history-of-graphics.md

History of Graphics

• Oversimplified History of Retro Game Consoles for Programmers

  • Covers a huge range of topics
  • [graphics-hardware], Abstraction
  • [assembly] and [cpu]

• [graphics-evolution]

• [cga]

• RECOIL - Retro Computer Image Library

  • Plugins/integrations for Windows, Linux(Gnome) for previewing know retro image formats
  • Rediscovering Compuserve RLE Graphics black and white format from 1987

• Michael Abrash’s Graphics Programming Black Book, Special Edition 1997 3D graphics from scratch in DOS (Quake)

• ZX Spectrum | Ghetto Graphics & Colour Clash

  • How colour clash happens

• Graphical Effects on the Mega Drive

  • How all the amazing tricks were done
    • Transparency, rotation, pallet tricks

• Building a PS1 style retro 3D renderer

  • Videos and descriptions of perspective correction and other graphics effects

• How PlayStation Graphics & Visual Artefacts Work

• Street Fighter II, paper trails

• small3dlib

  • C lib for 3d software graphics that can be compiled for anything!

• SelectButton.net: Pixel GUIs

  • Forum thread of people showing examples of custom old pixel guis that look amazing
  • dupe link from [GUI]

• "So powerful, it's kind of ridiculous" the history of 3dfx Interactive