Events
Pac Man was released
one of the first games to use
colour graphicsNintendo Entertainment System
is released to the market
with high storage cartridges
allowing for more texturesNintendo GameBoy
was released,
and with it, higher than ever before
textures for handheld devicesPlayStation was released
with a CD player,
allowing for much 3D objects
and textures with higher resolution
to be used within gamesHalf-Life was released,
having great amount of textures
with even higher resolutions,
to create a very big and great looking
3D EnvironmentPlaystation 2 is released, with a DVD reader
Allowing for a higher amount and even higher
resolution of textures to be applied
making games better looking
and less repetetive in looksHalo: Combat Evolved
was the first game to use bump
mapping of textures
to create a more realistic holes and bumpsXbox 360 gets released
with it comes the ability to
install the games on the machine
giving the developers more space
to increase the amount of textures
even moreCrysis 2 is released
and added a tesselation system into
the world of textures, improving on bump
mapping, which required textures to be
better looking when stretched1440p and 4k are becoming increasingly popular
so the VRAM of graphics cards has to be
increased considerably to match the size of
textures applied to the renders
and only some of the most powerful graphics
cards are capable of displaying textures
at such resolutionFirst home video game console
with highly simplistic sprites
and low quality textures applied to them
PONGSpace invaders were released
including a high amount of
sprites with different textures
for their state
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