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sverx

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[zvɛrks]
#Nintendo DS/GBA & #SEGA #MasterSystem retrodeveloper.
Disjointed Studio co-founder & coder.
#devkitSMS author.
I browse using #Vivaldi ❤️
on #LinuxMint 💚
and #wattOS 💙

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OutofPrintArchive, to retrogaming
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Review for Pengo on game Gear.
Sega Force 4 - April 1992 (UK)

I have to add that I feel they are being a bit too harsh on Pengo here.
Although I understand since the game was a decade old by the time it released on Game Gear.

I loved it in the arcade and it was actually my first GG game. 😊
I love the game so much that I have the Japanese MD, Xbox 360 and Switch versions as well.

This issue can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/segaforce.html



sverx,
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@OutofPrintArchive if you loved Pengo, you should try Waimanu (available for the SMS or the Nintendo DS or GBA here:
https://disjointedstudio.blogspot.com/p/games.html

sverx, to random
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@pluralistic live now on https://tele.kenobit.it 😍

Nifflas, to random
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Oh no. Naming problem, the bane of programming. A class detects one of two things, depending on the mode. In one mode, it detects if a point is right of a line. In another mode, it checks if a point is inside a circle. It's used for checkpoints where both are useful ways to define when a checkpoint should be triggered, depending on the checkpoint.

I need a variable name for a bool which signals whether this is true or not - that works for both modes.

sverx,
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@Nifflas I don't know what language you're using but you can probably use two different names for the same code and have a good name for your bool in each situation...

ocornut, to random
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I am envious of people who can function with eg: 6 hours of sleep, because for me anything less than 8 hours and my day is a mess.

sverx,
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@ocornut same here! 🙄

sverx, to random
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SMSPower! 2024 Coding Competition entries are finally here! 😍

https://www.smspower.org/forums/f9-Competitions

Let's see some of them! 🧵⬇️

#SEGA #MasterSystem #GameGear #SG1000 #SC3000 #devkitSMS

sverx,
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The Sword of Stone for the #SEGA #GameGear by cireza 😍

https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/SwordOfStone-GG

"The Sword of Stone is a new game for the Game Gear. It is a visual novel with free roaming in a world. You get to play as several characters and progress in the story throughout 7 different chapters. This demo allows the player to try the first chapter of the game in its entirety."

(made with #devkitSMS)

Screenshot of The Sword of Stone for the SEGA GameGear
Screenshot of The Sword of Stone for the SEGA GameGear
Screenshot of The Sword of Stone for the SEGA GameGear

sverx,
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"Fullsex (US) - The Game" for the #SEGA #SG1000 by Révo 😍

https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/FullSexUSTheGame-SG

"A text adventure game made with CVBasic v0.4.2"

A screenshot of "Fullsex (US) - The Game" for the SEGA SG-1000
A screenshot of "Fullsex (US) - The Game" for the SEGA SG-1000
A screenshot of "Fullsex (US) - The Game" for the SEGA SG-1000

sverx,
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The Sword of Stone for the #SEGA #GameGear will be available in cartridge! 😍

More details later, in the meantime enjoy the render:

sverx, to random
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It turns out there's a #SEGA #Genesis / #MegaDrive inside some specific TecToy #MasterSystem 3 Collection model. 🤯

More info as soon as I get them, or you can join #SMSPower! discord server and follow the current development yourself!

The TecToy Master System 3 Collection

sverx,
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It's a MD-on-a-chip (SOC) and there's some Flash memory where the console menu (a #Genesis ROM) and the 120 #MasterSystem games are stored.

Uploading a Genesis game ROM into the Flash where the menu was seems to be all that's needed to boot into a Genesis ROM.

sverx,
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Also on the PCB there's a footprint for an SMS slot where you can actually solder a slot and use it to run SMS games!

The TecToy Master System 3 Collection running a Master System game from the cartridge (Double Dragon)

sverx,
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Interestingly enough, it seems their later models aren't made this way. The 132-games Master System Evolution for instance has been analyzed recently and its menu is a Master System ROM instead.

https://segaretro.org/Master_System_Evolution

But the 2007 131-games version (also called #MasterSystem 3 Collection) could instead have the same hardware as this 2006 one. Will investigate later too.

https://segaretro.org/Master_System_3_Collection_(2007)

sverx,
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Running the SMS Test Suite confirms what we clearly already knew, it's a MegaDrive.

sverx,
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... and another friend just confirmed my hypothesis: the 2007 '131-in-1' #MasterSystem 3 Collection is indeed the same hardware, a #SEGA #Genesis -on-a-chip 😁

sverx,
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Regarding the 120 games, it (unexpectedly!) turned out some of them are Genesis/MegaDrive ROMs 😲 , instead of being #MasterSystem games.

They are:

  • A Ponte
  • Air Hockey
  • Anaconda
  • Aniversário
  • Asa Delta
  • Batalha Naval
  • Bil Bolha
  • Blocos Mágicos
  • Caça Palavras
  • Canhão
  • Corrida da Pesada
  • Corrida de Tampinhas
  • Encanamento
  • Faroeste
  • Força Alienígena
  • Guerra dos Monstros
  • Lance Livre
  • Mexe Mexe Tupi
  • Mosaico
  • Natação
  • Pedreiro Polar
  • Zôo
sverx,
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For those interested, Révo just posted a quick video of these #MegaDrive games running on the #TecToy #MasterSystem 3 Collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8hg38f8vU

djlink, to random
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well this is unexpected, I recently switched to Firefox to escape this shift to AI in the other browsers and will you look at that, Firefox is scaling back on VPN and Relay and investing into AI on the browser. Oh well https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/mozilla-downsizes-as-it-refocuses-on-firefox-and-ai-read-the-memo/

sverx,
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@djlink

#Vivaldi FTW 😁
https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/vivaldi-wont-allow-a-machine-to-lie-to-you/

djlink, (edited ) to random
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Only one can exist!

sverx,
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@djlink this one was easy 😂

djlink, to random
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how often do you go "I was sure I fixed this issue"

sverx,
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@djlink five minutes ago the last one 😅

Vivaldi, to Cybersecurity
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#DataPrivacyWeek Day 3

Not only should you get a #browser that offers anti-tracking protection (or a tracker blocker extension), but one that cares about you and doesn’t spy on your browsing habits. In the end, blocking trackers is almost pointless if you are using a browser that collects far more details than any tracking ad ever could.

At Vivaldi we believe what you do online is your business. We don't profile you, nor share or sell information to any third party.

Wanna know more? Here's our Privacy Policy: https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/

#DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #Profiling #Tracking #Surveillance

sverx,
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@Vivaldi

uh, wasn't this removed some time ago? 🤔

"When you install Vivaldi browser (“Vivaldi”), each installation profile is assigned a unique user ID that is stored on your computer."

djlink, to random
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it's so much insanely slower to drag the contents (1st pic) of a zip archive instead of pressing "extract all" (2nd). Like I know dragging involves another copy operation from temp but still. There must be some weird code in there

image/png

sverx,
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@djlink if you drag the contents I suspect under the hood it's sending a list of files to be extracted, which might be implemented as a loop for all the entries, seek to file, decompress to temp...

extract all to some folder on the other hand is probably just sequentially reading the input zip and deflating to destination folder directly

damianogerli, to random
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Finally, a box with instructions in Italian.

sverx,
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@damianogerli

alto, non tagliare, fragile, che min*** vuoi? 😂

djlink, to random
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ah, I wonder what symbol was typed here after 90, it's not º I checked, copying to other places also doesn't help.

sverx,
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@djlink could it be º instead of ° (or viceversa)?

(ASCII 248 instead of ASCII 167 or viceversa)

djlink, to random
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I’ve been working, but also took some time to record a short Timelapse for your timeline. Hope you like it.

video/mp4

sverx,
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@djlink lovely place! where is it?

damianogerli, to random
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Finally available the DOS version of Simulgolf, the second game by Italian software house Simulmondo and, also, one of the first Italian DOS games ever made.
AFAIK this has never been available on the internet before.
Thanks to Luca who digitized it from the original floppies.
https://www.old-games.ru/game/download/13161.html

A minigolf course in Simulgolf (CGA colors)

sverx,
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@damianogerli sono quasi sicuro di averlo visto, o mi ricordo male? o forse qualche altro gioco Simulmondo? 🤔

sono passati un po' di anni... 😅

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