Comment on You're Emulating Retro Games Wrong (you need CRT Shaders)
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Honestly, I hate the CRT aesthetic. I grew up with CRTs. Leaving them behind for LCDs was one of the greatest transitions of growing up. By all means, enjoy them if you do, but I don’t.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 months ago
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:
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thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Shaders are not only useful for CRT emulation, but also to get the look of handhelds:
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bbbhltz@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Ah jeez, this picture triggered the earworm! Now that song is in my head!
pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 2 months ago
Add that China theme to the mix.
You’re welcome.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Does this shader also replicate the horrific blur the display of the original GameBoy suffered from?
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 months ago
There are two variants, one with motion-blur and one without. Besides that, often shaders have additional settings. One can change settings and save it as a new Shader Preset and use that instead. I have described it here: thingsiplay.game.blog/2024/10/19/…/8/#learn-and-e…
MetaStatistical@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Getting the settings right for video is critically important, too. Scaling needs to be done with the nearest neighbor pixel method, not more modern blends.