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anyone else obsessively play The Incredible Machine growing up?

when i was a teenager, it was pretty rare to have games that ran in VGA/EGA hi-res modes. so whenever i came across one, it was a rare treat.

TIM runs in 640x440 using non-square pixels. that's already a fairly uncommon graphics mode in its time.

even weirder: the original diskette for it reads "256 color" on it. except..... the game isn't 256 colours! not even close. it is a *16 colour game*. it uses the standard EGA palette colours with one tweak: it replaces screaming pink magenta with a warm gold.

it manages pull off the 256-colour-like look through dithering. zoom in to the screenshots to see how the artist creates really beautiful texture and colour ramps using just 2-3 colours. (e.g. the gold plating in the first pic)

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Thanks to MMO Folklorist, the Stephen Emond collection is finally catalogued into #TheVideoGameLibrary!

If you're a fan of #Sierra, #Ultima, or #LeisureSuitLarry, then you gotta check these impressive guides out!

👉 https://thevideogamelibrary.org/blog/hashtags/StephenEmond

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