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Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT
Let's pretend the ST didnt exist.
There would have been zero reason to convert any graphics to 16 colour because the ST wouldn't have been a consideration, using solely the cpu to move all that around would have been a non-starter, it would have been a necessity to understand the hardware sooner than later.
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"Were 16 colours chosen so it could be easily ported to the Atari ST? Or was that all Ned wanted/needed to create an awesome atmosphere?
No, the choice to use only four bitplanes was made for memory and performance reasons."