At 10:46 AM 11/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
That's the question. You can do, what, Combat and Adventure with it?
(Actually, maybe even Gunfight with static reflected PF :) )
You can do a lot more with it, you just have to write a generalized engine
for it.
There are a lot of different types of kernels one can write, and there is
no reason a more complicated kernel type couldn't be supported, whether it
be a vertical separation style kernel ala Oystron or a flicker kernel ala
Ms Pac Man.
The trick in all this is the combinations and making sure the timing
works. There will be a lot of undoable combinations and the compiler will
be constantly balking. Or the combinations might be doable, but only with
hand-tuned assembly, not a wizard. The type of kernel I'm trying to do in
Death Derby is a good example of that.
The 2600 is always so close to the edge of its theoretical limit in
performance that it's hard to leave it to an automated compiler.
Glenn Saunders - Producer - Cyberpunks Entertainment
Personal homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/1698
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