PPU Palette Index Output
I‘ve been reading through the NES Wiki in my Free Time, and stumbled upon the PPU Slave Mode.If i Understand, if Slave mode is Enabled, the PPU outputs the Lower 4 bits of the Current Palette Index...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy mountains exploit color fringing
Blaster Master and Journey to Silius are by far not the only games that exploit color fringing in composite video. We can add Final Fantasy for NES to this list. A member of a Discord server pointed...
View ArticlePPU1 VRAM, Discuss the purpose of VA14
Hello fellow SNES passionate people,I am currently studying the SNES PPU and staring at the gorgeous schematics by Jonathon W. Donaldson (https://wiki.superfamicom.org/uploads/s ... _color.pdf).I can...
View ArticleIs a SNES dev tool/kit that doesn't use C possible?
Is it technically possible to make a SNES dev tool/kit that forgoes C and just uses ASM with a very simple and intuitive mostly drop & drag front end UI and UX that would allow casuals to start...
View ArticleRIP ROMhacking.net (RHDN)
I was just strolling through news on rom hacks and I found this update https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=39405Gotta say, this is quite sad. But I suppose all good things always come to...
View ArticleHow are these different effects being shown together?
https://youtu.be/S-gshtiUD80?t=300 (should start at the 5:00 mark)Can someone tell me how the game above is showing a semi-transparent blue map at the same time as the varying-sized white "glow"...
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My Highly-modified, Unmodified NES for 8-player Duck Hunt
I set out on a mission to create the best NES arcade I could assemble. I've also been itching to develop an 8-player simultaneous form of Duck Hunt (4 light guns and 4 controllers). It's been a long...
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Seeking advice repairing a Super C cart
Hi.. I've been trying to fix a Super C cart I recently purchased.The game plays.. but the graphics are jumbled in in portions of the screen.All the traces look good when tested. I've replaced the...
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Pal NES - horizontal rainbow lines
Hi,Finally realised one of my childhood dreams and was able to buy a NES (French PAL one) on Ebay, described as region-free.Problem is, the image looks off. I don’t own a CRT TV and I won’t be able to...
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New SNES Doom version.
Limited Run will release a new SNES Doom : https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/sta ... 6740703719Randy Linden (who now works for Limited Run) has worked on it. They will be using a custom chip instead...
View ArticleRP2A03 Chip Gets Really Hot
I'm troubleshooting an NES-001 that was working great until a lightning strike. I replaced the power/AV module with one from another unit, but when I apply 9v, the RP2A03 chip on the board gets really...
View ArticleNintasm - an NES assembler made in Golang
This is a personal project of mine that I've been working on and have decided to make public.It's an assembler I wrote in Golang. It was certainly interesting to see what goes into making one's own...
View ArticleTrouble uploading screenshots? Under Linux, screenshots go in ~/Pictures
The default web browser under Ubuntu is Firefox in Snap packaging. Because hidden folders often contain saved passwords, private keys, and other very sensitive data, the Snap container blocks programs...
View ArticleSpecial Use Flags?
Does anybody know the exact purpose of any special-use flags in video games? And when would these flags really be needed?For example, the 'DeathMusicLoaded' flag in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario...
View ArticleHow to update Tile ID when prompted?
I've been trying to create a maze-like top-down game where you go around collecting pieces of paper whilst avoiding some monsters, but I'm having trouble updating the tile once the player goes over...
View ArticleRetro Game Forge and SNES development
Well, this has the potential to be a rather big deal for future indie/homebrew SNES development:https://youtu.be/yt2EEBjPdVM?si=mkNtmEnAwaDZDDzz&t=1331If it's as usable as NESmaker for making even...
View ArticleWindows 11 went to the dark side, anyone going Linux?
...a lot of users will no longer be able to run updated Windows as of 14 months from now,[1][2] turning a quarter billion older PCs into electronic waste.[3] Some analysts have suggested desktop Linux...
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NES Advantage IC Replacements?
I have a completely dead NES Advantage and this is what the PCB looks like:It seems like IC1 is totally hosed with a soda from the 80s. Does anyone know what IC1 and IC2 are and if there are any...
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Attercop
In Attercop you play as a small jumping spider attempting to eat enough food to make it to the next season season.Theres a number of hazards and predators you must avoid to survive all four seasons....
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Super Peach & Daisy 3
(I was debating how exactly to release this, but I'm not active anywhere else, and since drama happened at romhacking.net I guess I'm doing it here. I hope I'm not breaking a board rule, but I cannot...
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