CGA Graphics
CONCEPT
Games that can be played with a CGA monitor and graphics card. CGA, Color Graphics Adapter was the first generation of color graphics for the IBM PC.


Overview

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The Secret of Monkey Island's CGA mode.

CGA was the first color graphics adapter created by IBM for use in PCs. It supports several graphics modes:

  • A 320 x 200 color mode.
  • A 640 x 200 monochrome mode.
  • Two text modes (40 x 25 and 80 x 25).
  • A 160 x 100 mode featuring 16 colors.

The most common mode - the 320 x 200 color mode - supports four colors on screen at once; however, only one of the colors (black by default) is able to be modified. The other three colors are fixed from one of six palette variations (three palettes, each with a high intensity mode).