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Grogster

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Posted: 06:20am 13 Nov 2026
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This was quite interesting, and as I am all 8-bit right now on the CMM2 with the Atari emulator, I guess that YouTube thought to reccomend this one to me....

How 8-bit tricks your brain....
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Wölfi

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Posted: 09:35am 13 Nov 2026
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing!  

Actually back then I have not really noticed a vivid background until I saw it on Shadow of the Beast.

I was also amazed back then to learn that the sprites were displayed twice: a colorful, slightly blurry sprite was overlaid with a black-and-white version, giving it a crisp outline.
 
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