How Atari ST graphics work!
This is a very long (for me) video, but I couldn't cut the content as there is so much awesomeness here. Big thanks to ECDHE who is the real expert. He's also shared his source code for the examples he walked though here: https://github.com/ecdhe42/AtariST 0:00 Intro 0:40 Meet Laurent - ECDHE and background 15:56 Atari ST graphics intro 22:46 Dungeon Master basic graphics mechanics 27:31 Goldrunner fast, smooth horizontal scrolling with limited colors 33:44 Genesis smooth graphics with more colors 42:22 Turrican II two dimensional scrolling 47:16 Xenon 2 - Smooth vertical parellax scrolling more colors 51:27 Pacmania - Atari blitter in action 59:40 Ultima V - obligatory Power of Vintage example (very simple graphics) 72:37 Outro

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