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Comment by robert_tweed

Alone in the Dark was notable at the time for using Gouraud shading [1]. You can see the effect on some of the polygons here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsGaVrMr9N8&t=480s

The reason I remember this is that it inspired me to spend ages implementing Gouraud shading in my own graphics library (written in assembly language), only to discover that flat polygons look better most of the time.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouraud_shading

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