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FM Chiptune Musician | DX Complex Staff | SEGA, MSX and Retro Tech Dork | Online interactions not rated by ESRB | He/Him
Websitehttps://netnomad.dxcomplex.com
Musichttps://music.dxcomplex.com/netnomad/
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MSX Magazine Oct/1990 exactly what I was looking for, an instrument table for programming the Yamaha YM2413 single programmable FM instrument #retro #retrogaming #msx #msx2
guy who does buddhism slightly wrong and ends up in nevada after he dies

The fabled graphics accelerator add-on for the Sega Saturn was real, as confirmed by an interview published by Beep21! And I have exclusive details you won't find anywhere else:

https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/03/06/former-sega-engineer-confirms-saturn-accelerator-was-in-development/

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #セガ #セガサターン

Shoutouts for another #BandcampFriday!

Support your favorite musician on bandcamp!

If that happens to be me, I'm at https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/

#indiemusic #indie #music #bandcamp #chiptune #8bit #retrogaming #retrocomputing #VGM #nintendo #gamemusic #OST

Inverse Phase

Chiptune/8-bit music and indie game composer. I also run an electronic entertainment museum called Bloop.

Inverse Phase
Argument: Commodore is the company, the computer is just called "64"

This free game updates the classic built-in Master System maze 🐌 for the 16-bit Sega Genesis with pre-rendered sprites and voice samples 🗣️.

https://youtu.be/7yt-EqE-oPY
https://safetystoatstudios.itch.io/snail-maze-ii

#genesis #megadrive #sega #game #gameplay #homebrew #snailmaze

Little known fact, but when John Chowning first discovered/invented FM synthesis, it stood for "fuckin' mental synthesis". Yamaha made him come up with some mathematical "frequency modulation" nonsense instead in order to sell DX7s in regions with profanity laws.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/116121385465705323

sometimes I read these snippets from the simple sabotage manual and think "hmm, that's just how programming already works"

This is what I've been obsessed with for the last few weeks. It's taken a while but I now have a working Haxocorder - a custom hacked Haxophone. I'm still refining but it's now a usable electronic wind instrument for a recorder player.
https://youtu.be/C5GVVqOo5GA
Building a Haxophone pt 3 - the first Haxocorder in the world!

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