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by gxd 2y ago
They could be about modern retro games and modern retro synth music (Adlib, SID, PSG audio etc) - and by that I mean games and music targeting the classic platforms but made today. A single 3.5" floppy won't fit many games, but it
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by gxd 2y ago
That's why some people see the C language as "portable assembly". I think C is at its best when you want Assembly-like memory addressing flexibility but don't want to deal with instruction-set specific idiosyncrasies.
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by gxd 2y ago
This discussion contains well argued points about the 6502 vs other instruction sets. Does anyone know of resources/books that I could read that would help me have a more informed opinion on the pros/cons of each instruction set?
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by gxd 2y ago
Thank you for the great links! It can be really hard to get accurate emulation with a somewhat loosely defined, high level VM such as some of your examples. If it's that small and simple, programmers might accidentally create a depende
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by gxd 2y ago
I had never heard of it, so I went to find out more. Yes, I think it's the same philosophy. Very cool project. Unfortunately, it seems that they went against the project's very principle by inventing a new language, new VM and too
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by gxd 2y ago
Completely agree and I'll go a bit further. I see old consoles and computers as the only VMs that will last. In 500 years, assuming we all survive, I believe it's more likely that code targeting the NES will be runnable than code
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by gxd 2y ago
I'm doing it right now. I left my job and created a game company during my sabbatical ( https://galantrix.com ). Feel free to drop by the company's Discord if you want to chat. I don't know what to expect going forw
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by gxd 2y ago
Cool! I've coded for the Gameboy Advance in the past, it's very fun to write software for well-documented and feature-rich hardware that also have rock solid debugging tools. By picking the DS, the author might also have ensured h
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by gxd 2y ago
I think GW-BASIC is a better introduction to programming than Python. Its limited power is an advantage for teaching and learning. Python is a much better language for solving real-world problems, but the student doesn't always underst
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by gxd 2y ago
I was obsessed with manuals back in the day too. Computer manuals were a gateway to a new world of possibilities and techno-fantasy. In my young mind, it was the 80s/90s version of the portal to Narnia.
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by gxd 2y ago
The Spectrum was my first computer. I grew up in Latin America, where the Spectrum was popular, and I have such fond memories. BASIC is available within a couple of seconds and it has an incredible selection of games. Speaking of games... I
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by gxd 2y ago
I started a game company and now working on our first game after leaving my FAANG job on a sabbatical: https://www.galantrix.com/blog/
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by gxd 2y ago
Oftentimes, when you see someone proposing "just save 70% by installing open source XYZ", they are thinking like an individual and not a business. Fast-moving startups and medium businesses in areas with high cost of labor can sav
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by gxd 2y ago
Too little, too late. As the owner of a game company, I cannot trust Unity for my business, it's too much risk. A new CEO looking for a fat short term bonus could bankrupt me (as it there weren't enough risks as it is).
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by gxd 2y ago
Have you considered donating them to the Internet Archive? They can take your collection and make it available to the whole world. https://help.archive.org/help/media-types-for-donations/
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by gxd 2y ago
Every generation says that music is getting worse, but I think it's actually getting better. While in the past people were confined to whatever music was played on the radio, or available in the local record store, now it's possib
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by gxd 2y ago
The ZX Spectrum was my first computer. Sure, I'm nostalgic for the games, but what I truly miss was the feeling of having what was then a fairly sophisticated device while being able to fully understand it. Nowadays, with the one gaz
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by gxd 2y ago
VR is interesting; we think we want VR, and we probably do, but this is like saying we wanted airliners before we actually had the technology to build one. Most recent VR headsets feel, relatively speaking, like those crazy early flying con
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by gxd 2y ago
Cool! I'd like to see now an even smaller PS5 - preferably as small as the XBOX S. I find the PS5 Slim still somewhat bulky, although it's no longer a major problem like the original.
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by gxd 2y ago
I always loved the design of the Connection Machine... So much that I was inspired by it for creating the very first screen for my company's new game: https://www.galantrix.com/blog/20240830/
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by gxd 2y ago
Godot is excellent, and I believe it will be the "Blender of game making" in 5 years or so. Version 4 is ready for prime time and is able to tackle most indie projects. Where Unity beats Godot is in the "Triple I" and &q
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by gxd 2y ago
For a minute there I thought I had written your message and forgot about it. It resonates strongly with how I feel. Infocom, the leading maker of the text adventures you talk about, used to advertise that the brain is the most powerful grap
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by gxd 2y ago
Good job! Isn't it technically a Console RPG? For a minute I thought you had created an RPG where interaction was through command-line commands, like "rpg /attack:troll" with some sort of persistent process storing sta
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by gxd 2y ago
As they say, "I'm too poor to afford cheap things". In the business world, that corresponds to "we can't afford to hire inexpensive, unqualified labor".
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by gxd 2y ago
I don't think this is the core of the concern, other aspects are much worse IMHO. For instance, the article says "Microsoft positions its Copilot tool as a way to make users more creative and productive by capturing all the human
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by gxd 2y ago
There is no reason to get the original unless you're a committed retrocomputing enthusiast or collector (I am a retro games collector and decided against getting an original anyway). You can get an exceptional emulation experience usin
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by gxd 2y ago
A basic understanding of SQL is one of the most useful skills a software Engineer can have. Sooner or later, you will get to face a database system that requires it, either for actual application development or for data mining. Even if you