The history of video game graphics

[Markbnj]

Quite a well-done video series surveying the development of video game graphics from the earliest vector systems to today. Lots of memories in there.

http://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-brief-history-of-graphics-in-video.html

 

[JeffMD]

Old video, but yea it was a good 2 part series. It could have been much bigger to, so many things that happened over the past 20 years.

 

[Craig234]

Off the top of my head:

Text (Rogue, Colossal Caves) -> Hercules -> CGA (as low as 4 color?) -> EGA (16 color) -> VGA (256 color) -> 800x600 > 1024/768 -> 1920x1200 -> 2560x1440 -> 4K

Key milestones were graphics (Hercules) to color to video to 1st person perspective (Wolfenstein, Ultima Underworld) to isometric sprite to modern 3D.

 

[funboy6942]

Thanks for the share, very entertaining....

 

[JimmiG]

Off the top of my head:

Text (Rogue, Colossal Caves) -> Hercules -> CGA (as low as 4 color?) -> EGA (16 color) -> VGA (256 color) -> 800x600 > 1024/768 -> 1920x1200 -> 2560x1440 -> 4K

Key milestones were graphics (Hercules) to color to video to 1st person perspective (Wolfenstein, Ultima Underworld) to isometric sprite to modern 3D.

CGA/EGA were terrible for games. The Amiga 1000 did 4096 colors in 1985. Of course that was too slow for games, but games were still 32 colors (up to 64 in Halfbrite mode). It wasn't until VGA and Soundblaster caught on in the early 90's that the PC became a viable gaming machine.

 

[JeffMD]

Off the top of my head:

Text (Rogue, Colossal Caves) -> Hercules -> CGA (as low as 4 color?) -> EGA (16 color) -> VGA (256 color) -> 800x600 > 1024/768 -> 1920x1200 -> 2560x1440 -> 4K

This is just the pc, there were tons of other home computers that had their own video displays. I grew up with the c64 myself.

 

[wanderer27]

CGA/EGA were terrible for games. The Amiga 1000 did 4096 colors in 1985. Of course that was too slow for games, but games were still 32 colors (up to 64 in Halfbrite mode). It wasn't until VGA and Soundblaster caught on in the early 90's that the PC became a viable gaming machine.

Say what?

The Amiga was an amazing gaming Computer - well ahead of it's time and quite capable.

I still have an Amiga 1000 boxed up, plus tons of Software for it.


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[Anomaly1964]

Very cool...

 

[TechBoyJK]

last chapter: and then there was crysis...

 

[TheVrolok]

Pretty cool overview. Definitely some nostalgia, a whole lot of games I fondly remember playing.

 

[Markbnj]

last chapter: and then there was crysis...

Yeah I think that was the view from two years ago .

 

[DigDog]

Say what?

The Amiga was an amazing gaming Computer - well ahead of it's time and quite capable.

I still have an Amiga 1000 boxed up, plus tons of Software for it.


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except for when it crashed. which was always.
guru meditation !

 

[Harabec]

They forgot the Bitchinfast! 3D 2000's tremendous advancement of 3D graphics card capabilities.

 

[flexy]

except for when it crashed. which was always.
guru meditation !

Well it wasn't "the Amiga" crashing but software...so I don't want to blame the h/w for whatever software does...

 

[Sabrewings]

Hah, props for bringing Magic Carpet back to memory.

Good watch.

 

[moonbogg]

Very much enjoyed. Just watched all 5. Thanks.

 

[DigDog]

Well it wasn't "the Amiga" crashing but software...so I don't want to blame the h/w for whatever software does...

it's true.

many years back i managed to find an article describing how *a third party* somehow managed to mismanage the amiga OS, and was the cause for all the crashes.. apparently the OS as designed would not crash.

unfortunately it was years ago, i was noob, and i do not remember more nor did i save a link, so i guess you'll have to take the veracity of this post as "something i heard in the hall".

i owned an amiga 500, which came after my C64. awesome games, i loved it. in those days, i thought crashes were inevitable and all computers crashed after a while, so i just learned to deal with it.