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Old 30-09-2008, 06:20 AM   #1
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What do CGA and VGA stand for?

Thank you very much for your help.

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Old 30-09-2008, 06:53 AM   #2
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Old 30-09-2008, 07:44 AM   #3
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA
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Old 30-09-2008, 08:28 AM   #4
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Old 30-09-2008, 09:09 AM   #5
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I hope you weren't including me in that definition of 'youngsters'.
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Old 30-09-2008, 09:49 AM   #6
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For Dosraider anyone younger than 40 is a "youngster".
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Old 30-09-2008, 09:51 AM   #7
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And what CGA/VGA stands for in your profile? What adapter you used in your ancient times?
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Old 30-09-2008, 10:20 AM   #8
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which games hold your preference. cga (4 color games) or vga games
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Old 30-09-2008, 12:20 PM   #9
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I liked EGA. To me that's the acme of perfection... KQ3, for example, or Calgames one.
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Old 30-09-2008, 02:28 PM   #10
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EGA had a special something but VGA was obviously the more desirable. EGA worked very well with oldies like Leisure Suit Larry 3, Space Quest 3, etc. but it were mostly adventure games that seemed to work well with it.

That said, give me VGA any time when the choice was there.

Oh, and did you guys know: many people make the mistake in thinking CGA, EGA & VGA were respectively 4, 16 and 256 colours but that's not true. They were actually tied to the resolution. A 320x200 resolution would indeed allow for those colours but a VGA card could only display 16 colours at 640x480. EGA could display 4 colours at 640x480. That's why the earlier high resolution games were stuck with few colours.
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