Nifty indeed. In 1985, I was working on a bit-sliced (AMD2901) custom display engine, hosted on a 68000-based machine running Idris. Flat shading (no textures), 256 colours, 512x512 colours, and an update rate that suffered if the polygon count got into four digits. The inspiration was Battlezone, but with solid, coloured objects. It was the size of a fridge.
Still, it was step up from the sand-tables the Army had been using up until then.
http://www.youtube.com/user/VintageCG#p/u/46/IjmostrFetg
ReplyDeleteWhat, no Space Invaders?
ReplyDeleteTetres?
ReplyDeleteTBH, there are some nifty graphics there for 1984. The polygons and shading would definitely not be a trivial matter...
ReplyDeleteNifty indeed.
ReplyDeleteIn 1985, I was working on a bit-sliced (AMD2901) custom display engine, hosted on a 68000-based machine running Idris.
Flat shading (no textures), 256 colours, 512x512 colours, and an update rate that suffered if the polygon count got into four digits.
The inspiration was Battlezone, but with solid, coloured objects.
It was the size of a fridge.
Still, it was step up from the sand-tables the Army had been using up until then.
Found this:
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/
and
this:
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1988/1988%20-%200995.html
I've got a diamond stealth card in the cabinet in my offic. Did me a great shift back in the late 90s/early 2000...
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