A86: Re: Re: Re: pokemon
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A86: Re: Re: Re: pokemon
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>>You must remember that even though the 86 is similiar to a gameboy
>>hardware-wise, it doens't have nearly the ammount of memory that a gameboy
>>cartridge can have. I don't know gameboy specs, but I'm sure a cartridge
>>can hold at least 256k-1mb.
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>I am not sure, but I think that the Gameboy cartridges are 4 mb. The
>gameboy has a smaller screen that the 86, though. But the Gameboy runs
>faster and only uses one plane to do grayscale. Thanks to Dux for the info
>on the 1 plane for grayscale stuff =)
The gameboy actually runs slower, but it can do a better job of handling
games, as that is what it was created for. I don't know a lot about gameboy
specs, but with the better LCD alone you can save code.
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>>This is why huge rpg's like the Final Fantasy
>>series aren't really possible on the 86.
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>How about the Quest 3 RPG?? =)
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>>This is why 150 monsters on the
>>96k 86 might be overkill.
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>maybe, but have external strings for data and maybe just a couple of bytes
>of data for each monster. That is about 40 bytes per pokemon. That would
>bring the data total to about 6000 bytes. That's not that much. Then a
>library for all of the graphics would be about 11000 bytes because the
>sprites would probably be about 16x16. The game would probably be about 9k
>or 10k. Then a linking program so you can fight other people, about 1k (at
>most). It might then be a little under 96k =) Plus you could use Bloat to
>compress a bunch of the stuff =)
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Marilyn Rognholt <unacceptable@earthlink.net>
>>To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 10:21 PM
>>Subject: A86: pokemon
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>>>
>>>super llama, one sugestion that has been mentioned earlier, make it mre
>>>like the game boy version, a rpg. I like the way in the gb how you can
>>>move around like an rpg
>>>I like the game but a game more like gb would be awesome
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