[Coco] "Sprites" on CoCo?

[Michael Brant]

Doc Simon lol

On May 8, 2017 3:49 PM, "Simon Jonassen" <simon at roust-it.dk> wrote:

> Sound HW... where we're going we don't need sound hw...
>
> /Simon :-)
>
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> Fra: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] På vegne af Bill Loguidice
> Sendt: 8. maj 2017 19:51
> Til: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Emne: Re: [Coco] "Sprites" on CoCo?
>
> Some impressive stuff was indeed accomplished. The major negative of
> course was that the speed of many games, particularly the action games, was
> crushingly slow, especially in comparison to many of the other contemporary
> platforms. Fortunately, a lot of the gaming issues were rectified with the
> CoCo 3, although it was unfortunate it never did receive a dedicated sound
> hardware upgrade to go along with the other improvements.
>
> -Bill
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> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > That's what made CoCo games so impressive, the fact there was no
> > hardware assist for _anything_ sprites, screen scrolling, music,
> > sound, etc., everything you heard and saw was done in software by the
> > CPU and the the programmers made the computer shine, to this day, I
> > still think of the CoCo game authors as both superheroes and rock
> > stars :)
> >
> >
> > Steve Strowbridge, aka
> > The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> > http://ogsteviestrow.com
> > ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> >
> >
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