| Posted By
Superglob
on 2021-11-24
15:55:34
|  160x200 or 320x200
I used to note like (hate?) having games in mc mode for some reason. Ever since I picked up and fixed my plus/4 I've somehow changed my mind..
Soo, question for everyone! What's your favorite screen mode for games? MC? Standard? No opinion?
Just curious!
SG
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2021-11-24
16:59:41
| Re: 160x200 or 320x200
Whichever is appropriate for the given game/image? 
And of course, in character mode, we can mix and match, which gives us the best of both worlds. Summer Events can't get enough praise, there's never been a coder like Udo and probably never will be, but just two random examples: in the opening ceremony, most of the screen is multi, but the pigeons are effortless, beautiful hires sprites... (And in 16K!) Or, in the closing ceremony, part of the flag-bearers legs is hires (to give it more resolution), while most of them is multi! It's mind-boggling, and for sure the casual games don't appreciate the absolute genius and technical know-how that went into these games. Or another example, Platform Diving uses all multi plus raster tricks with a large hires sprite... So awesome!
Sout has several amazing hires+multi mixed games, such as Arthur Noid.
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Posted By
MIK
on 2021-11-24
19:52:50
 | Re: 160x200 or 320x200
Yeah, happy how it comes on 8bit machines. Although C16/Plus4 emulation was not happy with Tom Thumb and Thrust for a long time. 
Not sure if there are any 80 column games out there for C16/Plus4 but always thought while it would be cool for monochrome graphics it would still eat loads of memory.
Screen sizes as a user though didn't really matter until the Amiga came along. 
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Posted By
Superglob
on 2021-11-25
15:30:16
| Re: 160x200 or 320x200
All great examples, thanks!
The thing for me is that, while mixed mode is great for doing text and completely standard mode (like MOTR) I feel that MC (with maybe a bit of mixed) has this recognizable '8-bit' quality to it.
RK soft's mockups are top-notch and show what you can still do with such low resolution and still make it look fantastic.
For all those in the US... Happy Thanksgiving!
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