Daniel Fairchild

you can now play dRxLaX in you browser: drxlax.com It is made by inserting shims that take the api calls I use on the Dreamcast hardware.

25 years into Dreamcast homebrew, we finally have a clear path to programming AICA’s DSP in C. AICAflow puts AICA to work as a standalone audio processor that handles music playback, dynamic SFX and multiple simultaneous DSP effects. github.com/dfchil/AICAf...

drxlax.comdRxLaX instructions

18 July

If anyone need further instructions, I’ve saved a copy of the webpage from 23 years ago with instructions for that version that should still be valid: drxlax.com/old/instruct...

Daniel Fairchild@dfchil.bsky.social

you can now play dRxLaX in you browser: drxlax.com It is made by inserting shims that take the api calls I use on the Dreamcast hardware.

you can now play dRxLaX in you browser: drxlax.com It is made by inserting shims that take the api calls I use on the Dreamcast hardware.

Standard browser gamepads also work with the equivalent buttons, sticks, D-pad, and triggers for up to 4 people in versus mode.

drxlax.comdRxLaX instructions

18 July

If anyone need further instructions, I’ve saved a copy of the webpage from 23 years ago with instructions for that version that should still be valid: drxlax.com/old/instruct...

you can now play dRxLaX in you browser: drxlax.com It is made by inserting shims that take the api calls I use on the Dreamcast hardware.

It isn’t emulating a whole Dreamcast—the original game code runs directly, with a thin adapter underneath it.

Keyboard controls are: I/J/K/L — analog movement Arrow keys — D-pad/menu navigation V — right trigger / thrust F — left trigger / brake X — Dreamcast A / confirm / fire C — Dreamcast B / back / mine S — Dreamcast X D — Dreamcast Y Enter — Start

you can now play dRxLaX in you browser: drxlax.com It is made by inserting shims that take the api calls I use on the Dreamcast hardware.

The shims are translators. The game still “speaks Dreamcast,” but the shim translates its graphics, sound, controls, and file-saving commands into something a modern computer or web browser understands.

15 June

I’m looking for alternatives to @ubiquiti.bsky.social that can match them technically but have a stronger ethical track record regarding Russia’s war against Ukraine. If you’ve switched away from @ubiquiti.bsky.social, what did you move to and how has it worked out?

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ChrisO_wiki

@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

4 Feb

Microsoft Windows, German edition:

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Chauman

@chaudman.bsky.social

20 Dec 2025

Replying to @darthputinkgb.bsky.social

Manufacturing the age of consent.

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Falco Girgis

@falcogirgis.bsky.social

11 Nov 2025

It's time for the second annual DreamDisc #gamejam for the Sega Dreamcast! We have prebuilt frameworks and libs such as #raylib and #sdl for developers of any experience level. Top 10 entries get published to a physical DC disc release! orcface.com/events/02-dr... #gamedev #indiegame #retrogaming

6 Nov 2025

I'm wondering if the PowerVR CLX2 in the Dreamcast can do triangle fans? I know it slows down on degenerated triangle strips, but what if all the even numbered vertices in this strip had the same coordinates? Would every other triangle being a little bit degenerated cause problems?

youtube.comMarvin The Paranoid Android - Reasons To Be Miserable (1981)YouTube video by Iceblink Watersky

31 Oct 2025

If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.

Simon F@sifee.bsky.social

If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xe...

@sethabramson.bsky.social

19 Aug 2025

I’m almost certain Trump didn’t write this, it lacks his usual ‘flair’ of unhinged gramppa shouting at clouds in the most narcissistic way possible.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

He seems happy with the meeting. It's a good sign.

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Seth Abramson

5 June 2025

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

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Jessica Berlin

@berlinbridge.bsky.social

2 June 2025

Replying to @berlinbridge.bsky.social

If you want to end the war, force Russia into a position of such economic & military weakness that ending the war is their least painful option.

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Falco Girgis

@falcogirgis.bsky.social

14 May 2025

If you aren't already following along with the development of dRxLaX, you should check it out! It's one of the hottest, most highly anticipated upcoming original homebrew titles for the Sega Dreamcast!

Daniel Fairchild@dfchil.bsky.social

22+ years ago I made a small multiplayer game on the Dreamcast. The younger me had big plans for what the game should be. Plans that were first postponed, then forgotten. I was recently reminded of and got the opportunity to begin realising those plans: y2u.be/Caa4A6y7fvI

ps. I forgot about hardware sprites which are used extensively for the glow effects and linear color interpretation between vertices (player ships), although mentioning the latter brings us to maybe not so special CLX2 feature territory ;) I probably won't find good use for trilinear filtering.

14 May 2025

pps. And if you wonder why I seemingly write to you as if I know you, which isn't quite the case, it is because I had the pleasure of interacting a little bit with you on the Dreamcast Technical pages forum back around the turn of the millenium, when I was first trying my hand at making a game.

Dear @sifee.bsky.social I must admit that I had hoped I could bait you (and maybe even @okonomiyonda.bsky.social also) into having a look at the above ;) A side quest for me in this project is to make a tribute to all the cool features in the CLX2 you, and others, made for the Dreamcast.