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Could you use a black missile to cover up the white stripe on the right half of the screen? Also, I think the stairs look more like ramps than like stairs. Not sure how to make them look best.

Could you use a black missile to cover up the white stripe on the right half of the screen?

I could, pretty easily. Problem with that: in the two player version the 2nd player may not be black. Though I suppose she could be.

Also, I think the stairs look more like ramps than like stairs. Not sure how to make them look best.

Me neither.

I wonder if I could somehow combine the 2nd missile with the ball to get more of a 3D look.

I could, pretty easily. Problem with that: in the two player version the 2nd player may not be black. Though I suppose she could be.

 

Hmm... were you planning on color-striping the players? That could make use of the missiles for other screen decorations difficult.

 

What if you got rid of the white stripe altogether and made the stairs go up against the right edge of the screen? Are you using a table of bit values for the elevators? If so, shifting them all over by a playfield pixel shouldn't be a problem.

 

I wonder if I could somehow combine the 2nd missile with the ball to get more of a 3D look.

 

Another option would be to stairstep by two pixels every fourth scan line. Not sure that would look good either, but it might. Maybe mock it up and see.

 

Or maybe set the ball for 1 or 2 pixels width and only enable it on every other scan line. That might look good.

Also, I think the stairs look more like ramps than like stairs. Not sure how to make them look best.

Me neither.

 

Maybe try ladders:

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At least it wouldn't look so awfully Popeye-ish then

Hmm... were you planning on color-striping the players? That could make use of the missiles for other screen decorations difficult.

P0 is color striped (every other line) and P1 is not.