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> I am appalled at 2D scrolling in xbox games, and am led to believe it

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> have any. e.g. the sonic collection all the games are not smooth screen is
> jerky reminisent of an atari st. I mean sega know what hardware smooth
> scrolling is so they would have programmed it like that, must be that the
> xbox doesnt have hardware scrolling. appaling!.

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> "werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote in message
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> doesnt
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> I can't figure out why you'd want "hardware scrolling" in the first place.
> DirectX lets you place 2D images anywhere on the screen. Maybe Sega
> developed those games in the manner you describe on purpose. I just can't
> imagine that anyone could screw up something so basic or need hardware to
> do
> it for them.
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> -Jeff
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> Hmm..
>
> Are you referring to XBOX or XBOX 360?
> Which game in the pack? Or all of them?
> What kind of TV do you have?
> Which type of connection are you using from your XBOX/360 to TV?
>
> I'll bet that collection your talking about is only emulating the older
> arcade classics. Even the quality of screens used back in the Atari era
> were often RF or composite video signals.
>
> Wonder if a 480i game might appear to have v-sync issues and any HD title
> might appear smoother.
>
> I'll have to check out that collection and see if it's bad for me too..
> Stay tuned.
>
> Jixter
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>
> "Jeff Fink" <jfinkjfink@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am appalled at 2D scrolling in xbox games, and am led to believe it doesnt
> have any. e.g. the sonic collection all the games are not smooth screen is
> jerky reminisent of an atari st. I mean sega know what hardware smooth
> scrolling is so they would have programmed it like that, must be that the
> xbox doesnt have hardware scrolling. appaling!.
>
>