| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 27 Oct 2000 at 01:52:33 |
| Subject: | Re: AOS35: Amiga Hardware: What happened to Akiko |
On 26-Oct-00, Shinda wrote:
> I remember a chip called Akiko which did chunky to
> planer conversion in hardware(on cd32) and was
> extrememly fast at it.
It still took time. Akiko was an awfully simple chip too IIRC.
> I just wonder what the games
> would of been like if it had been utilized better.
Look! The game is displaying! :-)
> It would certainly allow for 3d type games
> calculations(chunky to planer) to be done faster and
> so they would of been better.
C2P conversion has no direct relation to 3-D rendering. It just reorganizes
the data in an image so lazy programmers don't have to work out how to render
directly to planar format.
> Some one could of
> created the games available on the Sega Saturn for the
> Amiga via use of the chip? What do others think?
I'd be happy with the Super Nintendo Stunt Race FX.
Akiko does not directly help with any form of 3-D rendering to my knowledge
though. Sorry!