2 Years of Service
man I really loved those old crt tvsI grew up in the 90s dealing with scrambled TV, just have to use your imagination
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Why are so many games censored on the site? Do you even play them censored?
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3 Years of Service
ahh good old scramble porn.. you can hear whats going on, and sometimes get a flash of boob, otherwise its all static or wavy distorted images.
2 Years of Service
true porn didn't look great on them. ps1, and n64 games looked great on them though.
3 Years of Service
yeah, but thats partly because the devs designed the games taking into account the scanlines. its why trying to play retro games on pc feels weird, because without the scanlines, the art just doesnt feel the same.
2 Years of Service
plus the input lag you get playing those game on a different hd tv, and emulators
2 Years of Service
I only play if its got alot of my fetishes and its not MTL
3 Years of Service
LOL, I grew up in the late 70s-80s. Much of that had a TV with no remote, so you had to turn dials. No cable where I live until I was about 15. Didn't have full until they were putting in lines for high speed internet in my 20s.I grew up in the 90s dealing with scrambled TV, just have to use your imagination
3 Years of Service
Same, but it's mostly the 2d games and I play more of the 3d ones. Unless you have any suggestions for good 2d games.
3 Years of Service
Same thought I had.
2 Years of Service
There are three REAL reasons for censorship so it's pointless to complain about it.
Monetization, distribution, and legal compliance.
In the US you see a lot of soft censorship like 'fade to black' or heavy innuendo instead of actual scenes because before digital distribution developers and publishers HAD to avoid a M rating at all costs. An M rating was essentially a death sentence for a game being published because no retailer would pick it up. No distribution beyond software fairs means no monetization and no monetization means no more development.
Before age ratings you saw the 'wild west' of uncensored games, but they were adult in context if not in content. Popular example is 'Custard's Revenge' which had you move a pixelated person to the right to 'overlap' a tied up woman. Naughty bits heavily implied even if it's like 4-5 pixels for each character.
For Asian developers there are laws against explicit content that require mosaics and censorship of certain content in order to be considered legal. This means development is done with this censorship in mind and typically hard coded into the games and graphics. This legal compliance allows them to be distributed in retailers and digital stores and makes removing it difficult if it's localized or translated so localization teams don't typically bother. Same tried and true story there. Censorship required to be distributed and distribution required for monetization. When it leaves areas where legal restrictions are lifted and no longer needs distribution there is monetary incentive to having a different build of the game (that could leak back to Asia and have legal repercussions) or doing mosaic removal.
Even now with digital distribution there is censorship if you want to distribute or monetize. Patreon has restrictions on the content created by developers to monetize on their platform. Steam also has content restrictions for distribution. No money, no development. Currently 'after market modification' is how some of that censorship is lifted, but that's a loophole that could be filled in at anytime. There are other platforms and direct distribution, but if you want to play on the big platforms you have to comply.
Heck, even quasi-legal pirate sites like LC get hammered by this. All it takes is someone asking 'Is this legal' to have hosts shutting things down to avoid even the chance of getting raided for illegal content.
Monetization, distribution, and legal compliance.
In the US you see a lot of soft censorship like 'fade to black' or heavy innuendo instead of actual scenes because before digital distribution developers and publishers HAD to avoid a M rating at all costs. An M rating was essentially a death sentence for a game being published because no retailer would pick it up. No distribution beyond software fairs means no monetization and no monetization means no more development.
Before age ratings you saw the 'wild west' of uncensored games, but they were adult in context if not in content. Popular example is 'Custard's Revenge' which had you move a pixelated person to the right to 'overlap' a tied up woman. Naughty bits heavily implied even if it's like 4-5 pixels for each character.
For Asian developers there are laws against explicit content that require mosaics and censorship of certain content in order to be considered legal. This means development is done with this censorship in mind and typically hard coded into the games and graphics. This legal compliance allows them to be distributed in retailers and digital stores and makes removing it difficult if it's localized or translated so localization teams don't typically bother. Same tried and true story there. Censorship required to be distributed and distribution required for monetization. When it leaves areas where legal restrictions are lifted and no longer needs distribution there is monetary incentive to having a different build of the game (that could leak back to Asia and have legal repercussions) or doing mosaic removal.
Even now with digital distribution there is censorship if you want to distribute or monetize. Patreon has restrictions on the content created by developers to monetize on their platform. Steam also has content restrictions for distribution. No money, no development. Currently 'after market modification' is how some of that censorship is lifted, but that's a loophole that could be filled in at anytime. There are other platforms and direct distribution, but if you want to play on the big platforms you have to comply.
Heck, even quasi-legal pirate sites like LC get hammered by this. All it takes is someone asking 'Is this legal' to have hosts shutting things down to avoid even the chance of getting raided for illegal content.
3 Years of Service
Not at all interested, and if it's that Japanese cartoon crap it does nothing for me even uncensored. How does someone get off on a fucking cartoon? And yes, anime and manga and whatever other shit is like it is in fact cartoons.
3 Years of Service
Most of the time when i see censored stuff i lose interest, just doesn't do it for me
2 Years of Service
Never play censored, what's the point
3 Years of Service
However, some are worth it. For example: The NEET, The Angel, and the Ecchi Family
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