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We find more faults in our TV-2BU military electron tube tester, which leads to wild chases inside the spaghetti schematics and wiring. Stuff that supports the channel: – Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/curiousmarc – Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab: https://www.curiousmarc.com/amazon-links – Channel merch on Fourthwall: … Read More From: Retro…

Aside from a couple of bugs in my transcode which prevented more than the first line of logs to be displayed, it was trivial to add the other 9 rows of scrolling objects. No scrolling yet… Now to get them scrolling! … Read More From: Retro Roundup

Here is a quick one… At my day job, I found lines of code like this: memcpy(systemDataPtr- >serialNumber, resp.serialNumber, 16); A quick peek at systemDataPtr- >serialNumber shows it defined as this: unsigned char serialNumber[MAX_SERIAL_NUMBER_LENGTH]; …with that constant defined as: #define MAX_SERIAL_NUMBER_LENGTH 16 So while 16 is correct, the use of hard-coded “magic … Read More…

Came also out for: Game description: Yosaku is a side-viewed action game where the player takes control of a lumberjack who can move left and right and has to cut down two trees using an axe. While doing so he is interrupted by various violent animals, like pigs rushing … Read More From: Retro Roundup

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Go to https://sidequestgamestore.com & enter code metaljesus at checkout to receive 12% off your entire order. Part 3 of our 2,000-mile caffeine-fueled odyssey! 🚗💨 This time we’re cruising up the California and Oregon coasts—because straight lines are boring. Along the way, we squeeze in some scenic stops, epic views, and … Read More From: Retro…

Very quick update; I’ve done some RE on the code to display the scrolling content and transcoded the top row of logs. I’ve transcoded just the top row of logs so far,the rest will be a doddle. In the process I came across what is possibly the worst piece of … Read More From: Retro…

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We attempt to revive a TV-2BU military electron tube tester, which is mighty good but mighty complicated. Stuff that supports the channel: – Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/curiousmarc – Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab: https://www.curiousmarc.com/amazon-links – Channel merch on Fourthwall: https://curiousmarc-shop.fourthwall.com – Legacy channel merch … Read More From: Retro…

This week we’re joined by Matt Porter, former programmer at Argonaut Software and one of the key developers behind Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. Matt shares inside stories from the development of titles like Creature Shock, Scooby-Doo Mysteries, and SWAT: Global Strike Team, delves into the challenges of porting games … Read More From: Retro…