chirinea

@chirinea.bsky.social

Vídeo game preservation, ROM hacking, chiptunes; metal; behavior analysis. https://www.youtube.com/chirinea https://videogamebrasileiro.fandom.com/pt-br/wiki/Wiki_Videogame_Brasileiro

I was talking to Mauricio Guerta today and found out who did 20 em 1 for the SEGA Master System. According to him, it was Vitor Eduardo Lace Maganha, who did everything alone in C++, despite being told to do it in C and Assembly. I've already added the credits to his SMS Power! page.

It's #ScreenshotSaturday and here's the title screen for my very first game on the SEGA Master System. It's an adaptation of Hexapawn, by Martin Gardner. I've been coding it using devkitSMS for the last two months or so (even though I began the project more than a year ago.

When I was in highschool a friend lent me a cassette with an album by Celestial Season, and I remember listening to it a lot. One of the songs that really caught my attention was their cover of Vienna by Ultravox. I was listening to that album again today (maybe some 30 years later) and [...]

Today I finished the core gameplay for my very first Master System game. I noticed one interface element needs adjustments, I'll probably make it smaller and add other stuff on screen. I'm excited it works as intended, at least I got rid of all bugs I could find. It's been an awesome experience!