... ]Speaking of platformer and main character with sword, [B]Knight 'n ... /> The animation on the main character is terrible, he's kind ... C64 games and makes the sprites feel disconnected from the world ...

... was compounded by it's character mode display too.

sprites and you had to work ... games like Untouchables, where bigger sprites and scenery might have better ...

... they kept the hi-res character, or just kept the Spectrumesque ... of Heartland) a loss of sprites.

[QUOTE] However, this ...

... of Heartland) a loss of sprites.[/QUOTE]

For the ... sprite really brings out more character, as does the multicolour in ...

... , they added a lot of character to the main sprite. The ... no extra colour on the sprites so as to avoid screen ...

... like pyjamarama). Compare the main character on Extreme on the spectrum ... than the spectrum version + hw sprites to avoid colourclash. It still ...

... =AndyC;809037]You can multiplex sprites to re-use them further ... you might want the player character to face multiple enemies on ...

... you might want the player character to face multiple enemies on ... difficult and impossible to reuse sprites effectively. On the C64, at ...

... and hardware sprites for at least the main character? Hardware sprites for all ... characters could have proven difficult as the sprites ...

... who draws a skin coloured character then puts a green or ... that matter.

Nes sprites were limited to 3 colours ... coming from the spectrum - mono sprites on mono backgrounds got old ...

... around a lot of software sprites. That restricts it in a ... much slower or at one character square at a time. That ...

[QUOTE=Muig;810980]:o Didn't you see Cobra on the Speccy? All those big sprites? [/QUOTE]

yes, with the colour clash; everything the same colour as the scenery which is coloured in big character strips of colour - [I]brilliant[/I].

... the Speccy? All those big sprites? The speed? The C64 can ... .[/QUOTE]

Cobra? Big sprites? Fast? Surely not, for the ... gave the c64 games more character.

Which version of ...

[QUOTE=MinerWilly;810996]Cobra? Big sprites? Fast? Surely not, for the ... gave the c64 games more character.

Which version of ...

... at c64 Green Beret then. Sprites might be a fraction smaller ... ? Sure it has plenty of sprites running around thanks to multiplexing ... in line with the player character- the rest just run around ...

... ? Sure it has plenty of sprites running around thanks to multiplexing ... in line with the player character- the rest just run around ...

... seems to be only 26 character square wide! That seems awfully ... go on about how many sprites should be able to be ... games crave for that? Usually sprites need to be all over ...

[QUOTE=joefish;811039]Sprites need to be positionable anywhere ... moves in game-and-watch character blocks, that's blocky.

... glorious smooth scrolling and hw sprites. Yeah, that's it, you ... the ST, with less colours, character square scrolling and that "fantastic ...

... glorious smooth scrolling and hw sprites. Yeah, that's it, you ... the ST, with less colours, character square scrolling and that "fantastic ...

... create a detail on a character by using colour.

sprites on the C64, the characters ...

... the bottom bit before rendering sprites, so you display with 2 ... the next increase. Otherwise your character will appear unresponsive, rather than ...

... this for most of the sprites but I want the player ... , the first few times the character moves it's by one ...

... memory bandwidth for things like sprites. Even things like all the ... the silicon responsible for the character mode display modes.

... , with only vertical movement by character square there would not be ... difficult to avoid with other sprites, so it depends how much ... Uridium would look with coloured sprites on the Spectrum:

... me. Having unmasked sprites move at one character square at a time ...

... ZX81 and the PET with character graphics that play just as ... arcade original. Hardware scrolling and sprites may enhance the visual experience ...

... atari games that use mono sprites also.

a lot ... uses chars instead of sprites for the main character etc. even though ...

... , but then all of the sprites disappeared except for the red ... as normal, but no other character was visible, let alone moving ...

... , but then all of the sprites disappeared except for the red ... as normal, but no other character was visible, let alone moving ...