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Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by raspyberr on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:42AM (#40865894)
Modern retro-consolers keep trying to get the old pixel graphics games to be sharper and brighter. I guess because the actual pixel style has become aesthetically appreciated but the old games were designed to be blurry on a CRT screen so the colours and lines blended properly.

Here's a classic example on this topic: https://imgur.com/a/AzX2kc8

Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by Twirrim on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @11:18AM (#40866814)
It's not modern retro-console styling, it's literally making it act like Nintendo's own initial refresh.
Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by Y_Y on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:00AM (#40865546)
My jaw was unperturbed. Seems to increase brightness on some variants of the OG console, cool and technically impressive, but hardly worth writing home about or spending $100 on.
Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by chabad360 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:01AM (#40865557)
I'm rather excited to see a blog post somewhere explaining how and why this works. Considering the amount of effort the mod's creator underwent, it seems like that would be quite the treat.
Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by v101 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:02AM (#40865569)
Looks not jaw-dropping. Infact, looks like emulation w/o a suitable CRT filter. Meh. Blur is there for a reason, games were designed with it in mind.
Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by abofh on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:12AM (#40865647)
As the article points out, the hardware was revised because it wasn't desirable.
Re:Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One of the Console's Biggest ... by rasz on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @07:16PM (#40870960)
or just use RGB cable and bypass all this nonsense.