This is my original Genesis I bought in like '92(?) with one of my first paychecks from my first job at Chuck E. Cheese's (yes I'm fucking old).
I thought I sold it years ago but found out it was sitting in one of my mom's closets, so I bought a few cheap carts and hooked it up to a crt I keep around for just such occasions. It still works!
I am so goddamn happy, I just had to share and I figured you all might appreciate that.
Well that's as authentic a retro experience as it gets!
The sound is what stands out the most! It's so good!
I don’t think this is what you were referring to but I bet those old tvs had better speakers than modern flat panels.
I didn't know that, but I'm not surprised! Plenty more room.
But yeah, I was referring the unique crunchy, farty quality of the Genesis sound chip. It's meaty and delicious in a way emulators have a hard time reproducing.
That's what I thought. Excellent description 😂
They absolutely did. So much more room for air/sound to flow through those speakers in CRTs. That's why most people resort to sound bars at a minimum to get halfway decent sound for today's flat panel televisions. You just can't fit powerful speakers into them.
I figured it would be that unique CRT visual quality that kind of enhances the pixels. Never even considered that the sounds would also come out more the way the designers intended. Cool!
And you are not wrong the visuals are an absolute treat! Sometimes it's a pain in the ass to keep that TV around, but it always pays off eventually.