{"id":74750,"date":"2026-04-07T06:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=74750"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:48:52","slug":"this-is-what-nostalgia-feels-like-cyberpunk-2077-mod-adds-a-vhs-aesthetic-and-somehow-makes-the-game-look-even-more-realistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=74750","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This Is What Nostalgia Feels Like&#8217; \u2014 Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Adds a VHS Aesthetic and Somehow Makes the Game Look Even More Realistic"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a> may be approaching its sixth birthday and CD Projekt itself has ruled out further content, but modders are very much keeping the game alive \u2014 and this latest effort hit me right in my 80s fan feels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/cyberpunk2077\/mods\/26915\">TapePunk<\/a>, from Tulired, emulates a VHS aesthetic that \u201cprovides a gritty, analog-inspired look for Cyberpunk 1977, avoiding over-the-top effects.\u201d It\u2019s described as \u201ca simple tool for those seeking a cinematic, nostalgic atmosphere based on real-world media study and our memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tulired said they spent &#8220;countless&#8221; hours over the last few months learning about VHS and camcorders in order to update the mod, having released a demo video that \u201cseemed to trigger something nostalgic in many of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne comment in particular stuck with me: \u2018I can\u2019t explain it, but this is what nostalgia feels like. The exact feeling is this kind of &#8216;filter&#8217; overlaid onto old memories,\u2019 Tulired explained. \u201cThat is exactly what this project is at this moment: not a 100% perfect technical recreation, but an idealized version, just like our memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/cyberpunkgame\/comments\/1secc36\/if_anybody_here_likes_vhs_aesthetic_ive_updated\/\">If anybody here likes VHS aesthetic, I&#8217;ve updated TapePunk finally. Thoughts?<\/a><br \/> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Tulired\/\">u\/Tulired<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/cyberpunkgame\/\">cyberpunkgame<\/a> .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; }<\/p>\n<p>Reaction is very positive, with some trying to wrap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyberpunk 2077 may be approaching its sixth birthday and CD Projekt itself has ruled out further content, but modders are very much keeping the game alive \u2014 and this latest effort hit me right in my 80s fan feels. TapePunk, from Tulired, emulates a VHS aesthetic that \u201cprovides a gritty, analog-inspired look for Cyberpunk 1977,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":74752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74754,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74750\/revisions\/74754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}