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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 17:01:13 UTC Bernie

   The 8-bit Guy goes 16/32-bit with the 𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 1000 :amiga:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjapiUQOi2s
   #amiga #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 17:27:25 UTC Bernie

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     • keadamander :c_language: :c64:

     @keadamander 😂

   • keadamander :c_language: :c64: (keadamander@mastodon.technology)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 17:27:26 UTC keadamander :c_language: :c64:

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     @codewiz

     he betrays his principles!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 20-Feb-2022 03:00:58 UTC Bernie

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     • keadamander :c_language: :c64:

     @keadamander It's obvious that he isn't an Amiga expert.

     He says that the HAM and Extra Half Brite modes couldn't be used in games because of the weird pixel format, but EHB uses 6 regular bitplanes with a reasonable limitation on the palette: pick the first 32 colors any the other 32 colors are repeated with half the RGB brightness.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Halfbrite_mode
     #amiga #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 21-Feb-2022 08:47:38 UTC Bernie

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     • keadamander :c_language: :c64:
     • Quattro Bit

     @quattro_bit @keadamander Interesting, I never heard of Pioneer Plague before. I checked the gameplay, but apart for the mothership at the beginning of the level, the backgrounds and the objects have surprisingly limited color shading:
     https://youtu.be/JSLcN6GBzO0?t=63

   • Quattro Bit (quattro_bit@mastodon.uno)'s status on Monday, 21-Feb-2022 08:47:39 UTC Quattro Bit

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     • keadamander :c_language: :c64:

     @codewiz @keadamander , if I remember correctly, Bill Williams did 2 games that uses HAM mode, Pioneer Plague and Knights of the Crystallion.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 21-Feb-2022 08:50:12 UTC Bernie

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     • keadamander :c_language: :c64:
     • Quattro Bit

     @quattro_bit @keadamander I think the trick consists in drawing the background using only the 16-color palette (yes, HAM has a palette too!) and drawing a black border around the ship to avoid HAM's typical horizontal color bleeding.

   • Quattro Bit (quattro_bit@mastodon.uno)'s status on Monday, 21-Feb-2022 18:58:41 UTC Quattro Bit

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     • keadamander :c_language: :c64:

     @codewiz @keadamander yes, you're right about the mothership. Williams spoke briefly about his interest in using HAM mode during a 1989 interview, here: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1989/02/yaam/yaam-interview-bill-williams/