Famicuber

🇦🇺 Aussie programmer and composer in his twenties, making stuff for hardware older than I am.

Also on Mastodon.

Business Email: [email protected]

[Famicuber @Famicuber]

Hi, in case if I'm unable to access this account anymore due to the site's age verification methods for our country's upcoming social media law or Elon just being Elon,

I have an account on Mastodon that I also post whatever stuff I create here:

https://t.co/BIcg3Sethq

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Here's a tip for artists here that are applying for my gigs (assuming they're not bots):

If you deliberately miss the key points of how, what or
where to apply and go straight to the DMs, I will ignore your inquiry, period.

You will only be wasting the time of mines and yours.

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@shigu107 Yes, not seeking permission is the common case with these kinds of bootleg goods (Speaking of which, I've sent you a DM on here regarding something similar, do you mind checking it if you have the time, or if there's a different method of contacting you? Thank you).

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@shigu107 Found this Lucario poster at a local marketplace, didn't you drew this? (This marketplace is kinda known for selling bootleg goods, including AI slop)

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One thing that my main NES assembler, ASM6 lacked compared to other assemblers is a segment usage for how much data my ROM takes, so I wrote a bash script that does that. #gamedev

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More Keen 6 covers for the SN76489 chip, this one I've put some time into as it's one of my favourites of the series, I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. :) #commanderkeen #chiptune #furnace #segamastersystem #tandy1000

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Link of the listing itself in case people think its a Photoshop or whatever: https://t.co/jb2POwQeFt

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So I apparently found a joke listing for the flux capacitor while looking for multimeters on JayCar's website.

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Another Keen 6 Master System cover quickie, adapting the song's drums and bass with the chip's quirk was a pain to do, so it might be butchered. :( #segamastersystem #commanderkeen #chiptune #furnace

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I was able to preserve all my saves that still have good batteries and wrote a status report on it, a box that I can finally tick off and sigh in relief.

I might even have an incentive to go back and play them since I can now backup and restore save data.

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Today I've received this toy made by local Aussie "BennVenn" called the "Joey Jr.", it's a dumper for various #GameBoy platforms can dump or flash cartridge data, pictures from the Game Boy Camera and most importantly: Save RAM.

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I haven't tested out dumping GBA carts or any of the flashing portions, but in terms of what my intentions are with it, it does a good job. I wish it came with a USB-C cable though, I had to use one from my phone charger to connect it.

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"Haha, I'm in danger!"
(For the fahrenheit folks out there: 45C = 113F)

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The movement pad is still a little too sensitive when holding up and left, but otherwise it works pretty decently when testing a couple games onto it.

(Blank case on the bottom right is Wonder Boy)

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Manage to successfully fix the faulty Master System controller last night!

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I've rinsed the shell with some warm water and dried it with a bristle toothpick, then gently applied a bit of methylated spirits to the PCB and rubbed it with paper as advised from the members of SMSPower.

(Pics of the shell and PCB after cleaning them)

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The right and 1/Start buttons on the default controller doesn't work properly and the RF video at best shows off some flickering dots, I'll see whether I or someone from SMSPower can help fixing these issues in the next couple days.

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Happy New Year, this poor little Master System console was given to me by a long time mate of mine who entrusted me with giving it a home since he wasn't actually using it.

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Just in time before Xmas break and a first for me: A blog post I've written for my attendance of the Syntax demoparty this year.

https://t.co/syHPuLy0ct