The art of 8-bit [video]

<blockquote><div> <div><div> <img src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/guykawasaki/GrygpitIFJutepsfcuIiHdwwdAchdAfvoDgbDvHFhnFfFEuajkxIcwfdzFAa/media_httpfarm8static_vyBGn.jpg.scaled500.jpg" height="114" alt="Media_httpfarm8static_vybgn" width="170" /> </div> </div> <p>The 8-bit aesthetic surged in the 1980s and like many trends that emerged in the decade of big hair and leg warmers, it has made a comeback in recent years.</p> <p>Nintendo popularized the pixelated style in the early 1980s with the release of the Nintendo Family Computer (later renamed Nintendo Entertainment System), the best-selling video game system up until the mid-1990s. Atari, Sega, and arcade game makers also played a major part in 8-bit history as challengers to Nintendo's dominance and innovators of 8-bit design.</p> <p>With the introduction of 16-, 32-, and 64-bit systems in the early 1990s, the 8-bit style fell out of favor with serious gamers.</p> <p>In recent years, nostalgia for retro gaming style has sparked the creation of 8-bit art. The PBS program "Off Book" explores the history 8-bit and its future as a bona fide form of entertainment.</p> <p></p> <p>Modern gaming.</p> </div></blockquote>

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The 8-bit aesthetic surged in the 1980s and like many trends that emerged in the decade of big hair and leg warmers, it has made a comeback in recent years.

Nintendo popularized the pixelated style in the early 1980s with the release of the Nintendo Family Computer (later renamed Nintendo Entertainment System), the best-selling video game system up until the mid-1990s. Atari, Sega, and arcade game makers also played a major part in 8-bit history as challengers to Nintendo's dominance and innovators of 8-bit design.

With the introduction of 16-, 32-, and 64-bit systems in the early 1990s, the 8-bit style fell out of favor with serious gamers.

In recent years, nostalgia for retro gaming style has sparked the creation of 8-bit art. The PBS program "Off Book" explores the history 8-bit and its future as a bona fide form of entertainment.

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