At 09.26 12/04/98 -0400, bwmott@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >That would allow volume samples or more complex graphics like in
>> >Pitfall2.
>>
>> More complex graphics from the Pitfall2 extra chip? How is this possible?
>
>It has some sort of pointer registers in it. The idea is that you set
>the register to point somewhere in the ROM then each time you read
>from the register it automatically increments the pointer to the next
>address. This saves you from having to do that manually. These pointer
>registers also have bounds on them I believe. When the pointer is outside
>the bounds the data read is always zero.
Do you know how this feature was used in Pitfall 2, besides the background
soundtrack?
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