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In alt.games.quake3, Goliath wrote:
> In article <36d4964...@news.dial.pipex.com>, Silver <silver@_remove
> _dial.pipex.com> writes
> >On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:27:16 -0000, a...@whangomatic.freeserve.co.uk
> >(Arganoid) wrote:
> >>
> >>Ironic that I originally saw this picture, and it was very bright and 
> >>nice-looking, and a big change from id's previous games, but it turned 
> >>out to be a printing error, and in fact looked just as dull as anything 
> >>in Quake 2.
> >
> >I remember when the first Quake2 screenshots came out. People slammed
> >them as being too clourful. Q2 was the better game, but (personally) I
> >prefer the browns of Q1 for atmosphere.
>
> Both Q2 and Q1 had the same colour depth, just different palettes.

However, Quake 2 in OpenGL mode had coloured lighting - so although the 
textures were only 256 colour, they could simulate a larger palette by 
using coloured lights in the right places.

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