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#1 2019-06-28 22:52:30
- bbbbbr
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Using the Window as a giant sprite
Thought I'd share a recent mini-project. I wanted to try using the Window as a giant sprite to get around the limited sprite size and count of the hardware. It's probably been done before by others, but I wasn't able to find any examples online. It was a fun exercise.
https://github.com/bbbbbr/gb-window-as-sprite
ROM: https://github.com/bbbbbr/gb-window-as- … b?raw=true
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#2 2019-07-02 10:11:34
- nitro2k01
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Re: Using the Window as a giant sprite
An example of this being done in a commercial game is the final boss in Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Onox. (That phase of the fight starts at 1:30 into the video.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FPM0QVMz48
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#3 2019-07-07 06:54:09
- Mills
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Re: Using the Window as a giant sprite
Awesome, thanks for sharing!.
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#4 2019-08-26 17:27:08
Re: Using the Window as a giant sprite
You don't have to use the window for this, using the background via mid-frame SC* writes works as well.
Good job though!
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