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#2 2011-09-22 15:18:19
Re: 8 bit graphics
blocky pixel art like the original mario, is 8-bit. this: Army of Trolls is not 8-bit, but is pixel art.
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#3 2011-09-22 16:11:41
- Targethero
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Re: 8 bit graphics
tomicool wrote:
When only 8 colours can be displayed at any time.
Actually its 256 colors.
only 8 colors is 3-bit.
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#4 2011-09-22 16:12:51
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Re: 8 bit graphics
tomicool wrote:
When only 8 colours can be displayed at any time.
Actually, that's not correct. 8-bit graphics means that each pixel is represented by one byte (8 bits). In 8-bit graphics, the maximum amount of colors is 256.
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#5 2011-09-22 17:31:04
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Re: 8 bit graphics
I think that it's just huge-pixel-based art. I think the name comes from its likeness to the bad quality of the old 8-bit stuff (like Atari, I think, and maybe the really early computers).
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#6 2011-09-22 17:35:10
- GravityCatisalie
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Re: 8 bit graphics
maxskywalker wrote:
I think that it's just huge-pixel-based art. I think the name comes from its likeness to the bad quality of the old 8-bit stuff (like Atari, I think, and maybe the really early computers).
It doesn't mean it had bad quality.
Back then, it was amazing.
Anyways, most peoples computers are 32-bit.
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#7 2011-09-22 18:07:43
Re: 8 bit graphics
GravityCatisalie wrote:
maxskywalker wrote:
I think that it's just huge-pixel-based art. I think the name comes from its likeness to the bad quality of the old 8-bit stuff (like Atari, I think, and maybe the really early computers).
It doesn't mean it had bad quality.
Back then, it was amazing.
Anyways, most peoples computers are 32-bit.
64-bit is more common than 32-bit nowdays. 
@topic 8-bit graphics are pictures with 256 colors and (usually) low resolution.
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#8 2011-09-22 18:09:39
- GravityCatisalie
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Re: 8 bit graphics
fire219 wrote:
GravityCatisalie wrote:
maxskywalker wrote:
I think that it's just huge-pixel-based art. I think the name comes from its likeness to the bad quality of the old 8-bit stuff (like Atari, I think, and maybe the really early computers).
It doesn't mean it had bad quality.
Back then, it was amazing.
Anyways, most peoples computers are 32-bit.64-bit is more common than 32-bit nowdays.
@topic 8-bit graphics are pictures with 64colors and (usually) low resolution.
It's 256.
And I really need to get a new computer D:
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#9 2011-09-22 18:12:54
Re: 8 bit graphics
GravityCatisalie wrote:
fire219 wrote:
GravityCatisalie wrote:
It doesn't mean it had bad quality.
Back then, it was amazing.
Anyways, most peoples computers are 32-bit.64-bit is more common than 32-bit nowdays.
@topic 8-bit graphics are pictures with 64colors and (usually) low resolution.It's 256.
And I really need to get a new computer D:
Oh, I see, the way to get the colors is 2⁸, not 8x8. Fail on my part.
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#10 2011-09-22 18:56:58
- ScratchReallyROCKS
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Re: 8 bit graphics
8 bit art is usually considered blocky because of the limited colors and lack of transparency for anti-aliasing and such. The resolution could be the same as now, but the images would still be blocky.
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#11 2011-09-22 18:58:29
- GameHutSoftware
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Re: 8 bit graphics
It's the power of the processor in the system.
Lurking more than posting, but still here.
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