Palette inspirations
What each of the 31 palettes is modelled on.
Every Pixelffector palette is an original, fan-made colour table modelled on the look of a classic console, home computer, arcade game or broadcast standard. Inside the app the palettes have their own names and are described only in general terms ("Inspired by a 1989 green handheld"). This page lists the machine or game behind each one, for anyone curious.
Trademark notice
All product, company and game names on this page are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. They are used here only to identify the hardware and games that inspired each palette. Pixelffector is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of these companies. No logos, artwork or code from these products are used: the palettes are approximations of colour sets, recreated from public documentation.
Handhelds
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Green Pocket
4 COLGame Boy™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1989 green handheld”
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Pocket Colour
16 COLSega Game Gear™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1990 colour handheld”
8-bit consoles
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Plumber
8 COLSuper Mario Bros.™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1985 platformer”
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Thunder
8 COLMega Man™ 2 (the Flash Man stage)
In the app: “Inspired by a 1988 robot platformer”
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Surface
8 COLThe Legend of Zelda™ (the Hyrule overworld)
In the app: “Inspired by a 1986 fantasy overworld”
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Knight Princess
8 COLThe Legend of Zelda™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1986 fantasy quest”
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Super Fun
16 COLNintendo Entertainment System™ (NES™)
In the app: “Inspired by a 1983 8-bit console”
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Commando
8 COLContra™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1987 run-and-gun”
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Blocks
9 COLTetris™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1984 block puzzle”
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Pluto Master
16 COLSega Master System™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1985 64-colour console”
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Wood Veneer
16 COLAtari 2600™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1977 woodgrain console”
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Smart TV
15 COLIntellivision™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1979 cartridge console”
16-bit consoles
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Pluto Phoenix
16 COLSega Mega Drive™ / Genesis™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1988 16-bit console”
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Card Engine
16 COLPC Engine™ / TurboGrafx-16™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1987 compact console”
Arcade
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Maze Muncher
8 COLPac-Man™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1980 maze arcade”
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Maze Ghost
5 COLthe ghosts of Pac-Man™
In the app: “Inspired by 1980 maze-arcade ghosts”
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Outerspace Aliens
7 COLSpace Invaders™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1978 alien shooter”
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Gorilla
8 COLDonkey Kong™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1981 climbing arcade”
Home computers
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Brigadier
16 COLCommodore 64™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1982 8-bit micro”
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Rubber Keys
15 COLZX Spectrum™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1982 rubber-key micro”
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Old Pear
16 COLApple II™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1977 colour computer”
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Standard 8
15 COLMSX™ (the same video chip as the ColecoVision™ and Sega SG-1000™)
In the app: “Inspired by a 1983 Japanese micro”
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Standard 8 II
16 COLMSX2™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1985 Japanese micro”
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Coloured PC
16 COLAmstrad CPC™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1984 colour micro”
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Late Micro
16 COLSAM Coupé™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1989 British micro”
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Board System
8 COLBBC Micro™
In the app: “Inspired by a 1981 school micro”
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French Touch
16 COLThomson MO/TO™ computers
In the app: “Inspired by a 1982 French micro”
PC & broadcast
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CGA
4 COLIBM™ Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), high-intensity colours
In the app: “Inspired by 1981 PC graphics”
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CGA Base
4 COLIBM™ Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), low-intensity colours
In the app: “Inspired by 1981 PC graphics, dim”
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Teletext
8 COLBroadcast teletext (a broadcast standard, not a trademark)
In the app: “Inspired by broadcast teletext”
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Greyscale
4 COLNo specific machine: a plain 4-level grey ramp
In the app: no caption