08-23-2012, 12:04 AM
sprites per se are made out of eitehr 8x16 or 8x8 tiles of 4 colors each (each tile can use its own palette, from a set of 4 specific palettes)
![[Image: nes_spec.gif]](http://www.adamatomic.com/art/nes_spec.gif)
a common thing was to set the background color to black, in order to use the mandatory alpha in the sprites with it and save an extra color.
a common thing was to set the background color to black, in order to use the mandatory alpha in the sprites with it and save an extra color.