cloudless@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoPC Engine (TG16) games are so colourful! I wish more modern games use bright colours like they used to do.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imagePC Engine (TG16) games are so colourful! I wish more modern games use bright colours like they used to do.lemmy.worldcloudless@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoLittle bit of A, little bit of B. The sprites were also designed with CRT limitations in mind so they generally look better than they do on non-crt screens
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThings like stippled dots or vertical lines especially would blur into each other making new colours or faking transparency. Random video to demonstrate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IthGu6Ysmpc But if your TV was too good, you wouldn’t get the effect as much.
Little bit of A, little bit of B. The sprites were also designed with CRT limitations in mind so they generally look better than they do on non-crt screens
Things like stippled dots or vertical lines especially would blur into each other making new colours or faking transparency.
Random video to demonstrate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IthGu6Ysmpc
But if your TV was too good, you wouldn’t get the effect as much.