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Hardware Scrolling

R3 used to make an approximate byte lenght horizontal scroll (not really smooth)
R5 used to make smoother vertical scroll (1 line)

Title	Year	Vertical	Horizontal	R3	R5	Confirmed
Action Force		No	Yes	No	No
Anarchy		No	Yes	No	No
Axys		Yes	No	No	Yes
Builderland		No	Yes	No	No
FlySpy		Yes	Yes	No	No
Ghosts 'n' Goblins		No	Yes	No	No
Led Storm	1988	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Legend of Kage		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Le 5eme Axe	1985	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mission Genocide		Yes	No	No	Yes
Monty Python's Flying Circus	1990	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Octoplex	1989	Yes	Yes	No	Yes(?)	Yes
Prehistorik 2	1992	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prohibition	1987	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rick Dangerous 2		No	Yes	No	No
Roland On the Ropes		Yes	Yes	No	No
Skatewars	1989	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Stryker In The Crypt Of Trogan	1992	Yes	Yes	No	No
Super Cauldron	1992	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Titan		Yes	Yes	No	No

Rupture

A technique to split the screen into more than one block vertically. (independant videoram offset) Used to hardware scroll one part of the screen while another is static.

Title	Year	Confirmed
Action Force
Dynamic Duo
Enlightenment: Druid 2
Grell and Falla
Octoplex	1989	Yes
Prehistorik 2	1992
Skatewars	1989	Yes
Snowstrike
Super Cauldron	1992
Turrican	1990	Yes
Usagi Yojimbo
Xyphoes Fantasy
Sol Negro(opera)

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Games Which use hardware tricks (on old generation cpcs)

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