Not to mention, these comparisons always completely neglect handhelds, like the Gameboys, which did not have that CRT Smear. Graphics made with the Gameboys hardware limitations in mind, and can look great with every bold pixel uncompromised.

I don't even know WHY this rubs me the wrong way.

Maybe the way these techniques are described feels a little weird. It always feels like they come across as, "You weren't SUPPOSED to perceive the pixels!" When I always saw a lot of Pixel art as akin to pointilism or something.

Like, I don't think people making these comparisons are being misleading, or are technically incorrect in what the're describing. What they're saying is true.

HOWEVER, it does feel like the common examples are a tad cherry-picked.

Like, I was always aware that I was looking at jagged pixels on a screen. In my feeble brain, when I think back to these games, My imagination can't conjure a memory of seeing anything close to resembling a gradient.

I played Chrono Trigger like a MF back in the day, it did NOT look like that.

Rest in Piss, Watto

Probably Sylvia

I just found this leaked storyboard from season 6