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From: cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Hires games
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.043707.22648@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 18 Mar 91 04:37:07 GMT
References: <910317.153135.CST.C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu>
Organization: James Cook University of North Queensland
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In article <910317.153135.CST.C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu> C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Eric Edwards) writes:
>In Message-ID: <1991Mar16.181918.17906@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
>          rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) said:
>[description of use of sprites on a hires screen deleted]
>> A using 640x200x3 bitplanes would be possible since that's the bandiwdth
>>used by a HAM screen. Pioneer Plague proved a game in HAM was possible.
>>8 colors is very limiting, the copper would have to poke a new palette
>>every few scanlines otherwise the game would look too plain.
>>
>>I don't think using hires mode would add much to the game. More colors
>>and faster animation make games look better. HI-res would only stifle it.
>
>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.

Too much data to move around, which would slow down the frame rate
and make the game look slow...

>
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Colin Adams                                  Shadowplay 
James Cook University                        Amiga Developers
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