SD-Snatcher

This profile is mostly about the #MSX, but also some other #Z80 cousins (#SMS, #zxspectrum, #ColecoVision, SG-1000), Pixel Art and chiptunes. #pixelart, #8bit

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

I've just released the v2.0 the Space Manbow enhancement patch. It does a complete overhaul on the game engine, with many enhancements, optimizations and bug fixes.

https://t.co/ouNb5y4IBr

Follow the thread for more details. 🧵

#MSX,#8bit,#patch

[jok jokov @JokJokov]

#Pixelart "Another World"
320x256px 32 colors #Amiga OCS palette /#aseprite
inspired by #NoMansSky ...and also title classic ;)

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@uniskie2 But most of the problems were fixed on the “SCC+” (052539) weren’t they?

[AUTOMATON（オートマトン） @AUTOMATONJapan]

【ニュース】81歳のゲーム開発者、「37年前に開発放棄された作品」を完成させ発売。“世紀を越えた”最新作、今出た理由はめぐり合わせと愛ゆえに
https://t.co/0yQQ0EBA5a

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@leo__oliveira @gorry5 @kumokosi Gradiente got the same benefits, but used a very different tactic: they registered the Expert as a video-game and shipped the machine and keyboard separately out of Manaus, only putting them together in São Paulo. (🧵3/3)

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@leo__oliveira @gorry5 @kumokosi They also had another subsidiary, called "SID Informática", that literally meant "Sharp+Inepar+Dedini", but this one had a corporate focus, because of the Bradesco bank involvement. They built CP/M and PC compatible computers. (🧵2/3)

https://t.co/9DnRbCm1xH

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@TheMekon_Venus Yep

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@art_wakachan Your website is a reminder of how much the Internet was fun before the "social network" era.

Thankfully the browsers now have built-in translation, so it's possible for people overseas to enjoy it too. 🙂

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@GabrielPyron Isn't there a patch to optimize the TF-IV collision detection routines and finally fix the frame rate issue?

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@FFTheBravest @starmanblues It's sad, but true. They had all the needed parts. It was purely a nearsighted management decision.

Same deal with Gradiente, with the black Experts a few years later.

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@YueKuratsu Got a V9958? Why not an MSX2+ then? 😃

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@FFTheBravest @starmanblues All the main chips of the MSX1 they produced in Brazil were imported: Z80, TMS9928, i8255 and AY-3-8910. The V9938 wasn't different in that regard.
This is so true that both Sharp and Gradiente imported the V9938 to put inside their 80 columns expander cartridges,sold separately.

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@ThiagoDjango @yoshimiru_SS It's not the CRT that stretches the image horizontally. Check the MegaDrive at 320x240 res.

The NES/MSX1;2;2+/SMS/MD H32 mode/PC-Engine/SNES all follow the same dot-clock specification, and it was designed to stretch the pixels by hardware so it fills the screen horizontally.

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@FFTheBravest @starmanblues An MSX2 isn't that much more expensive to manufacture than an MSX1. It doesn't make sense for the costs to have been "stratospherical"...

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@yoshimiru_SS Your Pixel Art editor ran directly on the Famicom? 😲

I always thought some computer was used for the NES development. And possibly an MSX2 for editing the Pixel Art, since is Pixel Aspect Ratio is the same and GraphSaurus 2.0 was readily available.

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@gen_hasegawa_8 Tip: You can use ALT+T to enable the CPU turbo. This speeds up most slow softwares, without the issues of using Shift+alt+↑ (that speeds up the whole emulator).

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@spacemoai I gave up trying to raise awareness about this problem a while ago. Some people want to code for the MSX as if it was a ZX-Spectrum or C64: Just hardware without any API.
When the compatibility hell breaks lose, they want you to "remove extensions" or "pick a different computer"

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

@meetchan3110 Nice to meet you too, meet-san!
I'm glad to hear that you liked my patches. 😃

[SD-Snatcher @SnatcherAlpha]

I've just released the v2.0 the Space Manbow enhancement patch. It does a complete overhaul on the game engine, with many enhancements, optimizations and bug fixes.

https://t.co/ouNb5y4IBr

Follow the thread for more details. 🧵

#MSX,#8bit,#patch

[GEN @gen_hasegawa_8]

I’m making a war game for MSX in 2026.
This is the English version gameplay.
What do you think?

#indiegames #MSX

[saebaryo_xyz @saebaryo_xyz]

#MSX 파로디우스에 대한 부드러운 스크롤 패치를 만들어보았습니다.
FRS(@SnatcherAlpha )님의 그라디우스 2 개선 패치를 참고 하였습니다.

https://t.co/fgFwpnCDqV

일단은 MSX2+ 또는 그 이상만 지원하도록 작업을 진행하였습니다.

#Parodius #パロディウス