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I figured I'd go ahead and hammer out a simple splice to ...

2026-10-22T08:51:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…ls4c
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I figured I'd go ahead and hammer out a simple splice to establish a baseline before trying to launch it into the stratosphere - mixes parts from Aquatic Ruin, Hydrocity, and Azure Lake with minimal editing around the upper edge of the water. As-is, this would probably work nicely for a basic and otherwise auspicious first level in an mildly-above-novice-level ROM hack. No cycling palettes here; the only animation is parallax scrolling (layer division on the lower left, assembled 320x240 sample on the upper right).

If something like this will suffice, then consider it done - otherwise, further advise me as needed.

I see... well then this won't be any trouble at all. The two ...

2026-10-22T07:55:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…phtx
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I see... well then this won't be any trouble at all. The two examples you've provided are perhaps the simplest ones (Sonic 1 and Sonic CD both recycle level graphics for their title screen backgrounds to varying degrees) - I'll try to limit things to a tropical/grassy setting for consistency's sake, but depending on where my mind goes, you might see something fairly alien or mechanical (I'm not above experimenting when inspiration hits).

Oh... so you're just wanting a background for your title ...

2026-10-22T07:41:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…vwj9
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Oh... so you're just wanting a background for your title screen and not a full thing logo-and-all? That narrows things down beautifully, actually.

I'll see what I can wring out - if absolutely nothing else, I ...

2026-10-22T07:36:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…960v
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I'll see what I can wring out - if absolutely nothing else, I can at the very least kitbash a mock title screen from a bunch of random rips and check in with you to see if the output is serviceable.

Hm... title screens aren't exactly my wheelhouse (at the very ...

2026-10-22T07:30:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…2l4n
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Hm... title screens aren't exactly my wheelhouse (at the very least, it feels like it's been ages since the last time I've ever attempted such). Depending on how much ripping off Sonic we're talking here, I could potentially workshop something in between my other pet-projects, but I make no promises on if it actually happens or not (if it gets buried, it gets buried - wouldn't be the first, won't be the last). I'm in no real position to accept payment for any work I actually do manage to get off the ground right now, truthfully.

I'm kinda thinking of just staying up all night listening to ...

2026-10-22T07:11:20Z

I'm kinda thinking of just staying up all night listening to NanoSweep music while chipping away at more models...

Piecing together room assets from model rips... this model had no ...

2026-10-21T22:30:44Z

Piecing together room assets from model rips... this model had no armature when I initially got my hands on it, but it didn't take long to sort that out.

Taking a detour from the Silent Hill-themed renders to do some ...

2026-10-19T04:47:55Z

Taking a detour from the Silent Hill-themed renders to do some shenanigans... couldn't decide which angle I liked, so I did both.

Just a little moar birb. ...

2026-09-23T01:40:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…ke0g
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Just a little moar birb.

Bird wings are kind of a pain in the ass to pose properly. ...

2026-09-22T19:56:37Z

Bird wings are kind of a pain in the ass to pose properly.

Experimenting with making a new preview image for that old guitar ...

2026-09-20T20:25:36Z

Experimenting with making a new preview image for that old guitar model... I kinda want to darken it a bit, make it more menacing.

I've been wanting to get level maps working in something for ...

2026-08-21T23:40:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…3dwu
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I've been wanting to get level maps working in something for a while now, but I'm mostly content with just doing the artwork... though, given that this set is just reskinned Labyrinth Zone, it could probably be hacked into a Sonic 1 ROM with relative ease.

Nope. This was all slapped together in paint.net (like pretty ...

2026-08-21T23:38:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…7fnp
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Nope. This was all slapped together in paint.net (like pretty much all my pixel work).

Decided while the weather was being weird to dig out the rest of ...

2026-08-21T23:36:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…ste0
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Decided while the weather was being weird to dig out the rest of the level chunks I had finished (or almost finished) before monotony set in and I stopped...

So I started digging for more material to tinker with and I found ...

2026-08-21T20:44:01Z

So I started digging for more material to tinker with and I found this old thing... an experiment of sorts, in which I found that Ecco tiles worked surprisingly well on Labyrinth Zone. I made more level chunks than just this one, but I never finished the whole set.

Suddenly remembered trying this out way back on the nightly ...

2026-08-14T00:22:56Z

Suddenly remembered trying this out way back on the nightly builds and wanted to see if anything about this broke in the release candidate (as if the character himself wasn't broken enough already).

Can safely confirm all is well - it's as beautifully fucked as ever!

A little early-morning, post-breakfast arcading... I was on the ...

2026-06-25T11:47:38Z

A little early-morning, post-breakfast arcading... I was on the phone with my girlfriend while I was enjoying my pancakes and coffee, and I overheard this game's noises in the background (and she just couldn't pass up the opportunity to chat about it when I pointed it out - it ended up being the only thing we really talked about at-length).

Unlike most composite models, the components on this one have ...

2026-05-20T00:24:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…ytxh
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Unlike most composite models, the components on this one have just enough of a functioning armature that I can lightly modify the pose in a few ways without needing to shift pieces around too drastically.

This outfit probably won't become a permanent addition until after the model is completely finalized (with a new and improved armature and all).

Before you ask, no, I'm not replacing my pinned render with ...

2026-05-19T23:27:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…65d9
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Before you ask, no, I'm not replacing my pinned render with this one - I'd like to get a bit more done with her model (something more permanent than a composite) before I seriously consider replacing the old one.

"The Wind and The Waves," roughly.

2026-05-04T23:37:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…6an5
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"The Wind and The Waves," roughly.

Went scouring through old sprites I had on file and found this ...

2026-05-03T05:19:27Z

Went scouring through old sprites I had on file and found this old piece from about 6(?)-ish years ago (I seem to recall this being older than that)... as it happens, the Battle Network custom map wasn't my first shot at C-Island, though that's far more polished than this old thing.

Multiple counties have been taken off the alert listing due to ...

2026-03-16T17:26:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…70xl
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Multiple counties have been taken off the alert listing due to their Tornado Watch being allowed to expire a few minutes earlier than the listed time - including mine.

All's clear!

So... uh... I think it died on the way over here. Getting some ...

2026-03-16T15:59:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…9drk
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So... uh... I think it died on the way over here. Getting some wind and rain, but this doesn't look very intimidating anymore.

They're talking like we might get a "round 2" later in the day, but this is making me think it's not likely.

Radar's lagging a bit behind real-time, but... yeah, that ...

2026-03-16T15:04:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…7gtt
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Radar's lagging a bit behind real-time, but... yeah, that looks about right.

Okay, now I think I can see the leading edge of the western storm ...

2026-03-16T14:50:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…784j
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Okay, now I think I can see the leading edge of the western storm system... it has a little more substance to it than what's over us right now.

The alert map and the radar have been painting very odd pictures ...

2026-03-16T14:30:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…tnsk
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The alert map and the radar have been painting very odd pictures of the weather today...

The weather looked like it was clearing up enough that I could ...

2026-03-16T13:25:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…hshk
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The weather looked like it was clearing up enough that I could finally take a nap...

...I wake up to this:

The rain's really heavy right now.

2026-03-16T10:13:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…0424
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The rain's really heavy right now.

The western mass has officially breached the state border - ...

2026-03-16T08:50:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…wu7r
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The western mass has officially breached the state border - several counties were just placed under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch, with one specifically being given a Warning for the same.

I think it might be time for another cup of milk for the nerves.

2026-03-16T08:41:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…9yx4
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I think it might be time for another cup of milk for the nerves.

This is looking a little less dangerous, though the pop-up storms ...

2026-03-16T08:38:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…2amn
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This is looking a little less dangerous, though the pop-up storms that are happening right now don't really ease the mood at all.

Just got some lightning. ...

2026-03-16T08:19:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…v2fc
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Just got some lightning.

Rainfall just got heavy, and I hear thunder. ...

2026-03-16T08:15:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…z8sx
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Rainfall just got heavy, and I hear thunder.

Okay, now they're kind of synced again. ...

2026-03-16T07:13:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…y6mw
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Okay, now they're kind of synced again.

The radar and alert map are out of sync... speaking of which - ...

2026-03-16T07:09:11Z

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The radar and alert map are out of sync... speaking of which - it's looking like that system to the west is changing a bit.

We just got rainfall! ...

2026-03-16T07:06:06Z

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We just got rainfall!

No changes on the radar or alert map, but I can hear what sounds ...

2026-03-16T06:25:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…zce2
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No changes on the radar or alert map, but I can hear what sounds like a little bit of wind getting up outside.

Well now, what have we got going on here? An excuse to finally ...

2026-03-16T06:09:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…zf5x
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Well now, what have we got going on here? An excuse to finally look at the radar... doesn't seem to be related to that system off to the west, but all these little things popping up sure seems odd.

It's definitely on the move... the orange watch area has ...

2026-03-16T05:22:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…w8d7
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It's definitely on the move... the orange watch area has extended down a bit, getting ahead of the red area.

Things might be a bit slow-going from here...

2026-03-16T05:03:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…ctgj
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Things might be a bit slow-going from here...

Updated alert map... I strongly dislike using this map because ...

2026-03-16T04:39:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…0302
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Updated alert map... I strongly dislike using this map because it's always behind where the radar normally would be, time-wise, but you work with what you got.

The Tornado Warnings seem to have expired (they're no longer marked), but it's still capable of spinning up more. Even if we don't get anything particularly rotational over here, the straight-line winds are still going to be a concern.

There's always the possibility this could dissipate before it ...

2026-03-16T04:29:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…wjqw
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There's always the possibility this could dissipate before it gets here, and the past few iterations of the alert map make it look like it's stalling just outside the western edge of the state... but I'm not betting on things calming down - the fact that it's already triggered multiple Tornado Warnings out there is enough of a reason to keep an eye on it (that, and look at all the Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. This thing's pretty active).

That mess to the west is apparently going to be arriving here ...

2026-03-16T04:20:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…ecqa
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That mess to the west is apparently going to be arriving here sometime overnight... currently can't track it on radar proper, so I'm stuck using the alert map until it gets within range.

I've had four bottles of water, way too much coffee, and ...

2026-03-16T04:08:11Z

I've had four bottles of water, way too much coffee, and I'm pouring one last cup of milk to keep my nerves in check - gonna be up all night watching the weather.

Tossed it up on the drive, along with a tweaked version of the ...

2026-03-08T06:01:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…33qw
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Tossed it up on the drive, along with a tweaked version of the Nosferatu rip - https://drive.proton.me/urls/XNB1HTDRF0#MyMS8deH2HEh

I link directly to files so often that I never considered just linking to the folder instead, so I'm trying that now (maybe it'll make updating the downloads easier if that's ever necessary).

It's done... and I'd rather not do it again. ...

2026-03-08T05:54:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…6rg0
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It's done... and I'd rather not do it again.

UPDATE: Located Fighting Samba in-game... it's another ...

2026-03-08T01:46:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…l3k7
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UPDATE: Located Fighting Samba in-game... it's another simulation-exclusive battle track. It plays when fighting simulated versions of enemies from the planet Highland (yes, that's actually its name... there are also planets named "Faraway," "Blackhawk," and "Bluewater" - Cyber Knight II definitely threw in the tower on trying to sound exotic with its planet names past a certain point).

Since the song can be heard as early as Act 1, it goes pretty high in the listing... so all that's left is Reunion and Parting, and I'm almost positive now that it's an ending track - I'm very tempted to preemptively stick it at the end of the list right away, but I want to confirm (and I'm basically right at the final boss, so it hopefully won't take long to do that).

Act 5 of 5 - still haven't found Fighting Samba in-game yet, ...

2026-03-08T01:24:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…h5g2
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Act 5 of 5 - still haven't found Fighting Samba in-game yet, BUT... turns out, the SPC rip was missing THREE tracks, and I've just ripped it. Unlike the other two, this one ISN'T on the CD, so it doesn't have an official title... so I gave it one... it's not entirely accurate since you don't actually hear the music ON Earth, but you DO hear it in the training room on-board the Galvodirge when fighting simulations of Earth's monsters.

Regardless of naming accuracy, I'm absolutely certain I made the right call on its placement in the tracklist.

I only just now realized that I could've just watched a ...

2026-03-07T20:37:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…m5pk
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I only just now realized that I could've just watched a let's play... not that it matters now - Act 4 of 5, and still haven't found where the song first plays yet, but I'm definitely narrowing down my possibilities, and I may as well play the game to completion at this point since I'm already far in (it's been pretty nice remembering how Cyber Knight II works... possible candidate for a screenshot playthrough at some point, but definitely not until after I've done the first game (which I've started and abandoned runs of multiple times by now (oh boy, the first game is a bit of a thing))).

It's slowly dawning on me that Fighting Samba might be a VERY ...

2026-03-07T03:13:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…z2yf
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It's slowly dawning on me that Fighting Samba might be a VERY late-game battle track... I've been on Cyber Knight II like a bad it almost the entire day - Act 3 of 5, and I still haven't heard it yet. Am I seriously going to beat this game in almost a day-and-a-half? Playing a game to near-completion just to hear where a song first plays...

...goddamn, what the hell's wrong with me.

So, turns out Cyber Knight II's SPC rip was missing TWO songs ...

2026-03-06T23:38:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…d4mf
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So, turns out Cyber Knight II's SPC rip was missing TWO songs as opposed to just the one... and, like with Fighting Samba, this second missing track appears on the arrange CD in both arranged and original forms, complete with an official song title.

I've ripped and titled it accordingly - sounds like an ending theme, but I actually don't remember it in any real capacity... then again, last time I ever beat this game was back when I still played on ZSNES.

I have spent essentially my entire morning being very brutally ...

2026-03-06T20:42:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…92nq
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I have spent essentially my entire morning being very brutally reminded that Cyber Knight II has a nightmarishly rough difficulty curve that rears its head as early as Act 2.

Fighting Samba has been ripped, now I just need to figure out ...

2026-03-06T07:45:21Z

Fighting Samba has been ripped, now I just need to figure out where the hell it plays in the game, because I KNOW that's not an unused track. It actually appears in the Cyber Knight II Ambition of the Terran Empire arranged music CD in both arranged and original forms...

...speaking of which, I've taken the liberty of renaming certain tracks to match their counterparts from the CD, assuming they had a counterpart to begin with (though I did opt to favor consistency with the fan translation patch regarding names of locations and such - hence "Flight of the Galvodirge" instead of "Flight of the Galbodage").

I can only speculate that the reason there are still entire games ...

2026-03-06T05:19:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…wh2q
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I can only speculate that the reason there are still entire games left unripped is because they can't be ripped to SPC format, hence SNSF (and ripping SNSFs is apparently a bit of a pain in the ass).

VGMPF has a list of unsupported games (https://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=SPC#Unsupported_Games), but I'm not entirely sure if it's a complete listing, so there's probably more than what they've got on there.

Claymates has an SNSF rip. Currently trying to rip another ...

2026-03-06T05:07:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…2cr3
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Claymates has an SNSF rip.

Currently trying to rip another missing track, this time from Cyber Knight II - unfortunately, the translation patch doesn't account for the debug menu, so I'm kinda having to feel my way around it and figure out where the sound test is.

I have never ripped an SPC before... ...

2026-03-06T04:37:22Z

I have never ripped an SPC before...

The previous effect was from the Flash Museum series, ...

2026-01-14T23:09:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…ncpg
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The previous effect was from the Flash Museum series, specifically Volume 1 (named "Kagayaki") - this next one is from Volume 2 ("Senkou").

Kagayaki seems to operate on a theme of bursts and explosions while Senkou leans heavily on electricity an light rays. Not entirely sure what this could've been used for, but it would certainly make for quite a background image.

The Flash Museum libraries were released by a company called FLASHBACK Co., Ltd.; and the front covers for the CD cases on both volumes I could find have it proudly written along the bottom: "Photo CD - LICENSE FREE" - you just know these probably ended up being used in a LOT of shit just from that alone.

Perusing archived texture libraries while having a meal... this ...

2026-01-14T22:56:56Z

Perusing archived texture libraries while having a meal... this one looks like a hitspark right out of a fighting game (might have even been used that way, too - this particular library WAS from '95, after all).

Aaannd... DONE! ...

2026-01-04T23:09:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…yaq7
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Aaannd... DONE!

Aside from doing just a smidge of math to recalculate the ...

2026-01-04T23:00:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…zly2
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Aside from doing just a smidge of math to recalculate the positioning on the back wall, the fixes were basically a straight carryover from 16:9 to 4:3... should be safe to keep copying the values from there.

Thank FUCK all of these are built off of the same template... ...

2026-01-04T22:34:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…cley
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Thank FUCK all of these are built off of the same template... mostly... anyway, 16:9's are done, now for the 4:3's, which I could also probably get away with just copying values over from the wide versions, but I MIGHT still need to fine-tune some things.

What impeccable timing - a pounding headache right as I finished ...

2026-01-04T22:17:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…yt43
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What impeccable timing - a pounding headache right as I finished fixing up the parallax and scroll speeds.

Well, whatever. Pop some meds and keep busy.

Turns out, I just needed to adjust a few decimal point values for ...

2026-01-04T20:33:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…7s8y
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Turns out, I just needed to adjust a few decimal point values for the Delta parameters on the offending floor strips... though, now I'm noticing some VERY minor desync on some of the more faraway floor strips, and I can definitely confirm the wall desyncs a bit too.

Undoing the experiment to show why it started in the first place ...

2026-01-04T20:00:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…hmz2
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Undoing the experiment to show why it started in the first place - if you can scroll the camera far enough to either side, the floor strips nearest to the front start to desync their scrolling (and I think the background wall also desyncs, but I haven't seen the full damage of that yet).

I've compensated for the scroll desync by limiting scroll distance to BoundLeft = -500 and BoundRight = 500, which is already fairly large on its own, but I'd like to push the stage bounds even farther out in the future, and the current hurdle to that is sorting out the scroll desync.

Decided I wanted to experiment with this since I haven't ...

2026-01-04T19:14:28Z

Decided I wanted to experiment with this since I haven't touched stage coding in a bit, and...

...
I think I'm developing a very tight understanding of why this floor parallax method required the floor to be broken into horizontal strips.

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2025-12-27T22:33:42Z

As soon as midnight rolled around, motivation tantalized me with ...

2025-12-25T08:26:14Z

As soon as midnight rolled around, motivation tantalized me with a phantom image I had to make as real as my current skillset would allow.

In gloriously time-honored fashion... ...Merry GODDAMN Christmas, ...

2025-12-25T05:02:55Z

In gloriously time-honored fashion...

...Merry GODDAMN Christmas, you magnificent bastards.

Have you tried the prequel hack? It might be up your alley, ...

2025-12-23T22:29:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…vrgk
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Have you tried the prequel hack? It might be up your alley, provided you can deal with ye olde NEStroid's quirks poking through at times.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6618/

"Have you brought me more souls yet?" No. "...have ...

2025-12-23T13:00:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…cfrd
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"Have you brought me more souls yet?"

No.

"...have you brought me more souls yet?"

No.

"... ... ... Have you brought m--"

GODDAMMIT, NO.

Now it's just a matter of rigging the eyelids... or ...

2025-12-23T11:35:27Z

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Now it's just a matter of rigging the eyelids... or attempting to.

This is more or less how the other model's going right now... ...

2025-12-23T09:48:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…jlr0
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This is more or less how the other model's going right now... I'm kinda thinking about making this my first real rigging experiment since it lacks an armature for the eye.

The "homework" suddenly went swinging the other way, and ...

2025-12-23T09:30:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…xskk
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The "homework" suddenly went swinging the other way, and I ended up trying to spruce up the textures on the already-better model instead...

...I'll get back to the other one at some point, I guess.

Time for some self-imposed homework... this might be fun, ...

2025-12-23T07:47:15Z

Time for some self-imposed homework... this might be fun, actually.

MOOD, SUDDENLY ...

2025-12-19T03:25:54Z

MOOD, SUDDENLY

Well, I think I found out what makes this revision so ...

2025-12-18T02:17:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…v40q
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Well, I think I found out what makes this revision so "DX" - this place seems new (or, I don't recall it existing in previous versions, at the very least)... and it's apparently possible to beat the game without ever coming here?

Large optional areas like these tend to be pretty dangerous compared to the rest of the map, so I might want to hit up a save point and hold off on this one...

Before it slips my mind... https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/8109/

2025-12-18T00:22:46Z

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Before it slips my mind...
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/8109/

This Super Metroid hack caught my attention when it first ...

2025-12-18T00:22:01Z

This Super Metroid hack caught my attention when it first released a while back, and I played it to completion... as it happens, an update for it came out fairly recently, and I've been giving that a go for some time, but didn't think to snapshot anything until just now.

It's certainly been a run so far.

Don't know if there's a particular trigger than brings me ...

2025-12-09T22:29:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…cyt2
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Don't know if there's a particular trigger than brings me to this location or if it really is just that damn random, but I don't get to wander up here very often...

...not all that much to do except look at the night sky - nice view, though.

I think I remember this guy! ...don't recall there being two ...

2025-12-09T22:17:54Z

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I think I remember this guy! ...don't recall there being two of him, though.

For reasons I have yet to identify, DuckStation is telling me ...

2025-12-09T21:53:45Z

For reasons I have yet to identify, DuckStation is telling me that I've somehow "never" played LSD despite the fact that I have very obvious emulated memory card evidence to the contrary...

...so I loaded my old save and rectified that.

BOSS TIME! Dance with me, the dance of DiGiorno! ...

2025-12-03T03:48:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…rz8a
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BOSS TIME!

Dance with me, the dance of DiGiorno!

Hey, it's that guy on the TV! ...and he has fully voiced ...

2025-12-03T03:42:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…8rde
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Hey, it's that guy on the TV! ...and he has fully voiced dialogue! Anyway, better get in character...

*AHEM*

So this was all YOUR doing! In the name of Papa John, I demand to know what the Jalapeño is going on here!

Who are you??? ...I feel like we're close to answering this ...

2025-12-03T03:19:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…9z9q
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Who are you??? ...I feel like we're close to answering this question.

A door with a big H on it... Homerun Pizza? Wait, no, that's ...

2025-12-03T03:12:34Z

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A door with a big H on it... Homerun Pizza? Wait, no, that's too obvious.

The ambience up here is... yeah, this place is very final. ...

2025-12-03T03:05:30Z

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The ambience up here is... yeah, this place is very final.

Oh thank fuck, it's over... well, now it's time to ...

2025-12-03T02:58:56Z

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Oh thank fuck, it's over... well, now it's time to finally investigate this thing since there's really nowhere else to go.

Oh, for the love of Little Caesar... ...

2025-12-03T02:38:44Z

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Oh, for the love of Little Caesar...

Another Chizza in the wild! ...

2025-12-03T02:00:28Z

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Another Chizza in the wild!

Domino Dungeon is... a thing... the last thing in the way of ...

2025-12-03T01:23:36Z

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Domino Dungeon is... a thing... the last thing in the way of getting to whatever that is up there.

I could've sworn that wasn't there when I started.

Hello, is this Domino's? ...ah, good, yes - I'd like to ...

2025-12-03T00:21:16Z

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Hello, is this Domino's? ...ah, good, yes - I'd like to order a large pizza -make it deep-dish, if you'd be so kind-, the cheesiest breadsticks you have available, some extra marinara sauce, and your finest damning evidence that reality is just a simulation and everything we know is wrong.

You'll have it here in about 25 minutes? Great! Thanks!

Gentlemen, we've found the Chizza... ...

2025-12-02T22:38:12Z

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Gentlemen, we've found the Chizza...

From tossing coins to tossing pizzas... maybe. I remember trying ...

2025-12-02T21:49:30Z

From tossing coins to tossing pizzas... maybe.

I remember trying to play this on my laptop a few years back, and it just wasn't having any of that shit, so here we are again on desktop.

Viewpoint 2064 isn't above getting nasty very early on... ...

2025-11-26T21:23:07Z

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Viewpoint 2064 isn't above getting nasty very early on... lost one life to the stage boss, lost the rest of them to an obstacle course on the stage immediately after.

Definitely running out of things to snapshot since I'm not making quite as much headway into the game as I was initially.

Had to restart again... oh well - decided this next batch of ...

2025-11-26T21:00:25Z

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Had to restart again... oh well - decided this next batch of snapshots could maybe showcase more of the items that some enemies drop (though you can also find them out in the open on some occasions).

Also, the High Score screen is adorable (I dare say it's right up there with "TOAPLAN FOREVER" in DonPachi... or was it DoDonPachi? Actually, no, I'm reasonably certain it was DonPachi).

Took an extended break from the game to eat lunch... and now, ...

2025-11-26T20:29:49Z

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Took an extended break from the game to eat lunch... and now, back to a bit of bug blasting (if only for a little while).

Could only manage two relatively uneventful snapshots this round because things got more than a tad hectic later on.

Went on a different route from the last run and encountered the ...

2025-11-26T18:10:32Z

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Went on a different route from the last run and encountered the most dangerous butterfly in the cosmos (it chewed through all my lives).

I'm reasonably certain at least a FLAC recording was made of the prototype dump's music, but now that we have this final-ish build, I think a redo is warranted - maybe a proper rip in USF format, assuming that wasn't already the case with the prototype (and maybe a full restoration/remastering using the original instrument sources later on down the line).

Before you can squash enormous bugs, you must first learn about ...

2025-11-26T17:21:19Z

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Before you can squash enormous bugs, you must first learn about them... so I am.

"It does not address any enormous bugs that already exist in ...

2025-11-26T04:25:20Z

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"It does not address any enormous bugs that already exist in this game."

Considering the whole point of the game is blasting enormous bugs to dust, I imagine patching them out would be somewhat antithetical.

Viewpoint 2064 got an English patch - that was fast. ...

2025-11-26T04:20:31Z

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Viewpoint 2064 got an English patch - that was fast.

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/7446/