> If you've got the missile already slamming into an invader, why isn't
> there time to past a player in there?
Because there are no free cycles during the invader scanlines. I don't do
*anything* besides load, calculate, and write playfield registers during
the 456 cycles for each invader row.
> Then I would resort to Supercharger RAM. I mean, this isn't a game
> destined for a cartridge, is it? Let's use the tools we have available to
> us.
If I have any say in this, I'd like to see it stay as a cartridge 4k game
rather than resorting to the Supercharger. At least I was envisioning it
that way, but Piero can do what he wants with it, I guess.
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