> >Apart from that, programming for this config is quite easy: standard
> >MSX2 graphics handling and lots of music tools available. If you want
> >to develop for e.g. 2+, the only really valuable extra features are:
> >(and you said so yourself, IIRC)
> >
> >- horizontal scroll in HW
> >- extra colordepth for background graphics.
>
> Using the MSX-standard, yes. So the MSX-MUSIC, built-in Kanji or sometimes
> even DOS2 are ignored.
Those have nothing to do with MSX2+... At least not the MSX-Music and DOS2.
Kanji is a bit useless for us European users, and besides I think it was
already there before the MSX2+ too (how else would the Japanese have to
enter their characters?) (at the other hand, then why hasn't it been used in
games before the MSX2+ era?).
> >IMHO, most games and other apps can do without the HW horizontal scroll
> >and the value of extra colordepth is killed by the fact that it's a b*tch
> >to program, right?
Yessss (bummer!).
It's actually only really useful for intro-images.
By the way, does anyone know who was working on M-Kid??? If you try to get
the M-Kid source, then I will try to get the TIMMM source. Okay???
> Right, but if you've got a game with a smooth horizontal scroll, would you
> prefer the shocky edges at left and right without overlaying sprites (to
> prevent the flashing sprites) or would you like the game to use the
> hardware scroll when V9958 was detected? Two advantages:
>
> 1. You can do more with code, as the scrolling part itself is done by
hardware
And coding the scrolling part is fun.
> 2. The shocky edges are gone so even without sprites you will need to use
> for your game
Yeeh!!! But err... smooth horizontal scrolling can't be done on an MSX2 if
you still want to do something else (moving one software-sprite can still be
done, but more can't). And if you don't want to flip the borders, switch to
50Hz and you've got enough time left to enable the sprites.
~Grauw
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