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A breakdown of the methods Rainbow Arts used to port one of the smoothest Amiga games to the Atari ST.A technical breakdown of the methods, tricks and compromises Rainbow Arts used to port one of the smoothest Amiga games to the Atari ST.

Disappointed with the horizontal scrolling techniques in most Atari ST games, Wayne Smithson created his own Defender-like game with full-width horizontal scrolling.Disappointed with the horizontal scrolling techniques in most Atari ST games, programmer Wayne Smithson created his own Defender-like game with full-width horizontal scrolling. The working title of 'It Can't Be Done' referred to the long-held belief that the Atari ST was incapable of smooth scrolling.