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From: mek4_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mark Kern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Games coprocessor for the Mac (was Re: Risk)
Keywords: color, graphics, sound, harsh
Message-ID: <10844@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 90 19:06:21 GMT
References: <15722@reed.UUCP> <17578@hydra.gatech.EDU> <5963@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <17743@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
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Why do Mac games use quickdraw commands for their graphics?  It would seem
that it would be much faster to a) find out where screen memory resides on
a particular machine. b) reserve that memory for the application. c) Use
assembly language routines that write directly to the screen.

I have not seen an arcade game on the Mac that can compare in graphics to
an IBM, Amiga or even IIGS.  I would be interested to know of arcade style
games with detailed background scrolling on the Mac.  I have heard that
it is tought to do on a Mac because of having to live with the Toolbox and
Operating System.  If someone could point out some good demos of Mac 
animation and sound, or just a graphic intensive arcade game, I would 
appreciate hearing from you. I'm trying to decide if it would be a wise 
idea to try to write such games for the Mac.

Mark E. Kern

P.S. Sorry about that comparason to other machines. I do not want to start
a flame war. Please don't be offended, it is a subjective comparision based
on my personal preferences only. The Mac has great hardware for graphics, I'm
just wondering why I haven't seen it exploited for games yet.

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