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From: "Andrew Davie" <adavie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 7:19 AM
Subject: [stella] Higher Resolution through Interlacing
> like a 312 line (PAL) or 262 line (NTSC) playfield. But in actuality, we
> are seeing a playfield twice the size (in vertical resolution) displayed
> twice (first, as odd lines, then the next frame as even lines).
Nope. The 2600 hardware causes the TV to just render a single field. This is
why 2600 games (and most classic consoles) have the thin horizontal lines
going through them. AFAIK, the only classic system to generate a true
interlaced display was the Bally Astrocade.
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