... tough, at first the main character didnt have a large gun ... a bit easier as that sprites much larger.

Probably ...

... c64 wins hands down. Hardware sprites, hardware scrolling (including techniques like ... mode. Plus, the c64 has character modes and 'chunky' colour graphics ...

... 32 character bullets (if memory serves) and 24 hardware sprites along with ... they both use very fast character-based pseudo 3D. A lot ... probably be handled with hardware sprites too.

[quote ... more a hardware scroll and sprites action game that just ...

... the C64 sprites. Since they are independent from the bitmap/character graphic ...

... sprite overlays for the main character in the game, which means ... add definition. So, for the sprites at least, you can have ...

Quite simple.

All the sprites in RType move on character boundaries, so no need to store the pre-shifted. No need for masks either.

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All the sprites in RType move on character boundaries, so no ...

... be full colour. assuming the character stays central on the screen ... colour clash between background and sprites (assuming the majority of the ...

... be full colour. assuming the character stays central on the screen ... colour clash between background and sprites (assuming the majority of the ...

... the nice, clear graphics (colourful sprites, no background detail getting in ... rooms a bit of extra character. Brilliant.

To those ...

... and GRAPHIC bytes. If the sprites are OR,XOR or LOAD ... . This way you fit two sprites into the space of one ... .

* Sprites that can be placed at ... to being confined on exact character cells) need that extra blank ...

... beneath get tinted by the sprites when there's no use ... not needed to tint my sprites).

EDIT: I ... thing is a good solution. Sprites are always clipped against a ... is drawn at exact vertical character coordinates (requiring no vertical shifting ...

... have 1 8x8 bitmap per character to build tile data, that ... accept a fixed size for sprites. I.e. imagine you compile ... library where you define that sprites will always be 16x16. That ...

... file and only decompress those sprites being used.

... full colour zx81 mode with sprites and graphics primitives. Every ... ...

- Use load sprites for the background. I had ... precede codes with an esc character so they aren't hijacked ...

... full colour zx81 mode with sprites and graphics primitives. Every pixel ... 4 colours out of every character cell - I don't know ...

... full colour zx81 mode with sprites and graphics primitives. Every pixel ... 4 colours out of every character cell - I don't know ...

... everything, which means moving them character-by-character :(.
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... would create 5 tile sprites and move them off-screen ... I'd create these sprites outside the main game loop ... because creation and deletion of sprites takes time.

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how about using massive sprites whose individual pixels were actually ... cannot see far beyond your character...

as I know ... ZX81 games always used those character set symbols which divided the ...

... 't finished it with every character. I probably never will as ... with a girl instead. The sprites are pretty puny but the ...

... creator, after the 14th character is added I get an ... just to get to insert character.

It would ... where in memory to place sprites, couldn't you just ... adjust the location of the sprites to make more memory ... udg bank to place sprites into and add the ...

... with striking color choice on sprites and fine detail work on ... been used on the main character sprite). The C64 one looks ...

... /> Sprite dimensions are in character units and must be defined ... drawn at exact vertical character coordinates (otherwise things ... character coordinates (again things won't look right). If sprites ... because the underlying engine is character oriented.

... "insert/delete" buttons to the character palette.

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sprites, couldn't you just adjust ... the location of the sprites to make more memory available ... up to 255 "characters" (or sprites) which you can in theory ...

... sp1_update". If a particular character cell is changed by printing ... number of sprites. Each sprite is divided into character-size ... into characters with each character described internally by a ... sprites that occupy much less space than a full character ...

... to keep track of dirty character cells, draws in the same ... only allow one colour per character square. As I mentioned, eventually ... . MSX1 also has 32 hardware sprites and they could be used ... adding colour to the main sprites.

The CPC and ...

... and then removing individual character cells from the engine with ... to those removed character cells, making all sprites appear to ... then remove the corresponding character cells from the engine ... .

- Preshifted sprites are a possibility and would ...

... colour clash - had the strongest sprites and seemed to move more ... had more features where the character (along with the enemies) could ...

... editor updates with the relevent character. This is only true currently ... up to 255 "characters" (or sprites) which you can in theory ...

... to draw sprites, by column then row, not as character blocks. Assuming ... the sprites can be positioned at ... only to be placed at character block position then I ... suppose character block drawing using row ...

... sprite library:

cd sprites/software/sp1
cp spectrum ... /lib/clibs and z88dk/include/sprites).

You should open ... /> Next post -- ran into a character limit.