Nicole Express

of course the whole reason to make your own video games is to make sure you never have to play anyone else's ever again

I can't in good conscience stay on this website anymore, and honestly, I can't help but judge any of you who do either. Elon Musk is a terrible person who is promoting ideologies that will get people killed. Goodbye, Twitter, and go fuck yourselves

vectrex28.itch.io/the-great-fumo… My first PC Engine homebrew's live! Don't expect much, just getting my feet wet on the system. It's a dumb memegame made for a friend of mine who loves Touhou, from a joke on the Metroid Discord :P Coverart by @King_Flowers_, PCE tune by @SuperJet_Spade

@RetroRGB With a PC-FX GA, of course, you can use a floppy disk

Do you own a PCFX? If yes, you'll definitely want to check this out: retrorgb.com/pc-fx-non-vola…

Added PCB Scans of the IGS PGM3 to my website! I will be adding more.. I just have to go through the rest and pick the best scans. Another big thank you to @clintkolodziej for sharing all his PGM3 scans and information igspgm.com/pgm3/index.htm

For some reason I feel like pointing out that you can find me on the fediverse at @nicole" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bitbang.social/@nicole Whether it's fediverse or bluesky, I really like the model of decentralized social media and want it to catch on more-- shout-out to server admin @ActionRetro1

Experimenting with a comparison of Juno First on MAME to my core to see how well they stay in sync (subject to my simultaneous button pressing skills). Looks pretty much spot on😁 But I hadn't realised how deterministic it is, despite all the times I've played the first wave!

@DamienMcFerran I think my messages are open; what's up?

@Duey0x0 ah I don't have an NES or a Famiclone but I did test it on the FPGA-based AVS!

@nicole_express would be cool to test it on nes fpga and famicom clone

New blog post! A look at krikzz's new RGB Blaster product. Getting RGB video from the Famicom without any mods-- is it really possible? nicole.express/2023/that-blas…

As a follow on to my prior tweet, they have one a VARKON at Galloping Ghost if you’re interested in playing it. It’s essentially a vertical pinball machine in an upright arcade cabinet, it’s freaking amazing IMO. #pinball #arcade

@artur @neobluemax Yeah I definitely don't think reverse-engineering the BIOS is impossible, I'm just curious what sorts of tradeoffs they've made and what edge-cases are handled, because I'm often curious about that sort of thing

@neobluemax @nicole_express There is no way they're using original BIOS files. What they're claiming isn't impossible, nor without precedent - Magic Engine did this 20 years ago. Polymega also does this without using original BIOS. Perhaps it is naive, but Kevtris' body of work speaks for itself IMO.

Looking at the Analogue page, I see they claim that "Analogue Duo does not operate utilizing any bios files from any other entities." I wonder then, have they reverse-engineered the whole PCE CD BIOS? I wonder what their compatibility rate is

@FG_Software A-Train only works with the Japanese System Card 3.0 BIOS; even the US Super System Card BIOS or the LaserActive BIOS fail

@nicole_express What's up with A-Train? I know about Juuouki (Only works with a specific early Syscard) and the TiddyCard for the CD games (Only works with HW with internal Super CD Rom² capabilities)...

@Shentok_ I like that they put the pinout there, I often get my DB15 pinout expansions confused

@nicole_express Oh I like that quite a bit. I have a couple of boards with really stubborn jamma edges and have to use a bit of extra grip and it's hard with a bare board lol

Looks like the Axunworks Supergun Mini has a neat new look This has been my go-to supergun since I got it and it hasn't disappointed me yet!

@isugimpy It got *both* a CD-ROM and a HuCard release, weirdly enough

@nicole_express Altered Beast got a PC Engine release? Wild.

@harcalion @RetroRGB @analogue there are definitely advantages to the Duo as-is; I expect it'll probably also allow you to use the composite/s-video palette with RGB image clarity, which is a feature my setups lack

@nicole_express @RetroRGB @analogue I actually want one because I made the mistake of buying a Duo R without realising the RGB output mod was so complex (for a clumsy one like me). At least I didn't have to recap it. Well, crossed fingers for their queuing system...

Pre-orders for the @analogue Duo open tomorrow, however it wasn't very clear to me that OpenFPGA support IS NOT INCLUDED, so I made sure to highlight this in the post: retrorgb.com/analogue-duo-p…