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Whoa, did Super Mario Bros have a palette of just four colors? Amazing!

• TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  No, but each sprite did.
• 67726e 12y ago
  I can't speak for the GameBoy system, but I've spent years hacking on the NES. The way the color system breaks down is you have a palette of 4 colors. From there you can load 4 "background" palettes along with 4 "sprite" palettes at any time. The sprites are things like Mario or a Goomba while the background items are things like the ground blocks or tubes. For an example of what the palette setup looks like in practice, take a glimpse at this video[0] - Disclaimer: I made this back when I was in highschool and I haven't watched it since, so I may wind up embarrassing myself here... [0] - http://youtu.be/_J5qI8BkENA?t=22s http://youtu.be/_J5qI8BkENA?t=22s [1] -
  • acuozzo 12y ago
    > I can't speak for the GameBoy system, but I've spent years hacking on the NES. Me too! Are you on the nesdev.com forum?
    • 67726e 12y ago
      Yes and no. I've used the forums a bit having asked and answered questions. Most of my hobby was in modifying the games and hardware, eventually dabbling in homebrew development. My name there is the same as it is here, but I haven't used it in years as my career has kept me busy.