Re: [stella] Star Fire: Meteor Dance!

Subject: Re: [stella] Star Fire: Meteor Dance!
From: Manuel Polik <cybergoth@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:23:11 +0100
Hi Thomas,

>> BTW: When comparing his current driver to the old 
>> one, I didn't fail to recognize how ultra-optimized 
>> the code is now... :-)

> Thanks! Well, it's somehow optimized, but I'm not 
> finished yet. ;-)

Hm... the only flaw I found left was doing

lda song1,x

when x is granted zero - costing a complete cycle :-)

Other things are more conceptional, I think. I'd assume 
for example that variable pattern sizes would both 
simplify the driver and it's usage - at the cost of 
another RAM byte or two, but... :-)

> Ok, that's a major point! But if "he" fails to use all 
> space, I'll ask again. :-)

Hehe, maybe I should make them switchable with one of 
the difficulty switches? ;-)

>>If you like, I can draw a "Robot City" logo for you, 
>>than you can use the 1LK variant for that?

> Nice idea, though my latest version already has some 
> title screen (based on an idea of Andrew Davie).

Cool! One little suggestion: In the white bar scrolling 
*through* the others, could you possibly eliminate the 
"black" scannline? :-)

Do you want some comments on the current game state as 
well or is that WIP?

Greetings,
	Manuel

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