Q119809: Only One Half of Mercury Has Bitmap Surface

Article: Q119809
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Space Simulator for MS-DOS, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Only one hemisphere of the planet Mercury has a bitmap surface. The other
hemisphere is a smooth gray surface.

MORE INFORMATION
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The planet textures used in Space Simulator are compiled from NASA photographs
and reference material. The NASA data on Mercury is incomplete, covering only
one hemisphere of the planet. One hemisphere was therefore intentionally left
blank, reflecting this lack of data.

Additional query words: 1.00 spacesim ssim ss1 dos grey flat

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbSpaceSim100DOS
Version           : MS-DOS:1.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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