Sharky Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Ummm.. I prefer to use Atari800WinPlus to play my Atari 800 games and Ive noticed something strange that I cant figure out. I wanted to play Ultima 2 and in Atari800win (not plus version) it comes out in colour but for Atari800winPlus it comes out in Black&white. I dont get it, can someone fill me in here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 ar-ti-fac-ting ARTIFACTING Artifacting You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Atari800WinPlus defaults to artifacting off. You need to turn it on for Ultima. Check the View menu, Artifacting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 ar-ti-fac-ting ARTIFACTING Artifacting You're welcome. Ha thanks I got it in colour now use Artifacitng option, I thought It was the right model Atari I had to select. Artifacting. Was that option avaible on a real Atari 800 because my dads Ultima 2 was always Black and white ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Artifacting. Was that option avaible on a real Atari 800 because my dads Ultima 2 was always Black and white ? It wasn't an option, so much as a side-effect. If you use a monitor with the Chroma/luma interface you don't get artifacting and thus you get B&W in games that utilize Gr.8 and artifacting to get color (Ultima, David's Midnight Magic, Lode Runner, ...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 It wasn't an option, so much as a side-effect. If you use a monitor with the Chroma/luma interface you don't get artifacting and thus you get B&W in games that utilize Gr.8 and artifacting to get color (Ultima, David's Midnight Magic, Lode Runner, ...) Oh I see because we just used a normal family television set, but now for the first time I will be able to play my old favourite in Colour! This is cool then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Or if you were in a PAL country you got no or very little artifacting on TV 'cos PAL has much better color/luma seperation... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Ultima II - One of my favs............... See if you can get this picture in Ultima II: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 Or if you were in a PAL country you got no or very little artifacting on TV 'cos PAL has much better color/luma seperation... sTeVE Yes from Australia where we get PAL TVs. I recall it had a little bit of color there and there but no much on Ultima 2 just mainly B/W for Ultima 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 Ultima II - One of my favs............... See if you can get this picture in Ultima II: Where on earth have you been on Ultima 2 to get that screenshot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Time Of Legends...it looks like he's got a lotta ships in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 You are correct Nukey - I got bored waiting for Ultima III - I tried to fill the land with planes and horses but that took too long - So I tried filling in the other time zones with ships. Thank god III came out I really like the Ultima series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 I really like the Ultima series. Ultima 4 was my best. Played 2-3 on an Atari 800 Played 4 on a C64 (I think the Atari 800 didnt have music) After 4, well they all are ok but the Ultima magic feeling wore off for me. I guess it was all becoming too serious in graphics, colour and realism. Mind you Ultima 8 was pathetic. I mean a small island Pagan where you dont know anybody. What the point was that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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