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You're Emulating Retro Games Wrong (you need CRT Shaders) (youtu.be)
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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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