A playfield forms the basic foundation of an Amiga display and determines its fundamental characteristics. To form a playfield, you program the hardware registers of the custom chips with the basic parameters of the type of display you want. Forming a playfield involves selecting the number of colors, setting up a color table and bitplanes, and selecting the resolution and display mode. To understand how Amiga playfields work, it will be helpful to review how the Amiga's video displays are produced. How the Amiga's Video Display is Produced
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