The Professor Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 CGA Graphics - Not as bad as you thought! RickR, MaximumRD, - Ω - and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 I don't remember a single person that used CGA in composite mode. All I know is CGA graphics were a huge step down for anyone with an Atari 8-bit or Commodore 64. My very first PC had an EGA card, which was much better than CGA. I don't think the PC became a viable gaming platform until VGA and the earliest Voodoo cards came out. Lost Dragon, The Professor and Justin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 One very talented individual modified the CGA versions of Commander Keen 4 and 5 to use composite video, and it looks great! Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) I'm pretty sure our first family computer, a Tandy 1000sx had a CGA card on it... I remember using a composite out to a 13" black and white to play games we couldn't play on our monochrome monitor. It definitely got the job done! I was really glad when we upgraded to an IBM PS/2 386 machine with VGA though... :-) Edit: So after I actually watched the video (silly me) maybe some of the games I ran weren't Tandy graphics compatible? Sounds like the Tandy may have had graphics closer to EGA of the game supported it? Hoping he does his follow up video on Tandy graphics. I do remember pushing that thing to its limits; I had to arrange files carefully between a low density 3.5 floppy and a low density 5.25 floppy to get Streetrod II working on it. Edited December 9, 2016 by Starbuck66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 He clearly hasn't seen the capabilities of the Atari 8Bits GTIA mode! Great video though, thanks for sharing! RickR 1 Quote 7800 - 130XE - XEGS - Lynx - Jaguar - ISO: Atari Falcon030 | STBook |STe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 He clearly hasn't seen the capabilities of the Atari 8Bits GTIA mode! Great video though, thanks for sharing! Totally agree. Atari 8-bit graphics blew away the PC until VGA came around. I remember a time of using a PC to do school work and such, but keeping my 8-bit around to play games. Clint Thompson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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