At Wed May 20 14:30:21 1998, Piero Cavina wrote:
>>>BTW, I haven't yet found a PAL tv which can't sync to the NTSC version of
>>>Oystron, so this feature could be considered useless.. but it's great fun
>>>to switch the mode on the fly, and see the TV lose sync for a couple of
>>>seconds... :-)
>>
>>It should affect game speed too... since PAL is 50 Hz and NTSC is 60 Hz,
>>it should run 20% faster on NTSC. Or did you take care of that too?
>
>Sure, the game plays slower in PAL.. it's definitely better in NTSC. I
>didn't care of timing and speed conversions because the game is so heavily
>optimized, that there's absoultely no space for the extra code and RAM that
>would be needed.
>Oystron must be played in NTSC mode on PAL tvs, so use PAL mode only if
>you're very unlucky and your TV can't sync to it at all. Or buy another TV ;)
On the other hand, it makes the game easier if I play it in PAL, if it's
too hard for me in NTSC...
>>In this case, I really consider *purchasing* an Oystron cart (as it was
>>stated in the survey we all should fill out).
>
>Where's the problem... buy it anyway.. :)
>
>>Is it easy to get one to
>>Austria (from Italy, or whereever it's produced), or does the paying
>>issue make it impossible? Has anyone got experience with the paying
>>issue?
>
>I don't sell the carts, Randy Chrifield takes care of everything. He's on
>this list, please ask him..
I thought, maybe he'd answer to this, but he didn't... but someone on
this list must already bought a cart from Randy, and know how it works:
should I send him a cheque, or an E-mail stating our visacard number, or
something else? Or should I rather order it at the Dungeon mentioned
here some months ago, where I can be sure they accept our visa card, but
at the other hand, don't know what he'll add for shipping?
I searched the Stellalist archives for more than one hour for something
on this issue, but didn't find anything.
With love (for Oystron, this time... but for you all too, of course)
Kurt Woloch
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