[dleslie]

And that was almost _never_ the case for 16-bit era gaming, outside of the Arcade. Certainly not for the Genesis.

[pezezin]

The Megadrive had native RGB output, you just needed the right cable and TV. Maybe that was not common in the US, but it was in Europe; heck, the French model ONLY had RGB output.

[dleslie]

All Genesis models were capable of RGB, but almost everyone used the component and/or RF adapter. I own three American genesis models and have yet to ever own a proper RGB adapter for one.

[pezezin]

I know, but the world is not only the US. Europe had SCART and pretty much every TV supported it, and Japan had RGB-21 (same connector with different pinout), but I don't know how common it was.

If you have not tried your MD/Genesis with RGB output I would recommend you to try it, the difference in picture quality and clarity is amazing.

[dleslie]

I have HDMI adapters which perform a similar function.

It's awful. Earthworm Jim and Sonic 2 are both great examples of how the art suffers; and the why is in the video I linked.

The waterfall in Sonic 2 was not meant to look like a fence.

[pezezin]

I am talking about playing on a real CRT with RGB support.