Groups comparison
Phosphor Screen Display (Green Screen Display;Amber Screen Display;Page White Display) - 1983 to 2019
Screens in the game, or the main display of the game [i]simulates[/i] old style monochrome monitors such as the amber, green, or page white displays.
Pixelated - 1986 to 2024
Intentionally runs with pixel doubling, tripling, or something - such as the graphics are designed to look like it - that brings out the pixels to visible levels as they used to be in old games.
Low Resolution Text - 1987 to 2019
Shows text output that looks to be for a system with less than 80 colum text (Apple ][, Commodore, Atari 8-bit).
CRT Effects(Simulated CRT visuals) - 1992 to 2023
Visuals simulate realistic, rare, or even imagined aspects of CRT displays.
Music genre: Chiptune (8 bit) - 1995 to 2021
A music genre that emulates the sound of 8 bit music from older platforms (or is actually for them).
Simplistic visuals(Simple visuals) - 1998 to 2019
Uses simple visuals with extremely low amount of detail.
Retro - 1999 to 2024
Reproduces the appearance (and possibly audio) of an old game, though likely enhanced with modern graphics techniques.
Blocky - 2002 to 2019
Designed to be very blocky in appearance, with heavy use of square/rectangle/cube shapes. Likely as an attempt to make the game seem older than it is and/or to reduce resources needed to produce graphics.
Screens in the game, or the main display of the game [i]simulates[/i] old style monochrome monitors such as the amber, green, or page white displays.
Pixelated - 1986 to 2024
Intentionally runs with pixel doubling, tripling, or something - such as the graphics are designed to look like it - that brings out the pixels to visible levels as they used to be in old games.
Low Resolution Text - 1987 to 2019
Shows text output that looks to be for a system with less than 80 colum text (Apple ][, Commodore, Atari 8-bit).
CRT Effects(Simulated CRT visuals) - 1992 to 2023
Visuals simulate realistic, rare, or even imagined aspects of CRT displays.
Music genre: Chiptune (8 bit) - 1995 to 2021
A music genre that emulates the sound of 8 bit music from older platforms (or is actually for them).
Simplistic visuals(Simple visuals) - 1998 to 2019
Uses simple visuals with extremely low amount of detail.
Retro - 1999 to 2024
Reproduces the appearance (and possibly audio) of an old game, though likely enhanced with modern graphics techniques.
Blocky - 2002 to 2019
Designed to be very blocky in appearance, with heavy use of square/rectangle/cube shapes. Likely as an attempt to make the game seem older than it is and/or to reduce resources needed to produce graphics.
phosphorscreen
pixelated
lowrestext
crteffects
music-chiptune
simplistic
retro
blocky