repeat register and indefinately?

[+xucaen]

Hi, I was just browsing the Antic articles at http://www.atarimagazines.com/index/?mag=antic, and I came across an article about VCS graphics http://www.atarimagazines.com/v2n5/gamesdept.html.

 

In the article about 1/3 of the way down in the first paragraph under the section entitled "How Do They Do It" it says:

Repeat register allows an object on the screen to be duplicated indefinitely, with no extra drain on available memory.

 

Now, I know that each sprite can be duplicated 3 times, but indefinately? Is that true or is that just an exageration? Has anyone duplicated a sprite indefinately?

 

Jim

Edited September 9, 2005 by xucaen

[supercat]

Now, I know that each sprite can be duplicated 3 times, but indefinately? Is that true or is that just an exageration?  Has anyone duplicated a sprite indefinately?

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Sure. Don't write GRP0 and the shape data will be repeated line after line after line after line after line...