On Sat, 8 Mar 1997, Piero Cavina wrote:
> I'm doing experiments with sprite reuse during the screen loop.
> When I reposition a sprite, there's that short black line at the very left
> of the screen. It must be impossible to avoid, as it appears in any game
> that uses this technique (unless you've a black background of course).
> Why does this happen?
It's a quirk of the 2600 (related to HMOVE I believe). Activision blacked
out the left hand side of the screen, effectively lowering the available
resolution, to avoid it. I happen to love it, as it is one of the unique
traits of the 2600 video system. Countless games have the "black comb" on
the left hand side of the screen and none of these, IMHO, are ruined by
it.
--
To unsubscribe, send the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of a message to
stella-request@xxxxxxxxxxx
