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The '''Hercules InColor Card''' (GB222) is an IBM PC compatible [[Engineering:Video card|graphics controller card]] released in April 1987 by [[Company:Hercules Computer Technology|Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.]] Besides color it supports software redefinable fonts.<ref name="Elliot_2012_InColor">{{cite web |title=Hercules InColor Card: Notes |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2012-08-05 |url=http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/incolor.html |access-date=2016-11-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123123816/http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/incolor.html |archive-date=2016-11-23}} (Pictures and programming information)</ref><ref name="Wilton_1993">{{cite book |title=Programmer's guide to the PC & PS/2 video systems |author-first=Richard |author-last=Wilton |date=1987 |edition=1st |publisher=Microsoft Press |isbn=1-55615-103-9}} (NB. The second edition does no longer discuss the InColor and [[Multi-Color Graphics Array|MCGA]] cards at detail level.)</ref><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL">{{cite web |author-first=Ralf D. |author-last=Brown |title=Public Files on FTP.CS.CMU.EDU - The x86 Interrupt List aka "Ralf Brown's Interrupt List" (RBIL) |date=2012-01-21 |orig-year=2000-07-16 |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html |access-date=2016-06-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616113421/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html |archive-date=2016-06-16}}</ref>
After the success of the monochrome [[Hercules Graphics Card]] (HGC) and [[Engineering:Hercules Graphics Card Plus|Hercules Graphics Card Plus]] (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 [[Company:IBM|IBM's]] new high-end [[Video Graphics Array|VGA]] card, and also the many existing [[Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA]] compatible cards on the market. The ''InColor'' did not bring the success that Hercules had hoped for, and revenue slowly declined until Hercules was eventually acquired by [[Company:ELSA Technology|ELSA]] in August 1998 for $8.5m USD.

Some compatible games with this card included [[Software:Karateka (video game)|Karateka]], [[Software:Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0|Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0]], [[Software:History of Microsoft Flight Simulator#Flight Simulator 4.0|Microsoft Flight Simulator 4]], and 3-D Helicopter Simulator.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,579/ Video Modes Supported : Hercules InColor<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hercules Graphics Card]]
*[[Engineering:Hercules Graphics Card Plus|Hercules Graphics Card Plus]]
*Hercules Network Card Plus

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