Non-playable demo version of the 1987 graphic text adventure released by US Gold.
I was going to make a longplay of this game but this unexpected demo version (included with the game) has saved me the trouble.
Best viewed on a large screen at 720p (Dailymotion player setting)
https://dai.ly/x8m96ee
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_Until_Dead
Reviews:
https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/k/2/#killed_until_dead
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/killed_until_dead.htm
Not emulated - original hardware and software.
Please note that the aspect ratio for this video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor has
an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.
Interesting, never heard of it before. Though, as they said back in the day, you'll be running for the volume knob pretty fast.
Thank you !
I'm currently porting a game from Mode 1 to Mode 0, and I was searching for a small font of characters.
This game seems to use a font of 3 pixels wide only, and still remains perfectly legible. :o
Quote from: Jean-Marie on 13:08, 04 July 23I'm currently porting a game from Mode 1 to Mode 0, and I was searching for a small font of characters. This game seems to use a font of 3 pixels wide only, and still remains perfectly legible. :o
4 pixels with the space. It is very easy to draw one, if not already exist.
Quote from: Jean-Marie on 13:08, 04 July 23This game seems to use a font of 3 pixels wide only, and still remains perfectly legible. :o
4x6 pixels seems to be the minimum that is readable (incl. 1 whitespace pixel on the side and bottom). Some characters like M or Q are quite hard to read but usually are fine when they appear in the context of a text.
Quote from: eto on 09:43, 06 July 234x6 pixels seems to be the minimum that is readable
IMHO 4x6 is the minimum for creating a readable font with most of the standard ASCII chars:
(http://www.symbos.org/gfx/shots/zym1.gif)
(http://www.symbos.org/gfx/shots/zym3.gif)
Indeed it is possible to have even smaller fonts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/comments/ppcd19/smallest_legible_pixel_fonts/
(https://i.redd.it/89yb8c3nzun71.png)
3x3 (which is in fact 4x4) is already crazy. It's "nearly" ok, if you only need A-Z, 0-9 and some extra chars.