Palette stretching was important for a number of platforms. PC Engine (Turbo Grafx 16) had 16-color palettes from a total of 512 colors, which didn't leave much

Palette stretching was important for a number of platforms. PC Engine (Turbo Grafx 16) had 16-color palettes from a total of 512 colors, which didn't leave much room for shades and gradients. And it showed in their flagship game "Ancient Ys Vanished" in 1989. While it was super impressive as an early CD based game with (sort of) motion video and CD quality sound, it's informative to compare it to "Dawn of Ys", released 4 years later (1993), which made use of dithering, raster and scanline timing tricks to improve the visual quality. Title screen: https://cs11.pikabu.ru/post_img/2019/03/11/6/1552295309173537623.png https://cs11.pikabu.ru/post_img/2019/03/11/6/155229530917353... https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/387326-ys-iv-the-dawn-of-ys-turbografx-cd-screenshot-title-screen.png https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/387326-ys-iv-the-da... Lilia: https://blog.gurkgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ys_01-225x198.png https://blog.gurkgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ys_01-... https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/387337-ys-iv-the-dawn-of-ys-turbografx-cd-screenshot-something-bad.png https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/387337-ys-iv-the-da... Bar scene: https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/554866-ys-book-i-ii-turbografx-cd-screenshot-sounds-tempting-but.png https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/554866-ys-book-i-ii... https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/387336-ys-iv-the-dawn-of-ys-turbografx-cd-screenshot-no-alcohol-censorship.png https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/387336-ys-iv-the-da... Dark Fact: https://cs10.pikabu.ru/post_img/2019/03/11/6/1552297024140878386.png https://cs10.pikabu.ru/post_img/2019/03/11/6/155229702414087... https://www.ysutopia.net/images/ys4pce09.gif https://www.ysutopia.net/images/ys4pce09.gif