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Absolutely incredible art

Morrigan Aensland ending from Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (ヴァンパイア セイヴァー) for Sega Saturn

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Gyruss (1988, Konami) - NES

Sharp Pixels vs. AV Famicom Composite via Sony KV-27S42

This one isn’t meant to be zoomed in on unless you want face full of warped corner convergence, but the Discord really liked this so I thought I’d share.

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Phantasy Star IV (1995, Sega) - Genesis/Mega Drive

Sharp Pixels vs. Genesis RGB via Sony PVM-20L2MD

I just can’t get enough of Phantasy Star IV over RGB. I’d really like to try it over component on my D-Series sometime as well.

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About 6 months ago @crtpixels reached our NES flash cart donation goal, but they were never in stock.

So, rather than wait any more I got myself an early Christmas present! Now I can post AV Famicom examples AND we’ve got our NES flash cart!

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(dont tell anyone but im liking tumblr best as an alternative so far)

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Castlevania (1986, Konami) - NES

Sharp Pixels vs. NES RF via Sony KV-27S42

Happy Turkey Day everyone! Thankful for all the support you’ve given me through the roughest year of my life and that I can continue this project. Take it easy today and don’t forget to play some games!

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Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996, Capcom) - SNES

Sharp Pixels vs. SNES S-Video via Sony KV-27S42

I’m a bit rusty, but trying to get back in the saddle. Street Fighter Alpha 2’s SNES port has been really impressing me lately, what an accomplishment.

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Damn uhhhhhh this one really did some numbers huh lol

absolutely fascinated by this raw pixels on an emulator vs how the game was actually supposed to look on old tvs twitter

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Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996, Capcom) - Arcade

Sharp Pixels vs. MiSTer YPbPr via JVC AV-20D202

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Other cool aspects of sprite art seen through a CRT monitor: transparency REALLY looked transparent given the fuzz, as seen here on these palm trees from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (also note how much more harmonious the lighting on the palm trees look!)

The natural rounded “warping” of a CRT TV screen also was taken into account to make “trippy” levels in games extra trippy! You can see the optical illusion effect made by the coloring choices in this stage of Life Force no matter if you look at the raw pixels or the screen, but its definitely emphasized on the latter.

The fuzz and the more washed out coloring also served as what we’d call a “filter” today. It made relatively simple, “sharp” pixel art look much smoother, as if it the colors had been blended, achieving a distinctive faux 3D look seen here in Sonic & Knuckles and Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I personally love how the bricks look in the second one. They truly turn into a gradient!

This same effect also made darker palettes look lighter! This one is Vagrant Story, for the PS1, for an example of how playing around with the “limitations” of CRT monitors effect was still in vogue even when 3D games became a thing.

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Screenshots of Shiren The Wanderer 2: Oni Invasion! Shiren Castle! (2000, Chunsoft)

Screen captures sourced from CRTpixels, this account run by Jackal27 compares screenshots of games between the sharp pixels with the blended or interlaced output of CRT displays.

Picture 1, 3 & 5 display hard pixels

Picture 2 displays Shiren using a N64 S-Video via Sony KV-27S42

Pictures 4 & 6 displays a cat and Koppa using N64 S-Video via Sony PVM-20L2MD

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give me scan-lines or give me death

All images from @CRTpixels on Twitter.