> The trick with the overhead thing is determining which frame of rotation
to
> use, and how to handle the rotating playfield.
I'm not going to use the playfield *evil grin*
> I thought it would be cool to do a driving game where the car remained
fixed
> but the track scrolled _and_ rotated (unlike a River Raid/Spy Hunter deal
> where the sprite just slides back and forth and you are railed in by the
> width of the screen) but I don't think that could be done on the 2600, at
> least not without major flicker.
It will probably be an air-warfare game like a first person Jets from
Combat.
The landscape will consist mostly of points of light. You don't need a lot
of
points to convey the illusion of motion and rotation, and I have an idea for
putting a hell of a lot of them on the screen *evil grin*
> I think it might be possible to do an X/Y scrolling driving game where
your
> car _can_ rotate, though, albeit with crude X movement and simplified
> tracks. Isn't the old arcade game Super Bug done like that? It might be
> possible to do an APB sort of game that way. Probably it would require a
> Supercharger or 16K+Superchip.
The trick in doing it in 4K is rendering enough detail to convey the
illusion
of motion over a large enough landscape in only 1K or so of landscape
definition. You can get away with surprisingly few objects, especially if
they are sprites. Any scheduling algorithm that can put 5 or 6 sprites on
the screen will get you in the game.
You could also do a nautical theme where the game challenge centers
on navigation. That also gets you away from linear features as long
as you stay at sea...
Suffice it to say I think there is plenty of room for experimentation here.
Someone suitably motivated could probably make a highly playable game
out of the p2cdemo. Has anyone ever done a circular shooter?
--Roger Williams
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