Metal Slug: Assault

[CKH4]

Would this work http://m.alibaba.com/product/529197804/2-40-inch-Touch-panel-QVGA.html?hasRedirected=y ?

[Snektron]

Don't know actually, i don't really do any hardware modding actually but i don't think
you an easily add peripherals to a calc, (especially not TI's ). The only options left would be
though the existing io lines, so the io port or usb :/

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Well good luck on the sprites. I hope that you continue this project, I feel like this would be a nice addition to the calc.

Off topic: we need a giant screened ti 84 plus like the size of the cse screen but monochrome.

I would prefer not have the same screen as the older TI-Nspire calcs. Unless you want your games to look like this:

[novenary]

Oh wow that looks godawful.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Yes, and grayscale backgrounds (such as Super Mario Bros Deluxe ROM) were even worse. This is why gbc4nspire frame rate was capped at 15 FPS on grayscale models, because games were unplayable otherwise, and even at 15 SMBdx was godawful).

At least the TI-83+/84+ screen isn't that bad. The TI-82 screen was rather blurry, though.

[CKH4]

There is like 2s pixel cooldown. That looks horrible but still, until TI decides to put a 50mhz+ processor into a calculator one with a colored screen is not something that I really want.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Same here. Unless it was really programmable. One reason why I am reluctant about getting the 84+CE is that it seems pretty much locked down against any viable (fast enough) hybrid BASIC options.


That said, faster CPU doesn't necessarily mean faster games though. Even if matref made Metal Slug for the Nspire, it's still possible that there might be lag if the LCD driver is too slow to handle this much screen content.

[CKH4]

Yep, that's why Axe games are usually not in full. The LCD has trouble keeping up past a certain fps.

[matrefeytontias]

Haha, trust me if I do do Metal Slug on the Nspire, there will be screen lag. I mean, just with nKaruga which is really lightweight the screen is so slow that it divided the FPS count by 3. It was stuck under 40 for a while, and when I started displaying only 1 frame out of 4 it exploded and went over 140 FPS (it still is to this day).

It's not as much a problem on the CX which has a blur-less color screen as on the grayscale Nspires, which probably have the slowest screen I've ever seen (in terms of CPU speed/screen speed ratio). On the TI-83+, the LCD is actually not that blurry if the room you're in is warm enough.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

I thought for the Nspires it was the CX that had the slowest screen?

As for frame rate I am fine if for a 2D game it's 15 or higher. At 4 FPS with so many enemies moving at the same time it might be unplayable, though.

[matrefeytontias]

I kind of said it wrong ; the CX has a slow-to-access screen, as in every write takes ages, but the grayscales Nspire has a slow-to-react screen, as in the write itself is fast, but the pixel takes a full second to completely turn on and then completely turn off.

[novenary]

The CX has a slow memory bus. The monochrome has it twice as fast but the display panel itself is laggier.

Meh ninja'd by matref. ._.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Thanks for the explanation guys

[Duke "Tape" Eiyeron]

But that could be a neato Prizm project then as the new overclock settings allow us to be (relatively) on par with the Nspire.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Indeed. I wonder how long batteries would last, though...