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From: ncritten <ncritten@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: 2 techniques I need help with
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:12:47 +0000
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How on earth did I miss this, thanks Ben thats great :)

and almost exactly 1 year late replying to this :(

Nigel

Ben James wrote:
> Hi Nigel, I got bored so made a little Nebulus spinny tower demo.  The code 
> is shockingly bad but gives the general idea. It even captures the 
> wobbliness of the original, yay!  No idea about the scrolling road though, 
> sorry.
> 
> My little demo is here
> http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~madmonk/ftp/neb.zip
> 
> Hope it's of some use!
> -Ben
> 
> 
> "ncritten" <Nigel@100tinsoldiers.com> wrote in message 
> news:codl1l$jkf3@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> There are a couple of techniques that have been used over the years that
> I can't get my head round.
> 
> *Assume 2D hardware*
> 
> 1st the rotating tower effect in Nebulus, it would be easy in 3D but
> that wasn't available on the spectrum, c64 or even Amiga
> 
> 2nd the scrolling road that they used in poleposition which was flat,
> outrun which went up and down as well
> 
> Any ideas? 
> 
>