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- Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:51 am
- Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
- Topic: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
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Re: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
Only SMS/GG actually use the first index in a visible way, no other console does. So you're limited to using backdrop to make use of those first 4 indexes of each palette. Which I guess implies that you won't have more than 61 different colors on screen at a given moment, at least without using bac...
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:57 pm
- Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
- Topic: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
- Replies: 40
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Re: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
thus color 0 of each palette is actually completely useless/unused (well, at least three of them if one is used for the backdrop...)? What a waste. :roll: you can temporarily switch to V30 to bust the vertical borders (a technique used in Overdrive 2) without messing up sync. you mean temporary? Whe...
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:16 pm
- Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
- Topic: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
- Replies: 40
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Re: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
Google sega2f.htm Found, thanks. It says COLOR: - Uses CRAM (part of the VDP) • 64 9-bit wide color registers - 64 colors out of 512 possible colors • 3 bits of Red • 3 bits of Green • 3 bits of Blue • 4 palettes of 16 colors - 0th color (of each palette) is always transparent I wonder if the last ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:12 pm
- Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
- Topic: Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 28408
Where do I start? I'm seeking technical documents.
Hello! new user here! :) I recently got curious about the MegaDrive. I know virtually nothing about it, beside what's written on Wikipedia, and I'm seeking documents that will explain me the inner workings. So, to start, I'm after technical documents about: the MD VDP the Motorola 68000 how the MD i...