It’s called blasting processing! As a reference to we all know the sega mega drive/ genesis. It’s a retro gaming space built around the standard definition era of console gaming!

Never played Lynx before, just purchased my first two games. Excited to try them out! Any specific games that I should hunt for moving forward?

Today I want to talk about a research to find and play an old game I played on mobile phones. Unfortunately it wasn't available or playable anymore and I looked into alternatives. This post is just a little history of my research, that's all. The conclusion is: Unfortunately I don't use iPhone or an Android with Google Play Store anymore, so cannot play these anymore.

2009 there was this game geoDefense Swarm, which I loved very much. Played it a lot on my iPod Touch (i think fourth gen?). https://www.mobygames.com/game/46398/geodefense-swarm/ The iPhone version of geoDefense Swarm appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. Later when I got an iPhone 5, the game was no longer playable on this device. It was just too old and not compatible. This annoyed me a lot.

Years later after switching to Android, I noticed the game geoDefense Swarm was only available on Apple devices. This annoyed me a lot.

2011 or a bit later I found out about an free game, that is inspired and very, very similar to that game: ZDefense HD. Loved that game and it was similar in look, game design and feel as geoDefense. This didn't annoy me.

6 years ago, 2020, I did a recommendation to the game on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/gwbh2m/comment/fsu29th/:

My favorite Tower Defense game is an old one, which is a free and open grid, without lanes. But it is exclusive to Apple Store and does not work on newer phones anymore. Luckily there is a new game inspired by it (you can clearly tell) and its really good too. To be honest, this is the only tower defense game I like and one of the few games I actually played on my phone.

ZDefense HD

Today in 2026 I looked at the link again and the game does not exist anymore. Maybe because its no longer compatible, who knows. This annoyed me a lot.

So I begun to research again and found this blog https://zdefense.blogspot.com/ from the developer of that game. ZDefense is also available on https://www.amazon.com/ZStudio-ZDefense/dp/B0058OUJA4 and the free variant https://www.amazon.com/ZStudio-ZDefense-Lite/dp/B0058OVI9A with Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1, so don't know how compatible this is with modern Android. Game is also not available on any other place. This annoyed me a lot.

I found out that the original GeoDefense was rebuild from scratch by original developers (if I'm correct) to be compatible with modern devices at https://www.geodefence.com/ . Bottom of the page has date 2021, so maybe outdated. The link to the AppStore works, but not the one to Google Play Store. This annoyed me a lot.

At this point, I'm so done. I would be happy if someone does a knockoff of geoDefense, that looks, feels and plays similar. All other Tower Defense games are so different. And to my surprise, there is HexDefense for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gotow.hexdefense . This looks amazing and comments are from 2026. But... I am no longer on stock Android and do not use the Play Store. And game is not available on F-Droid or elsewhere. This annoyed me a little bit.

My current research led to Infinitode 2 - Tower Defense at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prineside.tdi2 . A bit different, so not a true replacement for geoDefense or ZDefense. But it looks interesting, has even bosses! The game is even available for free on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/937310/Infinitode_2__Infinite_Tower_Defense. This didn't annoy me.

What is my conclusion? Well I'm not satisfied. This is why game preservation is important. I can find some APK files to install on the net, but I do not trust them much. Too sketchy to me to install from untrusted sources. Maybe if I get a modern Android phone again, or even an iPhone, just to game on the go, I'll try again.

(Edit: Just typos and rephrased a few sentences to make it better flow in reading.)

Picked up a reference HD 4870 for $11. Hit 96°C at stock but pushed through GTA San Andreas, CoD4, NFS Most Wanted 2005 and Crysis on a Core 2 Duo rig. Full video here: https://youtu.be/yf9m_z8Nqxs

One of my favourite games on Game Boy, super keen to sit down and relive this for a bit today.

Back cover:

Cartridge:

So I don't really play many newer games, but I still want to play with friends online. Ive thought how awesome itd be to play some ps2 or n64 with a friend who's 500 miles away. But I cannot find anything that actually works (especially because I'm on Linux and theyre on windows)

Kind of surprised it doesn't exist because I'd pay decent money for that. Either one program that tunnels it for your specific emator, or specific emulators that have online built in...

And yes, I know its really hard to Implement this without lag. But people (nerds) are smart!

Edit: Clarification, I don't want to play games that had online or lan originally. I meant more games that are 2 or 4 player splitscreen play ,but online.

• Project: https://ebbr.neocities.org/
• Project Changelog: https://ebbr.neocities.org/EBGSB_changes
• Article on gbatemp: https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-long-awaited-earthbound-beginnings-remake-romhack-is-now-available-after-almost-2-decades-in-development.682437/

After almost 2 decades the Romhack project is finally finished as version 1.0. Project is called EarthBound Collection and consists of two Romhacks / Mods: 1. Beginnings Remake is the full remake with bugfixes and additional changes, while Giygas Strikes Back is the same project with the bugfixes only.

You can apply the patch directly on their website, by providing the original unpatched "EarthBound (USA).sfc" file. BTW the unpatched ROM can have different filename, check with the Inspector https://supremekirb.neocities.org/tools/rom_inspector your unpatched ROM to be sure. Nothing gets uploaded, the check and patch are done locally in your browser.

One of my first memories of a cyber punk game, though at the time I wasnt even aware of the term, I was 10 years old when this released. I remember it having super smooth animation which at the time blew me away. If I recall the game was digitally hand drawn. I rage quit this one a few times, often falling to my death. It had a very Prince of Persia feels about it. I owned the European Mega Drive version. What I didnt know till recently is that the US version contains a small 16 page comic created by Marvel which has got to make it one of the rarest Marvel comics ever no? The game has some memorable levels and the music has always stuck with me. It was basically Blade Runner and the game did a great job of immersing you in it. Also a really fun game to speed run!

One of the most fascinating sequences in Atari’s arcade manufacturing process in the early 80s, was the application of the fabulous artwork that adorned all of its cabinets from the golden ag…

Another month has passed, and another PSP has been delivered to me (...and another PSP article has been written, one of many!)

One of my favorite things to do is to keep an eye on Mercari via Buyee, and to buy cheap PSPs. When they're listed on there 99% of the time they'll have the word 'junk' attached, which can mean anything from being dusty to not being charged to being totally ruined. I find sifting through what it might be to be super fun.

This one was really cheap for the condition it was in, judging by the pictures they shared of it. The white of the thumbstick was still white, which itself is a super rarity (they get grubby or yellow SO easily!), but it did have one issue, the charger was broken inside the charging port.

Anyway, this really isn't a deep-dive of an article. Or a guide, it was really just an excuse to share what it was like to take a gamble on the 'junk' tag and buy a dead cheap PSP which in the end required a tiny little fix I did.

If you're at all interested, or nostalgic about PSPs then follow my link to read along. Warning, I ramble and haven't written this very well at all:

https://gardinerbryant.com/buying-a-psp-from-japan/

(spoiler, it came out amazingly and works perfectly for a total of like $35.50 USD)

Picked up a used Gigabyte HD 4850 with Zalman aftermarket cooler for $10. The Zalman cooler kept temps at just 53°C — massive difference from my previous HD 3850 that hit 106°C! Tested on a Core 2 Duo rig with GTA SA, CoD4, Crysis and more. Full video here: https://youtu.be/0ORqQPk7kjs

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/49161208

The development and release of Pole Position is probably worthy of an in depth deep dive for another time, so look out for that in a future post. In the meantime, I’ve come across some more e…

Nowhere (Devalley Entertainment, 2007) is a psychological survival horror that ran on old keypad phones. Two parallel worlds, two characters, and honestly pretty unsettling for something that fit on a Nokia. Mostly I just want to get it in front of people who've never even heard of it.

The thing is, the original couldn't show Cyrillic and Western letters at the same time, so it never really got translated. So I ended up making two things, a mod and an editor.

The mod:

• re-encoded everything to UTF-8, so it's 6 languages in one jar now (EN/DE/IT/PL/PT/RU), switchable in-game
• parallax fog it didn't have before
• hardcore mode, enemies get 3x HP
• speed control per save, helps a lot on slower emulators

The editor (Windows):

• visual editor for text and dialogue, with avatar preview and CP1251/UTF-8
• tile map editor with a brush, palette, resize
• zone editor for collisions, warps, entity spawns, events
• sprite sheet viewer with PNG export/import
• palette editor (16 colors) with live preview
• reference text for all 6 languages built in, so you can add your own without diving into hex

You can play it right in the browser, or grab the jar for J2ME Loader or KEmulator. The editor and a video on how to translate are on the same page:

https://bittertears.itch.io/nowhere

https://github.com/bittertears/NOWHERE_EDITOR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJPq5GX_sK8&t=29s

Anyway, hope someone here digs it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/22946811

This intriguing Earthbound interview between producer Shigesato Itoi and fellow writer Hajime Kimura originally appeared in the 9/94 edition of Family Computer Magazine. As one might expect from a conversation between two writers, the tone is philosophical and big-picture, with Itoi offering many insights into Earthbound's influences and conception.

This video turned out to be much more fun than I expected!

Never seen this be mentioned here, so I thought I should.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/49003445

This Earthbound interview between Shigesato Itoi and writer Hajime Kimura originally appeared in the 9/94 edition of Family Computer Magazine.

I started with some knockoff clear shells and used this plus this for mister chef's but I think I used too much black. For barbieter, I used this and it was way more pink once done than I wanted. It probably could have used some black or blue added.

Both color sets were put in my heated ultrasonic cleaner at 50c for 20 minutes then removed, washed in cold water and allowed to dry. Heads up, the dye packets come with an intensifier, I used it on both but it has a weird chemical smell that lingers after you take and wash the parts. About a week on, they don't stink anymore.

The shells themselves were mid quality. The d-pads are super sloppy and the buttons stick so I used the original buttons from the first party shells. The gold shell I bought for the green accents needed the shoulder buttons and select button adjusted, it also came with 2 left triggers... Overall, I like how they came out. I wish the green was lighter but thats my fault. I may do some backlights or something in them to accent it but for now, its a unique setup and not sticky with 20 years of Doritos powder and baja blast.