Colorblindness and video games

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BoringSupreez wrote: I bet that is all of mankind could see the ultraviolet spectrum in addition to the "normal" spectrum for just one day, we'd spend the rest of our lives discontent with our vision.
I don't know, I bet paintings and shit would look really weird.
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I'm colorblind. Columns is the hardest game I have ever played. I'm not kidding.
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Oh man I can't believe I forgot to mention puzzle games...

Columns, Dr. Mario, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo!..... all extremely difficult for me to play.

Thank God Tetris doesn't use colors.
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I only have Luminies+ and that has no pattern option, but I'm curious if they picked the colors in any of the games where colorblind people can tell them apart or not (or have a pattern option) since there are only 2 at a time.
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:Oh man I can't believe I forgot to mention puzzle games...

Columns, Dr. Mario, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo!..... all extremely difficult for me to play.

Thank God Tetris doesn't use colors.
How does the Game Boy version of Dr. Mario fare?
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AppleQueso wrote:
BoneSnapDeez wrote:Oh man I can't believe I forgot to mention puzzle games...

Columns, Dr. Mario, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo!..... all extremely difficult for me to play.

Thank God Tetris doesn't use colors.
How does the Game Boy version of Dr. Mario fare?
Never tried it! And to be honest, I didn't even know there was one. :oops:
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BoneSnapDeez wrote: Never tried it! And to be honest, I didn't even know there was one. :oops:
it's actually a really good port! And it's just a "clear" pill, grey pill and black pill. I bet you could rock that shiz.
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GB Dr. Mario was the only version I had as a kid. Played the hell out of it :D
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Made me remember this episode of HAWP: http://youtu.be/uRNKxAy049w
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:Thank God Tetris doesn't use colors.
I love that you mention this because a friend of mine and I realized only a few months ago that Tetris was the one puzzle game we could think that was not color-dependent. Are there many/any others that don't? I guess there's Snood, if I'm remembering correctly, but that's all I've got.
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