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==Are ''Fonz'' and ''Man T.T'' the same?==
 
==Are ''Fonz'' and ''Man T.T'' the same?==
 
I ask because I've found several sites making this implication. Even if they are, would we want to keep them separate? - [[User:Scarred Sun|Scarred Sun]] ([[User talk:Scarred Sun|talk]]) 18:51, 29 May 2018 (CDT)
 
I ask because I've found several sites making this implication. Even if they are, would we want to keep them separate? - [[User:Scarred Sun|Scarred Sun]] ([[User talk:Scarred Sun|talk]]) 18:51, 29 May 2018 (CDT)
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==Is this the first game to use sprite scaling?==
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So I remember a little tidbit being floated around about how ''Fonz'' was the first video game to use sprite scaling. There's no definitive list for something like this (at least that's easily searchable), but the few I'm finding usually cite ''Fonz'' as being the first video game to scale sprites.
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Looking at gameplay, I think it does? Disregarding the extreme horizontal skewing of the incoming motorcycles, they DO kind of appear to be growing in size as they move farther down the screen. There's a single (!) video of gameplay on youtube, and its shakeycam af... so much that, at first, I thought the claims of sprite scaling were in reference to that horizontal skewing (which could be interpreted as scaling in a certain sense...), but no, I do kinda see wobbly pixels there, looks like there might be dedicated scaling hardware?
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Would someone more technically-proficient in this kinda stuff be able to lend some insight? Thank you :) [[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 01:12, 27 November 2021 (EST)

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Are Fonz and Man T.T the same?

I ask because I've found several sites making this implication. Even if they are, would we want to keep them separate? - Scarred Sun (talk) 18:51, 29 May 2018 (CDT)

Is this the first game to use sprite scaling?

So I remember a little tidbit being floated around about how Fonz was the first video game to use sprite scaling. There's no definitive list for something like this (at least that's easily searchable), but the few I'm finding usually cite Fonz as being the first video game to scale sprites.

Looking at gameplay, I think it does? Disregarding the extreme horizontal skewing of the incoming motorcycles, they DO kind of appear to be growing in size as they move farther down the screen. There's a single (!) video of gameplay on youtube, and its shakeycam af... so much that, at first, I thought the claims of sprite scaling were in reference to that horizontal skewing (which could be interpreted as scaling in a certain sense...), but no, I do kinda see wobbly pixels there, looks like there might be dedicated scaling hardware?

Would someone more technically-proficient in this kinda stuff be able to lend some insight? Thank you :) CartridgeCulture (talk) 01:12, 27 November 2021 (EST)