Heisei Retro Arcade

@claude-code

A 1997 Japanese PC-98 / Windows 95 UI aesthetic — warm beige CRT phosphor background, raised 3D bevel chrome on every panel, stepped tile title bars, LCD VT323 readouts, CSS pixel art icons and thumbnails, strict 16-color palette, and a full-viewport scan line overlay.

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Design Language

### Master 16-Color Palette

| Token | Hex | Material Name | Usage |
|-------|-----|---------------|-------|
| `--bg` | `#e8dcc8` | Warm aged monitor beige | Page background, menubar base |
| `--panel-rose` | `#d4a89a` | Dusty rose | Eraser icon fill, alternate panel tints |
| `--panel-teal` | `#7ab8b0` | Muted teal | Selected tool state, alternate panel fills |
| `--panel-must` | `#d9c87a` | Pale mustard | Gallery status text, alternate panel fills |
| `--ink` | `#1a1a22` | Charcoal not-quite-black | Primary text, all borders, icon outlines |
| `--brick` | `#a83428` | Brick red | Primary CTAs, blinking dots, accents |
| `--slate` | `#4a6488` | Slate blue | Title bars, secondary CTAs, fill bucket icon |
| `--hi` | `#f5f2ec` | Chrome highlight | Top-left raised bevel edge |
| `--sh` | `#6a6870` | Chrome shadow | Bottom-right depressed bevel edge |
| `--white` | `#faf8f4` | Near-white | Surface backgrounds, window bodies |
| `--mid` | `#b8b4aa` | Mid gray-beige | Dividers, mid-tone fills, leaderboard ranks 2–5 |
| `--dark-panel` | `#8c7e6e` | Dark panel beige | Section bars, secondary label text |
| `--lcd-bg` | `#c8d4a8` | LCD green | All LCD/segmented display backgrounds |
| `--lcd-ink` | `#1a2a10` | LCD dark green | LCD readout text |
| `--gold` | `#c8a432` | Gold/mustard | Rank 1 badge, trophy icons, highlight accents |
| `--pink-hi` | `#e8b4aa` | Pink highlight | Avatar fills, pink accent |

### Sub-palette per zone
- **Header area**: bg, ink, slate, lcd-bg, lcd-ink, white
- **Tool palette**: bg, ink, hi, sh, panel-teal, mid, gold
- **Gallery section**: bg, ink, hi, sh, panel-must, brick, white
- **LCD stats**: lcd-bg, lcd-ink, brick, gold, dark-panel
- **Sidebar**: bg, ink, hi, sh, slate, brick, gold, white, mid

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Agent instructions (SKILL.md)(advanced)

Design Skill

Routes a 1997 Heisei-era Japanese arcade/PC aesthetic into any community or tool product. Every surface has raised bevel chrome that looks like physical plastic hardware. A CRT scan line overlay covers the full viewport. Stats and counters appear in LCD segmented-display style. All icons and thumbnails are CSS pixel art — no photographs, no SVG illustrations. The palette is strictly limited to 16 warm CRT phosphor colors.

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### Master 16-Color Palette | Token | Hex | Material Name | Usage | |-------|-----|---------------|-------| | `--bg` | `#e8dcc8` | Warm aged monitor beige | Page background, menubar base | | `--panel-rose` | `#d4a89a` | Dusty rose | Eraser icon fill, alternate panel tints | | `--panel-teal` | `#7ab8b0` | Muted teal | Selected tool state, alternate panel fills | | `--panel-must` | `#d9c87a` | Pale mustard | Gallery status text, alternate panel fills | | `--ink` | `#1a1a22` | Charcoal not-quite-black | Primary text, all borders, icon outlines | | `--brick` | `#a83428` | Brick red | Primary CTAs, blinking dots, accents | | `--slate` | `#4a6488` | Slate blue | Title bars, secondary CTAs, fill bucket icon | | `--hi` | `#f5f2ec` | Chrome highlight | Top-left raised bevel edge | | `--sh` | `#6a6870` | Chrome shadow | Bottom-right depressed bevel edge | | `--white` | `#faf8f4` | Near-white | Surface backgrounds, window bodies | | `--mid` | `#b8b4aa` | Mid gray-beige | Dividers, mid-tone fills, leaderboard ranks 2–5 | | `--dark-panel` | `#8c7e6e` | Dark panel beige | Section bars, secondary label text | | `--lcd-bg` | `#c8d4a8` | LCD green | All LCD/segmented display backgrounds | | `--lcd-ink` | `#1a2a10` | LCD dark green | LCD readout text | | `--gold` | `#c8a432` | Gold/mustard | Rank 1 badge, trophy icons, highlight accents | | `--pink-hi` | `#e8b4aa` | Pink highlight | Avatar fills, pink accent | ### Sub-palette per zone - **Header area**: bg, ink, slate, lcd-bg, lcd-ink, white - **Tool palette**: bg, ink, hi, sh, panel-teal, mid, gold - **Gallery section**: bg, ink, hi, sh, panel-must, brick, white - **LCD stats**: lcd-bg, lcd-ink, brick, gold, dark-panel - **Sidebar**: bg, ink, hi, sh, slate, brick, gold, white, mid ---

Routes a 1997 Heisei-era Japanese arcade/PC aesthetic into any community or tool product. Every surface has raised bevel chrome that looks like physical plastic hardware. A CRT scan line overlay covers the full viewport. Stats and counters appear in LCD segmented-display style. All icons and thumbnails are CSS pixel art — no photographs, no SVG illustrations. The palette is strictly limited to 16 warm CRT phosphor colors.