Re: [stella] Star Fire - Return of the Starfield ?!?

Subject: Re: [stella] Star Fire - Return of the Starfield ?!?
From: Thomas Jentzsch <tjentzsch@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:47:49 +0200
Manuel wrote:
>Star Raiders: It's using all three particles, plus it 
>divided the screnn into an upper and a lower region. Due 
>to a midscreen repositioning it can display six 
>particles at once, which is resulting in 12 stars with 
>only 30Hz flicker. Quite clever, though I think it 
>dosn't look too good, when the sprites are *trapped* in 
>their part of the screen.

The stars in Starmaster are also separated into upper and lower 
parts and you hardly notice that. The big difference is, that 
the border between those parts is slightly movable up and down, 
giving you the desired effect.

Have fun!	
Thomas


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