>Newsgroups: alt.atari.2600
> rec.games.video.classic
>Subject: 2600 graphics
>From: Piero Cavina <p.cavina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 23:52:21 +0200
>Organization: NETTuno
>
>Can anybody explain me briefly how 2600 graphics work?
>I don't understand how anything more than "players" and "missiles" can be
>put on the screen if there is no video RAM.
>What has the software to do in order to draw a background picture?
>I've read somewhere that the 2600 uses "serial graphics", but what does
>this mean exactly? Has any other console/computer ever used a similiar
>technology?
>
>Ciao,
> Piero
Ciao,
P.
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