04-05-2016, 06:10 PM
(04-05-2016, 02:29 PM)Koh Wrote: One thing that always bothered me is that the RGB values aren't perfect multiples of 8. Why? That makes it a lot cleaner to look at for one, lol. That's what I personally do for my colors in RGB.
Agreed! And the worst part is, 15-bit color isn't even the messiest. You know those old Namco arcade games like Pac-Man, Dig Dug and Mappy? I actually did some research recently into their restrictions. Apparently, they supported 8-bit color with 3 red, 3 green and 2 blue bits for a total of 256 colors. And since arcade monitors were slightly different from modern ones, these colors can only be vaguely approximated. The result is this list of valid colors. Eugh!
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Color 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111
Red 0 33 71 104 151 184 222 255
Green 0 33 71 104 151 184 222 255
Blue 0 71 151 222(04-05-2016, 03:33 PM)Raccoon Sam Wrote: This isn't strictly true.
Thanks for elaborating! Like old PCs, the SNES had tons of modes it could display graphics in. When Midday-Mew initially asked me about SNES restrictions, I typed up a big explanation like yours. However, since he wasn't developing for the console and only emulating the restrictions for a fangame, I gave him a condensed list. Yours is a lot more inclusive so thanks for typing that up. I remember hearing somewhere that some RPGs used high resolution mode rather well for the menus, but I can't find any screenshots for the life of me.
