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Smooth horizontal scrolling was easy to obtain ... first class horizontal scrolling, but vertical scrolling was another cup ... Spectrum, but especially sideways scrolling gave him hell. But ... remember Wheelie having great scrolling and that was sideways ...

... should be for the bit scrolling in. Then you need to ...

... one-pixel horizontal scrolling compared to vertical scrolling. However, I ... generally easier to program horizontal scrolling. If you know how ... you any problems. Vertical scrolling however, means you have ... I agree that vertical scrolling is easier to do ...

Yes. You are quite right. Scrolling a speccy screen is painful ...

and most dinamic games (AMC1, AMC2, After the war, Navy moves, etc.) use 8 pixel scrolling.

... to write than a vertical scrolling routine, but would be harder ... speed.

I think scrolling made some games worse - Cybernoid ... it had been done with scrolling it would have had to ... (unless it was character square scrolling) etc.

... /> I still maintain that vertical scrolling is a lot more straightforward ...

... ).
Full colour, multi-direction scrolling (no flip screen). Somehow lacks ...

... wrote earlier:

; Screen scrolling routines
; for quick use ... my old code) my horizontal scrolling routine must have been crap ...

The best scrolling: Cobra (without doubt)
the worst: Buggler (with headache problem)

Bye

... and platformers ala Zynaps, Exolon, Uridium, Cybernoid, GreenBeret, Crosswize,Lightforce.. yes ...

... colour large sprites and fast scrolling)

7. P.Mochan ...

I would add:

renegade
green beret
uridium

and without doubt

ZYNAPS

sounds abit like target renegade, tho this was a side scrolling beat em up.

... will change to cyan/red scrolling bars. After this, I could ...

So how well does it replicate the BEEPer? Is the AY chip emulated?
And what about scrolling- is it as smooth as the Speccy's (which wasn't that smmoth, mind you)?

...and I've not noticed any scrolling problems. Mind you, I've mostly been trying stuff like Manic Miner, Jet Pac (ahem) and Exolon.

But I did try that feast of 3D wonder, Micronaut One, and that ran fine. So scrolling should be cool.

... /> There are numerous routines for scrolling.

If you want ...

... must have a book with scrolling routines
left/right/up ...

Good Christ! Uridium on the PS2[1]? :o< ...

... do NOT agree with that Uridium on spectrum be a bad ...

I've got to agree that Uridium on Spectrum is good, but not as good as C64. I've never had any problem with seeing the bullets or whatever else.

... think as the site started!), Uridium Spectrum Style isnt bad, maybe ...

... that im gonna dig out Uridium tonight and play it.

I can't find the Uridium review. Anyway I prefer the ... game. Has the 64 got Uridium+ and does anyone even notice ...

It's okay to say that about Uridium, because the article is from a C64 perspective, and that's fair enough. It would be the same thing if a Spectrum owner did it, except it would be full of C64 disasters like Paperboy and Cobra etc etc.

Can someone give me a direct link to the Uridium article?

... the words above, as for Uridium, i did play it last ... to.
Was there an Uridium+ for the Speccy??
BTW ... get the team to play Uridium next, would make good reading ...

... end of levels.

Uridium+ came out in 86. Even ...

Haven't played Uridium for the C64. Neat site btw! How bout some really cool C64 music to download? Maybe some converted to the MOD or MIDI format (is this possible)?