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Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 13:03:03
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Does anyone know what screen res Banshee runs at. I have noticed this to be super clear on my LCD 17" benq via vga adapter. other games look quite pixelated which is a downside to using lcd screens. _________________ A1200 ACA1232 128MB Indivison MkIICr Elbox empty Power Tower RPi3 Emulating C64 ZX Atari PS BBC Wii with Amiga emulation Vampire v4 SA |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 13:07:22
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On which hardware are you running it? An original AGA machine or through emulation? _________________ God created Paula so that Allister Brimble and Dave Whittaker could do music
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 13:24:30
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original A1200 no emulation tried that not the same fun factor.... _________________ A1200 ACA1232 128MB Indivison MkIICr Elbox empty Power Tower RPi3 Emulating C64 ZX Atari PS BBC Wii with Amiga emulation Vampire v4 SA |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 14:37:37
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That's a good question. I played it on my TV through an A1200. I would at first say 320. Though it doesn't use many layers of scrolling so it could be 640 as well.
I was actually given this game. I somehow got talking with my driving instructor years ago about the Amiga. And she mentioned she had Banshee from some guy. And as she had no need for it gave it to me. I enjoyed it. Wasn't it fun when the Amiga was a popular computer? |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 14:50:06
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yep Amiga was great back in the day. I would say its around 640 as looks so clear compared to other games.
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 15:17:30
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Banshee is old compared to T-Zero, so it would be 320x256 Although the intro screens use a Laced screen so could be 640x512 just for the them _________________ Cross-developer on Windows, OS3, OS4, Linux; Current Projects:- Nephele Cloud App OS4 UserProfile System OS4 AmigaOneXE OS4.1.6
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 12-Jul-2016 16:30:00
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It looks like 320x256 but being aga it probably uses more colours for an smoother antialiased effect rather than just single colour blocks.
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 13-Jul-2016 5:10:30
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| Yeah, I also think it's normal 320 x 2xx resolution, but being an AGA game graphics look much better compared to OCS games, because you don't have to use that much raster effects etc in graphics. Other AGA games like SlamTilt etc probably look good compared to older OCS games on your setup too. _________________ - The wiki based MorphOS Library - Your starting point for MorphOS - Software made by jPV^RNO |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 13-Jul-2016 14:03:10
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jPV wrote: Yeah, I also think it's normal 320 x 2xx resolution, but being an AGA game graphics look much better compared to OCS games, because you don't have to use that much raster effects etc in graphics. Other AGA games like SlamTilt etc probably look good compared to older OCS games on your setup too. |
I'm thinking the same thing. It most probably was a 320X2xx with a well used palette and some hand made antialiasing. It was one of the few games to really take advantage of the AGA Chipset. I remember reading something like it used dual playfield with 128 colours for each screen. Throw in some wise copperlist and you have it.
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 13-Jul-2016 15:17:23
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That would be a fancy copper list as dual playfield on AGA would limit each screen to 16 colours. Unless it separated the score panel and scrolling playfield another way. Okay time to get the emulator and save state then make en examination of the hardware registers. |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 18-Jul-2016 14:42:01
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I'm sure T-Zero can be installed to HD. My A4000 was setup last night.I should have looked. |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 18-Jul-2016 14:59:15
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I'm sure T-Zero can be installed to HD. My A4000 was setup last night.I should have looked. |
Yeah, T-Zer0 is a CD-ROM game and it can/should be installed to HD. And it has worked fine and seemingly bug free, and it has a quit option.. so there isn't any need to make a WHDLoad installer for it :)_________________ - The wiki based MorphOS Library - Your starting point for MorphOS - Software made by jPV^RNO |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 20-Jul-2016 18:51:16
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By looking the game in action and the static pictures, it's clear that it's LORES 320x256 pixels, 6 bitplanes (64 colors) for the main graphics, 1 bitplane used for the effects (like fog), sprites used for the 64 pixels wide panels on the left. _________________ RETREAM - retro dreams for Amiga, Commodore 64 and PC |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 20-Jul-2016 19:15:59
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how does that compare to T-Zero ? _________________ A1200 ACA1232 128MB Indivison MkIICr Elbox empty Power Tower RPi3 Emulating C64 ZX Atari PS BBC Wii with Amiga emulation Vampire v4 SA |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 21-Jul-2016 1:00:05
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Its standard low res, but with high res sprites for things like clouds. This was done for cheap effective see through effects, with every 2nd pixel transparent.
Also, lcd screens only look bad when not ratio exact. Low res 1440*900, 1680*1050, etc. A 1280*1024 screen looks fine (exact multiples of amiga screenmodes), as does a medium res screen like 1920*1080, which will crop to a 4:3 display, then be an exact multiple with room for overscan.
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 21-Jul-2016 7:43:19
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| While the game is in Lores, as far as I can remember the title screen (the one with the Banshee logo) is in an odd Super Hires not interlaced resolution, i.e. 1280x256. It's probably the only game that used this resolution.
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 21-Jul-2016 16:52:05
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T-Zer0 is LOWRES 320x264x7 (i.e. 128 colors). Please note that: * also Banshee uses 7 bitplanes, although it uses the 7th for special effects (fog, rain, lighting) only; * more colors doesn't mean better graphics._________________ RETREAM - retro dreams for Amiga, Commodore 64 and PC |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 21-Jul-2016 16:55:08
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Its standard low res, but with high res sprites for things like clouds. This was done for cheap effective see through effects, with every 2nd pixel transparent. |
I believe this is wrong. The clouds (fog, actually) were obtained by means of a 7th bitplane. But I haven't seen the whole game, so maybe I missed that sort of clouds. Can you show a picture, please?_________________ RETREAM - retro dreams for Amiga, Commodore 64 and PC |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 21-Jul-2016 16:57:25
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Varthall wrote: While the game is in Lores, as far as I can remember the title screen (the one with the Banshee logo) is in an odd Super Hires not interlaced resolution, i.e. 1280x256. It's probably the only game that used this resolution. |
Nope, the intro and title screens were 640x256. But they they do have the distinctive "vertical" look of the rectangular pixels, so that's probably what fooled you._________________ RETREAM - retro dreams for Amiga, Commodore 64 and PC |
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Re: Banshee screen res Posted on 21-Jul-2016 18:54:58
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