The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoSome timeless advice from The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageSome timeless advice from The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoVideo adapters had different capabilities back in yon day.
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYeah, but none of them looked like that. (source, played this on an Amiga 500).
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoKind of crazy that they had to do the art again for each video card type. Like 3x the work.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThese specific images may be recreations but typically it’s the same artwork with more color because the adapter can do more. Or shading colors or things like that.
minus-squaretabris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI went looking and found this article about the art.
Video adapters had different capabilities back in yon day.
Yeah, but none of them looked like that. (source, played this on an Amiga 500).
Kind of crazy that they had to do the art again for each video card type. Like 3x the work.
These specific images may be recreations but typically it’s the same artwork with more color because the adapter can do more. Or shading colors or things like that.
I went looking and found this article about the art.