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Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on April 22, 2010, 09:09:08 amI wonder: does the addition of sound have a huge impact on the game speed (and grayscale) performances? I know some sound programs won't leave much time for other stuff to be executed unless the sound is only small beeps, like Ice Climber and PyoroNope, not at all, because at 15MHz there is (or was, before I added the sound) a ton of free time every frame. The sound effectively reduces the available clocks to 6MHz or so, which is what I am designing the game for.
I wonder: does the addition of sound have a huge impact on the game speed (and grayscale) performances? I know some sound programs won't leave much time for other stuff to be executed unless the sound is only small beeps, like Ice Climber and Pyoro
Quote from: calc84maniac on April 22, 2010, 12:31:10 pmQuote from: DJ Omnimaga on April 22, 2010, 09:09:08 amI wonder: does the addition of sound have a huge impact on the game speed (and grayscale) performances? I know some sound programs won't leave much time for other stuff to be executed unless the sound is only small beeps, like Ice Climber and PyoroNope, not at all, because at 15MHz there is (or was, before I added the sound) a ton of free time every frame. The sound effectively reduces the available clocks to 6MHz or so, which is what I am designing the game for.very nice to hear, so what we'll have is 83+ version with no sound and 83+SE version running at same speed but with sound?
Quote from: calc84maniac on April 22, 2010, 12:31:10 pmQuote from: DJ Omnimaga on April 22, 2010, 09:09:08 amI wonder: does the addition of sound have a huge impact on the game speed (and grayscale) performances? I know some sound programs won't leave much time for other stuff to be executed unless the sound is only small beeps, like Ice Climber and PyoroNope, not at all, because at 15MHz there is (or was, before I added the sound) a ton of free time every frame. The sound effectively reduces the available clocks to 6MHz or so, which is what I am designing the game for.I could compose tracks if I got the sound routine by itself, I also want it for my 84+ PacMan clone.
How 'bout 2 releases, one w/o sound entirely(if it saves a page), and one with sound that just doesn't play the sound on an 83+?It'd be nice for people who don't have sound equipment for the calcs, or who just want to save space.