it's really something that there's been such a long gap (20, 25 years? more?) between the end of lifetime of the original consoles, and the advent of emulators and shaders able to reproduce something reasonably close to the original gameplay experience.https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/1387496553418428418 …
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Scott Madin Retweeted CRT Pixels
look at the difference here! look how good the right-hand side looks.https://twitter.com/CRTpixels/status/1387184488275402753 …
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our whole concept of "retro pixel art" in modern indie games is shaped by playing emulated 3rd- and 4th-gen console games on LCD screens rather than by how those graphics looked on the displays they were designed for
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now, low-res chunky pixel art designed for crisp modern displays can, of course, also look great! but it's not really right to call it "retro".
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something something original ancient sculptures were painted in bright colors but "Hellenistic" sculptures centuries later were unadorned marble because they were imitating statues whose paint had worn away over time something something
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