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Summary[edit]
| Description | Interface and typical graphics of a PC game running using the Color Graphics Adapter hardware in 640x200 monochrome mode. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Maxis |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.pt/2014/01/simcity-for-dos-swiss-army-knife-of.html |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Color Graphics Adapter |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | This image shows both the typical interface of a high resolution 640x200 CGA display, and is representative of its limitations regarding monochrome and non square pixels. Also, it is a sample of actual art created at the time and not some modern simulation. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Unlikely that any free images released at the time to officially demonstrate 640x200 CGA graphics exist. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | There must be at least a screenshot from actual software using 640x200 CGA and from that time (early 1990s) to illustrate the look and feel of the graphics. Simulations are useful for technical discussion and to highlight limitation, but no good to show actual use. Resolution is a low as possible, preserving the original pixel scale. Any resize would make text and other pixel details (including dithering, which is part of what the image is illustrating) illegible. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
n.a. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Color Graphics Adapter//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CGA_640x200_game.pngtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
 | This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that created the software. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots:
…qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
  | This image is a screenshot from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots
constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 08:04, 17 April 2023 | | 640 × 400 (5 KB) | 4throck (talk | contribs) | Resolution is a low as possible, preserving the original pixel scale. Any resize would make text and pixel level dithering specific to the 640x200 CGA mode illegible. |
| 10:22, 14 May 2017 | No thumbnail | 365 × 273 (117 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 09:07, 2 September 2014 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (71 KB) | 4throck (talk | contribs) | Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard |
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