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To clarify, it does not need to be executed cycle exact on the IBM PC, only on the C64.
by bonzini 4mo ago
To clarify, it does not need to be executed cycle exact on the IBM PC, only on the C64.
- deaddodo 4mo agoI was going to say, smooth scrolling is one place where VGA was fairly simple to work with, since it didn’t have to deal with chunky graphics/bitplanes or specific timing tricks. In fact, Carmack specifically states that packed pixels were the impetus for id’s side scrolling experiments that led to Commander Keen and its ilk.