Re: [stella] Built-in screen saver

Subject: Re: [stella] Built-in screen saver
From: Glenn Saunders <cybpunks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:58:45 -0800
At 02:05 PM 8/6/99 +0000, you wrote:
>To clarify, it's not a built-in routine (there's no ROM in the console),
>it's just a standard routine included in a number of games.  In most
>Atari-produced games (usually not for other companies), all the color
>accesses went through a lookup table, to accommodate the color/BW switch,
>and it probably made PAL conversion easier.  It wouldn't be that hard to

Many games produced by other companies also do color cycling.  This
includes Activision games, and even the Supercharger load screen, though
the threshold where the color cycling begins is usually a lot longer than
Atari cartridges.



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