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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 1322 days ago
Everything old is new again. IIRC the same technique was used for the flak in Bee-17 Baumber[0] for the Mattel Intellivision. Lacking additional memory for the graphics, the flak was drawn by grabbing sprite data from the code area of the ROM.

[0] B-17 Bomber uses the Intellivoice speech synth add-on to announce the game's title in a distinctive bit-crushed southern drawl.

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Yar's Revenge also used game code as a source for a "random looking" graphic detail.