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From: tm@well.sf.ca.us (Toshi Morita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 320X200X256 graphics (was: Ultima 6)
Message-ID: <25194@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 3 Jun 91 06:19:40 GMT
References: <1991Jun1.083051.24202@clark.edu>
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geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com (Chris Moylan) writes:

>I agree wholeheartedly with Jimmy's sarcastic comments.  It is EXTREMELY
>easy to port IBM 320x200x256 graphics into GS format and they would look
>exactly the same, or better because the IBM only has 256 colors in it's
>palette in that mode (I think).  Anyway, 3200 color GS games could also be
>created, but no software developers want to deal with GS specific
>graphic systems.  Maybe they should comission someone who cares about the
>GS to make a game GS specific, but that might cost money, so it may never
>happen.

I beg to differ on a few points.

1) 320x200x256 graphics (MCGA) uses 15 bits for RGB. There are 256 colors
displayable simultaneously from a palette of  32768 available colors.

2) 3200 color GS game? I don't think there would be enough cycles left to
run a
game on par with "Wing Commander" or "Battle of Britain". Maybe "Little
Brickout". :)

3) Most IBM games (maybe more than half) are written in C. How many good C
compilers are available for the Apple //gs?


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