Re: [stella] playfield on-the-fly updates

Subject: Re: [stella] playfield on-the-fly updates
From: Glenn Saunders <krishna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 10:09:01 -0700 (PDT)
On Sat, 16 May 1998, Eckhard Stolberg wrote:
> The TV, that I use with my VCS, is more than 11 years old and
> can sync to 60Hz, if the sync signal is generated properly.
> Since I havn't seen any problems like this mentioned in the
> PAL/NTSC compatibility FAQ or by other colectors in RGVC,
> I would say, that most TVs, that are still in use today can
> sync to 60Hz VCS games. 

PAL vs. NTSC not only requires the overhead of changing the number of
scanlines but also requires changing the colors and possibly changing the
timing of the gameplay.

If you do all these things I could see it taking up enough memory to just
use separate assemblies.



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