My first MSX demo! | MSX Resource Center (Página 2/4)

Por tonigalvez

Champion (311)

28-12-2008, 21:14

Hey, I like the demo very much, I know Ham, its a great person and a genius.

Please, continue making demos like that and beyond.

Por Sdw

Resident (50)

28-12-2008, 21:14

First of all - thank you everyone for the positive comments, much appreciated!

I love that you used all four screen modes.

Nicely spotted! I didn't even plan for that, it just happened as I experimented with what the MSX had to offer.

Can we also expect MSX2 endeavours from your side in the future, as that's the machine you have?

Yes, sometime I will probably explore the 9938 as well. My guess is that it will be even more of a challenge - better graphics modes with more colors etc. but still the same 3.5MHz Z80!

Is this the first time you code in asm z80, or only the first time on msx ?

I've coded for the TI-83 calculator before, so I did have some Z80 experience, though I'm no expert by far!

Por ARTRAG

Enlighted (6935)

28-12-2008, 21:40

Vampirer the rom version does not work in meisei, any hint ?
what is the mapper ?

Por viejo_archivero

Paragon (1395)

28-12-2008, 21:46

Awesome work, Swd!!!!!!!!!!!!! specially loved the use of 2x sprites!

Por Hrothgar

Champion (479)

28-12-2008, 22:13

Yes, sometime I will probably explore the 9938 as well. My guess is that it will be even more of a challenge - better graphics modes with more colors etc. but still the same 3.5MHz Z80!More challenge, but also more possibilities. Interrupts, hardware scroll, colour redefinition on a given line, better sprites, way more VRAM. Coming from a C64 I guess MSX1 lacks some things you might have taken for granted, which may be partly overcome in MSX2.

Por Manuel

Ascended (19463)

28-12-2008, 22:54

Great demo indeed! Very smooth plasma effect... how many FPS is that?

Por Vampier

Prophet (2413)

29-12-2008, 00:02

Vampirer the rom version does not work in meisei, any hint ?
what is the mapper ?

it doesn't seem to work with Meisie, i tried several mappers and options with disk2rom

Por Huey

Prophet (2694)

29-12-2008, 00:05

I just drag and drop the dsk on my Meisei 1.2.2 desktop icon. Works like a charm.

Por Sdw

Resident (50)

29-12-2008, 00:13

More challenge, but also more possibilities. Interrupts, hardware scroll, colour redefinition on a given line, better sprites, way more VRAM. Coming from a C64 I guess MSX1 lacks some things you might have taken for granted, which may be partly overcome in MSX2.

Indeed there are a number of additional features which may come in handy. It will be fun to explore what is possible.

Very smooth plasma effect... how many FPS is that?

I don't know which plasma effect you are refering to. The dither-plasma at the end (first shown in red/green, then in blue) is running full framerate (50 fps).
The radial plasma seen in the screenshot in the first post is running 25 fps.

Por Edwin

Paragon (1182)

29-12-2008, 01:37

Good work for a first demo!

The lack of direct vram access is indeed a shortcoming. Much more apparent in v9938 though. However, it does lead to different types of demos that work better with this particular setup.