DSP in a HuCard & Max Storage Size of a HuCard

[Arkhan Asylum]

Horizon 5 is very smooth. 

Most apple ii games are in fact very smooth.  They just look funny.  I was pretty surprised at the fluidity of alot of the games, AND the controls.   The C64 often controls like shit.

Bitmap graphic modes are practically irrelevant in the equation as far as an advantage for RPGs.  You are aware that Wizardry is tile-based on some machines (the MSX), and that Ultima moves tile-based as well.

The fact that they didn't HAVE tile modes was a bit of a crippler at times.   Ultima would have been a breeze to program with a dedicated sprite/tile mode instead of bitmapped. 

and, the dungeons are all static/prerendered sections anyway, so really, they are using bitmapped mode to do what a tile based mode would do easier. 

Just sayin'


And, you said the PCE seems less geared for RPGs than its competitors.  That includes the NES, no?