The Spriters Revised Dictionary

[Gors]

8-bit

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8-bit refers to the processing power of the gaming/computing console, and not spriting style. While this is often used to mean 'NES styled sprites', many videogames ran on 8-bit processors, and they all had different limitations to display pictures. Grabbing an example from Wikipedia:

Source Image

Atari 2600

NES

Gameboy

Master System

As you can see, all consoles above are all 8-bit and abide to very different rules, which makes "8-bit" irrelevant as pixelart term. If you refer to NES styled sprites, click here. [NES]