@MenhirMike

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The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. #retrogaming
Bloghttps://www.stum.de/
GitHubhttps://github.com/MenhirMike/
Figured out why Altered Beast only works with the PC Engine CD-ROM System Card 1.0: https://www.stum.de/2026/altered-beast-system-card-10/ #pcengine #turbografx

Remember the demented circus nightmare game from 1998 called SANITARIUM? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And by that we mean we turned the soundtrack into an industrial metal EP.

It's free. Check it out: https://error47.bandcamp.com/album/sanitarium

Sanitarium, by Error 47

4 track album

Error 47
Why do PC Engine CD-ROM² games have a second data track? https://www.stum.de/2026/pc-engine-second-data-track/

This has got to be the wildest "back in my days" blog post I've ever written.

Now that that one's published I'll go back to tell those lousy children to get off my lawn 👴

https://hamvocke.com/blog/under-engineering

#programming #softwareengineering #webdev

The Joy of Under-Engineering - Ham Vocke

Try building software using basic tools only to declutter your developer toolbox and learn which tools are worth using.

Happy new year 2000! 

New video! Here's my retrospective of Shining Force III scenario 2 for the Saturn!

Link: https://youtu.be/HVoiS8sCqNU

#segasaturn #shiningforce #shiningforceiii #rpg #jrpg #srpg #strategy #retrogames #retrogaming #classicgames #classicgaming

Shining Force III Scenario 2 Retrospective English Translation

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This is a wonderful video about Final Fantasy VIII - a game that has many flaws, and yet, it's one that's special to me, and one that does deserve much more love (and a full remake). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHVbSF-eliM
The Final Fantasy VIII Retrospective

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Finally had time over the holidays to realize a long-standing dream of mine: a hex editor that knows about the PE file and .NET metadata format. You can click any byte and it will show you which data structure it is in the tree. Every byte is covered.

The parser is at https://github.com/KirillOsenkov/MetadataTools/tree/main/src/PETree

MetadataTools/src/PETree at main · KirillOsenkov/MetadataTools

Various tools and helpers to read assembly metadata. - KirillOsenkov/MetadataTools

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