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The video hardware | The NeoGeo video hardware only supports 1-bit transparency: a pixel is either opaque or transparent. | ||
Developers had to come up with ways of faking | Developers had to come up with ways of faking semi-transparency with different methods like fast blinking (often used for shadows), or only having one out of two pixels drawn. | ||
Blinking can appear buggy in emulators if frameskip is necessary. | |||
<gallery heights=224px widths=320px> | <gallery heights=224px widths=320px> | ||
File:Breakerst. | File:Breakerst.gif|1-of-2 pixel trick in [[Breakers]] | ||
File:Fatfury3blink.gif|Blinking sprite in [[Fatal Fury 3]] (slowed down) | File:Fatfury3blink.gif|Blinking sprite in [[Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory]] (slowed down) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:Code]] | [[Category:Code]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:35, 24 June 2017
The NeoGeo video hardware only supports 1-bit transparency: a pixel is either opaque or transparent.
Developers had to come up with ways of faking semi-transparency with different methods like fast blinking (often used for shadows), or only having one out of two pixels drawn.
Blinking can appear buggy in emulators if frameskip is necessary.
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1-of-2 pixel trick in Breakers
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Blinking sprite in Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory (slowed down)
