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Gauntlet (1988). The arcade version (1985) was rather good looking for the time. The DOS version, however... wasn't. It's the game's title screen, with a male and a female warrior. The EGA palette was not easy to work with, but the way it looks here, is just terrible. The text "Gauntlet" is blue in this screenshot because it's actually a color cycle.

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Gauntlet (1988). The arcade version (1985) was rather good looking for the time. The DOS version, however... wasn't. It's the game's title screen, with a male and a female warrior. The EGA palette was not easy to work with, but the way it looks here, is just terrible. The text "Gauntlet" is blue in this screenshot because it's actually a color cycle.
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Carlos Rodrigues 🪣 (carlosefr@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 03:10:10 JST Carlos Rodrigues 🪣

It depends on each one's taste, of course, but some 80's systems have aged better than others regarding games.
The ZX Spectrum was very limited – low-res, color clash, harsh beeps – yet most games retain some charm. Even if they don't draw me in for long.
The CGA era of the IBM PC doesn't do it for me, though. Those magentas and blues in Alley Cat (1984): not my colors.
Even the early EGA era... Look at Gauntlet (1988). My eyes... they bleed. 😬
#retrogaming #msdos #zxspectrum #pixelart

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