High-resolution games
 

I was just idly wondering if there is a list anywhere of high-resolution (640*200 or more) games? I can think of Citadel of Vras, Balance of Power, and Infocom and Magnetic Scrolls adventures, but that is about it.

I was surprised and annoyed at the time, and now, that 99% of games used 320*256 or less when the miggy is capable of considerably higher resolutions.

The reasons against are: (a) The details would be difficult to see on a TV, (b) the game would use more memory, (c) it would run more slowly, and (d) be limited to 16 colours (in the case of OCS/ECS). But there are a lot of games where it would still have been worthwhile, eg. most strategy, adventure, and RPG games. Probably (e) lazy ports from other machines was also a large factor, but use of low-res is common in Amiga-only games too.

Brataccas: http://hol.abime.net/199
ArmyMiner: http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/...yminergame.png
Mega Bomber: http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/...xbartraman.png

Games like Sim Life and Sim Earth have high resolution versions. Also, Sim City 2000.

Harpoon series. Also a lot of text-based games (many from Rainbird for example). I personally don't like 640x256 in games. Suitable for workbench & programs, but i prefer 320x256 for games.

A Train (I Think) http://hol.abime.net/3339

there are tons of games that runs in high res...generally 640x512
in most cases you can't notice it
some examples

simon the sorcerer
dark seed
penthouse hot numbers
cover girls strip poker
six sense investigations

I don't really get you mean. That the game sets up a screen with a doubled resolution and then doubles every pixel? Both examples are 320x256...

Edit: Both examples are even 320x200.

Wonderland: Dream The Dream...

High resolution is one of the options.

those games uses interlaced screens
dont know very well which one it can be 320x480 or 320x512 or 640x512
I know it because I used on my A1200 for a long time a 29' TV very sensitive to interlaced screens...those games flickers a lot

The title screen for uridium 2 is hires.

I know that Darkseed uses interlace, but I can't see anything special about Simon. Just ran it within WinUAE with the LoRes display setting, non-doubled in a 320x256 window and here's the result:

http://i.imgur.com/1NDt8.png

The game is LoRes.

Sim City 2000

Simon the Sorcerer isn't high res.

I came to the same conclusion ;)

Simon the Sorcerer isn't interlaced.

Pinball Illusions has a hires mode.

It does, as does Slam Tilt.

"Pinball Brain Damage" uses 640x256 and 1280x512 for multiball.

IIRC Burnout and Evil's Doom run at 640x512.