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sleepr@sleeprhit.bsky.social · last wk.

I'll be honest I haven't looked at my feed specifically because of Deltarune Ch. 5 releasing but I haven't been in the mood to actually play Deltarune despite breezing through the first chapter and loving it.

sleepr@sleeprhit.bsky.social · 3w ago

A Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures ROM was found in the raid on Bin Laden's compound. It fails to reach the initial SEGA splash screen in Ares, and crashes BlastEm, but will run in older/less accurate emulators such as Gens/GS r7. Might be a bad dump, since my own No-Intro ROM exhibits no such issues.

"4CDCE441C37C2A1E1FAC2249A79280DF_PACMAN2.SMD", which was found in the CIA's release of various materials from the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. As evidenced by the filename, this is a ROM of "Pac-Man 2 The New Adventures" for the SEGA Genesis that has been hosted on the CIA's website for the past eight years. Surprisingly, it works! ...barely. It is seen running the attract demo in Gens/GS r7 - an outdated SEGA Genesis emulator, which itself is forked from the original Gens. This particular ROM will not run on modern emulators such as Ares or BlastEm, per my own testing. The Gens/GS r7 window is rendered on-top of a browser window displaying "Everything.20171105.hash_index.txt" which accompanies the CIA's "November 2017 Release of Abbottabad Compound Material" - the text "4CDCE441C37C2A1E1FAC2249A79280DF_PACMAN2.SMD" is highlighted. To the right of the Gens/GS r7 window is the ROM opened in the Cygnus hex editor. There, the text "EAGNSS CT1 94AGA-A2", starting at address 00000280, is highlighted. This will be mentioned again. For reference: https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/Everything.20171105.hash_index.txt"Pac-Man 2 - The New Adventures (USA).md" running in Ares. This is a "No-Intro" dump, in the sense that it lines up with metadata found in No-Intro DAT files. (No-Intro is NOT a piracy group.) "No-Intro" ROMs are generally expected to be of high quality. Next to the Ares window, is the same ROM opened in the Cygnus hex editor. Highlighted is the text "SEGA GENESIS (C)T-14 1994.AUGPAC-MAN2", starting at address 00000100. Compared to the ROM discovered in the raid on Bin Laden's Abbottabad compound, this exact text was present there too... albeit starting at a different address (00000280) with every other character skipped over. ("EAGNSS CT1 94AGA-A2") So, "PAC-MAN2" became "A-A2". ("*A*-*A*2") I'm not sure what's going on here, so I am open to perspectives from those more knowledgeable on this subject.
sleepr@sleeprhit.bsky.social · 3w ago

There is evidence to suggest Pac-Man and Super Pac-Man were among the games played at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. "superpac" in the latter's filename suggests MAME was used to emulate; "mame32.exe" was found in the files, though the CIA ensured it could no longer launch as a program.

"94944935E0A20ED711416E6915290960_pacman.png", which was found in the CIA's release of various materials from the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. It is simply a screenshot of the original Pac-Man; whoever took the screenshot has barely started the first round, and in fact it looks like there hasn't been any player input up to this point. (Pac-Man automatically moves to the left at the start of every round.) For reference: https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/Everything.20171105.hash_index.txt
sleepr@sleeprhit.bsky.social · 3w ago

There is evidence to suggest Pac-Man and Super Pac-Man were among the games played at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. "superpac" in the latter's filename suggests MAME was used to emulate; "mame32.exe" was found in the files, though the CIA ensured it could no longer launch as a program.

"94944935E0A20ED711416E6915290960_pacman.png", which was found in the CIA's release of various materials from the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. It is simply a screenshot of the original Pac-Man; whoever took the screenshot has barely started the first round, and in fact it looks like there hasn't been any player input up to this point. (Pac-Man automatically moves to the left at the start of every round.) For reference: https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/Everything.20171105.hash_index.txt"01FBE15F6725B907C2792DAD6507202A_superpac.png", which was found in the CIA's release of various materials from the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. This one is a screenshot of Super Pac-Man. This bears similarities to the previous, original Pac-Man screenshot in that it appears no player input has been made on the very first round of the game. Only here, Pac-Man is mid-death after having been caught by one of the ghosts. (Once again, Pac-Man automatically moves to the left at the start of every round.) For reference: https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/Everything.20171105.hash_index.txt"0D098CB7F9270ABDDF8AE2FA11BB52B9_mame32.exe" opened in Cygnus, a hex editor. Underwhelmingly but perhaps unsurprisingly, the file has effectively been redacted, as all of its data is now dedicated to storing just this message: "The contents of this file have been removed because it either contains malware, is an operating system file, executable, corrupted, or was converted to a PDF file. Converted PDF files are listed in the Converted Documents section of the Abbottabad Compound website ( https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/ )."
sleepr@sleeprhit.bsky.social · 4w ago

On the subject of Fortnite it's really funny that I know people who engage with it that are pissed off at PlayStation. As if Fortnite, a monetized product on which people have spent ungodly amounts, can't easily lock you out of any amount of content it feels like by virtue of being always online.

Rob Roberts@robroberts.bsky.social · last mo.

A reminder that if this age verification bullshit comes for you, a strength of bluesky vs X is that you can use third party clients who fly under the radar of these laws (one goes down, three more will pop up) and log in / use your account just like you do here (but app may be different)

Client - Bluesky Directory

Alternative clients for Bluesky

blueskydirectory.com

Bluesky Safety@safety.bsky.app · last mo.

Texas passed an age assurance law that requires Bluesky to verify the age of users. This law was paused by a judge and then unpaused by an appeals court, so we are preparing to comply. If you saw an age assurance notice today, that's why. Read about the law here: ccianet.org/news/2026/05...

sleepr@sleeprhit.bsky.social · 4w ago

Give me your face. I am not asking. You Will Give me your face. Very Nice. Do you have kids? You Will Give me their faces. All of you. Show me your hands. Obedient, good. Open your mouths. You Will Do As I Say. Nicely done. I control you like I control Fortnite. You will be a chatbot in Fortnite.

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