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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The blur created an optical anti-aliasing effect which designers regulator to advantage of when making graphics and games for crt screens, which was pretty much all there was at the time, unless your family was rich and had a big projector tv.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

Not only blur but also light bleeding, and I bet a couple of other tricks.

I actually worked with a bunch of talented pixel artists back in the day.

Here for example you can see the "tram" in the background, alternating 2 colors to make a sort of gradient, on a CRT or a LCD from back in the day it'd smooth out: