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Fuck the Super Game Boy (2010)
- vijayaggarwal 12y agoWhoa, did Super Mario Bros have a palette of just four colors? Amazing!
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoNo, but each sprite did.
- 67726e 12y agoI can't speak for the GameBoy system, but I've spent years hacking on the NES. The way the color system breaks down is you have a palette of 4 colors. From there you can load 4 "background" palettes along with 4 "sprite" palettes at any time. The sprites are things like Mario or a Goomba while the background items are things like the ground blocks or tubes. For an example of what the palette setup looks like in practice, take a glimpse at this video[0] - Disclaimer: I made this back when I was in highschool and I haven't watched it since, so I may wind up embarrassing myself here... [0] - http://youtu.be/_J5qI8BkENA?t=22s http://youtu.be/_J5qI8BkENA?t=22s [1] -
- acuozzo 12y ago> I can't speak for the GameBoy system, but I've spent years hacking on the NES. Me too! Are you on the nesdev.com forum?
- 67726e 12y agoYes and no. I've used the forums a bit having asked and answered questions. Most of my hobby was in modifying the games and hardware, eventually dabbling in homebrew development. My name there is the same as it is here, but I haven't used it in years as my career has kept me busy.
- seivan 12y agoI love reading about tech in games trivia! My favourite is still the article about Star Craft 2 and pathfinding.
- GotAnyMegadeth 12y agoDo you have the link for that? Thanks
- aatos 12y agoI would guess he is referring this one: http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-hack http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-h...
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- PetitPrince 12y agoYou probably already know Simon schreibt, but for the other that want other game tech tecnique, it's a great blog: http://simonschreibt.de/ http://simonschreibt.de/
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoThe best was Space Invaders, which was unique in that instead of colouring the Game Boy game, it uploaded a full SNES version of the game into RAM and executed it.
- withad 12y agoI recall the Game Boy Colour doing something similar, though it apparently had its own system - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color#Color_palettes_used_for_original_Game_Boy_games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color#Color_palettes_u.... And now I'm trying to remember what the Game Boy Tower in Pokemon Stadium made the games look like...
- fuzzywalrus 12y agoIf I recall correctly the GameBoy Color could only assign sprites 3 colors. What's interesting is Nintendo also made the GameCube GameBoy Advance attachment much later
- madeofpalk 12y agoThat whole series was a great read. Having grown up after the SNES (I only have very vague memories of the N64 as a kid), I spent a good hour reading it and looking up wiki articles in between. Those footnotes were annoying though. In-text they're numerical, but at the bottom of the page they're alphabetical. Wtf?
- garrethv 12y agoA bit off topic, but I've got to ask - why use the word "fuck"? It conveys arrogance, derisiveness, and a sense of link-baity-ness. I also don't see how it has anything to do with an analysis of the algorithm of the gameboy colors.
- jgoney 12y agoYou'd have to read the whole series, it makes perfect sense at the end.
- bane 12y agoIt has to do with Nintendo's supposed attitude towards the device and the many lost opportunities.
- donatj 12y agoI once merely disagreed with Christina Love on twitter whereas she blocked me, sicked her followers on me, and went on a tirade about how awful I was - attacking things from my twitter bio that had nothing to do with my comment. Professional isn't a word I'd use to describe her.
- Blackthorn 12y agoI'm sure this is a completely fair characterization of the situation and not a one-sided rant that lacks in crucial information.
- bluefinity 12y agoTrust me, she's definitely unprofessional. And her games aren't very good unless you're an SJW. I had a whole list of links to post, but I'll just leave it at this: https://twitter.com/christinelove/status/483834786885038081 https://twitter.com/christinelove/status/483834786885038081 Paraphrased, "People who think my games are bad are homophobic"
- hackcasual 12y ago
- LordHumungous 12y agoI don't think the cartridge port is big enough.
- xtracto 12y agoAaah super game boy. I think Nintendo has a chance of doing something similar with the DS and Wii U... that would be awesome for the Wii today.