#bitmap · 3 posts

Bitmap-mode effects and the memory gymnastics they need.

Remastering Sabre Wulf - Part One

Starting Sabre Wulf Remastered on the C64: why we rewrote the game, converting the map to LDtk, and a screen blit at twice the speed.

Series: Remastering Sabre Wulf

Side Border Bitmap Scroller

The Memento Mori end part: a bitmap scrolling through the C64 side borders at 25fps while streaming from disk with Sparkle and SPOT.

Series: Memento Mori

Star Wars Scrollers

How to make a Star Wars scroller on the C64 with bit-picked font data and cyclic scroll buffers, plus a short history of the effect.