MOS Technology VIC-II - VIC-II Features

VIC-II Features

  • 16 kB address space for screen, character and sprite memory
  • 320 × 200 pixels video resolution (160 × 200 in multi-color mode)
  • 40 × 25 characters text resolution
  • Three character display modes and two bitmap modes
  • 16 colors
  • Concurrent handling of 8 sprites per scanline, each of 24 × 21 pixels (12 × 21 multicolor)
  • Raster interrupt (see details, below)
  • Smooth scrolling
  • Independent dynamic RAM refresh
  • Bus mastering for a 6502-style system bus; CPU and VIC-II accessing the bus during alternating half-clock cycles (the VIC-II will halt the CPU when it needs extra cycles)

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