• Rentlar
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    5210 months ago

    There’s something charming about trying to express yourself graphically with access to only 8 colours.

    • @[email protected]
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      More likely EGA or VGA with 16 or 256 available colors. CGA was only 4 and the colors were chosen by someone who really liked pink.

      Still, there was probably some video mode somewhere that only had 8 colors.

      Edit: I didn’t know teletype was not PC related. TIL.

      • @[email protected]
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        2610 months ago

        This is not pc-related though. Teletext was information pages transmitted on UK terrestrial (analogue) television channels in the long-distant past.

        • no banana
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          I’ve always loved it. Here in Sweden it’s called text-tv.

          Edit: Was supposed to say it’s but said was

          • @PixxlMan
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            410 months ago

            It’s still around!

            • no banana
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              I know but I don’t use my TV as a TV anymore! Do see that I wrote “was” though.

              There’s also the app, but it’s not the same.

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          The BBC closed Ceefax in 2012. If that’s the long distant past then my date of birth suggests I’m an antique…

      • ChrisOP
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        1010 months ago

        In your defence it never came to Canada.

        I made that pic myself in a teletext editor, so it’s genuine teletext, not made to look like it.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      Same vibe as ENDOOM, though that has access to more colours. Some custom wads feature amazing ones.

  • Megaphauna
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    1610 months ago

    Anyone remember playing bamboozle?