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The Garbage Sprites in Strider (NES) – Behind the Code

Posted on July 28, 2023 by DisplacedGamers

Strider for NES is quite possibly the most requested game for the Behind the Code series. It feels like it will fall apart at any moment. Random sprites appear in random places on the screen as the frames roll by. What the heck is happening? A minor bug somewhere? Oh… it is MUCH worse than […]

NES Sprites, OAM, and the Battle for Priority – Behind the Code

Posted on July 7, 2023 by DisplacedGamers

Sprite limitations and flicker define what the NES is. They are a part of history. This video dives into Object Attribute Memory – OAM – to explain why the system is limited to eight sprites on a scanline as well as how both sprite limitation and sprite priority are used by programmers to add some […]