Subject: Re: [stella] Ho ho ho #2 (horizontal scrolling pla From: kurt.woloch@xxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:25:59 +0100 |
On December 28th, 1999 Glenn Saunders wrote: >Anyone have a list of games which do horizontal scrolling? Vanguard, >Defender, Killer Sattelites, Chopper Command, what else? >How many provide full scrolling both vertically and horizontally in the >same kernal? I'm talking about scrolling with playfield graphics in tow, >not just sprites acting as background ala Stargate. I don't have a full list of games, but I know some games that were not mentioned yet: -The Activision Decathlon, in principle, does horizontal scrolling, but with sprites only. -Moon Patrol has got some scrolling mountains in the background. -Astro Attack also has horizontal scrolling (this is a budget game where you fly along with a spaceship shooting at helicopters etc., then have to pass through a narrow maze). -Road Runner scrolls horizontally, but I don't know how exactly, since I don't have that game. -Pole Position also scrolls the mountains in the background when going through curves. -Super Cobra: This is probably the most interesting of my list, because it has (nearly) full-screen horizontal scrolling (which means mid-screen changes to the playfield registers, as we know by now), which is also important for the game. You fly along mountains, through caves etc. with your helicopter and have to shoot ground obstacles as well as flying ones, as well as fuel tanks for fuel supply. Parker Brothers wrote this game and also adapted it to the Magnavox/Philips Odyssey/G7000, which is a far more ugly platform for horizontal scrolling than the 2600. With love (and many landscapes to scroll) Kurt Woloch -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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