Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:28 pm
Old thread but just wondered, apart from the author, has anyone here clocked it yet?
I would have liked to pick Chris's brain about the tech behind Bewitched - it seems simple, but the screen is 25x32 characters of 8x6 pixels on an unexpanded VIC, and further down the maze there are a lot of little ghosts running around.
Anyone looked into how it was done? I suppose it must use an interrupt every six scan lines, and switch between unique and duplicate maze rows depending on where the ghosts/player/locks are. Quite sophisticated for a period VIC game.
(There's also in-game music but that's relatively easy on the VIC
[EDIT] I'd also like to know why the game was made this way. It seems like it would be just as much fun with a 21x24 screen without all the raster tricks...
