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Graphics > tileset question

#26573 - chomp - Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:14 am

i have a question, most tilesets are 16X16 tiles, what is the standard size for a gba tileset?
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#26575 - DiscoStew - Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:02 am

If you're asking what the GBA uses, then it would be 8x8 pixel tiles, just like some 2D consoles (**SNES**). On systems like the GBA, 16x16 pixel tiles are actually metatiles (or a group of tiles put together, usually in a rectangular fashion) of 4 8x8 pixel tiles.
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