Which of the classic Atari systems are capable of scaleing

[meltdown71835]

Just wondering for programming purposes.

[Albert]

Probably only the Jaguar and Lynx, which really aren't "classic" in the sense of the old systems like the 2600, 5200 and 7800. Maybe the 7800 has some scaling capabilities, I don't know, but probably nothing sophisticated. What are you hoping to do?

 

..Al

[+Cafeman]

Agreed in that scaling was not even implemented in the Sega Genesis, let alone older classic systems 2600 and 5200.

 

However, for what its worth, the sprites on the 5200 / Atari 8bit can indeed be scaled in a way, from normal size to double to quadruple -- you can see the 'scaling' effect put to use in Star Raiders. This effect is accomplished by a mere register change, nothing else -- hence, I think it is indeed crude scaling.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

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Originally posted by Cafeman:

However, for what its worth, the sprites on the 5200 / Atari 8bit can indeed be scaled in a way, from normal size to double to quadruple -- you can see the 'scaling' effect put to use in Star Raiders. This effect is accomplished by a mere register change, nothing else -- hence, I think it is indeed crude scaling.

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The 2600 has the same "scaling" capabilites.

[Sheddy]

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The 2600 has the same "scaling" capabilites.

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It can also flip/mirror them. Shame they didn't keep that for the 8-bit

[meltdown71835]

There was a topic at www.gamefaqs.com about if its possible to do a fps on a Atari 2600 but scaling may be a problem.

[Room 34]

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Originally posted by meltdown71835:

There was a topic at

www.gamefaqs.com

about if its possible to do a fps on a Atari 2600 but scaling may be a problem.

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Ah... you mean like this?

 

I think the 2600's "scaling" capabilities are first demonstrated in "Star Ship" with the space objects (quasi-Enterprises and weird space pigs or whatever they're supposed to be) getting closer to your ship.

[Nukey Shay]

Ahh...the 2600 Doom fiasco. Maybe someday...

 

I never considered player/missile width to be "scaling" in the true sense of the word...simly because the height is not stretched (on the 8-bit) or it has no height at all (on the 2600).

 

BTW It's true the Sega Genesis has no scaling/rotation, but this function was added in the Sega CD addon.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

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Originally posted by Nukey Shay:

I never considered player/missile width to be "scaling" in the true sense of the word...simly because the height is not stretched (on the 8-bit) or it has no height at all (on the 2600).

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On the 2600 the height has to (or: can) be controled by software, which means, it is capable.