Maybe, but you have to lean in very close: http://imgur.com/a/ovuhZ http://imgur.com/a/ovuhZ This is on AGS-101, probably the best screen (backlit) of old handh

Maybe, but you have to lean in very close: http://imgur.com/a/ovuhZ http://imgur.com/a/ovuhZ This is on AGS-101, probably the best screen (backlit) of old handhelds. Whole screen is a fine grid of pixel units which are visible and negate (interlace with) pixels in pixel art. Also, when things start moving, it becomes a blur - due to both laggy screen and small size of it. I've seen some graphics demos (and games) overlaying grid mesh over art and it looks better, more like original seen here. Your point stands in theory, but in practice it also doesn't look anything like pixel art on modern screens. edit: to be clear, I'm mostly talking about the edges on the sprites. That's where it's most visible. It's not as clinical or smudged as on modern monitors / upscales.