Thumbnail artwork I drew for the Transparency Boo Klonoa video, paraphrasing Spring Scattering Stars by Edwin Blashfield. Give the video a watch, I worked very long and hard on it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AR...

💍NEW VIDEO!💍 Come with us on a dreamlike journey in this 6 HOUR extravaganza where we explore Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and beyond. [With closed captions] www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AR...

Farewell Phantomile | A Klonoa Analysis

YouTube video by Transparency Boo

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Here's my very first game for the SEGA Master System, Hexapawn. It was entirely develoed by me in C using devkitSMS. I learned a lot while doing it and I hope to do some more games in the near future. chirinea.itch.io/hexapawn

Hexapawn by chirinea

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Delighted to have had the motivating excuse to set time aside to finally play and beat Klonoa. Brilliant game, really great themes. Highly recommend! Can't wait for the video

Transparency@transparency.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you've got no other plans, this weekend would make a great opportunity to play through Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. It might be your last chance before the video drops! 👀

If you've got no other plans, this weekend would make a great opportunity to play through Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. It might be your last chance before the video drops! 👀

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.

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

This is the Amnesty International report on the anti-rights groups. These anti-rights groups have immediately engaged in lawfare to bury this report. *be a shame if people kept sharing it. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w ago

Amnesty International has expressed its 'regret' over a report naming dozens of gender-critical campaign groups as 'anti-rights' organisations

I have been working on this game with a real proper translation for quite some time now. This whole thing has just been a slap to my face for all the time and effort I've put into making something great for this great game. This person gives zero F's about this game; they just chose it because.

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!

🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

New Klonoa Video Update! TLDR; we'll release it this month (probably)! Please be excited! 👻 www.patreon.com/transparens/...

Klonoa Video Update #13 | Kiki & Alicia

I'll cut straight to the point this time – the end is at the horizon. We've been working on this project for a long time, but we're happy t

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Gamers Don't Understand Story

Narrative is more than cutscenes and dialogue boxes.

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Jordan Minor@jordanwminor.bsky.social · last mo.

critics not wanting to engage with the idea that the mechanics are the point tho is so real though. i'd argue that goes beyond even hyper-difficult or niche systems-driven games, too. I think "the mechanics are the point" is nearly every Nintendo game for example

16 colors!!

PC-98 Bot@pc98bot.gang-fight.com · 2mo ago

Marine Rouge // Discovery // PC-98

gonna keep reposting this until the UK government stops harming and killing trans children and young people. please consider donating, if you can. anything helps. your money gets doubled and these kids need us right now

Moonstone Island@moonstonegame.bsky.social · 2mo ago

To celebrate Pride and our wonderful community, Moonstone Island will be MATCHING YOUR DONATIONS to Mermaids, a UK charity that supports trans youth! What you can do: 1. Go to mermaidsuk.org.uk?form=donate 2. Donate! 3. Show us your donation receipt and we'll match it 💕

The STCTP community has recently begun an initiative to FINALLY produce new hi-res scans of Fleetway's Sonic the Comic, straight from the original issues, complete with ALL the pages, including ads, compos, pin-ups and more! Check them out, and join up if you want to help contribute! stcscans.zone

Sonic the Comic Rescan Project | High-Quality Fleetway STC Scans

Download high-resolution, complete 600 DPI scans of Fleetway's Sonic the Comic. The ultimate STC archive for fans, preserving every issue and special.

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Have you tried our Sega Master System conversion of Konami's Road Fighter yet? It's been described as slightly easier than the arcade (which is very hard IMO) but still a challenge.

Road Fighter - SEGA Master System (Homebrew)

YouTube video by BadComputer

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The best time to boycott Xbox and Microsoft was when BDS called for it, the next best time is now. Focused, targeted boycotts work, this one is working, and all you got to do to support it is go play other games. Literally the least you could do in this moment in history

BDS movement@bdsmovement.bsky.social · 10mo ago

But this win means our collective pressure is working. Palestinians call for increased global BDS and shareholder pressure until Microsoft adheres to international law and ends all complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes.

I'll be really glad to see it too. Seeing a well-tuned SMS game punching well above its 8-bit weight is a thing of wonder. There's a really passionate and active homebrew and new commercial game scene for the SMS producing a lot of cool stuff. Flight of Pigarus is easily my most-played SMS game.

megadrivers@megadrivers.coolpics.biz · 2mo ago

lowkey a lot of people are about to reassess the Master System because of Cuphead and yes. YES.

"Mighty Cuphead Adventure" in development for Sega Master System (and modern platforms) by Studio MDHR (original dev studio) ! 👀

Mighty Cuphead Adventure | Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Studio MDHR

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Honestly, the cloying desperation to find a perfect definition that will exclude trans women from legible, legitimate womanhood has in and of itself demonstrated (almost as well as any materialist feminist can) that sex is social, mutable, and a regime of violent policing.

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

since apparently JKR is spouting nonsense about "gametes" again, here is my in depth primer on why anti-trans groups have become so obsessed with gametes & why the actual science does not support their claims (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-gend...

the ModestMapper is now 'officially' released 😅 see https://github.com/sverx/ModestMapper #SEGA #MasterSystem #openhardware #cartridge #8bit #retrodev #retro #videogames #homebrew

Wow, Ashes to Ashley is already two years old! Since then she's ingrained herself so much in my being that I don't even know who I was before that. Hopefully I'll have more time to draw comics this year.

We were correct, but no one wanted to listen. The Tiresias of our time, shepherds without a herd. You didn't want to believe, and now you live in disbelief.

Transparency@transparency.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The final chapter of our Star Fox video is so grim in hindsight. We knew exactly what was coming.

I recently designed a slot-1 + slot-2 (SEGA mapper) cartridge for the #SEGA #MasterSystem and I just received them. Well... it was a success *and* a failure, and you can read my post on SMS Power! forum here […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Joy is necessary, even now. Especially now. Terranigma taught me to love this world, and still choose to burn brightly despite it's evils. #blog #gaming #retro

Joy Despite it All

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Road Fighter won the SMS Power coding competition! Thanks again to Chirinea for teaming up. There were a lot of great entries this year. Now we have to think of something for next year. #mastersystem #homebrew

BadComputer@badcomputer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our remake of Road Fighter for SEGA Master System/Mark III is now available to play. Download for free below. www.smspower.org/Homebrew/Roa... #mastersystem #homebrew

Decided to put together a little video for those curious to compare the opening of the original #MegaDrive "El Viento" from WolfTeam to the new #MasterSystem #homebrew by @lunoka.eurosky.social You can download the ROM here www.smspower.org/Homebrew/ElV... #Sega #retrogaming #Genesis #gaming #retro

Kaptajnen@kaptajnen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Got another neat #homebrew for ya' This one is the opening to #WolfTeam 's "El Viento" converted from the #Sega #MegaDrive to #MasterSystem by @lunoka.eurosky.social And I have to admit, it's a very faithful recreation ROM www.smspower.org/Homebrew/ElV... #retrogaming #gaming #SMS #gamedev #retro