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You can actually get 9 sprites on a raster line, but only in a very specific configuration.

This absolutely blew my nerd mind when I saw it.

The famous English saying.... "Death, Taxes and 8 sprites per raster" no longer holds true.

You can get 9 sprites on one raster line but only 7 sprites on the next raster line, so you essentially alternate a sprite. If you're only using alternating lines, you can already give the appearance of 16 sprites, so it doesn't seem to be a win, overall.

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