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I just call it a tunnel effect. It was done on Super Castlevania 4 too using mode-7. On the PC Engine Metamor Jupiter does it but differently (it's all skewed to one side). On the genesis you have it in Batman and Robin and Ranger X, but there's no vertical motion.
It's line scrolling as far as I know.
I think Psygnosis & Reflections were definitely aiming at Castlevania 4 with that section, its basically doing the game's two most impressive looking effects simultaneously, and with less slowdown (the background on SCIV does look much more detailed though).
What about "rotating tunnel effect"Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
Nah the vertical movement would ruin it if it was. Basically on the genesis it's done using linescrolling but the image is pre-drawn distorted as a tunnel. As such, it can't have vertical movement. The Amiga one is done by changing the horizontal position of the background while it's being drawn onscreen using the copper. Extremely complex trick.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
Yeah that's a better name to distinguish it from the genesis tunnel effect (which is more limited).Quote:
Originally Posted by Thenewguy
I'm currently skipping through a longplay of Brian the Lion actually looks like one of the best combinations of neat effects and consistently decent looks (save for the somewhat crappy-looking basses, another Amiga staple) available on the Amiga, which is something that is really rare on the system. Guess you really have to give Reflections props. It's pretty amazing that none of the reviews I came across back then mentioned the really freaking stunning effects the game had to offer. Guess they probably didn't play all that much of it before they wrote the review. ;)
Ah, it was a couple of pages back and I didn't remember all of the details. This scales out and rotates from top to bottom and tilts the floor/object at the same time. That is intense. I was thinking it was like Ranger X or Super Castlevania IV's effects, but I guess not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
Brian the Lion:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4563/brian.gif
Also not full speed gifs:
http://www.gamepilgrimage.com/sites/...RangerX001.gif
http://www.gamepilgrimage.com/sites/...RangerX004.gif
I also forgot that the effect in Super Castlevania IV rotated from top to bottom, rather than side by side.
Castlevania IV:
http://www.gamepilgrimage.com/sites/...IV/SCIV085.jpg
Thanks, I appreciate it. While not everybody may get it, those of us who do like having the extra details. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
Do you have a link to a more blown up version? I can barley read that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
If you use Firefox you can use the image zoom add-on. It's pretty handy to have anyway.
God...I love those ranger x effects. Talk about the genesis hardware being put to good use (just needs better sfx with this game).
Well, my knowledge of MD-DOS is FAR deeper than consoles, so.....
Conquest Of The Longbow
All of the screenshots out there are too small, so here is an excellent review, if you make if full screen, it blows the pixels up way too much though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4l0rlVbr9U
http://hardcoregaming101.net/conquests/longbow-13.png
http://hardcoregaming101.net/conquests/longbow-4.png
http://hardcoregaming101.net/conquests/longbow-3.png
http://hardcoregaming101.net/conquests/longbow-2.png
http://hardcoregaming101.net/conques...bow-morris.png
I realize that this is mostly bitmaps, not sprites, but it's gorgeous.
EDIT: There are tons of other point and click games to include, and I don't want a mile long post, so I'll just give a short list:
Space Quest IV
Kings Quest V, and VI
Gabriel Knight Sins Of The Fathers
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
Sam And Max Hit The Road
Heart Of China
Those are the first ones to come to mind from the 16-bit era.
That worked, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
Internet explorer has zoom as well. Click "page, zoom".
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Originally Posted by sheath
Zooming just the image in question is preferable to zooming the whole page.