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Pixel Art - pushing pretty pixels around

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Test trying to make something passable looking with that awful 4 color CGA palette. 250x250 pixels. Character is Parker, from Wildbow's Pathquest, a 1940s physics student.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Great, now I want a phone with a CRT screen.

Obligatory about CGA color rendering: The 8-Bit Guy explaining CGI graphics (piped).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Tl;dw
CGA 4 color 320×200 mode could produce a lot more colours on a NTSC screen.

IBM PC CGA RGB

IBM PCjr. RGB

vs

IBM PC CGA Old Composite

IBM PCjr Composite