Yes we grew up with them, but many people our age don't realise... I hear of many people our age going back to play older games (using our LCD monitors and TVs of course) and saying "I don't remember the graphics being so crap"... but they did not look that crap! It's the CRT contrast ratio we're missing! (and the CRT filtering effect, to a lesser extent) Colour is the first thing our brains appreciate before every other aspect of vision (shape, clarity, etc). I had exactly the same experience going back to Thief 2, a 3D accelerated game from mid 2000's, full of dark atmospheric scenes lit by orange torch lights contrasted against blue moon light, best played in the dark on a CRT, for maximum effect. I came back to it for the first time in years (around 2010), and thought "I don't remember the graphics looking so bad." But I was playing it on my LCD monitor. One day (I don't remember why) I tried playing it on my CRT TV at the time and was blown away by the difference in colour contrast! The game's graphics looked so much better, not "crap" at all! It still is a beautiful looking game. And from that moment, I first realised the importance of the contrast ratio of a CRT.
Ah I knew I should have pics ready of the cabinet - turns out I did have the foresight to make an album of it, I nearly forgot!
https://goo.gl/photos/FCsDW7AGszVm5oYW8
Ah I knew I should have pics ready of the cabinet - turns out I did have the foresight to make an album of it, I nearly forgot!
https://goo.gl/photos/FCsDW7AGszVm5oYW8