rendered on the screen led to blurring and bleeding of colours which made them less pixely and looking like they’re much more detailed.
Opisek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
These actually look fantastic with the filter on. Another commenter’s examples were bad and I too thought it’s just nostalgia, since the filtered ones looked worse there. In particular, the skeleton you showed gains so much depth.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 month ago
The other commentor’s comparisons showed literally the exact same thing, lol.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As a kid that grew up in the NES / SNES era and played these games on a CRT television, I think the sharp pixels look better. This is just going to be one of those subjective things.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
TV pixels were also generally not square. And if the device was a TV and not an actual video monitor (both were used with home computers), it was a little slow and blurry. And overscan existed. There’s a lot of things that will be a bit different when you look at an emulated display.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Same. I played a lot of the originals. I now emulate a lot on Steam Deck, and they always look better without the CRT stuff.