5 Colors in One Sprite Explained (Patreon)

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2020-11-02 15:14:57

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2021-10

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This episode of AVFX looks into how NES sprites can be faked to have more than 4 colors. It also mentions how sprite priority works and how game developers had to deal with rotating object indices to make them flicker instead of disappear entirely. I would have gone into even more detail about hardware limitations regarding the number of objects per scanline, but I didn't want this video to get too long!

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5 Colors in One Sprite Explained - Audiovisual Effects Pt. 04

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