Extra Future[Ed Fries tracks down the first ever ROM programmed for a video game, older than previously-found chips.][link] What a find.
[link]: https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/finding-the-first-videogame-rom/ “Finding the First Videogame ROM”
[Apparently, keyboard latency has gotten measurably worse over time][link]- computers in the 1970s had faster keyboard input that we do today. The post does a good job of debunking several of the most common BS claims made by “gaming” keyboard manufacturers, too. They aren’t any faster than regular ‘ol consumer-grade keyboards, and in some cases slower!
>Most keyboards add enough latency to make the user experience noticeably worse, and keyboards that advertise speed aren’t necessarily faster. The two gaming keyboards we measured weren’t faster than non-gaming keyboards, and the fastest keyboard measured was a minimalist keyboard from Apple that’s marketed more on design than speed.
[link]: https://danluu.com/keyboard-latency/ “Keyboard Latency”
[I’ve never wanted any single object more than this one?][link] If there is any decency left in the world this will get dumped and I will get to play it.
I can barely make words about this.
[link]: https://retronauts.com/article/526/unreleased-sim-city-nes-prototype-shown-on-the-internet “Unreleased Sim City NES prototype shown on the Internet”
The classic Famicom *kusoge* (literal translation: “shitty game”) [is coming to Japan][link], but likely not the US. I’ll have to be happy with my Famicom version.
Related: [This game was Arino-san’s very first challenge on Game Center CX][yt]!
[link]: http://tinycartridge.com/post/164215380587/beat-takeshis-nes-game-is-out-today-on-mobile “Beat Takeshi’s NES game is out today on mobile ⊟… – Tiny Cartridge 3DS – Nintendo Switch, 3DS, DS, Wii U, and PS Vita News, Media, & Retro Junk”
[yt]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMsv0Y7Ny1w “Game Center CX 01 Takeshi no Chousenjou”
Rediscovered after being lost since 1987, and now available for download [on itch.io: Duck Jumper][1]. Jump on ducks! Keep doing it!
Name your own price, and yes, $0.00 is a price.
[1]: https://philnelson.itch.io/duck-jumper “Download Duck Jumper”
[This happened to me today][1] after a particularly hardcore bit of housekeeping on my Pi 3. Whew.
[1]: http://sybarite.us/2015/09/03/retropie-showing-only-choose/ “Copperas Cove Capers: Retropie Showing Only “Choose””