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Re: Starfield Backdrop?
« on: October 11, 2005, 07:06:08 PM »
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itix wrote:
Starfield background? That one where the desktop was flying in the starfield? It probably used dual playfield screen mode not possible on gfx card...


I doubt it used dual playfield mode ;-) but it probably used hardware sprites.  On the Amiga chipset, you can make a beautiful parallax scrolling starfield with only one sprite (re-using the same sprite at different points in the display courtesy of the copper).  But, true, it's definitely not possible on a gfx card.