scanlines
Horizontal image bands
Scanlines are the horizontal lines that compose a video image on a cathode-ray tube display.
Old televisions and monitors drew images by sweeping an electron beam across the screen in these sequential lines.
The visible gaps between scanlines gave classic video games and broadcast television their characteristic look.
Now that such displays are obsolete, scanlines are often added as a retro visual effect: The emulator has a scanlines filter to make it look like an old arcade cabinet.
Weave elements together
- rasterGrid of pixels
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- refreshRestore energy or newness
resolution · flicker · artifact · moire · phosphor · sync · NTSC · PAL
Arched passageway or gaming hall
- AtariSeventies gaming pioneer
- NES1980s home gaming system
- NintendoJapanese video game company
- SNES1990s gaming platform abbreviation
Genesis · Pac-Man · Mario · sprites · chiptune · cartridge · joystick · gamepad
Ironic eighties nostalgia genre
- synthwaveEighties-inspired electronic genre
- retrowaveEighties-inspired electronic music
- glitchMinor system fault
- VHSAnalog tape format
lo-fi · distortion · grain · cyberpunk · outrun · neon · retro-futurism · imperfection
interlace
Weave elements together
- rasterGrid of pixels
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- verticalAt right angles groundward
refresh · resolution · flicker · artifact · moire · phosphor · sync · NTSC · PAL · VGA
arcade
Arched passageway or gaming hall
SNES · Genesis · Pac-Man · Mario · sprites · chiptune · cartridge · joystick · gamepad · controller
vaporwave
Ironic eighties nostalgia genre
- synthwaveEighties-inspired electronic genre
- retrowaveEighties-inspired electronic music
- glitchMinor system fault
VHS · lo-fi · distortion · grain · cyberpunk · outrun · neon · retro-futurism · imperfection · authenticity
- retro gamingretro gaming, 8-bit, NES, SNES, 16-bit
- pixel artpixel art, sprite, sprite art, pixel perfect, dithering
- raster graphicspixel, bitmap, pixels, raster, digital image
- rasterizationpixel, pixels, scanline, bitmap, fragment
- visual artifactspixelation, ghosting, tearing, aliasing, flickering
- Retro ArcadePac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaga
scanlinespixels
Display's smallest points
vector graphics · progressive scan · OLED display · digital display
scanlines4K resolution
3840×2160 pixel standard
progressive scan · high definition · LCD display · OLED · flat panel
scanlinesvector graphics
Equation-based image format
pixels · polygons · ray tracing · voxels · wireframe
scan, scans, scanned, scanning, scanner, scanners, line, lines, lined