When gaming got its start about 40 years ago, there wasn’t much to look at. Currently, we are used to stunning graphics and smooth frame rates on our consoles or PC gaming rigs, but there was a time when a simple, colored pixel in the middle of a monochrome display was a small miracle. Getting color into our gaming worlds was a major hassle for programmers back then, but thanks to all their hard work and dedication, we now have visually captivating digital worlds to immerse ourselves in. Today, we’ll take a look at the history of game development as it applies to color.
Remember when games were “black and white?” Actually, they weren’t. Those are both colors, and all we had was monochrome, which is more like an absence of color. Can you imagine playing classic arcade games like Super Mario Brothers or Galaga without any color at all? It would have been possible, but not any fun. And what about PacMan? This infographic will show you all about how color got into our game worlds.
