> >I think this might be possible if you're willing to tolerate some
> >flicker. Display each brick of one color in one frame, each brick of the
> >second color in the second frame, and so on. Three or four colors would
> >probably be the limit before it starts looking bad.
>
> Hm, I always do forget to consider flickering when considering the 2600's
> graphical capabilities. But it really doesn't seem feasible here; an area
> as large as an Arkanoid wall is going to be hard on the eyes even at 30 Hz
> flicker, and positively headache-inducing beyond that.
Time for people to dig up my 4-colour playfield demo 'PUSH', from the
archives long ago. It is quite feasible to have reasonable looking colour
playfields - and this is what first popped into my mind when reading the
above thread. Although successfully demonstrating the concept, PUSH wasn't
well-enough received to further the concept.
The emulators show up flicker too-well. TVs should reduce that perception
of flicker when interlacing colour ('chronocolor' - heh!), as the phosphour
has a much longer persistance time than a monitor. My personal opinion is
that 30Hz flicker is OK.
Cheers
A
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