On Wed, 13 May 1998, Andrew Davie wrote:
> I am curious, though, if anyone can cite 4 colour playfields in other games.
I don't think it's ever been used the way you are suggesting as a general
purpose 4-color playfield kernel.
Most attempts at improving the background display on the 2600 involve
using the ball or other sprites to fill in diagonals or paste in
additional higher resolution detail, leaving the playfield mostly as a
kind of "fill", with color register changes per scanline as needed.
> tell me ... is it, or not?) with the 4 colour playfield, and if it looks OK
> on an Atari 2600 proper, running on a standard TV... then I think I should
> go with it and say... bugger the emulators!!
That's the spirit!
> Remember, my final goal is to produce some actual cartridges - so I'd like
Do you currently have a 2600 to test this stuff on?
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