Mode 7 question

user222 · Post by **user222** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:00 pm

Does the real SNES support Hi-Res Mode 7, or is it an emulation enhancement?

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:45 pm

No, that's a filter AFAIK.

anomie · Post by **anomie** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:31 pm

user222 wrote:Does the real SNES support Hi-Res Mode 7, or is it an emulation enhancement?

That depends on what you mean by "hi-res Mode 7". It is possible to enable pseudo-hires (via register $2133, SETINI) on Mode 7, and with EXTBG and some creative palettizing you could even get a halfway decent display out of it. However, the effect enabled by the ZSNES option "Hi-Res Mode 7" (IIUC) is not something available on the real SNES.

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:42 pm

anomie wrote:
user222 wrote:Does the real SNES support Hi-Res Mode 7, or is it an emulation enhancement?
That depends on what you mean by "hi-res Mode 7". It is possible to enable pseudo-hires (via register $2133, SETINI) on Mode 7, and with EXTBG and some creative palettizing you could even get a halfway decent display out of it. However, the effect enabled by the ZSNES option "Hi-Res Mode 7" (IIUC) is not something available on the real SNES.

Do you know if any games actually tried something like that? I assume not since very few even bothered to use hi-res the normal way let alone out of the ordinary.

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