Iconoclasts is a beautiful game, but I feel like pixel art "pops" a little better with CRT effects. So I decided to see what I could do with ReShade, a post-processing injector similar to SweetFX.


Guess what? It works! And in my opinion it looks fantastic. The CRT shader in ReShade has a lot of settings, though, and the default settings aren't so good for Iconoclasts. So in this tutorial I am going to walk you through not only installing ReShade, but to configuring it as well.

The first step is to download ReShade[reshade.me] from the dev's website.


Then double-click on the .exe. This pops up.


Click "select game". Then browse to the game's install directory.


Once you're in the directory, select "Iconoclasts.exe"


Now back in ReShade select Direct X 8/9 (11 might work, too)


Agree to the effects download.


Now deselect everything except CRT.fx

And it's installed!

We aren't done yet, though. The default CRT settings in ReShade aren't so great for Iconoclasts. They're probably meant for low resolution games that you'd play on an emulator. Unlike old NES games, Iconoclasts runs at a higher resolution, so we need our CRT shader to be "HD" as well.


Press Shift-F2 (this may be Home in new versions) in-game to open the ReShade config menu. After a brief tutorial you'll be presented with the settings menu. You might want to set a key like Scroll Lock to toggle the effect. Now open the CRT settings and change them to the following:


Obviously you can tweak these settings to taste. If it's still not quite clear enough for you, for example, a boost in resolution might be in order. We're basically simulating not an old CRT television, but a high-resolution computer CRT that would match the game's resolution closer. And the results are much better!


Anyway, hope some of you enjoy this!