NES graphics – Part 1
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NES graphics – Part 1
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#3Very interesting
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#4Great, approachable introduction to how NES graphics work under the hood; looking forward to Part 2.
In the meantime, interested nerds can feast on the wealth of information available at [1], which, though a bit disorganized, goes deep into the implementation of the NES's Picture Processing Unit and its programming interface.
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#5I love articles like this. It reminds me about a similar one about the Super Game Boy: http://loveconquersallgam.es/post/2350461718/fuck-the-super-...
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#6During that time, Nintendo knew how to work with game studios. The color palette is one of the most powerful examples I remember, it encompasses the technical and the artistic domains, developers and designers. With the SNES they got even further by adding composition in a way that was incredibly intuitive.
Glad you produced this article. So much memories.
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#7Very well explained. I hope next parts will address screen scrolling, sprite animation, and "raster effects".
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#8What advantage is there to storing the high and low bits of the 2 bit depth CHR separately, as mentioned in footnote 2?
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#9To me it seems as if the PPU is the most poorly explained (or difficult to understand) component of the NES. Most documentation heavily glosses over details and specifics or doesn't provide any reasoning as to why such a system was designed. This is a great guide.
If you have some spare time and want to tinker a bit, writing your own NES emulator is a great way to learn something new (or learn a new language if you've done it before)
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#10To me it seems as if the PPU is the most poorly explained (or difficult to understand) component of the NES. Most documentation heavily glosses over details and specifics or doesn't provide any reasoning as to why such a system was designed. This is a great guide. If you have some spare time and want to tinker a bit, writing your own NES emulator is a great way to learn something new (or learn a new language if you'v…
Definitely second writing your own as a way to learn. I wrote one that could mostly play pong a while back and it was super satisfying. The PPU was definitely the toughest part.