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doppelganger wrote:More responsive control? What, the other Tetris games not responsive enough?

Key repeat on the older NES puzzle games (Tetяis, Tetris, Dr. Mario) is slow, especially compared to that of games from the Sega tradition (Columns, Puyo, Tetris The Grand Master). If you have Tetris and Tetris DX for Game Boy, move a tetromino side to side to see what I mean. Or just watch this video of modern Tetris.

No, I didn't mean to accuse anyone of piracy. I just had dreams of getting my work onto one of the multicarts included with Famiclones sold at mall kiosks around holiday times.

I'm signing up for rentacoder.

NTSC vs. PAL matters because the following differ between NTSC and PAL:

• Pixel aspect ratio (so characters don't look too fat or too skinny; see previous discussion)
• Number of CPU cycles per scanline (for split screens and other raster effects)
• Number of vertical blank scanlines per frame (for screen updates during vertical blank)
• Number of frames per second (for speeds such as character movement and music tempo)
• Length of audio chip period unit (for proper sound effect pitch)

I really wasn't aware about the technical differences between PAL and NTCS games. So, my answer now is PAL but that may change few days ahead, I'm not sure.

Developers with existing freeware or opensource games are recommended. That is because their work can be branded and delivered in short time.

I already have a bid in RAC for this, please see: http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/mi ... tId=737899

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg

That should settle the NTSC/PAL problem.

Anyways, if you're going to be building NES carts (as opposed to Famicom carts or emulator ROM's), keep in mind that you'll need to get your hands on 10NES chips so the lockout chip doesn't stop you in your tracks. That is unless you plan to just use a hundred SMB/Duck Hunt carts to pop the ROM's onto.

Or use the CIClone bunnyboy has been using them with great success in his carts.

Anyone had a look at the bid on RAC:?:

tepples wrote: I've sent a PM.

And I replied

hm this sounds like fun

eKid wrote:hm this sounds like fun

Sure it is