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Re:Nine – seemingly impossible C64 demo by o11c on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:41PM (#42941688)
Youtube comments said something about "multiple apparent sprites per actual sprite, with stretching"?
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Re:Nine – seemingly impossible C64 demo by pwrrr on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:49AM (#42946719)
Yeah, you can x and/or y expand a sprite, then change it to make it look like it contains more data by cleverly drawing the sprite because 1 pixel becomes 2 pixels wide in expanded mode.
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