The draw of the LCD in the 2000s was the idea that the image you were seeing was a pixel-perfect representation of the creator’s intent.

Funny that—I'm literally using a shader on my SNES emulator to get a sense for how the graphics would look on a CRT!

I think it was a time before the vintage feels for CRTs really. Sure, there were greybeards naysaying the coming of the LCD due to motion artefacts and smearing but the rest of users just wanted something high-res and flicker-free.

It’s less the feels (though the glow from a CRT in a dark room is entirely different from an LED) and more that the games especially were designed for the bleed and flow that CRTs have.

It’s similar to how subpixel antialiasing really depends on the screen design and what order the colors are in.

The pixelated 8bit aesthetic is more reminiscent of early emulators in LCD than how it actually was “on hardware”.

Yeah—this was my rationale. My first game was Chrono Trigger, which the graphics are stunning for, so I was happy with chunky pixels. I started playing Earthbound though, and the graphics are much more underwhelming. The CRT shader has made it look a lot better though.

When LCDs arrived it was not only greybeards not liking them. I certainly wasn't old enough for that title - but for a while, CRT screens were just so much better! Those early panels (at least the ones I saw) were horrible, sooo slow, totally muted colors and minimal viewing angles.

As another person going to LAN parties. I am nostalgic about many things. CRT screens and CRT TVs are not on that list!

SNES/N64 games might look a little better on them, but I take that over the downsides. I can also look longer and more comfortably at modern screens.

On the other hand my current desktop PC with a huge GPU and CPU cooler is not particularly carry friendly either..