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#Amiga Glitches

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#27163From: Fadi Khulusi/MicroP TechJul 19, 1986 1:40 AM
I have noticed glitches on the screen, when it is either being created or animated, notably in: 1) The slideshow programs, at the edged of the pictures or at the top of the picture being scrolled up or down. 2) In Marble Madness, with the Marbles and those moving hills. If you look closely at those moving hills (I don't know what else to call them) you will see the glitches. 3) In MindWalker, second screen. This is not a glitch because it stays there (I'm sorry, I meant third screen.) But I listed it because the problem might be related. Does anybody know if this problem is in the Amiga's display hardware?
#27164From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJul 19, 1986 1:48 AM
If in MindWalker, you are talking about the "broken sprite" as it has been called here, seen when inside the brain–while fighting virus. Then the problem has been narrowed down to the fact that there is an apparent bug that allowed the sprites to be addressed outside a window boundry. This has apparently been fixed in 1.2, also…it can be "fixed" in your machine by moving the whole screen (in preferences) to the far right and down a bit.
#27164From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJul 19, 1986 1:48 AM
If in MindWalker, you are talking about the "broken sprite" as it has been called here, seen when inside the brain–while fighting virus. Then the problem has been narrowed down to the fact that there is an apparent bug that allowed the sprites to be addressed outside a window boundry. This has apparently been fixed in 1.2, also…it can be "fixed" in your machine by moving the whole screen (in preferences) to the far right and down a bit.