I see this brought up a lot and I'd just like to clear the record: Nintendo and Gumpei Yokoi did not invent the d-pad, for multiple reasons. Of the first, most literal reasons, Gumpei Yokoi was merely the head of the department behind the game & watch series, not individual games. The Donkey Kon...

I feel like Monster Boy is significantly easier than previous Monster World games because now there are check points every few screens. When you die in a dungeon now, unlike in previous games, your retain all the treasure and items you've picked up, and instead of having to start the dungeon over fr...

I wish more people were giant, mouth-foaming Wonder boy fanboys so I could geek out with other people about HOLY SHIT MONSTER BOY IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OF ALL TIME more. Because it is. This game, holy shit. THIS GAME.

I'm not very far into it yet because it just came a few hours ago, but the new game, Monster Boy, is SOOOOOO good. I can't believe there is a new wonder boy game in 2018, and it's every bit as great as the old ones!

Monster Boy just arrived in the mail, giving me the opportunity to put them all together in one pic:



The entire Wonder Boy collection.

When the mini sonic does his spindash, he might do a straight one or a jumping one. Hitting the jumping one into Metal Sonic is quite easy, and the way the timing works you don't even need to react to which one he's doing; if he does a straight dash you'll just jump over it. This tactic is almost i...

MrPopo wrote:I'll be honest; I saw the first picture and thought you were getting back a couple of circuit boards without a shell.

I kind of am. The SMS is coming bolted to the bottom half of the shell, but without the top half. But that's because I'm working on the top half over here.

a long while back, I hashed out a deal with TmEE to spruce up a couple of game gears for me in exchange for an Amiga CD32. He was really concerned that I would be unhappy that the process could take some time, but I assured him that he could take years and I wouldn't really mind. With that rough arr...

LESSON 3: SOFTWARE RENDERING TABLE OF CONTENTS -SOFTWARE RENDERING VS HARDWARE RENDERING -PIXEL FORMATS -REFRESHER ON BIT MANIPULATION -STEP 1: PREPROCESSOR DEFINITIONS -STEP 2: SIMPLE MAIN ROUNTINE SOFTWARE RENDERING VS HARDWARE RENDERING Now that we understand how to build a project, we can embar...