NotesIn March 2001, Nintendo introduced an advanced portable model to the gaming market with the release of the Game Boy Advance (GBA, codenamed Advanced Game Boy or AGB). Equipped with a modernized 32-bit ARM CPU running at twice the speed of the Game Boy Color (GBC), this small device was more than capable of playing SNES-like gamesâstill at the price of only two AA batteries.Unfurl
NotesThe Switch runs an off-the-shelf Nvidia Tegra X1 with 4GB of RAM. It was Nvidias second desktop GPU architecture in a mobile chip, after the Nvidia Tegra K1, containing 256 Maxwell CUDA cores. Announced ten years ago now (On January 5, 2015) it was originally intended for tablets and the automotive industry, before Nintendo picked it up. The Jetson TX1 dev kit was released and it was also present in the somewhat popular and well-known Jetson Nano (though with only half the CUDA cores enabled.) A fully functional (albeit largely proprietary, in traditional Nvidia fashion) Linux4Tegra distribution was shipped, with a working CUDA development environment.
CUDA? The compute platform thatâs driving the AI revolution â¨? In my Nintendo Switch?
Surely you see where Iâm going with this.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesReleased in 2004 for the Nintendo GameCube, Zelda: FSA made use of the wack-ass peripheral known as the GCN-GBA link cable. By hooking these cables up to your Game Boy Advances, you and three friends could play through a cooperative adventure through a land of shittily scaled sprites and bizarre graphical effects known as Hyrule. At the end of each level, everyone gets judged by the game and their heroic cohorts and through a variety of criteria (mainly money), there's a winner for each level. Cooperate and compete. Nintendo's done that a couple of times now.Unfurl
NotesAfter 39 years, console modders have begun to develop ways to use the Nintendo Entertainment Systemâs infamous expansion slot, a key example of vestigial manufacturing. In honor of this amazing feat, which is being used to add Bluetooth and Famicom Disk System support to the console, I thought it might be good to take a look back at this fascinating wrinkle of history. Todayâs Tedium ponders the legacy of the NES Expansion Port, and where itâs going next.FeedUnfurl
NotesThat dream stuck with me, and after years of being a professional web developer I started learning NES development. (I got a strong nudge in the right direction from Nathan Alticeâs excellent I Am Error.)
I Am Error. It was hard to know where to begin. There were plenty of resources around the internet, but they were all incomplete or inaccurate in some way. I got started with bunnyboyâs âNerdy Nightsâ series on the NintendoAge forums. Then I found tepplesâ NROM template on GitHub, and started learning the ca65 assembler. After months of struggling to understand PPU writes, attribute tables, and scroll registers, it all started to click. Iâm glad that I had the experience of fighting with these concepts to learn on my own, but I wish that I could have had a guide that started from scratch and taught all of the essentials of NES development.Unfurl
NotesThe main feature, of course â even the eponymous feature, if you like â is that itâs neither tethered to your TV, nor an exclusively squint-inducing handheld device. This is a fundamentally humane and grown-up move. I have a home office, but I donât want a man cave or boyâs room or whatever you might call it. Iâm married, and I like my wife. I prefer to be in the same room as her, even if weâre both doing different things and only periodically talking to each other (this is also one of the fab things about marriage). The Switch lets me shut off the TV but keep playing, without having to go to another room. I keep all my games stuff in the living room.Unfurl
NotesFrom a GBA emulation perspective, the games were especially interesting. The average Game Boy Advance game is extremely buggy, and the platform itself contains a number of safeguards to prevent games from crashing. As a result, emulators tend to need to be bug-compatible with the original hardware to ensure that the games actually work. However, the Classic NES Series goes above and beyond the average game in an attempt to ensure they donât work in emulators. FeedUnfurl
Notes Celebrate the 25th anniversary of that classic gaming device by building your own with 3d printing and DIY electronics from adafruit. In this project we'll use a raspberry pi and TFT touch screen to make an epic DIY gamegirl. FeedUnfurl
NotesI've been noticing more and more consumer gadgets(Phones/MP3 players) are making use of a Mini USB plugs connect to their charger. I figured why not try adding it to my DS Lite. As it turns out it's a fairly straight foward hack as the pinout and spacing are almost identical between the two connectors.Unfurl
NotesThis document is a guide to the password system used by Metroid for the NES. It applies to the original Metroid 1 released in the US and Europe. I believe the information is also accurate for the hidden Metroid 1 game that can be unlocked in Metroid Prime, and for Metroid Zero Mission for Game Boy Advance.Unfurl
NotesI have an ex-grilfriend who's little brother would literally lick the contacts on his N64 carts. That's right, not a gentle 'phwwwww', but a full-on French kiss.FeedUnfurl
NotesMatt Mechtley is responsible for this makerâs dream project: getting a classic Nintendo Power Glove to work with custom games by replacing itâs brain with an arduino, implanting an accelerometer for motion detection, and using a bluetooth modem for wireless connectivity. Heâs outdone himself with downloadable code, schematics, this awesome video, and an Instructable to top it off.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesMarriage is a sacred commitment; it's no kind of small thing to consider. You need to show you mean business. You need to put some effort into a proposal.
Jered McFerron did when he decided to rewrite the code for the 1986 NES classic, Metroid, in the C++ programming language. This undertaking wasn't initially to propose to his love, Jenni, but struck as an inspiration mid-project when he knew she was the gal for him.FeedUnfurl
NotesThe goal of this project was to customize a standard mug to our liking, making it our own. I play and love videogames and everything related to it since I was a kid. That concept resulted in this simple, Gameboy inspired mug. -behance.netFeedUnfurl
Notes3D Classics: Kid Icarus trailer. Itâs Kid Icarus with⌠backgrounds! This is seriously mind-blowing stuff. Iâm not even being sarcastic, either. This game looks awesome with even static backgrounds. Iâm genuinely impressed. They look kind of better than the NES could do, giving it a PC Engine-esque look. Iâm so down for this.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesTo help get the point across, PETA has drawn Mario in his Tanooki suit holding a racoonâs head with blood dripping all over the floor. You can also play Super Tanooki Skin 2D the game, which puts you in the role of a skinned raccoon performing jumps as you try to catch a flying Mario who is wearing your blood-drenched skin.Unfurl
NotesPortable gaming, played primarily on Nintendo DS and Sony PSP devices, has been dominated by these two companies for over two decades. In this model, at retail, consumers pay around $200 for the gaming device and up to $40 for popular game cartridges. Because of the similar form factor, overlap in consumer base (especially younger players on iPod touch) and the casual nature of game content, Flurry combines iOS and Android devices with traditional portable devices to form the category. With the inclusion of smartphone game revenue into the category, shifts taking place in market share become clearer.Unfurl
Notes""Due to sheer repetition in his peak synaptic years for processing new information, every neural strand in Philip's basal ganglia is embedded with the Konami Code: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start," McCarroll said."Unfurl
Notes"This web site is dedicated to my USB reader for 16-bit games, the Retrode (was: snega2usb). Feed your SNES or Mega Drive / Genesis emulator with games from your original cartridges! The project started as a little proof of concept for myself, but eventually turned out way larger (and cooler!) than that."Unfurl
NotesI guess this guy doesn't know anyone who plays Farmville. ""There is no reason an adult should have this game," he said, going on to state that adults who play games like Animal Crossing are likely doing it for "the wrong reasons." "Unfurl
Notes"The Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most iconic video game consoles of all time and was the machine that got many 80s kids hooked on this interactive medium. Thereâs a lot of ground to cover when talking about this landmark console, but hopefully we cover the most important points here."Unfurl
NotesOh hell yes. "Wanna see Team Ninja's take on the Metroid franchise in action? Yeah, we thought that would get your attention. We've got the video we captured straight from the show floor, so now you can feel the mind-melting thrill that we got just a few minutes ago."Unfurl
Notes"EVERY GAME RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC LICENSED BY NINTENDO IN NORTH AMERICA IS HERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STADIUM EVENTS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NES COLLECTING, YOU KNOW STADIUM EVENTS IS SIMPLY âWORLD CLASS TRACK MEETâ WITH A DIFFERENT NAME AND TITLE SCREEN. ALSO INCLUDING A LOT OF PAL EXCLUSIVES, BLACK TENGEN, CAMERICA, COLOR DREAMS/BUNCH GAMES/WISDOM TREE, AVE, ACTIVE ENTERPRISES, AND FAMICOM GAMES."Unfurl
Notes"Remember the classic video games? The 8-bit masterpieces of our sweaty-palmed youth. Inviting some friends over for a Maniac Mansion all-nighter, huffing asthmatically into a cartridge to clear out the dust, or the thrill and crushing disappointment of rescuing a princess, only to discover youâve really just saved a fungus. ... These games arenât lost forever. You can still play many of them online. If you love the old classics, this list should have you busy for months. Below is a list of 95 old school video games that you can play online. Click on each title to link directly to the game. Also, weâve reviewed and rated each game for you, our loyal AMOG readers."Unfurl
NotesWow, finally I know this thing's name. Friends and I were semi-obsessed with various Compile games in high school, and we'd doodle this thing from time to time. "Randar/Lander: Known by various different translation, Randar is this smiling blue thing with huge eyes. He's pretty much Compile's mascot, and appears in nearly every title. He heals you in Golvellius, sells you things in The Guardian Legend, and acts as nifty power-ups in many of the shooter titles. He even starred in a few small little RPGs."Unfurl
Notes"If you came here hoping to find a well executed difficulty hack for Super Mario World, a lovingly crafted graphics hack of Zelda 3 or maybe an accurate translation of a Japanese RPG, prepare to be disappointed. This site solely caters for crass mutilations that nobody else wants to deal with. Expect foul language, warped logic, and crude 8-bit nudity. Prepare to journey into worlds crafted by the mentally disturbed and chronically lazy. You have been warned."Unfurl
Notes"Zelda Four Swords Adventure for the Gamecube is a killer party game, but who wants to play on a GBA? We fix this issue with a killer multi-Gamecube, multi-TV setup."Unfurl
Notes"Lots of Americans know the Nintendo Entertainment System. Fewer know the Japanese console it was based on, the Nintendo Family Computer, also known as the Famicom. We'll take a look inside the Famicom and its accessories, including a unique disk system attachment."Unfurl
Notes"While browsing Flickr this afternoon, we came across a shot of a Nintendo DS running Macintosh System 6 in emulation on reader Ken Fager's Flickr stream."FeedUnfurl
Notes"the nintendo ds is an excellent platform for homebrew audio software - hereâs an (incomplete) list of some of the excellent sound toys that are available for the platform."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"The KORG DS-10 is a music-creation software for the Nintendo DS that combines the superior interface of the Nintendo DS and the design concept of the famous MS-10 synthesizer. "Unfurl
Notes"Using only a couple of 36-inch bungie cords and a plastic crate you can build what is essentially a traning wheel for the game that helps beginners settle down with the wiimote and master the basic steering movements."Unfurl
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