Displaced Gamers

Hmm. Thinking about non-synthetic benchmarks for graphics in DOS on a 486. If you wanted to put some graphics-intensive or VBE titles through their paces to bench your graphics card, what would you run? DOOM, Fastdoom, Duke Nukem 3D. Quake (yikes). Maybe Descent 2? Hmm. What else?

The Macintosh version's graphics were taken from what Japan did for the PC-9801 port in 1990.

I haven’t played the SNES version, but it is a a different game with added content.

Well... If you want to have this type of discussion, the Super Nintendo version is the visually superior version of Prince of Persia.

Wait. Does the Mac version run at a higher framerate than the original game on Apple II/PC? Those were designed for 12 fps.

I suppose they did redo the art rather than use the rotoscoped work, huh? I've only seen screenshots of the Mac version.

Low lighting in the room, a CRT, and some DOS gaming. Photos cannot do this setup justice.

YouTube video by Displaced Gamers The Jumpy Scrolling and Graphical Glitches of NES Commando - Behind the Code

Have you ever played Commando on the NES?
Ever notice how the scrolling seems to jump and jitter as you move up the screen?

WHY does it do that!?

Let's find out! New Behind the Code:
youtu.be/OauZmS0Klxw

Image showing similarities in control & behaviour between the regular vehicles in Pilotwings SNES and their bonus counterparts

Bonus stage placement (when using the Debug mode hacked into Pilotwings)

Back on the topic of Pilotwings, even without looking into the code, we can see how the regular vehicles and the "bonus" characters likely reuse code w/ similar/identical controls, propulsion, viewpoints, etc. (Bonus stages can also be accessed by hacking the Debug mode back into the game.)

Pilotwings (US or J) using Action Replay code 7E0CAB02 to enable jetpack controls but with a helicopter. It's only missing the changing viewing angle of the unreleased Dragonfly... and of course enemies that shoot back at you

I feel ppl don't give SNES Pilotwings much thought, but it's one of my most-played games. I would love to transform the game into what it once was, the unreleased Dragonfly. We can get a taste in the heli stage (108048) using Action Replay code 7E0CAB02- you get zippy dragonfly controls and missiles

I spent a bunch of time getting this juuuuust right. It's the ending of a video I'm working on. Since it's at the very end it'll probably be seen by like 20% of viewers

I was working on it instead of doing the more impactful but super boring task of going through the video to add visuals and b-roll

By Grabthar’s Hammer… what a discourse.

We need a "Jeff's sick builds" YT channel.

YouTube video by Retro Repair Roundup Displayed Gamers - Retro Repair Roundup 91

I don't want to alarm you or anything, but we've got @displacedgamers.bsky.social on this Sunday's Retro Repair Roundup!

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Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

So many thoughts - I cannot express them in so few words. Feeling the loss of people we've never met demonstrates the impact they've had. Sometimes we don't realize it until after they leave us.

Thank you for The Computer Chronicles, Stewart Cheifet.

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Early title to Journey to Silius: Operation SSS

Magazine screenshots of Journey to Silius when it was being planned as a Terminator game

An early mockup of the cinemas for SSS, taken from Sunsoft's dev FDS disks

Sunsoft's Journey to Silius (0/13) I posted this on other social media a long time ago, so I think it's time for a refresh:
SSS: The title used in the time between The Terminator and Journey to Silius

Unused boss tiles in stage 3 of Journey to Silius

Journey to Silius ([new thread] 7/13): OK, I don't see how this unused mech-brain boss of Stage 3 fit into the Terminator concept, but it's really interesting. Tile arrangements are just my guess as to how it fit together.

Here’s to hoping there is just a passive component that is broken and has been easily overlooked. Good luck.

🎉BIG NEWS🎉

Super Sunny World, my NES platformer, is entering the final stages of development!

So, it's time for a PRIVATE BETA!

If you would like to give feedback and log bugs, please sign up using this link!

Beta Testing will being the new year!

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Is there a GeForce 4 TI series bad RAM club, or should I start one?

So I found another GeForce4 ti 4200 for a great price at a local surplus store. Gave it a dice roll.

… and now I have two cards with problems. Haha… ha.

YouTube video by viti95 FastDoom dual screen (Hercules + VGA) dev build. Real-time automap on DOS.

So here is what I am thinking…

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Also, here's a glimpse at my rotoscoping process... #LUNARK #pixelart

Chunky, but 60 fps 3d possible with colors and transparency on bare metal Megadrive #SGDK #BlastEm

I think so… those grating strings and percussion were so annoying that I think I was always rushed to start or load a game if I forgot to mute.

And of course lvl 1 starts with that low bass that is much more welcome.

I had one of these when it was new. The 15-pin version would go nuts after a few minutes of gameplay - perhaps because my PCI soundcard only had 3.3v on the joystick port? (Who knows)

I replaced it with a USB version released later that was still a 15-pin joystick but included a USB adapter dongle.

YouTube video by Bits und Bolts Voodoo2 Cards Are Dying! Do This Before It's Too Late!

Fascinating.

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Illustration showing horizontally where NES and PCE/TG16 start their active pixel areas

I was switching between Famicom & PCE/TG16 games and was annoyed at how PCE screens were shifted to the left compared to Fami. So I did some measurements: the Fami's active pixels start ~7.6us after the end of HSync while the PCE's can be 7.0us (early) or 8.47us (late), but never the same as Fami :/

The same thing happened to me with my copy of Legend of Valkyrie years ago. Cleaning multiple times did nothing. I still need to replace it.