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11-15-2011, 05:27 PM
its a visual element of every original lf2 background
the black space at the top and bottom
it reserves space for function key count and difficulty setting
and it emphasizes the width of the screen (just like wide screen theater movies)
underlining the side scrolling nature of the game (the screen will never move up or down - and the black bars are visually blocking this direction)
things like this are also used in comics for example - making the last panel of a page stretch out to the border indicating that it goes on afterwards
the black space at the top and bottom
it reserves space for function key count and difficulty setting
and it emphasizes the width of the screen (just like wide screen theater movies)
underlining the side scrolling nature of the game (the screen will never move up or down - and the black bars are visually blocking this direction)
things like this are also used in comics for example - making the last panel of a page stretch out to the border indicating that it goes on afterwards