From: Liouros Thanasis <liouros AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: BETATRON high level lib for 2D platform & action arcade games
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 15:01:13 +0200
Organization: Athens University of Economics and Business
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Check out my game library at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8630/
The library is specially designed  for 2D platform & action arcade
games. It can run at 70 frames/sec
while scrolling at a maximum of 16 pixels/frame.  That speed is
supported for VGA  modeX 320x200 and every VESA 2.00 mode with 256
colors.

Some of BETATRON's features are:

    Standard vga compatible - 320x200x256 modex graphic mode
    complete VESA 2.00 support for any mode with 256 colors and enough
memory.
    full source code included
    It is free (distributed under GNU LGPL)
    smooth animation controlled by the vertical retrace in all supported
modes
    smooth scrolling to a maximum of 16 pixels/frame
    extendable from the user (C++)
    complete 'world' support which includes:
         built in scrolling routines - multiple layers for easy
background creation
         built in background<->sprites interaction support - full
sprites support , automating clipping ,drawing
         and handling - priority lists for sprites
         pixel precise collision detection routine
         sophisticated bounding system (any shape bounding surfaces )
         grids for clustering the sprites and performing fast collision
detection.
         many bitmap formats (including an RLE variant)
   complete sprites/objects support:
         action functions for easy and fast animation.
         various flags that can alter the sprite activity
         fully customizable behaviour of the sprites
         excellent low level keyboard handler - excellent timer handler
- various vga routines
         WINDOWS 95 compatibility


Liouros Thanasis,  liouros AT hotmail DOT com