TheDoktor
Still Fresh
Hello everyone!
While waiting for my GP2X I've been looking through the docs, particularly chapter 13 of the main technical doc.
It looks as though you should be able to do some really cool stuff with the video post processor. Although a lot of the hardware seems to be geared towards video playback, it does seem to have some cool other features.
I've been looking at the RGB region stuff and it looks as though you can have up to 5 playfields. Unfortunately the start address of all the regions seems to be the same address register so unless I'm missing something (I probably am) you can't scroll them independently.
Has anyone with a GP2X looked at this?
Also the OSD stuff looks quite interesting, almost like hardware sprites (except you only seem to be allowed 1 per scanline).
I'm really looking forward to getting my GP2X so I can hack around with this stuff myself.
Until then I would really like to discuss this on the forum with other like-minded individuals.
I think this is going to be a great 2D machine when all the hardware has been figured out.
Cheers,
Mark.
While waiting for my GP2X I've been looking through the docs, particularly chapter 13 of the main technical doc.
It looks as though you should be able to do some really cool stuff with the video post processor. Although a lot of the hardware seems to be geared towards video playback, it does seem to have some cool other features.
I've been looking at the RGB region stuff and it looks as though you can have up to 5 playfields. Unfortunately the start address of all the regions seems to be the same address register so unless I'm missing something (I probably am) you can't scroll them independently.
Has anyone with a GP2X looked at this?
Also the OSD stuff looks quite interesting, almost like hardware sprites (except you only seem to be allowed 1 per scanline).
I'm really looking forward to getting my GP2X so I can hack around with this stuff myself.
Until then I would really like to discuss this on the forum with other like-minded individuals.
I think this is going to be a great 2D machine when all the hardware has been figured out.
Cheers,
Mark.