wandrew14h ago
moshboy
california games II, game over screen, amiga (1992) https://www.mobygames.com/game/1826/california-games-ii/screenshots/amiga/307839/
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Show threadMetin Seven 🎨13h ago

@moshboy If you look at the Amiga gallery, then I think the MS-DOS game over image has accidentally sneaked into the Amiga gallery. 🙂

Amiga screenshots:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1826/california-games-ii/screenshots/amiga/

MS-DOS screenshots:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1826/california-games-ii/screenshots/dos/

Show threadmoshboy12h ago
@metin i don't know the variances in aesthetic well enough to even verify?
Show threadMetin Seven 🎨12h ago

@moshboy Both images are identical, and show the PC graphics palette of that time (VGA I think), while all other Amiga graphics have a distinctively different look, because the Amiga wasn't confined to a fixed palette.

Sorry for the nerdy discussion. I was a game developer at the time, in the early 1990s. 🙂

Show threadmoshboy12h ago
@metin dang.. it's ok here because i can edit the post but it went gangbusters on bluesky. no edit button there.
Show threadMetin Seven 🎨12h ago
@moshboy 😅
Show threadDaniel Barber7h ago
@metin @moshboy You're thinking of EGA, which had a very distinctive fixed 16 colour palette in that mode. VGA had definable palettes.
Show threadMetin Seven 🎨4h ago
@db @moshboy Indeed, EGA. I always mix those two up. I was still team Amiga back then. 🙂
Show threadDaniel Barber58m ago
@metin @moshboy Honestly wish I'd be part of team Amiga back then but I was firmly in the PC camp!