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EGA can display 16 colors from a 64 color palette. The Atari ST can display 16 colors from a 512 color palette. The Atari STe can display 16 colors from a 409
by timbit42 6y ago
EGA can display 16 colors from a 64 color palette.
The Atari ST can display 16 colors from a 512 color palette.
The Atari STe can display 16 colors from a 4096 color palette.
The Amigas can display 32 colors from a 4096 color palette.
- mrob 6y agoAnd in the 320x200 mode used by these games, standard EGA can display only 16 colors from a 16 color palette, for backwards compatibility with CGA monitors.
- aruggirello 6y agoNitpicking, but the OCS ("classic") Amiga can also display 64 colors (in half brite mode) or even the full 4096 color palette (in hold and modify/HAM mode). That's what made people's jaws drop back then.
- LocalH 6y agoAlthough the earliest A1000s didn't include EHB mode
- the_af 6y agoNever owned an Amiga. HAM was used for static screens and photos, right? What were the screen modes used for actual games?
- LeoPanthera 6y agoWith extremely unusual exceptions, no games used HAM, because it took several frames to completely redraw the screen. 32-color was the standard.
- Lio 6y agoThe Amiga also had HAM mode that could display all 4096 colours but it was somewhat limited in what you could use it for. When I first saw that it looked like witchcraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold-And-Modify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold-And-Modify