MSX1 GAMES improved on MSX2

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Van wolf_

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27-02-2008, 10:25

Could be, but I just don't see it happening. We should be happy enough when most game makers can finish a game for 1 system already, let alone having it compatible with 2 systems. Hannibal

Van JohnHassink

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27-02-2008, 12:40

Even if the VDP is not sooo fast to manage tile with hmmc there is also the possibility to skip the tiles that does not changes between frames. Otherwise, games like XAK, Coredump, Akin could not be made....
I'm very curious as to how this works!

Which advantages does it offer as opposed to simply refreshing cells/tiles and realtime copying of the actual gamescreen?

Do the Ys games also make use of this system?

Van PingPong

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27-02-2008, 20:21

Even if the VDP is not sooo fast to manage tile with hmmc there is also the possibility to skip the tiles that does not changes between frames. Otherwise, games like XAK, Coredump, Akin could not be made....
I'm very curious as to how this works!

Which advantages does it offer as opposed to simply refreshing cells/tiles and realtime copying of the actual gamescreen?

Do the Ys games also make use of this system?

Advantages: speed
Ys: they use this approach. If you see carefully the speed of scrolling is not constant. When there is a more larger nnumber of tiles to move the scroll goes a little more slow

Van wolf_

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27-02-2008, 20:37

In short: only update new tiles, when a tile doesn't change (because it's e.g. a grass tile) compared to the previous location you also don't need to draw it again.

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