Atari 800 Ballblazer

I always loved the loading screen, it was terrific. Ballblazer is actually the second Lucasfilm Games (Lucasarts) game. Rescue on Fractalus was their first.

This game ruled.

i had this on the comedor 64 on tape lmao good times

i remember this one used to make my penis errect.

Not a tad fast, just the normal behavior due to playing on an NTSC setup (even in emulation). Alot of games played faster in the USA.

And as far as USA games go, you should try them first in NTSC to get the proper effect. I always found playing in PAL to be "draggy"

I think this is just a smart way of moving the palette of colors in memory. The ball and players, are just sprites.

I'll have to try to do something alike using that technique :)

I LOVED this game!

me to :)

The PAL and NTSC machines ran at very similar clock speed.

However, since most games used the VBI for timing and updates, and since PAL only shows 50 fields- and hence VBIs- per second instead of NTSC's 60, that's why most games run slower.

As emilygrae says, she was discussing the 5200, and not the 7800. They were totally different machines.

The 5200 was internally based around the 400/800/XL computers; if it hadn't been for some minor but pointless changes in the 5200 OS and memory map they would have been compatible.

The 7800 was a different machine altogether.