sometimes99er Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Yes, like most developments my scrolling techniques are building on other peoples' work. Okay. I ran through some earlier stuff of mine, and found a few other, almost full-screen (could have been), smooth scrolling and also turning in any direction using different techniques or should we call many of them "character to character" scrolling, whereas Parsec stands out as "bitmap scrolling" (source picture (see GROM below) is shifted into destination (VDP)). I used that technique in another demo. With any technique I would say that we cut "corners" to achieve the desired effect(s) (as in we're not updating 768 character patterns). Other 9918A smooth pixel scrolling examples are, 1984, River Raid for MSX by Activision 1984, Flicky for Sega SG-1000 by Sega 1985, Drol for Sega SG-1000 by Sega And just to keep the record straight. I think it is impressive work you've done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I've remained silent on this topic long enough... There is only one name for an F18A enhanced 4A... « The TI-99/4A Hornet » This isn't rocket science folks (it's jet propulsion science) After all Atari had their Falcon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Was thinking it should still be called a TI, but knowing it has a special video chip inside. Guess I'm just boring that way. After all, what do you call a PC with a fancy graphics card? I still call it shit, but most will still call it a PC or better yet… the "hard drive". Not a fan of modern platforms today. The non-personal "computer" is merely an appliance to me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Omega-TI Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I've remained silent on this topic long enough... There is only one name for an F18A enhanced 4A... « The TI-99/4A Hornet » Works for me! (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Here's yet another example of (potential full-screen) smooth pixel scrolling on the 9918a. The 1985 Pippols for the MSX by Konami. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 TI 99/4a Megablast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 TI 99/4a Enhanced Age or TI 99/4a EA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 The name goes to the first person to create high quality labels that we can stick overtop of the existing TI-99/4A logo on the console, which fit nicely and are widely adopted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes, like most developments my scrolling techniques are building on other peoples' work. But even though I still have a few ideas left in my head, it's essential in order for this development to continue that someone else 'takes up the glove' and shows that the techniques can be improved further. If not, turning to the F18A is one way of keeping up momentum and interest, and I'm really surprised that no more the a handful developers have gone down this route considering that there is so much unexplored territory and we even have the tools (e.g Magellan). Talking about F18A as a threat to the survival of the old TI is way out of proportions IMHO considering that we don't have a single finished game yet that is running on an F18A enhanced console only. I think the general shortage of new assembly (or other high-speed language) projects is a much bigger threat. Keep doing all the good work, I really like it (and do not get distracted)! I like that in some you games you switch automatically back to the normal mode (like in TI-Scramble, backwards compatible) and to F18A mode (with better graphics). F18A or not. It is my view a bit the same as having a 32K expansion or not (as some cartridges/modules also do not work without 32K, so always an expansion was needed and that was expensive) (TI's with 32K built-in are not treated differently, while they are actually, because when I had it built-in, I could load assembly programs and games via the cassette interface (Thanks to Tonny Brouwer/Ton Damen), that opened a whole new world that timefor me, similar as the F18A is opening up a new world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 So, I will be shipping out a bunch of "F18A Enhanced" stickers to everyone? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 . TI-99/4M(ario) carnival in cologne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I have gone blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Discussion about what to call a TI-99/4A with F18A: Simple: freaking awesome. You're welcome. No charge. :-) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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