Current Events > I just don't get the appeal of the CRT filters on the SNES classics...

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I played most of these back in the day when they came out then so I thought I would have no problem with it, unfortunately the filter makes the games blurry and barely eligible.

Maybe I just lack the nostalgia required to enjoy it.

Also pixel perfect would be better if the screen wasn't so tiny...

you can turn the filters off. i forget how but there is a not-so-obvious menu (maybe the - button? idk)

Meh, I bought a $10 RCA adapter, plugged my good ol' SNES into my modern smart TV, and played through Chrono Trigger a couple weeks ago without any real complaints about the graphics.

Those games are never going to look as impressive as they were when I was a kid because we now have 30 years of graphical improvement weighing against it, so as long as they're functional and the colors aren't far off then I'm good with it.

Robot2600 posted...

you can turn the filters off. i forget how but there is a not-so-obvious menu (maybe the - button? idk)

Nah it's default to 4:3, I turned on CRT filters thinking I would be a fan which wasn't the case

N3DS had a "pixel perfect" mode for SNES VC games, thought that was cool

I think the filter just doesnt do it the same but let's see if the quality of this stays uploaded to gamefaqs

LCD vs LCD + filter vs CRT
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d2c83b98.jpg

it depends what kind of filter youre using
if its trying to replicate an RF or RCA connection then it'll look really blurry (these tended to be the connections that were common for consumers though)
upgrade to S-video or RGB and suddenly the image looks really sharp while keeping the CRT look

on retroarch most of the filters honestly kinda suck but the good ones are Royale (pretty demanding), Geom, and Guest

bnui_ransder posted...

I think the filter just doesnt do it the same but let's see if the quality of this stays uploaded to gamefaqs

LCD vs LCD + filter vs CRT
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d2c83b98.jpg

See it looks great here, maybe it's my tv hmmm...

bnui_ransder posted...

I think the filter just doesnt do it the same but let's see if the quality of this stays uploaded to gamefaqs

LCD vs LCD + filter vs CRT
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d2c83b98.jpg

It really is quite impressive what they were able to do with those shitty CRT pixels.

So I found out the other games look great with CRT filters

It's just DKC that looks like unwashed ass with the CRT filters...

Thanks for the image btw, that convinced me to try other games and see what looked wrong.

Well I dislike the full pixel look so Ill take a filter