<s>
Color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
palette	B-Device
shifting	I-Device
or	O
palette	B-Device
animation	I-Device
,	O
is	O
a	O
technique	O
used	O
in	O
computer	O
graphics	O
in	O
which	O
colors	O
are	O
changed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
impression	O
of	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technique	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
early	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
storing	O
one	O
image	O
and	O
changing	O
its	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
requires	O
less	O
memory	O
and	O
processor	O
power	O
than	O
storing	O
multiple	O
frames	O
of	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
9x	O
boot	O
screen	O
used	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
to	O
provide	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
maze	O
screensaver	O
included	O
with	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
used	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
to	O
animate	O
the	O
four	O
fractal	O
textures	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
Boing	O
Ball	O
cycled	O
the	O
ball	O
's	O
checkerboard	O
pattern	O
between	O
red	O
and	O
white	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
illusion	O
of	O
the	O
ball	O
rotating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
technique	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
Sonic	B-Application
the	I-Application
Hedgehog	I-Application
3	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Sega	O
Genesis	O
in	O
its	O
bonus	O
stages	O
featuring	O
a	O
rolling	O
checkerboard	O
sphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimCity	B-Application
2000	I-Application
made	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
this	O
technique	O
:	O
every	O
building	O
with	O
animation	O
had	O
its	O
animation	O
provided	O
by	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
adventure	O
games	O
used	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
to	O
simulate	O
moving	O
water	O
,	O
lava	O
and	O
similar	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mickey	B-Application
Mania	I-Application
,	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	O
Genesis	O
,	O
used	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
to	O
simulate	O
ground	O
movement	O
in	O
a	O
pseudo-3D	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
is	O
powered	O
by	O
changing	O
specific	O
colors	O
in	O
a	O
color	O
pallet	O
that	O
gives	O
the	O
illusion	O
of	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
