'80s game designers had to cheat their way to color graphics - Engadget

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNE0NdxETSQS235zaAeXxmc_tefOtw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778930424780&ei=6uDUVayKFM3MaoKiqqAO&url=http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/19/80s-game-graphics-video/"><img src="//t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRctazjEBK0ZsnU2wzW4wR3tL6cMIH_n 2gmLPsggxaAexIyyVtnAkvaxYDHilytl4QFYfm6O-w" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Engadget</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNE0NdxETSQS235zaAeXxmc_tefOtw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778930424780&ei=6uDUVayKFM3MaoKiqqAO&url=http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/19/80s-game-graphics-video/"><b>&#39;80s game designers had to cheat their way to color graphics</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Engadget</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Developers for machines like the NES and <b>Commodore 64</b> resorted to dividing the screen into "cells" that could each hold only two colors, a trick that used up just 9K of memory. That meant designers had to be creative to make graphics look good -- in <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEcpRxfs0M7y-bXF5HnuMa2ffNk9Q&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778930424780&ei=6uDUVayKFM3MaoKiqqAO&url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-08-19-a-great-explanation-for-how-oldschool-graphics-worked">A great explanation for how oldschool graphics worked</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Eurogamer.net</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=daQeW41RwXb_2qMwoKnYe8KKqSgzM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 3 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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