# Is Arcade 8-Bit, or 16-Bit?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [August 1, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707 "2022-08-01T16:28:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Unique](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unique/32/32724_2.png) [@Unique](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Unique)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707/1 "2022-08-01T16:28:27Z")

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Is Arcade 8-Bit, or 16-Bit? Or maybe something else?

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**Author:** ![Kiwiphoenix364](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kiwiphoenix364/32/14368_2.png) [@Kiwiphoenix364](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kiwiphoenix364)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707/2 "2022-08-01T17:17:27Z")

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It’s 32-bit (with artificially limited colors).

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**Author:** ![Unique](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unique/32/32724_2.png) [@Unique](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Unique)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707/3 "2022-08-01T21:27:32Z")

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If the colors weren’t artificially limited, how many bits would you say?

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**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707/4 "2022-08-01T21:28:02Z")

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If you compile to “D5” (ATSAMD51 based boards) or “F4” (STM32F4xx based boards) those chips are 32-bit.

If you compile to “Pi0” (or any Pi-based board) the CPUs are 64-bit, but I believe the Raspberry Pi kernel is still 32-bit unless you use `raspbian-nspawn-64` or something. (Been a while since I played with a Pi)

And in the browser, it doesn’t really matter anyways.

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**Author:** ![Kiwiphoenix364](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kiwiphoenix364/32/14368_2.png) [@Kiwiphoenix364](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kiwiphoenix364)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-arcade-8-bit-or-16-bit/14707/5 "2022-08-01T21:54:49Z")

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Bits don’t correspond to colors. I was saying it is 32 bits, but it has 16 colors, kind of “simulating” 8 bit systems with similar color pallates.