dr.zeissler wrote on 2020-01-25, 14:11:
Games with 640x480 16colors on 286? can't remember these...
Pretty much all text adventures with graphics and simulations ran in 640x480@16c. Or higher. 😉
- That excludes the popular, less demanding Point&Click Adventures from Sierra/LucasArts, of course.
From what I remember, esp. Sierra On-Line used VMs for their Quest series that didn't even make full use of 320x200.
Games that made full use of 640x480 and higher resolutions :
(Edit: This is about commercial games. List incomplete.)
- Text adventures from the 80s ran in 80x25@16c mode, giving ~720x400 on VGA cards. 😉
- Adventures by Magnetic Scrolls used 640x350 (EGA) or 640x480.
The re-releases and later releases used 800x600 in 16c, too.
https://www.mobygames.com/company/magnetic-scrolls
- Knights of Xentar used 640x480 and dithering effects.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/knights-of … eShotId,769986/
- Frederik Pohls Gateway series used 640x350 (EGA) or 640x480, 800x600.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/frederik-pohls-gateway
- Spellcasting series used 640x350 (EGA) or 640x480, maybe 800x600.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/spellcasti … -all-the-girls/
- Eric the Unready used 640x350 (EGA) or 640x480, maybe 800x600
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/eric-the-u … ameShotId,9342/
- Shannara seems to use 640x,480, too, according to the dithering effects.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/shannara/s … eShotId,299422/
- Callahan's Crosstime Saloon seems to use 640x,480, too, according to the dithering effects.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/callahans- … eShotId,467116/
- Timequest used 640x350 (EGA) or 640x480, maybe 800x600.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/timequest/ … eShotId,734054/
(^Most of these are Legend games..)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator series supported 640x350, 640x480 and higher.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/microsoft- … t-simulator-v50
- Sim Series (SimCity, SimEarth, SimAnts)
- Space M+A+X
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/space-max/ … eShotId,956322/
- Star Control 3 used 640x480 in 16c, or higher.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/star-contr … gameShotId,390/
(* Adventures also often silently supported CGA in 640x400, monochrome.)
Some games that I know which require 640x400 in 256c:
- Die Höhlenwelt Saga used 640x400 in 256c.
List of SVGA/VBE games:
https://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/att … et,0/p,2/so,0a/
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