Really nice article, which was quite a surprise since I wasn’t familiar with Win The Game but its name sounds kind of cheesy. :) Indeed he describes a ton of effects which get forgotten in recent years, and there’s a lot of detail here about how they can be re-created.
I was surprised to learn that CRTs can make brighter blues than LCDs - that may be the reason VCRs eventually started using blue backgrounds for their setup screens? That it was the most attention-getting color on that hardware?
Really nice article, which was quite a surprise since I wasn’t familiar with Win The Game but its name sounds kind of cheesy. :) Indeed he describes a ton of effects which get forgotten in recent years, and there’s a lot of detail here about how they can be re-created.
I was surprised to learn that CRTs can make brighter blues than LCDs - that may be the reason VCRs eventually started using blue backgrounds for their setup screens? That it was the most attention-getting color on that hardware?
Worth a read. :)
So, how do we get new tags added?
I think that a “graphics programming” tag would be helpful.