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I don't know why, but any time I see a modern take on a pixel game on PC, I wonder how said game would run on the hardware it's trying to mimic. Prototype N by @arrietty.itch.io really invokes SEGA Genesis/32X vibes with the visual and sound design...

Lately, I've been preparing to make some new assets that will inevitably be used for my YouTube channel's "soft reboot," which basically means that the channel will get a fresh start with a new coat of paint, without any new channels actually being created.

What if I dive into the world of pixelated low-poly animation? It might start off with just blocky Minecraft models, and maybe later on could be pure low-poly goodness?

What I mean by this, is having a 3D space for the models to be animated in, while also being rendered at a fixed resolution, with some anamorphic stretching as the resolution would be 256x240 being stretched to 4:3 to imitate how it would look on a display from the time period.

I was gifted a copy of #MinecraftDungeonsII and, so far, the game hasn't been too bad. There were a handful of multiplayer-only bugs I've encountered though. So for those who don't want to deal with bugs, you could, maybe, wait a bit longer for a patch.

Another thing that I find interesting is people going out of their way to hack NES bootlegs to the point where they're almost good enough to pass as homebrew games, when they're still bootlegs under the hood. Maybe @pirategamething.com has a thing or more to say about them?

This type of stuff has inspired me to come up with ideas for a definitive NES rhythm game, as well as diving deeper into the rabbit hole of bootleg games and adjacent plug 'n play equivalents, enhanced or not.

This is a type of game I've been wanting to play but never had a chance to. Be sure to check her game out!

I remember watching a video about how you might not remember the Super Mario Bros. theme right and the fact that many, many NES clones get the duty cycles mixed up, even going as far as to making a simple hack that "un-swaps" the duty cycles, though only for the music.

There's been a swarm of new high-contrast hacks of certain NES games. I just wanted to iterate that while such hacks are appreciated, accounting for colorblind people for me would require me to make the graphics in such a way that the game could be played without proper colors. (🧵1/4)

Accessibility is a very important thing in gaming nowadays and I feel that, even in retro style games or homebrew games, accessibility plays a key part in a game's success. The more players who can play a game properly, the better traction that game gets. (🧵3/4)

There's been a swarm of new high-contrast hacks of certain NES games. I just wanted to iterate that while such hacks are appreciated, accounting for colorblind people for me would require me to make the graphics in such a way that the game could be played without proper colors. (🧵1/4)

The kinds of accessories I feel the NES/Famicom is missing for homebrew development: mice, rumble controllers (real rumble activated by the game, not by audio or button press) and 12-panel dance mats, with panels 1 and 3 acting like Select and Start respectively for a hypothetical dance game.

What's the solution to making a logo for a game mode that heavily leans into the style of large Japanese creatures? Make the logo in the Trident BIOS font, a.k.a. the "Subor" font used in various bootleg NES software.

As it comes to hardware clones, seems the most common ones being of NES and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. I've only ever seen one Game Boy Color hardware clone (not FPGA) and Game Boy hardware clones are also quite uncommon. The only clone I've had was an AtGames Genesis from around 2013.

As it comes to handheld clones, the screens are typically of 240p quality, but not matching the actual resolution of the console being cloned (NES with 256x240, SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive with 320x224/256x224). This issue affects a lot of handheld clones that I know of.

As it comes to hardware clones, seems the most common ones being of NES and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. I've only ever seen one Game Boy Color hardware clone (not FPGA) and Game Boy hardware clones are also quite uncommon. The only clone I've had was an AtGames Genesis from around 2013.