Sobtanian on Nostr: For today’s #ScanlineSunday I wanted to show you the importance of scan lines, and ...
For today’s #ScanlineSunday I wanted to show you the importance of scan lines, and how the amazing artists of the era used to take CRT limitations into account when creating the graphics that mesmerised us.
Top: CRT.
Bottom: screenshot from an emulator.
Same game. Stormlord on #AtariST
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