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Interesting that the palette of the original Quake game was browns and reds, also for technical reasons, but different ones.
by maryrosecook 17y ago
Interesting that the palette of the original Quake game was browns and reds, also for technical reasons, but different ones.
- mullr 17y agoWhat technical reasons are those? I remember hearing this when I was 15 or so, as part of a "Unreal Sux"/"No Quake Sux" debate. (I was observing) It didn't make any sense to me then, nor does it now, how a 3d graphics engine could be limited in color palette to just, say, brown. And I distinctly remember the color blue showing up in that game anyway...
- erik 17y agoI could be mis-remembering, but I think Quake started out with a software renderer that operated in VGA mode. So the game has a 256 color palette.
- chops 17y agoYou are correct. Quake was before mainstream 3d accelerators and only had a 256 color palette. Original quake palette: http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/images/quakepal.gif http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/images/quakepal.gif