64 Bites - #049 - Multicolor Character Mode

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Commodore 64 Programming Screencasts

In this episode, we are going to talk about the Multicolor Character Mode, which allows us sacrifices the horizontal resolution of a character for additional colors.

It can be used to add shading in tile based graphics but requires careful choice of a color palette or custom characters to display readable text.

What is this?

It's an episode of the 64 Bites - Video Tutorials for Programmers,

the series designed to teach you how to program Commodore 64 in small and easy steps.

What's inside?

• The Video - Short, Intense and Focused
• You can stream it on any device
• or download DRM-free
• Full Transcript so you can follow along.
• Source Code for everything you will see on the screen.
• Programming Exercises to do on your own.