The focus here should really be on output signal, not CRT. Specifically, composite vs. RGB output. And yes, at least in some cases, designers very carefully to

The focus here should really be on output signal, not CRT. Specifically, composite vs. RGB output. And yes, at least in some cases, designers very carefully took into consideration how the art would look on a CRT via composite, in contrast to how they saw it on the high end monitors they were designing on via RGB. Here are two of the designers of the original Sonic the Hedgehog games discussing the point: https://twitter.com/MegaDriveShock/status/1390466020419178498?s=20 https://twitter.com/MegaDriveShock/status/139046602041917849...