> Yeah. BTW, why real sprites are so scarcely used on and beyond MSX2?
> If Spectrum users were given a single sprite...
Some reasons:
1) They're 'only' 16x16 pixels max
2) Only one color per pixel line
3) max 8 sprites (4 on MSX1, if I recall correctly) per horizontal line
Which means that you're _very_ much limited in the use of many beautiful
large colorful 'sprites' on screen.
> Sprites usually have serious limitations in all computers with built-in
> sprite circuitry,
exactly!
> but there're means to overcome them (at least to some extent, look Shadow
> of the Beast and Turrican on Amiga)
Never seen them ...
> but I keep coming across bitmap-only *JERKY* moving objects which give
> games an early 90s PC-wise look & feel.
Which is IMHO still better than the 'fluent' moving, lacking color
halfway 80-s look & feel you'll get using real sprites :-)
Ciao,
Eric
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