Kaminari wrote: 32 actually (and 64 in Extra Half-Bright mode). But don't mind me. oops, yes, that's what I meant; Sierra's AGI games only use 16 of 32 simultaneous colors though.

It's just speculation, but I'd guess that either the artists were being artifically limited by the programmers or maybe the other platforms had more than 16 colors to choose from. Amiga and Atari ST versions are both in 16 colors at a time, however unlike the pc they can use a different palette; …

Did you also use a real IBM 5150 PC? I'm asking because we've discussed how the ROM font in your pictures is not 100% correct (shifted by one pixel), and the thing is that the ROM font in graphics modes is NOT a function is the CGA card, but of the PC's ROM BIOS (the CGA, unlike the EGA, does NOT …

I have the CGA output connected to a video stabilizer, then run the output from that into a tv capture card (both hops with just ordinary composite video cables). That intermediate step shouldn't be necessary, though I found for some reason if I connect the CGA straight to the capture card, I get a …

I just noticed these composite threads, so in case it's useful I can add a few notes: Re: the Mobygames composite mode screenshots, I added most of those; all of the ones I did were captured off of a true IBM CGA card. I believe most of them should be pretty accurate; Re: Ms. Pac-Man, yeah the hues …