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Hercules InColor Card
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<p>The Hercules InColor Card (GB222) is an <a href="/facts/IBM_PC_compatible/zGUpl7Sh">IBM PC compatible</a> <a href="/facts/Industry_Standard_Architecture/5Rk4bjqB">8-bit ISA</a> <a href="/facts/Video_card/bcKfPyFt">graphics controller card</a> released in April 1987 by <a href="/facts/Hercules_Computer_Technology/yhrqGYsV">Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.</a> It supported a fixed <a href="/facts/List_of_monochrome_and_RGB_color_formats/qbfHGu3X">hardware palette of 64 colours</a>, with the ability to display 720 × 350 with 16 colours on an <a href="/facts/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter/VFU5QRyp">EGA monitor</a> and software redefinable <a href="/facts/Font/04Q7sE8J">fonts</a>. </p><p>After the success of the monochrome <a href="/facts/Hercules_Graphics_Card/EqVmDYVJ">Hercules Graphics Card</a> (HGC) and <a href="/facts/Hercules_Graphics_Card_Plus/EqVmDYVJ">Hercules Graphics Card Plus</a> (HGC+) which gained wide developer support, the market was changing with the release of new colour cards which were becoming increasingly affordable. So Hercules released the InColor to compete primarily with <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM's</a> new high-end <a href="/facts/Video_Graphics_Array/8GGsGTSc">VGA</a> card, and also with many existing <a href="/facts/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter/VFU5QRyp">EGA</a> compatible cards on the market. </p><p>The card came with drivers for popular programs like <i><a href="/facts/Lotus_1-2-3/tnkvSG3M">Lotus 1-2-3</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/AutoCAD/c83IAlgP">AutoCAD</a></i>, <a href="/facts/WordPerfect/x0R6HU9f"><i>WordPerfect 5.0</i></a> or <i><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a></i>. Some compatible games with the card included <a href="/facts/Karateka_(video_game)/r0Gfr5gr"><i>Karateka</i></a>, <i><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_3.0/If9pg3eB">Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0</a></i> and <a href="/facts/History_of_Microsoft_Flight_Simulator/7b8f2bWK"><i>4</i></a>, <i><a href="/facts/3-D_Helicopter_Simulator/E3X6UrDQ">3-D Helicopter Simulator</a></i>, <i>RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator</i> and <i>Eco Adventures in the Oceans</i>. </p><p>The InColor did not bring the success that Hercules had hoped for, and revenue slowly declined until Hercules was eventually acquired by Guillemot Corporation in October 1999 for $8.5m <a href="/facts/United_States_dollar/naEEDUhC">USD</a>. </p>