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It relies on the colour attributes being twiddled every few scanlines, so I'd be rather sceptical of its applications. That said, there is a video of it runnin

by Leynos 11y ago

It relies on the colour attributes being twiddled every few scanlines, so I'd be rather sceptical of its applications. That said, there is a video of it running here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQajN1XWzJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQajN1XWzJY (on a 48k Speccy no less), and it looks rather performant.

fuzzix 11y ago
Was just looking at a review for a new game, Stormfinch, which uses this engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sd2FNPTBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sd2FNPTBs It's clearly a little clunkier than monochrome or simple colour attribute shooters, but still pretty competent.
- Theodores 11y ago
  Some of those sound effects are AY-8192 sounding to me, explosions on the spectrum were never like that.
  - chipsy 11y ago
    The Spectrum 128 contained an AY-8192, so you are right on the money. Earlier models were beeper only.
  - Narishma 11y ago
    They added an AY chip to the Spectrum starting from the 128K model I think. It was also available as an add-on to the original 48K.
- watmough 11y ago
  Clunkier. Yep. Doesn't look near as good as the 'real' Spectrum R-Type. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lvAXSGBpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lvAXSGBpI I think it's the blocky movement that kinda kills it for me.
  - Narishma 11y ago
    Perhaps I'm missing something but the video you linked to seems to have blocky movement as well.
Marazan 11y ago
Spectrum clock rate covers a multitude of ills.
nobullet 11y ago
Dream Walker: Alter Ego 2 as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYufMwAxOl4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYufMwAxOl4
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anon4 11y ago
Ugh, but that leaves little CPU time for actual game logic. This new trend of devs sacrificing gameplay in order to push more colours to the screen is ludicrous. Next year they'll just be selling games that have no actual gameplay, but are just long animated movies!

by Leynos 11y ago

fuzzix 11y ago

Was just looking at a review for a new game, Stormfinch, which uses this engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sd2FNPTBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sd2FNPTBs It's clearly a little clunkier than monochrome or simple colour attribute shooters, but still pretty competent.

Theodores 11y ago
Some of those sound effects are AY-8192 sounding to me, explosions on the spectrum were never like that.
- chipsy 11y ago
  The Spectrum 128 contained an AY-8192, so you are right on the money. Earlier models were beeper only.
- Narishma 11y ago
  They added an AY chip to the Spectrum starting from the 128K model I think. It was also available as an add-on to the original 48K.
watmough 11y ago
Clunkier. Yep. Doesn't look near as good as the 'real' Spectrum R-Type. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lvAXSGBpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lvAXSGBpI I think it's the blocky movement that kinda kills it for me.
- Narishma 11y ago
  Perhaps I'm missing something but the video you linked to seems to have blocky movement as well.

Marazan 11y ago

Spectrum clock rate covers a multitude of ills.

nobullet 11y ago

Dream Walker: Alter Ego 2 as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYufMwAxOl4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYufMwAxOl4

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anon4 11y ago

Ugh, but that leaves little CPU time for actual game logic. This new trend of devs sacrificing gameplay in order to push more colours to the screen is ludicrous. Next year they'll just be selling games that have no actual gameplay, but are just long animated movies!