First post, by Gemini000
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Awhile ago, Nikiniki posted a poll about which graphics mode was more preferred by Thexder players, EGA or Tandy/PCjr: Thexder EGA vs TANDY/PCjr mode
Well, my latest episode of Ancient DOS Games happens to be for Thexder and I decided to put the EGA mode to the test and determine if their little 640x200 dithering trick was actually being used to its full advantage, or if it was just wasting pixels. I do colour counts between original 640x200 EGA screenshots, and those same screenshots after blending the dithered pixels together to get the 320x200 image it's trying to represent. The results may be enlightening. ;)
Here's a link to the Thexder episode for those of you who are interested: http://www.pixelships.com/adg/ep0012.html
In preparing for this episode I also came across a copy of Fire Hawk - Thexder 2 on eBay, which I didn't even know existed! (OK, I knew Fire Hawk existed but I didn't know it was a sequel to Thexder.) So I'm in the process of waiting for that to arrive and will almost certainly be doing an episode on it in the near future! ^_^
--- Kris Asick (Gemini)
--- Pixelmusement Website: www.pixelships.com
--- Ancient DOS Games Webshow: www.pixelships.com/adg