> BTW, if you are having trouble with your kernel you really should fully
> exploit the SC RAM. I read through your journal about how you were doing
> some self-modifying code and I think that's the key to doing this game
> right without lots of flicker.
>
> You can basically copy the kernel code to RAM (or have a bunch of
different
> kernel modes and overwrite JMP addresses to script out which to run and
> when) on the fly between frames. Assuming there is enough CPU time
> inbetween frames, that would allow for as much flexibility as you can do
in
> a static title screen since nothing really has to be evaluated inside the
> kernel anymore.
I hadn't planned on going as far as using SC-RAM for code changes. (The
self-modifying code was interesting, but then I figured out a way to do the
same thing without the SMC.)
But I am using SC-RAM heavily, sorta like you would on the 5200. Four pages
of RAM are used to generate the playfield background (which includes the
gold & dirt), and two pages of RAM are used to store the player graphics.
This should make the kernel fairly simple.
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