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Sega in PAL
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I've recently become a Sega Megadrive enthusiast.
For PAL regions in the 80s and 90s, the Nintendo platforms were never as popular as Sega's: poor third party marketing never stood a chance against Sega's hands-on approach. Perhaps the consoles and games were equally coveted between the systems, h...
Magazines, and retro
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My family and I have a history with magazines. I've thrown away and cut up more than I could ever count, and often regretted it. They are a permanent reminder of times past - the few computer gaming magazines I have kept still shock me with 60GBP prices on a Street Fighter 2 cartridge for the Super...
Castlevania, and longevity
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (or SOTN to its dear friends) was released over 15 years ago, and spawned the gametype known as 'metroidvania' - the exploration, items and RPG-like elements of Metroid, fused with the gothic styling of Castlevania. It was, to understate it slightly, fairly well re...
SF2Pal - Street Fighter 2 palette editor
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I've been working on a bunch of Street Fighter 2 stuff in relation to ROM hacking, and one of the tools I was after was an easier way of editing palettes. I know there's the PALMOD tool, but it doesn't output raw ROM data like I want it to - so I wrote one myself with HTML5 canvas.
If you've ever...
5 influential tracks as chosen by Bonobo on the Ninja Tunes podcast
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- Marc Moulin - Aria
- Curtis Mayfield - Right On For The Darkness
- Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon
- Tortoise - Glass Museum
- Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman