Not allegedly, it's quite true. CRT's tech approach adds gradients, depth to the colors and softens sharp pixel corners. Any sprite based game will look richer on a CRT, but filters are eh 80% good enough

Not just NES; games were largely designed with CRTs in mind all the way through PS2/Xbox/Gamecube console generation!

Legitimately would love a decent CRT TV (and room for it) to be able to authentically play Point Blank again - light gun games of that era only work on CRTs.