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From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: FAUG demo of Powermonger by E.A. -- long review
Keywords: simply incredible
Message-ID: <22339@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 28 Dec 90 07:09:08 GMT
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xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>Uh, nope.  Take a look again at one of the snow or rainstorms and figure out
>how many graphic objects you see in motion.  Or, count the characters moving
>in a single scene, and notice there are too many for them to be sprites, so the
>blitter is being continually reprogrammed to restore the background and redraw
>the figures.

Betcha big bucks they don't use the blitter at all.  Remember - Bullfrog is
an Atari ST house, and you don't use the blitter on an ST (not if you're
interested in compatibility, that is).
-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.us