Recent C64 stuff dump

[ptoing]

Some new C64 stuff as the title says, for those who do not frequent PJ

Standard Hires mode


Standard Hires with overlayed sprites


Advanced Hires mode

[Malor]

You have no idea how glad I am to be seeing new stuff from you. I don't really have much useful to say... 

[skeddles]

I can't even tell you how frakkin awesome that giant skull is. I put as my background(in tha bottom right). You should put it on your site as a wallpaper. Love your site + style. Keep it going.

'nd I though c64 had to be 2px wide?

[Opacus]

I can't even tell you how frakkin awesome that giant skull is. I put as my background(in tha bottom right). You should put it on your site as a wallpaper. Love your site + style. Keep it going.

'nd I though c64 had to be 2px wide?

You have normal c64 with widepixels, and high res, which still has the colour restrictions but no longer has widepixels.

Lovely, Ptoing.

[ptoing]

Hehe, thanks.

"Normal" is relative. Both Hires and Multicolor (or Hires Singlecolor and Hires Multicolor, same things silly names) are standard mode on the C64.

Bitmap resolution is 40x25 8x8 chars, which is 320x200 pixels. In Hires Bitmap mode you get the full res but only 2 colours in each character (8x8). In Multicolour Bitmap mode you get 1 global background colour and 3 unique colours per char, but at halved horizontal resolution, hence the widepixels.

This is not that uncommon for older computers. The Amstrad CPC had several modes as well, one being widepixels and one being normal ones, different setup and such as on C64, but the idea is the same, get higher res and less colours or lower res and more colours.

[happymonster]

Nice work. I like the 3rd picture the best, lovely colours.