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283 - Did You Know?

🕑 Added 2023-07-03 08:57:48 +0000 UTC
283 - Did You Know?

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AKAMAN

Would not expect less from a true man of culture such as yourself.

AKAMAN

I was trying to find it before making the post, but it was lost in the history of the vids I watched on youtube. It was a 10 min vid of some guy showing graphical differences and explaining the technology behind it -_-

Nepurin

Good luck with everything, as always. Also, the fun fact of the week is true as far as my sources go (I am the sources). See you Monday!

MANITU Games

What documentary though? You got me curious

MrLazare

Yes, all those old games were made to be played on CRTs. The graphic designers of the time were necessarily also working on CRTs, and they took account of the constraints and shortcomings of this technology to improve the rendering of on-screen graphics. For example, red is a color that tends to 'drool' and they took this problem into account to improve the design of sprites. This site lists a few examples: https://wackoid.com/game/10-pictures-that-show-why-crt-tvs-are-better-for-gaming/ The CRT also had the advantage of 0 lag, no ghosting, super brightness and viewing angles. There's nothing better than playing on an old Japanese arcade machine (sega blast city, sega astro city...) with the right settings, it kills everything in terms of experience. Otherwise, would the "did you know" at the beginning refer to an in-game scene involving the genie with Iris and Atamansha? ^^

Trevor Bond

The CRT thing is true and a very fascinating bit of older game lore! It's why many old games look awful now... they were built with the limits of tech at the time in mind, and now hyperclarity makes them look like garbage. Hence the remakes and stuff, it's hard to look at some of the old games now.... though I still do rather than play these godawful remakes.

DeadMan

Better get a crt soon, they are quickly going the way of the dodo and are getting more expensive everyday.

Nikraria

So many facts... Thanks for another educational post! I didn't know about the CTR TVs, I need to check that thing. Have a nice week man!


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