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Brian Stone

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Dec 9, 1994, 1:47:47 PM12/9/94
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There is a new shareware game out called Dilerium, or something like
that, that is advertised as being PowerMac native. Well... it only uses
4-bit color, and will not run on Most PowerMacs because their minimum is
8-bit. I'll understand if the author of Delerium just dosnt know how to
program 8-bit color CLUTs and the like... but its Not Hard. Why write a
game and compile the PPC code if it wont run on most PPC's?

Somebody on a 68K Mac, tell me that Im not missing out on a neat game. ;)

BAS
Makes me wonder.

Sean McDowell

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Dec 10, 1994, 2:14:09 AM12/10/94
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In article <3ca8oj$c...@krypton.hpc.sdsmt.edu>, bas...@silver.sdsmt.edu
(Brian Stone) wrote:

The author obviously used 4-bit colour to get sufficient speed. While this
might not be needed on the PowerMac, including 8-bit colour would mean
duplicate graphics, as well as having to possibly redraw all of the art.
It would also mean a bigger download.

Every Power Mac can do 4-bit colour off of the DRAM-based video. You need
to buy an adapter for non-AV monitors.

Sean

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Tuan Huynh

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Dec 10, 1994, 4:30:03 AM12/10/94
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In article <3ca8oj$c...@krypton.hpc.sdsmt.edu>,

Brian Stone <bas...@silver.sdsmt.edu> wrote:
> There is a new shareware game out called Dilerium, or something like
>that, that is advertised as being PowerMac native. Well... it only uses
>4-bit color, and will not run on Most PowerMacs because their minimum is
>8-bit. I'll understand if the author of Delerium just dosnt know how to
>program 8-bit color CLUTs and the like... but its Not Hard. Why write a
>game and compile the PPC code if it wont run on most PPC's?

Delirium has never been advertised as PPC-nativce, it's just PPC-compatible.
4-bit color was used so that even lowly Color Classics and II's can run the
game at full 60 frames/sec speed. See, one of the features of this game is
that it'll run at full speed regardless of the hardware you own. And
besides, most PPCs _can_ run 4-bit color if you use the high-density video
port.

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Tuan Huynh Seattle, WA - USA
ice...@eskimo.com McGill University '93

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