Today I learned more about the Atari’s display timing. It’s weird for me coming from PICO-8, where you can set pixels anywhere and the only limit is the CPU.
Comparing the two:
- PICO-8 is like painting a picture however you like, with a complexity limit you may never reach.
- Atari is like painting a picture, but the brush zooms across the page and you only get to pick which color it’s using. And if you want to paint in a specific spot, you have to wait for the brush to get there. And there’s a limit on how many colors you can use per line.
Overall, I’m excited to paint more pictures with a crazy brush!
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