newcoleco Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) SC22PC - Convert MSX Screen 2 bitmap pictures into ColecoVision bitmap pictures by Daniel Bienvenu aka NewColeco January 2017 Description This tool extracts the PATTERN and COLOR tables (6K each) from a MSX .sc2 file and save it into a neat 12K .pc file. Technical Infomation MSX .sc2 file is essentially a memory dump of the seven (7) video registers followed by 14K graphics data in video ram, aka VRAM. Technically, that includes also sprites which can be used to patch the picture to avoid color clash effect. ColecoVision .pc file is simply the bitmap screen, composed of 3 charsets, made of two (2) tables: PATTERN and COLOR. No sprites data. Note: It is possible to use .sc2 file into ColecoVision projects, but be sure to consider three (3) things: the video register flag "4K/16K" has no impact on MSX computers but does on ColecoVision game system, the VRAM data is the important part, a good lossless data compression should be applied on VRAM data to save memory space. MSX Screen 2 Sample Download SC22PC - Version 0.1 (EXE, SRC, BATCH FILE) : sc22pc-alpha20170115.zip Links MSX Screen 2 .sc2 files MIF - Convert pictures to MSX Image Format (Win32 command-line and GUI) Multipaint - Convert and Draw pictures for various systems including MSX SC2 Pixel Polizei - Draw pictures for various systems including ColecoVision and MSX Edited January 15, 2017 by newcoleco 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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