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You're Emulating Retro Games Wrong (you need CRT Shaders) (youtu.be)
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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 87 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    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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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Shaders are not only useful for CRT emulation, but also to get the look of handhelds:

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Does this shader also replicate the horrific motion blur that the display of the original GameBoy suffered from?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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: https://thingsiplay.game.blog/2024/10/19/showcase-for-retroarch-shaders-2024/8/#learn-and-explore

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 2 years ago

    Thanks. I shall avoid the motion blur variant as best as I can, because that's one of several aspects of this device I do not remember fondly.

    I borrowed a friend's Game Boy for an afternoon when I was a kid and I was so disappointed by it (primarily the screen, but also poor ergonomics and the limited nature of its games) that I lost nearly all interest in gaming for a year.

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