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    MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today

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    1032 points decryption | 15 comments | 12 Jul 25 08:45 UTC | HN request time: 1.557s | source | bottom
    1. gxd ◴[12 Jul 25 09:38 UTC] No.44540674[source]▶
    Awesome! You can also find great art made with Deluxe Paint for the Amiga. The limitations from early computers in resolution and, most importantly, palette, create unique art styles:

    https://amiga.lychesis.net/applications/DeluxePaint.html

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    2. keyringlight ◴[12 Jul 25 09:50 UTC] No.44540734[source]▶
    There was an article posted here not too long about with a similar sentiment about the NEC PC-98

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44076501

    3. necrosyne ◴[12 Jul 25 10:53 UTC] No.44541078[source]▶
    Please do! This would be amazing
    4. ekianjo ◴[12 Jul 25 11:12 UTC] No.44541174[source]▶
    some better ones here

    https://amiga.lychesis.net/applications/AmigaDealer.html

    5. andrepd ◴[12 Jul 25 11:18 UTC] No.44541206[source]▶
    Loved this dive on one such Deluxe Paint piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4EFkspO5p4
    6. dan-robertson ◴[12 Jul 25 11:26 UTC] No.44541253[source]▶
    These seem worse IMO. Not sure if it’s the medium (eg more saturated colours, the particular website) or if I just like the compositions less.
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    7. zozbot234 ◴[12 Jul 25 11:37 UTC] No.44541316[source]▶
    They have more color but way less resolution, thus less detail. Pretty much what you would expect to see, given that the original Mac and Amiga came out around the same time.
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    8. spankibalt ◴[12 Jul 25 11:43 UTC] No.44541353[source]▶
    "Press button for YOUR instant demoscene imitat". Sad.
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    9. bitwize ◴[12 Jul 25 13:18 UTC] No.44541875{3}[source]▶
    Relevant: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yaf-yGqdCs8
    10. jameshart ◴[12 Jul 25 13:37 UTC] No.44541974{3}[source]▶
    Both Motorola 68000 machines, typically 512K-1024K of RAM. So similar underlying constraints, under which they made very different choices for how to prioritize graphics.
    11. vardump ◴[12 Jul 25 14:27 UTC] No.44542315{3}[source]▶
    Weird there were no hires images. Amiga's horizontal hires resolution was >720 pixels.

    Of course, in order to get square pixels, you needed to enable interlace as well.

    12. mock-possum ◴[12 Jul 25 16:21 UTC] No.44543083[source]▶
    Using colour cycling to achieve animation-like effects is so hot.
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    13. justsomehnguy ◴[12 Jul 25 16:42 UTC] No.44543222[source]▶
    The usual case of looking at pictures what was made on and for a CRT monitor (or even TV).

    You can try Screenitron to imitate something like this.

    https://littlebattlebits.xyz/screenitron

    14. corysama ◴[12 Jul 25 20:23 UTC] No.44544849[source]▶
    Can't mention that without linking the master of the effect

    http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/ (hit "Show Options")

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcJ1Jvtef0

    15. p0w3n3d ◴[13 Jul 25 08:36 UTC] No.44548601[source]▶
    The colour palette of Amiga is really appealing to me. I used to love watching game screenshots printed in games magazines available in my country.

    That's how I fell in love with Monkey Island and Flashback