jdratlif wrote:Required SDD specifically, or vesa 2 drivers?
I remember using SDD briefly before I found the free s3 vesa 2 drivers. Then again, I think my earliest experience was ZSNES 0.300 or 0.400. I know I've played 0.400. So maybe you mean the very first release, or a relase that possibly predates 0.300?
I don't remember exactly, but the first readme was somewhat clear about it:
in ZSNES 0.150 Readme, someone wrote:Things you should know about ZSNES :
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- 16 bit mode in zsnes requires a Scitech Display Doctor to provide high color, low resolution modes. You can obtain this software at www.scitechsoft.com
I guess most people wanted to use such high colour, low res modes.
grinvader wrote:I guess most people wanted to use such high colour, low res modes.
No 16-bit = no transparency. Many games are unplayable w/o transparency.
I remember trying to play FF II w/o transparency. You can't see in the Mist cave. I think you can't see the forest in BoF II behind Gate w/o transparency either, but I can't be sure about that now. I vividly remember FF II though.
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I remember having to constantly toggle 1,2,3 like yesterday.
Happy was the day ZSNES added support for VESA 1.2
Then I got SDD and switched to 320x240 16B VESA 2 and never looked back
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grinvader wrote:I remember the old bypasses ala 'turn off BG layer 2 !'... That was a while ago, wasn't it ?
Sometimes that lets you cheat in games that try to block your view. You can see your way through the well in Secret of Evermore if you turn off one of them I think.
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