PicoPongo, Pong for Picomites (a HDMI Mode 3 game)


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Volhout
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Posted: 07:19am 16 Jun 2025      

Hi Michael,

In case you use resolution 640x480 on HDMI mode 3, the resolution is the same as VGA mode 1. But the way color is made is totally different (VGA uses tiles, HDMI mode 3 can use individual colors).

I will look at your code and see if it can be modified.

Volhout

P.S. in VGA mode 1 it is black and white. In VGA mode 2 the game in essence works but it is not really playable. The bats move far too slow (you cannot change the keyboard repeat in a MMBasic program for a PS2 keyboard, you need to set it on the commandline.).
And the bats and rabit are huge... But that is kind of fun. I think this game could be adapted to work on VGA mode 2 relatively simple.
Edited 2025-06-16 17:31 by Volhout