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8-Bit

8-Bit

Friday, March 29, 2013 - 18:43
Date Range: 
17 April 2013 to 24 April 2013
Description: 

Make something based around an 8-bit limitation, like chiptunes and 16x16 4 color tiles.

Example:  Any console game from the original NES era.

Winner(s): 
Replenish Life Force Sound
Art Challenge Entries: 
Entry
16x4 tiles
Author: 
FacadeGaikan

Not my best work, not used to such small sizes. Most should tile, and can even be used in 3d games.

Preview: 
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Entry
NES CC0 Graphics #2
Author: 
ETTiNGRiNDER
Preview: 
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Entry
Replenish Life Force Sound
Author: 
qubodup
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Comments

InanZen
joined 11 years 9 months ago
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 17:51
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why 4 colors? 8-bit = 256 colors right?

bart
joined 13 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 22:24
bart's picture

8-bit color is 256 colors, but while the NES had an 8-bit processor, it did not have 8-bit color.  I believe each 8x8 square had 2-bit color, which amounts to a total of 4 colors, and those colors were selected from a palette of 64 colors (which is why the NES could display more than 4 colors on screen at one time).

Sharm
joined 13 years 1 week ago
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 11:22
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Sega Master System was an 8 bit console, and it could use up to 16 colors in one tile, but those 16 colors would be the pallet for the entire background.  A different 16 could be used on sprites.  The Atari 2600 could use a total of 128 colors if the TV was NTFS.