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   J.B. Nicholson to All   
   Games written to be speedy and fluid, li   
   21 May 20 06:35:48   
   
   From: jbn@forestfield.org   
      
   Are there any C64 games that really take advantage of the C64 hardware   
   as well as demos do?   
      
   I'll try to explain what I'm getting at. Looking at some C64   
   longplays, I'm reminded that C64 games (like Power Drift) weren't as   
   smoothly moving as what I've seen in C64 demos.   
      
   I understand that Power Drift arcade hardware probably had hardware   
   which allowed for fast (if rough and blocky) scaling, shearing, and   
   rotation and the C64 didn't have this hardware. But there are C64   
   demos which scale, shear, and rotate graphics impressively quickly.   
   So I wondered if there are games that play as fluidly or come closer   
   to what the arcade games could do because these games do a better job   
   of using the C64 hardware akin to what a C64 demoscene demo does?   
      
   Thanks.   
      
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