The C in the abbreviation of the graphics card standard CGA for IBM PCs stands for "color" because... the standard introduced in 1983 was the first to support color at all. We didn't have anything back then. There wasn't much color to be seen back then, but EGA came along in 1985, which made everything a bit prettier and more colorful. (VGA came along in the 90s, but that's another story and will be told in another podcast.) Henner and Chris devote themselves lovingly and nostalgically to the history of the early graphics card standards. This episode first appeared here: https://www.stayforever.de/2021/12/pc... Chapter marks: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:21 Graphics vs. text mode 00:05:44 Microsoft Adventure 00:06:03 Donkey.bas 00:06:56 The IBM PC: Not a gaming machine 00:10:19 An example: Starflight 00:15:38 The agony of choice: MGA or CGA? 00:20:41 101 Monochrome Mazes 00:22:12 What CGA graphics look like 00:23:23 The Last Ninja in CGA 00:25:11 The CGA card 00:31:41 What the CGA card can't do 00:35:41 Rotor 00:37:55 The graphics modes: text, graphics and hi-res 00:40:37 The CGA color palette: 4 out of 16 colors 00:47:08 Why exactly these colors? 00:53:31 We need a brown 00:55:00 The Hi-Res mode: 640x200 00:55:47 King's Quest 4 in Hi-Res 00:56:40 Double Dragon 00:58:21 More shades thanks to dithering 00:59:45 Commander Keen 4 01:01:17 Winter Games 01:02:39 Pac-Man 01:04:16 Summer Games 2 01:06:10 Wizball 01:07:54 CGA trick #1: Text mode tweak 01:12:36 CGA trick #2: Palette swap during image build-up (California Games) 01:14:13 Frogger 01:15:38 CGA trick #3: Composite mode 01:24:53 Competition for CGA: Hercules 01:29:30 Hercules in games 01:33:05 CGA in better: The PCjr 01:37:01 Games for the PCJr 01:39:59 CGA lives on in the Tandy 1000 01:42:32 EGA: The Enhanced Graphics Adapter 01:46:10 16 out of 64 colors - at least in theory 01:53:06 EGA games 01:54:12 King's Quest 4 01:54:31 Quest for Glory 2 01:55:55 Thanks to EGA: The PC can finally scroll 02:00:15 Success of the EGA clones 02:01:46 What do we owe to CGA and EGA? 02:04:51 8088 Mph -------------------------------------------- WEEKLY PODCASTS AND OTHER EXTRAS FOR SUPPORTERS: Support us on Patreon: / stayforever Support us on Steady: https://steadyhq.com/de/stayforever ------------------------------------------- STAY FOREVER PODCASTS ELSEWHERE: SF website: https://stayforever.de SF on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id46... SF on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HrgGvh... SF on Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/722062 SF as audio feed: https://podcastd45a61.podigee.io/feed... ------------------------------------------- STAY FOREVER ON SOCIAL WEB: The SF Merch Shop: https://retroshirty.com/stayforever SF on Twitter: / stayforeverde SF on Facebook: / stayforeverpodcast SF on Instagram: / stay_forever_podcast SF on Discord: / discord