Here is a quote from McAlby's soundcloud page for the track "Metal Masters prototype":
"This song was composed for a very rare Game Boy game named Metal Masters, but it was never used. The game suffered many delays during the development (years!), and in the end I composed a completely different soundtrack for the final release.
It is one of my first where I used pseudo stereo effects on the Game Boy. Recorded from my own GB emulator.
Anecdote: The original game boy console had 4 shades of grey to represent the graphics. We developed a technique to show up to 7 shades of grey on this game, taking advantage of the LCD persistence, but at the end Nintendo didn't allow us to use it, arguing future compatibility. Needless to say, the game looked amazing (for a Game Boy) with 7 "colours" instead of 4!"
I know you experiment with Gameboy stuff a lot, so, nitro2k01, what have ye to say about this? Do you think you could replicate this? Or have you already? I remember you had a thread about a picture of a cat or something...
Anyway, that's a pretty interesting little tidbit of information. Just thought I'd share.
Edit: Link to the tune.
Last edited by SketchMan3 (May 20, 2013 2:22 am)