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Retrocomputing / Infosec / RF / Electronics / Programming / Demoscene / Generalist | He/Him | EN/FI/SE/C/Python/JS Widely interested in all things tech. Reviving old tech. Posts are my own. https://northsky.sgi.sh | https://sudenluola.org

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Syndicate Wars Fan Expansion, or syndwarsfx, is an open source reverse engineered port of Syndicate Wars to modern platforms.
Release 0.3.8.3283 happened this past Halloween.
github.com/swfans/syndw...

09.11.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steam Curator: Rad Codex Tactics RPG Developer. Creator of Kingsvein, Horizon's Gate, Voidspire Tactics, and Alvora Tactics.

Those getting their teeth into Final Fantasy Tactics this month, don't miss out on Rad Codex's RPGs, especially Horizon's Gate.

All of his games have a very FFT-inspired combat engine/class system. Horizon's Gate pairs that with an open-world age of sail sandbox story and TONS of mods to boot.

03.10.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Incredible! Weโ€™re thrilled to share that Threads of Time has now surpassed 350,000 wishlists on Steam. Thank you all for the amazing support!

01.10.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 128    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Started out with the original Gran Turismo on PSX. Led to my lifelong love of Japanese domestic market cars. ๐Ÿฅฐ

20.09.2025 08:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
You Should Emulate Game Boy Graphics, Here's Some Help
YouTube video by System of Levers You Should Emulate Game Boy Graphics, Here's Some Help

If you need more encouragement building your #GameBoy emulator I have another video for you, this time it's about building the graphics system

Good luck!

youtu.be/HjKNON3YHfY

19.09.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - ubicloud/ubicloud: Open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services. Open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services. - ubicloud/ubicloud

TIL, ubicloud is an open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services github.com/ubicloud/ubi...

10.08.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Pokemon Violet runs so good on it, like a new game ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Same with many other Switch 1 games even if they did not get a Switch 2 patch

07.06.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really looking forward to Arceus being patched

06.06.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Left page top, the side profile of the Toshiba portable computer, showing power port and 3.5" floppy drive. Left page bottom, statistics ("17.0 pounds, 16 MHz 386SX with 20387SX-16 coprocessor socket...") and a view of the expansion options ("one full-length, one half-length... [and] three dedicated internal expansion slots"). Right page top, the portable opened up, showing full mechanical keyboard with keypad, an amber monochrome 640x480 plasma screen, and system status lights worked into the monitor case. The bottom right includes ad copy ("The new Toshiba T3200SX. Take it. See how far you can go.") and company slogal ("In Touch with Tomorrow: TOSHIBA.").

Left page top, the side profile of the Toshiba portable computer, showing power port and 3.5" floppy drive. Left page bottom, statistics ("17.0 pounds, 16 MHz 386SX with 20387SX-16 coprocessor socket...") and a view of the expansion options ("one full-length, one half-length... [and] three dedicated internal expansion slots"). Right page top, the portable opened up, showing full mechanical keyboard with keypad, an amber monochrome 640x480 plasma screen, and system status lights worked into the monitor case. The bottom right includes ad copy ("The new Toshiba T3200SX. Take it. See how far you can go.") and company slogal ("In Touch with Tomorrow: TOSHIBA.").

Buy a portable and get a desktop free.

03.06.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 133    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

the repositories are accessible both on HTTP and HTTPS for maximum compatibility with the old hardware. Not expecting HTTPS to work on the actual devices without significant amount of work.

02.06.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Repository of Ancient Data

I am hosting a mirror of old #maemo APT repositories and maemo tooling for obsolete #Nokia Internet Tablets #N770 / #N800 / #N810 / #N900. I have not had time to test them myself so would appreciate feedback on whether they work on the actual devices.

repository.sudenluola.org

#retrocomputing

02.06.2025 06:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This much cool should be illegal

27.05.2025 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4437    ๐Ÿ” 569    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
Revision Main Stream โ€“ Revision 2025 Streaming Revision 2025

Opening Ceremony is Live!

#Revision2025

(also you can just open this cdn.c3voc.de/hls/revision... through VLC or whatever)

18.04.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 50% on Cassette Beasts on Steam Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG, now with online multiplayer mode. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beastsโ€™ Fusion System to create unique ...

Ah, I missed that the big update for Cassette Beasts is out! Adds a new party member with a personal quest that continues after the main story's end.

Still the best indie creature-collector game, and with an amazing soundtrack. So many vocal battle themes...

11.04.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enter the world of โ€œGeGeGe no Kitaroโ€ at this yokai-themed cafe in Chofu! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿต A tribute to Shigeru Mizukiโ€™s iconic manga, itโ€™s full of quirky treats and nostalgic charm. A must-visit for fans of Japanese spirits and classic manga!

12.04.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pixel art of the Final Fantasy 7 title screen as if it were on the Gameboy Color. The FF7 logo is visible up top with the buster sword in the middle of the image and the words, Press Start bellow. At the bottom is fake copyright information

Pixel art of the Final Fantasy 7 title screen as if it were on the Gameboy Color. The FF7 logo is visible up top with the buster sword in the middle of the image and the words, Press Start bellow. At the bottom is fake copyright information

Gameboy Color styled pixel art mockup of the Final Fantasy 7 world map from a top down view. Cloud is wantering the map with Midgar visible in the top left corner on a patch of scorched ground. To the right grassy feilds and the town of Kalm visible near the shore. At the bottom are some mountains and in the bottom right corner a mini map.

Gameboy Color styled pixel art mockup of the Final Fantasy 7 world map from a top down view. Cloud is wantering the map with Midgar visible in the top left corner on a patch of scorched ground. To the right grassy feilds and the town of Kalm visible near the shore. At the bottom are some mountains and in the bottom right corner a mini map.

Gameboy Color styled pixel art mockup of the Final Fantasy 7 world map from a perspective view. I had this idea that you could switch between top down and a Mode7 esque view. I was going to animate this transition but ran out of steam.

Cloud is wantering the map with Midgar visible in the top left corner on a patch of scorched ground. To the right grassy feilds and the town of Kalm visible near the shore. At the bottom are some mountains and in the bottom right corner a mini map. Up top is a clear sky with a few clouds.

Gameboy Color styled pixel art mockup of the Final Fantasy 7 world map from a perspective view. I had this idea that you could switch between top down and a Mode7 esque view. I was going to animate this transition but ran out of steam. Cloud is wantering the map with Midgar visible in the top left corner on a patch of scorched ground. To the right grassy feilds and the town of Kalm visible near the shore. At the bottom are some mountains and in the bottom right corner a mini map. Up top is a clear sky with a few clouds.

Gameboy Color styled pixel art mockup of Final Fantasy 7 on GBC. The scene shows the chocobo race with cloud in the middle of the scene and 2 opponents behind and one in front. Cloud is currently in 2nd place. In the distance some aurora borealis can be seen as well as some houses, mountains and some pink monster structure on the horrizon.

Gameboy Color styled pixel art mockup of Final Fantasy 7 on GBC. The scene shows the chocobo race with cloud in the middle of the scene and 2 opponents behind and one in front. Cloud is currently in 2nd place. In the distance some aurora borealis can be seen as well as some houses, mountains and some pink monster structure on the horrizon.

Last year I started playing (and sadly not finishing) FF7, and I got thinking about how Square during their PS era would still release games on Nintendo handhelds, and then I had a wild idea. What if FF7 wasn't so succesfull so they had to make a GBC version? #pixelart #gameboy #finalfantasy7

23.03.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 143    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Iris Indigo Coffee machine. Genuine product, distributed by SiliconGraphics Germany.

Iris Indigo Coffee machine. Genuine product, distributed by SiliconGraphics Germany.

Good morning! โ˜•

(This is not a blasphemy mod. It was a product sold by SiliconGraphics in Germany. There is even a spec sheet for the Espressigo. Ask google if you don't believe me)

13.03.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
How Does Epyx Fastload Make Loading Faster on a Commodore 64?
Commodore History (YouTube) How Does Epyx Fastload Make Loading Faster on a Commodore 64?

How did Epyx Fastload, one of the best selling carts on the C64 work? Commodore History has the investigation - and a really clever illustration of how serial buses networked when all you had was 8 bit bytes. (Check out the original dev in the comments!)

03.03.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The PCB underside of a rad expansion for the commodore 64

The PCB underside of a rad expansion for the commodore 64

The top of a rad expansion showing an rpi zero and some logic ics

The top of a rad expansion showing an rpi zero and some logic ics

Game changer.
From the same dev as SIDkick Pico.
Cheap, easy build. Very versatile.
REU + geoRAM + lots more. #C64
github.com/frntc/RAD?ta...

03.03.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineersโ€™ Story IEEE.ORG

They wanted to make the world's best video game. They made the world's best selling computer.

03.03.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Nokia N950 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N...

28.02.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is probably the rarest device that I own. The #Nokia N950 Developer Kit. Many times I wonder what could've been if #meego & #maemo had won in the smartphone operating system wars.

Loved the qwerty keyboard on this and the other Nokias of the era!

#MobileLinux #retrocomputing

28.02.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My first was Pokemon Red when it was released and I chose Bulbasaur back in the day. My all-time favorite Pokemon is Snorlax. ๐Ÿ˜…

28.02.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NESbag 2 NESbag is a tool that lets you distribute your NES game as a standalone application.

Hey lovely people. First update for NESbag 2 is here! Version 2.1.0, with the most requested feature: You can now set the displayed game name yourself.

Thanks for downloading so far! ๐Ÿ˜

www.eastpixel.de/nesbag/

#NES #NESdev #FAMICOM #indienes #homebrew #indiegames #gamedev #NESbag #NESbag2

25.02.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Galarian Corsola, good times in PvP

25.02.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Molded Clear Case for Apple Macintosh Mac SE/30 Revised custom designed transparent rear case for the Apple Macintosh SE and SE/30

The campaign is live! Get your clear Macintosh SE or SE/30 case today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mac...

21.02.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Discounty key art showing a lively town scene in front of the discounty store.

Discounty key art showing a lively town scene in front of the discounty store.

Discounty screenshot showing a fully stocked store filled with customers.

Discounty screenshot showing a fully stocked store filled with customers.

Discounty screenshot showing the player character checking out an elderly female customer at the cash register.

Discounty screenshot showing the player character checking out an elderly female customer at the cash register.

Discounty screenshot showing a bus driving down a road in town.

Discounty screenshot showing a bus driving down a road in town.

Is Bluesky worth it for promoting cozy/wholesome games?

We haven't had quite as much success here as on the Other Place...but I think it's nicer here and I want to stay โ˜บ๏ธ

If our game looks like your cup of tea, could you please like & share this?

More info in ๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

20.02.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 731    ๐Ÿ” 236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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Iโ€™m George Takei and I approve of this message.

19.02.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144662    ๐Ÿ” 30147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2304    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1522
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Robot Unicorn Attack Adult Swim (Internet Archive)

While there were endless runners before it, and countless iterations of the endless runner after it, one of the first in the genre was Robot Unicorn Attack.

18.02.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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