Yes but the scraches are just not a thing on every screen, CRTs were made of glass, some cabinets had a plastic front panel yes where the CRT was set back into the cabinet which helps alot in stopping reflections and light. People who restore arcade machines don't keep scratces on screens, I'm sure there are some bad cabinets all these years but thats another thing, 40 years of wear sure. I mean if you seen a scratch screen like this in the arcade it would surely be vandalism, arcade machines where kept in good condition, you can't tell me arcade machines where scratched like this in the 80s, these machine were very expensive, somehow you think their screens where scratched to the point of vandalism, maybe your memory isn't what it was. It's an artist choice, I understand that, I could go edit the scratches out myself if I had the time but it's a lot of work.