Eagle Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) Level Up It's a shame that this background graphic only has 4 colors A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-03-18 20-05-22.mp4 Edited March 18, 2023 by Eagle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 56 minutes ago, Eagle said: It's a shame that this background graphic only has 4 colors As an alternative, you could divide the background graphics into horizontal zones (for example, 16 pixels high) and assign each zone a unique palette. You could use the same dominant colors but vary the brightness gradually. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 For example, like the excellent Bentley Bear's Crystal Quest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Or maybe a better option for the 7800, use the background graphics from the Amiga version: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Amiga version it’s not good enough They’re using dualplayfield mode, so 7 colours per playfield. I’m using in my code about 30 colours, but you cant see them yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Eagle said: Amiga version it’s not good enough They’re using dualplayfield mode, so 7 colours per playfield. Yes I know, I was just trying to keep things easy without asking too much. 22 minutes ago, Eagle said: I’m using in my code about 30 colours, but you cant see them yet. Well, I thought maybe you were joking, now I'm sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 30 minutes ago, Defender_2600 said: Well, I thought maybe you were joking, now I'm sure. I never joke about colours. Below some of my A8 tests 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Eagle said: I never joke about colours. I was referring to your screen with 4 colors 5 hours ago, Eagle said: It's a shame that this background graphic only has 4 colors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 BOSS FIGHT!!! Boss it's in 160B -12 colours - converted from Amiga (that's why is only 5 colours) Easily can be done in 24 colours as well (tested) A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-03-19 18-39-43.mp4 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Player two has entered the chat A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-03-20 17-43-27.mp4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 10:08 PM, Eagle said: Maria 160B mode for background and sprites GFX from A8 version by @Tezz Vega and @tebe Sprites version by @TIX colored by me to 160B Also I did conversion test of G2F picture by Odyn1ec A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-02-22 20-47-37.mp4 25.64 MB · 1 download A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-02-22 18-00-21.mp4 13.57 MB · 1 download Looks realy great, would like to see a demo for the 7800 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 5 hours ago, Eagle said: Player two has entered the chat A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-03-20 17-43-27.mp4 I really like how the jeep pops out and is easy to distinguish. A concern here is with the player's helicopter palette and especially against the yellow/gold background. There is a very fine line that is often blurred between green/yellow/gold, for the NTSC Atari consoles, due to some of the hue ranges that can appear different depending on display type (NTSC $1x), and some palette values, factor the aforementioned, in addition to how much the console has 'warmed-up' (NTSC $Ex & $Fx). If sticking with shades of green, highly recommend keeping it within the NTSC Hue $Cx or NTSC $Dx range for the player. Caution with NTSC $Dx though, once the console becomes hot, for the higher luminance values ($DC thru $DF), the color may start to lean chartreuse-yellow. If NTSC $1x is being leverage for the background, it will appear within a golden range (Brown-Gold-Yellow) under a CRT, and under most emulators or FPGA implementations that simulate color output under a CRT. However, the console under most modern displays, NTSC $1x will appear as shades of chartreuse at best, if not shades of green. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) I will try to not use this GFX in the future. But it's not really up to me I'm using this graphics to show capabilities of my engine. If I will start using some squares blocks then probably no one will enjoy. 27 minutes ago, Trebor said: A concern here is with the player's helicopter palette and especially against the yellow/gold background. We just had this conversation today on Polish discord and I decided to use 160B mode for Heli and Jeep, make them bigger and add dark outline. I'm getting little bit dizzy playing with Heli because everything is blending. But it's really playing much better on real hardware. Edited March 20, 2023 by Eagle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Pushing the limits, Maria said no more sprites A7800_ Atari 7800 (PAL) Cool [a7800p] 2023-03-21 17-07-21.mp4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 That's quite impressive, Eagle, as always. If you need any Pokey music, I can supply that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Thanks @SlidellMan but I'm not planning to use Pokey and @miker has already made music. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) Revision 2023 Oldskool entry Reksio Silly Venture 2023 Summer Edition Atari 7800 Invitro Enjoy Edited May 9, 2023 by Eagle 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Live from Revision oldskool demo compo 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 ^5:33 in the above video for the 7800 demo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) Reksio is beloved main character from Polish cartoon “Reksio” Beginning of this song is from cartoon intro, originally made by Lesnik in ‘90. The Duccinator made fantastic cover for YM2151 and he let me use it. It’s taking sometimes almost all cpu time, so not much left for special effects. BTW people are not aware of A7800 capabilities and they believed that this demo is made on cart driven by ARM 😂😂😂 Few more demos and they will be selling Amiga, ST, Jaguars and start buying 7800 Edited April 9, 2023 by Eagle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) any bin to proof and enjoy? Always showing great demos is not satisfying the users Edited April 9, 2023 by gambler172 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) ReksioJS7800.a78 is for JS7800 emulator with cleared bit for YM (thanks @playsoft) Reksio.a78 for DF and A7800 emulator with XM Sorry guys but PAL only! Reksio - online emulator info.txt Reksio.a78 ReksioJS7800.a78 Edited April 9, 2023 by Eagle 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I just got my flight tickets to Silly Ventures. Hope to meet some of you guys there. I might bring my own 7800 with me for demoing some WIP stuff. Is there some tables with power available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 @karri No problems with power on SV (in general). But it's good to have some adapters and/or extension cables handy. Just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax_2069 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 4/9/2023 at 7:13 AM, Eagle said: Live from Revision oldskool demo compo I absolutely love it when I see an Atari console or computer demo at a demo party live event. I was watching the live stream of Revision (I try to every year) But this compo I wasn't able to catch fully and didn't know about this specific demo until they uploaded it onto YouTube and I was able to watch that portion uninterrupted. Well done. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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