Re: [stella] Built-in screen saver

Subject: Re: [stella] Built-in screen saver
From: Paul Hart <hart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 09:39:06 -0600 (MDT)
On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, John K. Harvey wrote:

> The routine, which cycled through all possible color-luminance
> combinations, used only a dozen bytes, a great advantage in early game
> cartridges, which held only 2 kilobytes of ROM. 

Is this the effect that kicks in if you leave Space Invaders unattended
for a while after playing?  The colors start cycling around, but the same
usual things are displayed on the screen.

Paul Hart

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