Dust off your old Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo cartridges.

Everything in the digital world is measured in bits and bytes. Following are the common components in a computer that are measured in bits. See bit and binary values. The "word" size is the number of ...

Guns of Fury is a retro 16-bit action platformer that combines run and gun action with the map exploration of a Metroidvania title. Explore, gain new abilities, and battle giant bosses in your quest ...

Replay: Sixteen bit sound recordings seem so last century. But don't dismiss them. 16 bits is more than enough for playback. It’s often said that 16 bit sound recordings aren’t enough to capture the ...

Edits rise or fall on how much color data remains when shadows are lifted or highlights are controlled, and 16-bit files preserve far more of that information. The difference shows up in smoother ...

I'm not talking about a reduction in color from 24 bit to 16 (plus another channel, I know). I'm talking about 16 bit luminance values such that color setting that would take advantage of a monitor ...

Pat Long is a freelance writer who has been gaming since Christmas morning 1995 when he first flipped on his sister's new Game Gear and heard the word "SEGA" ring harmoniously from its speakers. He ...

I have heard countless times, you dont need to set your desktop or play your games above 16bit, you simply can not see them, or there is no actual visual improvment that is visible by the human eye.

If the early days of gaming were characterized by simplicity, then the 16 bit generation marked an era for developers to let loose with their creative talents, while still working within reasonable ...

CPUs that process 64 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 32. Today's desktop and laptop computers are mostly 64-bit machines; however, there are countless 32-bit, 16-bit and 8-bit ...