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José Pereira

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  1. All this time I didn't think about using charmode to get one more color :)

     

    25 cycles free in badline should be enough for 4 register changes and plenty remain from non-bad lines so should be doable.

     

    That char based color would look great in tile based gfx for some tiles like walls, water etc. (Something that sprites can' get over). So it would be safe from mixing colors.

    Good idea!

     

    ps. NRV is right about charset change... Can't make much different tiles+sprites with only 128 characters...

    Maybe going with the Interleaved charset.

    Think that, for example, that the game has [2x2] chars tiles sizes and is from a computer version that has a 256chars charset. Most of the times this interleaved in charsets 1,2,1,2,... would be around 128chars per each or less.

    Depending on the version you're converting you could even go to interleaved 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,... that seems the way for these GameBoy and others like hi-res multicolour gfxs and sprites of NES games.


  2. OK dither Emkay's has what I said that is the clouds darker gray less one luminance so they all decreases step by ster one luminance value but then KO in the grass.

    Yes, maybe the only solution would be somehow the possibility to divide the picture and have top, the clouds, using Emkay's dither and bottom Gunstar's method for the grass.

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  3. If using Antic4/GR.12 it'll be perhaps not because other than a static image there will be no cpu/cycles to move anything on the badlines because remember that in these and all on the screen for each scanline you have to change 4 colour registers (PF0/PF1/PF2/PF3).

    In here like now using bitmap mode GR.15 you don't have the badlines and even less one colour change because there's not PF3.


  4. Do you know why X:8 was nevr completed?

    Just because some things in ours lifes happen. Some unexpected (X:8) and others because of life and choices (Prince of Persia)....

    A8 is agreat machine and cycles/cpu has way to turn that.

    GR.7 Emkay mode is great but isn't the the final dead option to all nor re that A8 will/would have/had only 3d or pseudo 3d like Rescue on Fractalus,... A8 can and could had but hadn't because of bad Atari promotions,... and the best we're her in 21st century.

     

    Were A8 top we would have Double Dragon, Out Run,... Better or not than C64 is just shit wars... But I know how or maybe not...

    The dream still present but for me I know and talk with others less one....

     

    P.s.- Still donl't get untill today a way to do Turrican on A8 but has some nears ;) :grin:...


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    Yes, please take a look. I like the game and I like Rob Hubbard's music in it (Warhawk and its music from Rob Hubbard was one of my favourites back in the day).

    Hellooo!....

    Sent to Mariusz my idea/proposal.

    Don't expect nor publish that Hydrofool is beeing converted to A8 because it can be but we/he have so many on the list and Hydrofoool is the last one.

    I'll not/bettter not show you the possible in-game screen because that'll even if not come is trevious so if after, and then after, so many others is in the list you could expect loading screen:

    post-6517-0-07943900-1508271700.png

    Not much but is a true no DLIs GR.15 bitmap mode to be present while loading 4colour and to more via PMGs.

     

    P.s.- No my friend Emkay and you know but you keep teeling and writing here...

    Why people never got UWOL? NO and you did some screens and the music... Just because Gauntman disappeared and other I found/ask to complete like others want but no personal life time.

     

    The same wayb that more than your always negative/down words I can say YES that Prince of Persia was going and not because your talkings that that way could never happen. It will or not but just because the one doinfg the code has or had ome personal life things that he had to make choices.

     

    It's not because because of A8 it's just because of life... Do you have one?

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  6. Those greens and brown redish walkway are amazing.

    Can you please post the original? Thats because of the clouds that has the dark dark gray to light that is too much compared to other grays. It seems a luminance 2 or 4 (if is like Altirra pallete I'd say it is 4). Couldn't it be less darker like luminance 6 then maybe last one, the lightest one, that here seems a luminance A maybe would turn into a C but that would look good, I think.

    Also that lighlest pink pixels on clouds doesn't make much sense.

    Yeah the greens are amazing but there is the clouds that I'd say destroy a bit the amazing picture Rasta Converter.


  7. Sounds good though I prefer you keep 8bit guys busy because it is coming to a point where it all seems so simply and automatically converted. You then don't need A8 musicians...

    What's next? You get straight way to put A8 PMGs over ZXs hi-res gfxs and what about me? Will I be unemployed?

    :grin:

    :thumbsdown: maybe not and is :thumbsup:


  8. Yeah, C64 is too too slow so he and his two friends had to enter on a place by night to get a P:C. to run a program that goes through all English words that fit for a password.

    Now a friend get to his house with an Amiga 500. Lets see the difference/performance from now on ;)...

     

    P.s.- And his girlfriend is starting to be upset, very upset with his constant computer and friends with him all the time instead of going out to see if gets a job (she had a baby some scenes ago...).


  9. Hi.

    Seeing here on T.V. the film Underground that seems to tell the first steps of the guy but like is said on the information it isn't official/authorized by him.

    I'm on about half an hour and it already showed him in Melbourne on his some periods where he has a C64 that he first shut off one city Electricity plant, then entered U.S.A. Military,... Now is on intermission for publicity but it already shows that he's in 1989.

    Anyone saw the film? Was it possible in 1989/80s with the usual home phone and that modem support really enter on privat and public enterprises, military,...?

     

    Yeah, not really A8 but could it be there an 800XL (if was me here back then with mine ;)...) doing the same thing?

    Anyone has links to pages talking about hackering back on the 80s and 90s pre-web?

    Thanks.

     

     

    P.s.- I'll keep you update how things are going on the film?

    :grin:

     

     


  10. Good. Rybags and others with same opinion plays in 64KBs, others that want speech plays in 128KBs and me that only have emulators without a joystick that never used to play shoot'em'ups with the keyboard will not play.

    Good decision. All are happy less me :(.

    :grin:

    :thumbsup:

     

    Just a quick editorial:

     

    Be open to suggestions when you aren't sure how to proceed, but don't put them above your own preferences and goals. Trying to make people happy will steal the joy out of any project.

     

    -Bry

    Of course that I was joking ;)... but is true that I never could play well shoot'em'ups with keyboard :(.

    :thumbsup:


  11. Humm... I didn't like these late ones much. It's probably because of the ST mode that 16colours per line that can't be translated well to A8. Doesn't Rasta Converter only can get what, GR.15 4colours and more 4 from the PMGs makes 8 maximum per scanline that is half as ST 16 or it also does mid-scanlines colours changes for more?

    ;)

    :grin:


  12. Yes, you're right. Now I remember you said that and that you'll not do more NTSC or was only if people ask and/or you think it deserves...

    And, by the way, these 240scanlines aren't possible to see all the picture on a NTSC tv display that I think the maximum is 224 that cuts 8 at the top and the same 8 at the bottom.

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  13. Rainbow Reef more 8colours on NTSC but doesn't seem to be brown 1&F thing.

    I'm now with just a small display old mobile phone and can only see one each time and zoom but it seems that NTSC is a bit messed pixels and lines compared to the PAL one that is much more clear and all stuff good and better defined.

    I'll download later the two on the computer and put them side by side but I'm thinking that you'll may get the same badly NTSC looking on the other twoo...

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