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From: nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Hires games
Message-ID: <1991Mar17.231228.14512@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 17 Mar 91 23:12:28 GMT
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In article <910317.153135.CST.C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu> C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Eric Edwards) writes:
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>Well, then, how about 320x400?  Objects in games are rarely single pixel and
>those that would (or come close) should be moving pretty fast so flicker
>shouldn't be noticeable.  It's the same resolution as 640x200 but without the
>bandwidth limitations.

To give Mike Farren a free plug, doesn't Crystal Quest use 320x400?  Sure looks
like it from the demo version I played with.  Flicker was negligible, and my
monitor tends to be a serious flickerer.  Looked like a very nice port...

Asteriods [sic] is 640x400 if I remember correctly, but then it's only one 
bitplane.

In general, I would think 320x400 is a pretty good resolution to use...

                                   - Neil

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