Re: So how did the original games work?


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Posted by Andy Geez on 13, 2000 at 6:44 AM:

In Reply to: So how did the original games work? posted by Bugfinder on 10, 2000 at 2:32 PM:

They where Vector displays, not raster based.. everything was drawn by using X/Y locations, so the lines where extremely sharp and high-res.

Actually XY monitors are extremely prone to breaking down or overheating, maybe this is why they aren't used since '84 onwards.



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