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How does artwork work?
spriggy:
In relation to 'Snarbalds' comment...
I am currently restoring a 1979 Cosmic Gueriila UR. This game was just an interesting spin on the Space Invaders platform (Quite good actually). The early cabinets used a B&W monitor, however had different colored strips of acetate overlayed directly onto the monitor to give color to the characters on screen.
danny_galaga:
snarbold might not be old enough to remember. but i am :D :-[
space invaders was one of the first machines i played. i remember wondering why they would bother with the cellophane when the colour tv had been invented. didn't know about economics when i was a little lad ;)
RayB:
--- Quote from: Gradius on June 20, 2004, 08:56:23 am ---Yes, but if it's painted, how on earth can we see the bitmaps on screen? Because when I play Space Invaders in MAME I can see the ships clearly over the painted background.
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A Bezel is artwork that goes AROUND the sides and top/bottom of a monitor. Therefore, there's no paint in the area where a monitor picture is displayed.
The Space Invaders art you're talking about is "background art". And the way THAT works is as described above. It's a painted mirror and the video graphics are then reflected off of it, giving the illusion of graphics mixed with artwork.