Game Tech Wiki has everything you'd ever want to know about CRT shaders

11 days ago by ∃∀λ to c/retrogaming

An impressive effort has been made to replicate the exact appearance of old CRT televisions on modern LCD and OLED panels. The page I've linked is very well written.

TheJesusaurus 19 points 11 days ago

As a 90s kid it's pretty funny to see, we were so impressed with every new increase in graphic fidelity in games and TV. The idea of deliberately trying to replicate a CRT nowadays tickles me

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mrfriki 16 points 10 days ago

Ii don't think it's replicating it for the shake of it. It's more, kind of, to experience pixel art closer to the way it was designed.

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Strider 12 points 11 days ago

It depends. Graphics weren't spiky pixels as you can recall. That produced a far softer image, aside from scanlines and all the other stuff.

By now I can hardly play retro games from that time without shader, since the impression is auch a difference.

And I always was a pc player (from 8086/8088 on) and my consoles from mega drive on always used scart.

Still.

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TheJesusaurus 7 points 11 days ago

Oh I love the nostalgia of it all of course. But we couldn't wait to get rid of CRTs at the time is all. Such is life

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Strider 3 points 10 days ago

I agree!

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SuspiciousCarrot78 2 points 10 days ago

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thatKamGuy 1 point 10 days ago

I keep harping on this, but this is a massive regret - sure they were bulky and power hungry, but I would sell a kidney (not necessarily mine) to be able to buy a modern CRT to enjoy my old PS1 light gun games (Pount Blank, Ghoul Panic, Rescue Shot, Time Crisis etc.) again.

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worhui 1 point 10 days ago

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RightHandOfIkaros 3 points 10 days ago

Because playing games designed on CRTs on a modern TV and at modern resolutions is an objective visual downgrade in almost every single case, except for a tiny select few cases.

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thingsiplay 4 points 10 days ago

They also link my blog article. So you know this is a good Wiki.

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Edges 2 points 10 days ago

This is why I have a CRT with a rasberrypi hooked up to it. Much easier than trying to find the perfect filters.

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SuspiciousCarrot78 2 points 10 days ago

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