Ben's Homebrew

Christian, husband & father. Retro game collector and homebrew developer. Currently building a Zelda-like for the TI-99.

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TI-99/4A dev update #1:

Got smooth sprite movement working by polling the VDP status byte (>837B) to sync with vertical blanking. This is all still GPL for now, but I’ll probably move the heavy lifting to assembly later for more performance headroom.

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Dusted off a small tool I wrote a while back for dealing with TI-99 graphics. I create tiles/sprites in mtPaint and save them in PPM format (cause it's really easy to parse). Then I feed the PPM to my tool and it will spit out the proper bytes for use in the assembler.

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TI-99/4A dev update #2:

Made a simple demo of keyboard movement with a sprite. Starting to switch from GPL to assembly.

Ultimately I want to make a physical cartridge. Assembly only requires ROM. GPL requires GROM, which has to be emulated and costs more.

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@BlueShell3D Cyrix was real.

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I prefer light mode. Block me if you must.

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I'm not really a golf guy but I still have the weird affinity for golf games.

Recently found out there was a Golden Tee collection so I picked it up for Switch. I played the heck out of the Golden Tee (1998) PC demo back in the day.

Any golf favorites?

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@LostMemeArchive lol

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@LoveRetroBTW Lethal Enforcers

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@UnpluggedRetro Need U.N. Squadron in there.

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@NES_Professor Nice controller. I played with a MakoPad a lot back in the day. Easy access to L and the d-pad without having to move your hand.

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@HumansNoContext Random password generator only works on cloudy days.

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@libra_bits Great stuff, I'm keeping my eye on this one!

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Anyone else a Game Center CX fan?

That show was my gateway to so many hidden Japan-only Famicom gems I’d never have discovered otherwise. Arino’s suffering is legendary.

Two favorites in my collection:
- Astro Robo Sasa
- Challenger

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When Dreamcast?

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@AzorFrank @modretro @AMDembedded @AMDGaming @AMD AMD has been an amazing partner for M64, can't wait to show people what comes next!

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@gameunlocked26 This is a solid entry from Crytek, but even despite its short length the gameplay gets repetitive rather quick.

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@zcichy Very nice!

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@LostMemeArchive I haven't seen this in forever!

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Slowly working my way through Death Stranding 2.

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