Black Tiger CPC-Spectrum Comparison - Revision history

MacDeath: /* Screenshots */

2020-01-15T00:41:37Z

Screenshots

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	[[Image:Black tiger screenshot.png\|Black Tiger (Amstrad) ]]		[[Image:Black tiger screenshot.png\|Black Tiger (Amstrad) ]]

			*AmstradCPC mockup

			[[Image:Black tiger redone 11 CPC mode1.png\|Black Tiger (Mockup Amstrad) ]]

	==What If ?==		==What If ?==

Bryce at 13:59, 14 November 2011

2011-11-14T13:59:49Z

Gryzor: /* Lazy port ?= */

2011-05-02T19:36:52Z

Lazy port ?=

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	There, you have a better version than the speccy one.		There, you have a better version than the speccy one.

	=Lazy port ?==		==Lazy port ?==

	It is to notice that the Disk version actually use multiloads as it seems to reload data between each levels. So it would seem that the Amstrad version is just a lazy, hurried port.		It is to notice that the Disk version actually use multiloads as it seems to reload data between each levels. So it would seem that the Amstrad version is just a lazy, hurried port.

	Such a shame for what used to be one of the best Arcade Game of 1987.		Such a shame for what used to be one of the best Arcade Game of 1987.

Gryzor: /* Pure lazyness ? */

2011-05-02T19:35:53Z

Pure lazyness ?

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	There, you have a better version than the speccy one.		There, you have a better version than the speccy one.

	=~~=Pure lazyness~~ ?==		=Lazy port ?==

	It is to notice that the Disk version actually use multiloads~~...~~		It is to notice that the Disk version actually use multiloads as it seems to reload data between each levels. So it would seem that the Amstrad version is just a lazy, hurried port.

	As it seems to reload ~~datas~~ between each levels...

	So the Amstrad version is just ~~some pure applied Lazyness and Scroodgery~~.

	Such a shame for what used to be one of the best Arcade Game of 1987.		Such a shame for what used to be one of the best Arcade Game of 1987.

MacDeath: /* What If ? */

2011-05-01T23:43:05Z

What If ?

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	*As the sprites are 1bpp + 1bpp mask , this means that if properly recoded in 2bpp they use the exact same amount of DATA in RAM, but could then be in 3 colours, 4th colour being used as mask, s used in super wonderboy (this is not shown on mock up)		*As the sprites are 1bpp + 1bpp mask , this means that if properly recoded in 2bpp they use the exact same amount of DATA in RAM, but could then be in 3 colours, 4th colour being used as mask, s used in super wonderboy (this is not shown on mock up)

	*Also it may be possible to apply some king of attribute colour on the tiles so the ~~Bacjground~~ and Foreground, while still being 1bpp/2 colours... ~~could~~ be ~~say... 2 different colours~~ (as shown)		*Also it may be possible to apply some king of "attribute colour" on the tiles so the Background and Foreground tiles, while still being 1bpp/2 colours...you may be able to set the ink (other than black) into one of the 3 other inks (from the Mode1 palette) as shown on the Map Mockup.

	*~~then~~ get rid of Rasters interrupts/palette change.		*Then get rid of Rasters interrupts/palette change to gain some CPU or even the few RAM needed by such routine..

	There, you have a better version than the speccy one.		There, you have a better version than the speccy one.

MacDeath at 16:10, 28 April 2011

2011-04-28T16:10:10Z

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			[[Black Tiger]] is quite infamous for being one of the laziest speccy port.
	Black Tiger is quite infamous for being one of the laziest speccy port.

	And even more infamous because the speccy's original version is not even that good to begin with.		And even more infamous because the speccy's original version is not even that good to begin with.

MacDeath at 15:55, 28 April 2011

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 But the main problem is that it is quite useless as the Game's window is still monocolour ! So it simply wastes CPU power.
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 There, you have a better version than the speccy one.

Arnoldemu at 09:01, 28 April 2011

2011-04-28T09:01:44Z

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			[[Image:BlackTiger-Spectrum.png\|thumb\|right\|Black Tiger (Spectrum) ]]

	~~[[Image:BlackTiger-Spectrum.png\|right\|Black Tiger (Spectrum) ]]~~

Arnoldemu at 09:01, 28 April 2011

2011-04-28T09:01:12Z

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	[[Image:Black tiger screenshot.png\|~~thumb\|right~~\|Black Tiger (Amstrad) ]]		[[Image:Black tiger screenshot.png\|left\|Black Tiger (Amstrad) ]]

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Arnoldemu at 08:59, 28 April 2011

2011-04-28T08:59:19Z

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	Black Tiger is quite infamous for being one of the laziest speccy port.		Black Tiger is quite infamous for being one of the laziest speccy port.

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	And even more infamous because the speccy's original version is not even that good to begin with.		And even more infamous because the speccy's original version is not even that good to begin with.

	*Graphics : the Amstrad version use unmodified ~~Graphical Datas~~.		*Graphics : the Amstrad version use unmodified Graphic Data.

	The Sprites and tiles are stored in RAM in 1bit per pixel, sprites are also masked in 1 bit per pixel. the 1bpp ~~datas are~~ then turned into Mode1 2bit per pixel when they are to be displayed into the Video RAM area. Which is somewhat CPU intensive.		The Sprites and tiles are stored in RAM in 1bit per pixel, sprites are also masked in 1 bit per pixel. the 1bpp data is then turned into Mode1 2bit per pixel when they are to be displayed into the Video RAM area. Which is somewhat CPU intensive.

	*Also some Raster interrupt are used in order to get more than 4 colours displayed on the screen.		*Also some Raster interrupt are used in order to get more than 4 colours displayed on the screen.
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	*As the sprites are 1bpp + 1bpp mask , this means that if properly recoded in 2bpp they use the exact same amount of DATA in RAM, but could then be in 3 colours, 4th colour being used as mask, s used in super wonderboy (this is not shown on mock up)		*As the sprites are 1bpp + 1bpp mask , this means that if properly recoded in 2bpp they use the exact same amount of DATA in RAM, but could then be in 3 colours, the 4th colour being used as a mask, as used in super wonderboy (this is not shown on mock up)

	*Also it may be possible to apply some ~~king~~ of "attribute colour" on the tiles so the Background and Foreground tiles, while still being 1bpp/2 colours...you may be able to set the ink (other than black) into one of the 3 other inks (from the Mode1 palette) as shown on the Map Mockup.		*Also it may be possible to apply some kind of "attribute colour" on the tiles so the Background and Foreground tiles, while still being 1bpp/2 colours...you may be able to set the ink (other than black) into one of the 3 other inks (from the Mode1 palette) as shown on the Map Mockup.

	*Then get rid of Rasters interrupts/palette change to gain some CPU or even the ~~few~~ RAM needed by such routine..		*Then get rid of Rasters interrupts/palette change to gain some CPU or even free the minimal RAM needed by such routine..

	There, you have a better version than the speccy one.		There, you have a better version than the speccy one.
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	==Lazy port ?==		==Lazy port ?==

	It is ~~to notice~~ that the Disk version actually ~~use~~ multiloads as it seems to reload data between each levels. So it would seem that the Amstrad version is just a lazy, hurried port.		It is also worth noting that the Disk version actually uses multiloads as it seems to reload data between each levels. So it would seem that the Amstrad version is just a lazy, hurried port.

	Such a shame for what used to be one of the best Arcade Game of 1987.		Such a shame for what used to be one of the best Arcade Game of 1987.