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bogost.com - 4/24/2009

Ian Bogost - A Television Simulator

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One of the main themes of Racing the Beam is the strong affinity between the Atari VCS and the CRT television. The system was designed around the TV and it interfaces with that display in an unusual and specific way. In today's world of huge, sharp LCD monitors, it's hard to remember what a ...

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digitallounge.gatech.edu - 5/1/2009

GT | Digital Lounge - Gaming - Students Make Atari Games Look Like Atari Again

— digitallounge.gatech.edu — Atlanta (April 27, 2009) One of the main themes of Racing the Beam is the strong affinity... between the Atari VCS and the CRT television. The system was designed around the TV and it interfaces with that display in an unusual and specific way. Yars\' ... (more) GT | Digital Lounge - Gaming - Students Make Atari ...

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stella.sourceforge.net - 4/24/2009

Stella: "A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator"

— stella.sourceforge.net — Stella: "A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator" (more) Stella: "A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator"

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offworld.com - 4/24/2009

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Kids Make Old Games Look Good On New TVs [Retro]
Kotaku — ... a lot different than it does a crystal-clear monitor or HD TV set. So the GT computer science students have created some tweaks for the popular Stella emulator, which are able to recreate the way a game would have looked on a dusty, wood-panelled television set. The results are, for this misty-eyed nostalgic, wonderful. Bogost says talks are currently underway to have these tweaks incorporated into Stella's release builds, so hopefully they'll be made available to the public soon. A Television Simulator [Ian Bogost]

Retro filters add old CRT look to classic games
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... So how do you get it back, given that modern pixels are sharp, square, and contiguous? Fancy filters, of course! Ian Bogost reviews a version of Atari 2600 emulator Stella modified to render the display like an old TV: ...

How to make Atari games look better by making them look worse
Joystiq — You might find it comical that someone's concerned with the graphical presentation of emulated Atari games -- after all, they're pretty much beyond help, right? It might be even more amusing to think that emulation (and modern TV technology) makes Atari games look too good. But it's true! Atari VCS games running in Stella or other emulators don't look like they look on a CRT, and artificial scanlines alone don't make for an authentic presentation. Ian Bogost presented the challenge to a team of Georgia Tech computer ...