Re: A82: Pac-Man done!!!!

To: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A82: Pac-Man done!!!!
From: "Evil Sam" <evil_sam@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:12:06 PDT
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>> This reminds me of another game that suddenly turboed when it was 
ported:
>> Penguins. Why exactly do the 82 games seem to be faster than the ones 
on
>> other calcs? Is it the graphics controller?
>
>The 82 port of Solytare is _very_ slow compared to the 85/86.
>
   It has something do with the display routine used. Galaxian and 
Orzunoid run at the same speed as the 85 versions because the same 
display routine is used in each version. If you have noticed the 82 
ports of Nibbles and Pong go at the same speed. In Pac-Man '98, I 
switched display routines because Dines gave me an obscure ROM_CALL that 
saved me about 100+ bytes. I guess that ROM_CALL works faster than 
Patrick Davidson's routine in some cases. I say in some cases because I 
tried the ROM_CALL in Galaxian and the game moved at a slower speed. I 
also tried the ROM_CALL in Orzunoid and the game moved at about the same 
speed. Personally, I think speed is good.
   Sam


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