Go for it. Both excellent. Ive used both in my Ant Attack remake, Star Strike Remake (WIP) and my current project Highway Encounter Remake. You can see it working at the following link.
http://www.retroremakes.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=6680
What you see there took very little time. The HUD is completely sprite candy including the radar. The sprites are also sprite candy, though the background is native blitz.
http://www.retroremakes.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=6680
What you see there took very little time. The HUD is completely sprite candy including the radar. The sprites are also sprite candy, though the background is native blitz.