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Re: Double Hi-Res on 128Kb IIe or //c.

Subject: Re: Double Hi-Res on 128Kb IIe or //c.
From: Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:22:52 +1300
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Jon Co wrote:

> Were there many arcade games that utilized DHR?  I remember only 1
> game, airheart (which i never finished).  The rest were adventure
> games.

Thexder supported hi-res and double hi-res. It would automatically user
whichever mode your computer supported.

Rampage was one of the best looking DHR arcade games. It was very
faithful to the original coin-operated arcade game. The one drawback was
that it ran a lit more slowly than it should have; it really needed a
1.5MHz CPU. On a IIgs though it becomes fun :-)

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

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