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Tile blending

Video game concept

Graphically smoothing the borders between two or more tiles, making the transitions between disparate terrain or such much more pleasing to the eye.

66
games
21
platforms

Alternate name: Tile transitions

Hammerwatch (Windows)
Hammerwatch
WIN 2013-08-12
Conquest of Elysium II (Linux)
Conquest of Elysium II
LIN 2001
Eschalon: Book I (Windows)
Eschalon: Book I
WIN 2007-11-19
Heroes of Might and Magic (Macintosh OS Classic)
Heroes of Might and Magic
MAC 1996
Hammer of the Gods (MS-DOS)
Hammer of the Gods
DOS 1994
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Windows)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
WIN 1999-01-31
Civilization for Networks (Windows 3.1)
Civilization for Networks
W31 1995
Empire Deluxe for Windows (Windows 3.1)
Empire Deluxe for Windows
W31 1993
Haxima (Linux)
Haxima
LIN 2003
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (Linux)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
LIN 1999-12-15
Lords of the Realm (Amiga AGA)
Lords of the Realm
AGA 1994
Freeciv (Linux)
Freeciv
LIN 1996-01-05
Example from Dune 2:

... note the borders between different terrain, the game uses grid of rather large squares yet this is what you see.
If this is done by the level designer, then this does not count (though it may be hard to tell if it is or isn't).

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Games by year

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The first Tile blending video game was released on April 20, 1990.

Microprose, 2K Games and The Freeciv project published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 17
Windows 11
MS-DOS 9
Mac OS X 3
Mac OS Classic 3
Amiga 3
GBC 2
Win3.1 2
Internet Only 2
Atari ST 2
Solaris 2
PS 1
NES 1
SNES 1
BeOS 1
3DS 1
Mega Drive 1
Unix 1
BSD 1
Amiga AGA 1
Pandora 1

Most common companies

Microprose8
2K Games7
The Freeciv project6
New World Computing5
Nintendo3
Electronic Arts3
Loki2
The 3DO Company2
Virgin2
Magical Science2
Impressions2