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What's the state of Genesis homebrew versus other consoles? Is there much of an active community? I can't seem to find many resources online, especially any that are recently updated.

Any links or info are appreciated.

It's one of those games where, if you have power-ups, it's not too difficult, but once you die once, you're basically screwed for the rest of the game.

I was playing through this game recently and was impressed by some of its special effects (not to mention that the game is a pretty solid isometric shooter in its own right). There are two effects in particular that I wanted to point out. This youtube clip contains both: - Around 1:55, the backgroun...

Nice work so far. I subscribed to your RSS feed. Looking forward to watching your progress.

Thanks, Disch. This is great for the slow learners like me.

blargg, what is OAM? I can't seem to find an answer in the wiki.

Awesome. Thank you!

So, assuming I don't mind the visual output being the same every time the program is executed, I could set my own seed value and still have it run its course.

How about a continually incrementing counter variable that would be 'polled' at various intervals, whose value would then be used as a tile selection? Although then I suppose the interval would need to be random. I'm stumped. I'm trying to avoid any user interaction, so using the controller is out f...

I'm working on a graphics demo and I want to have a 'random' pattern tile update a 'random' section of my nametable. So, am I correct that the pattern data will choose from one of 256 possibilities and the nametable data will choose from one of 960? I understand how to update the nametable and redra...

Yes, I compiled your provided source, so I think the binary is working fine. I suppose there was something wrong with my code (which I really can't figure out), but I've since gotten another source to compile with no errors. It's just an adaptation of one of blargg's tutorials (to print 'Hello World...

This is a continuation of a previous thread: http://nesdev.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=4812&start=0 I downloaded XCode, opened a standard tool, compiled, and got a working binary. I run the binary in Terminal on a sample .asm file, which works properly, but I'm "Illegal Instruction" warnin...

Regarding comment #3, I meant that it frequently 'unlocks' from turret mode without me releasing the A+B buttons. Meaning, I intend to stay in that mode, but I suddenly glide in a particular direction.

You might still want to keep Windows. Though you can do some stuff on the Mac OS X, it seems that there aren't really any good emulators with debuggers on the Mac. There's FCEUX, but it is only command line, and I haven't figured out how to configure input on it, so that I can actually play a game....

I tested on the PowerPak and everything appears to work properly. I'm a big Geometry Wars fan and I think you have a really nice start here. Suggestions: 1. The way your ship continues to glide after you've pressed in a direction is tough to handle. I don't believe the ship in the 360 version handle...