Basic Programming
This prototype is the same as the final release. The number
on the EPROM labels is actually an internal Atari part number; C0120xx
was for NTSC carts and C0125xx was for PAL. The xx is the cart number
(20 in this case).
The distortion in the screen shots is due to the programming trick
that was used to display more than six sprites on a line. This trick
called "Venetian Blinds" actually displayed the letters as a series of
alternating scanlines. This allowed up to 8 sprites to be displayed
at once (four on one set of scanlines, and four on the other). However
this technique doesn't show up well in screenshots since only half of
the letters are there when the picture is taken.
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