Whatever happen to bits?

[killeryoshis]

Remember the days when in the late 1980s NES is 8bit and the megadrive is 16bit!
Well I came up with all the main gen consoles bits are.

The Odyssey is 1 bit. It has two colors blue and white!


http://www.gameconsoles.com/images/Odyssey%2520CONSOLE.jpg" width="150" height="107"> 
Graphics look like this (sorry but I proberly went
about 20 pages in google so just use this video.)


The Atari 2600 is 2 bits
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Atari2600a.JPG" width="150" height="89">
The graphics look like this!
http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/halloween3.gif" width="129" height="85">
The nes maybe be 8 bit but super mario bros is 4 bits
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2008/11/09/super-mario-bros.jpg" width="118" height="106">
This is 8 bit!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PRhsurdeK_4/SgWca2mTWsI/AAAAAAAAAPc/HxWI9lYWCsU/s320/super_mario_bros__3.jpg" width="118" height="89">
The snes is 16 bits
http://www.gamethink.net/IMG/jpg/snes_super_mario_world_1.jpg" width="137" height="103">
The ps1 is 32 bits and the N64 is 64 bits( for some reason)
Ps1
http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mgs_screen_psx.jpg" width="124" height="86">
N64
http://www.beefjack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/goldeneye1oz7.jpg" width="143" height="107">
Now let's move on to 128 bits!
ps2
http://www.absolute-playstation.com/gp2a/metal_gear_2_hr_1.jpg" width="130" height="91">
Gamecube
http://blognintendo.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/hover_nozzle.jpg" width="120" height="90">
X box
http://files.xboxic.com/xbox/halo/halo1.jpg" width="137" height="103">
now up to 256 bits!
Ps3 and Xbox 360
http://www.gamewithabrain.com/wp-content/gallery/fps/call_of_duty4.jpg" width="127" height="95">
The wii is 192 bits!
https://bridgingovertheocean.wikispaces.com/file/view/super-mario-galaxy-2.jpg" width="130" height="73">