/vr/ - Retro Games

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The character graphics were created by using a special graphics machine ("Character Generator Computer Aided Design") that generated a collection of all the graphical shapes used in the game. Shapes in the collection were assigned numbers that the game's code uses to access in real time, and are combined to form complete images on the screen in real time.

Not sure what kind of tubes are or even the conection used but people need to understand back in the 80's LCDs or even Flat CRTs were existent, the technology for higher resolutions was not even born. They developed all game using CRT technology, the "Developers intended meme" needs to end, people only played games for fun , there werent any crasy fuck trying to count the pixels or even make the picture sharper back at the day. Even the devs at home played using normal tubes. Just let it go