Color: 16 bit
Hardware theme
70
games
8platforms
Alternate name: RGB565
MAC 2002
OSX 2010-05-26
MAC 2000-09
MAC 1998
WIN 1998-10-10
LIN 1999-12-08
MAC 2003-02-25
WIN 1998-10-31
WIN 2013-05-29
LIN 2001
MAC 2000-12
WIN 1999-08-11
Apple, in an effort to hide their bits from public view, refers to 16-bit color as "thousands of colors" and 24-bit color as "millions of colors". When Macs became available with 32-bit color, it was also called "millions of colors". Leading to confusion and the joke of calling it "even more friggin colors". But Apple eventually eliminated the confusion by removing the option for users to change or discover their color depth.
RGB 565 means: 5 bits for red, 6 bits for green, and 5 bits for blue. The extra bit is assigned for green because of higher sensitivity to the color in human eye.
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The first Color: 16 bit video game was released in 1989.
New Breed Software, The Voyager Company and Knowledge Adventure published most of these games.