/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4023252
Ads that do weird stuff with original art are great.

>mom buys me a mario game from the video store that's selling off all their SNES rental games
>Mario's Time Machine

I remember turning it on expecting something like SMW but in different time periods, and I get a quiz that i'm too young to understand. Pic semi-related

heyo
this place seemed appropriate for my question
so I put some Virtual Console wads on my Wii which I hooked up to an hdtv some time ago, and on VC games that I'd never played before, something just seemed off
then, on Super Mario World, I couldn't help but think that there's just a slight slight slight delay in the controls, maybe only like the most split of seconds, but just enough to make it feel weird, maybe the refresh was slightly slower than optimal, I couldn't tell you
I set the TV to game mode (which in of itself I find confusing that there's a certain mode for this, although TV remotes don't demand lightning response I suppose) but noticed no difference
However, when I was at my dad's house (he also has a Wii and a ton of VC games) last week, Super Mario World felt just right, you know? I think that the TV was some CRT from like 2003; the difference in graphics was negligible save for white-colored sprites having distinct... segments? Yeah, those, visible on them. kinda like small rectangles.
Anyway, my question is: Do CRT TVs actually have some technical upside to them? I did a quick Google and most of the messageboards discussing the subject were nostalgia-based, light-gun based, or a circlejerk over how much of a hassle it is to transport one

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