ZylonBane Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 If you used the two missiles and the ball for gold you could have up to 3 gold bars on one scanline and then do intelligent flicker on the players if they bunch up on the same scanline. Why bother with a potentially very flickery solution, when you can represent gold perfectly well using blocks on the playfield? (see screenshots above) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBall Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Lode Runner is tailor-made for the Starpath Supercharger. My thoughts exactly (hint.. check out the webpage) The multi-cycle write isn't a big deal since all writes are done during the vertical retrace, rather than in the kernel. Oh, using the ball or missle sprites is a major pain, since you have to set or reset a bit flag. It just takes too many cycles to use. In my Lode Runner-esque game, everything except for the player & enemies if done using the playfield. Much quicker & easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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