Battlezone uses very similar, if not the same, code as Robot Tank does.
Brian
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> Subject: Re: Demos (was: [stella] Hypnotic 0.04)
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> As far as demos go, one thing the 2600 can do that no other
> hardware can do
> is generate a deliberate illegal video signal.
>
> The only games that do this I know of are Video Chess, and (I
> think) Robot
> Tank. Certainly Robot Tank generates a more interesting display.
>
> You can generate some very interesting patterns if you purposefully flake
> out the television, patterns that are generally undoable if you do
> traditional 2600 graphics. If you understand the television
> signal enough,
> those patterns can be controlled somewhat, I think.
>
> I know Chris Wilkson was working on trying to get the 2600 to output
> interlaced video. I think this is the uncharted territory for 2600
> graphics.
>
> I'd also love to see some Starpath-specific demos that fully utilize
> Starpath RAM.
>
>
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