> I think I felt more immersed in retro games because my brain knew that it's supposed to fill in all these details. I remember having a great time playing Ris

> I think I felt more immersed in retro games because my brain knew that it's supposed to fill in all these details. I remember having a great time playing Rise of the Triad[1], both single player and against my buddy. I was quite good at the time, and often won against my buddy. Some years ago I fired it up again, and set it to the 320x200 pixels I used to play with, with pixel doubling to get it to about the size of my then ~13" monitor (can't recall except my later 15" was a decent upgrade). And I couldn't play at all. Anything beyond about 2 feet was just a mess of random pixels. Felt like I had a severe case of myopia. Yet I also vividly recalled how teenage me would fire rockets at those two pixels over there, killing my buddy... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Triad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Triad