At 11:16 2-6-00 +0000, you wrote:
>On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, Mark Bolman wrote:
>
> > All this talk about making a game for msx2 or msx turbo r,
> > I'm not a programmer but isn't it possible to make a game that detects if
> > it's run on an msx2 or on an msx turbo r??
>
>Detecting is very simple.
>
> > If you run the game on a turbo r
> > it can use the special features of this machine (speed, graphics,
> > scrolling, sound).
> > The game is both for msx2 and for msx turbo r only the users of the turbo r
> > get a little 'extra'...
>
>The problem is that you have to program parts of your game twice. One
>version that takes advantage of the turbo R and one that runs on MSX2.
It isn't that hard to program both parts into one routine, as it most of
the time concerns timing issues.
>And sometimes it's not even possible to decide "I'll drop this if it isn't
>run on turbo R", because the game may depend on that feature.
>
>It's easy to say "I'll use PCM if a turbo R is detected" or "I'll decrunch
>in R800 mode if turbo R is detected". But those extras don't really make an
>impact on the game: having them is nice, but not a huge difference.
No, you could do animations on turbo R when MSX2 wouldn't because of the
speed difference. It's a known fact you can do more in R800 mode than when
using Z80.
Fray is a good example of this anyway, but it would have been better to put
both versions into one, as the game discs are identical for the largest part.
GreeTz, BiFi
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