08-03-2012, 08:43 AM
N-no.
There are many thing that 8 bit is not and "8 colors per sprite" definitely is one of them. Why would it even? A colour is not a bit and a bit can hardly be a colour unless you are in monochrome.
As people have covered: There is no "8 bit" for sprites. There are 8 bit consoles (computer architecture, memory cell / bus size), 8 bit per colour palettes, 8 bit per pixel sprites, but no "just 8 bit" whatever.
Many people use the term for sprites that are supposed to look as though they were from old consoles like the NES but technically, the term makes absolutely no sense.
There are many thing that 8 bit is not and "8 colors per sprite" definitely is one of them. Why would it even? A colour is not a bit and a bit can hardly be a colour unless you are in monochrome.
As people have covered: There is no "8 bit" for sprites. There are 8 bit consoles (computer architecture, memory cell / bus size), 8 bit per colour palettes, 8 bit per pixel sprites, but no "just 8 bit" whatever.
Many people use the term for sprites that are supposed to look as though they were from old consoles like the NES but technically, the term makes absolutely no sense.