... need *less colour*. Remember, Speccy sprites get all lost in all ... />
I like the mock sprites I saw, but I think ...

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>Remember, Speccy sprites get all lost in

many games have black sprites overlayed
on colorful backgrounds ...

The sprites aren't big enough not to look a little lost in the backgrounds - it's going to be most noticeable in the darker areas.
Of course - you could take the "let's make fecking huge colourful but attribute bound sprites" approach.

... (although I still think the sprites get a bit lost in ...

... *only* exception with the 3D sprites I just had to make ...

hehehe.. new beetle..

I guess colors are nice and will look nice with sprites. =)

... and will look nice with sprites. =)

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The "Hammer and Nails" thing looks good. I particularly like the VW Beetle "homage" to Double Dragon. Have you got any sprites knocked up yet, or (chance would be a fine thing) any sort of rolling demo?

Not as yet, I just need to do two more screens to finish off mission 1. Chances are I'll use the DD sprites to get a demo running.

Wow! Narc in speccy is technically cool! very smooth and alot of sprites.. only problem is that original coin op sucks.. I always thought why ocean did not made Robocop2 DataEast coinop with a engine like Narc.

... look at the differences. The sprites are different... Although no worse ...

... up screens? To me those sprites look like tests, I'll ...

... up screens? To me those sprites look like tests, I'll ...

... . If you check out the sprites the black guy is actually ...

Highlander? Superb film... god-dammit a most truely awful game. HUGE block sprites, ropey game design and the ability to win by doing a low block!.

... middle are a couple preliminary sprites for the C64 version.

... , that will use the same sprites.

Also, if it ...

... the program SevenuP for make sprites for speccy.. I guess is ...

... release back in 1992. The sprites were great but the various ...

... and only a few multiclour sprites. it would be easier to ...

... & Max.

Big sprites are entirely possible on the ...

... just started to transfer the sprites over to the Spectrum as ... hoping to have all the sprites completed by the weekend.

... , that will use the same sprites.

Also, if it ...

... , have colour, scroll and many sprites in movement.

... , but i dont see why sprites could not be animated as ...

... and also a number of sprites for the SnowBros game which ...

yea, it might be more feasible to do a game in interlace. you could do a game in multicolour, but only if some of the graphics/sprites are like that and the rest is normal zx graphics. just my guess.

When people talk about "preshifted" sprites, what do they mean?
< ...

... :) You may not need all sprites at the same time. In ...

... what I like) and the sprites now look decent. Personally though ... , I like big massive sprites but that would slow everything ... don't you fill the sprites in white and put a ...