1.- could someone tel me what mode 7 is?
2.- is there any technical info about GBA programming?


Thanks in advance


>From: Anders M Montonen <ammonton@...>
>Reply-To: gbadev@egroups.com
>To: Anders M Montonen <gbadev@egroups.com>
>Subject: Re: Re[2]: [gbadev] GB Advance
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:49:18 +0300 (EET DST)
>
>On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Hartec wrote:
>
> > >> could be that the good things will use mode 7 and everything else
> > >> will just be GBC games : )
> > AMM> I really hope not! One of the main things I found attractive with
>the GBC
> > AMM> compared to other consoles is the absence of 3d games. However,
>looking at
> > AMM> the screen format of the GBA one could guess that big N is aiming
>for 3d
> > AMM> games.
> > nope ... I don't really think they will ... well at least the
> > following statment out of a N document .. "(AGB) stresses portability
> > and focuses on 2d rather than 3d image processing" .. well this
> > doesn'T mean crap .. but I guess can't really do much 3d stuff on this
> > device .. my guess is .. there will be lots of preredered stuff like
> > with yoshi ... now that there is much space to put yunk on the roms
> > =) .. but who knows ... I am not saying they won't ... but the device
> > gave me a good feeling for 2d games like snes / amgia style ...
>
>If the machine is intended for 2D games it's a bit strange (IMO) that the
>screen proportions are what they are. Platformers, the staple of the 2D
>diet, are particularly hampered by this, as could be seen from the Megaman
>screenshot. OTOH, the screen is very suitable for "mode 7" games (what's
>the name of this on the GBA?) and I would guess that Doom-type games will
>become popular on the machine.. Unfortunately.
>
>-a
>

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