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POWDER is a Rogue-like game, which is not a port of an existing Rogue-like. It is built around re-playability and long term ergonomics, not short term learning. Author of this piece of software is Jeff Lait.

Changes:

– Jeff Lait’s Powder 118, released in February 2018
– Compiled with ptitSeb’s latest beta Code::Blocks (GCC 7.2)
– Added the README file to the documentation menu
– Updated source code and libraries

Hatari is an excellent Atari ST emulator, ported to Pandora by magic_sam.

Changes:

– Bumped Hatari to 2.1.0 (latest commit on February, 20th 2018)
– Compiled with support for IPF files (libcapsimage 4.2)
– Bumped EmuTOS to 0.9.9.1
– Added the manual in the Documentation menu
– Updated all source codes in the PND

In this third episode of NES Programming Michael Chiaramonte reviews some items that were left unclear from the last stream, and then discussed how to add entities into the game.

The Retro Hour is your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news, views and interviews from the UK.

Content:

We reminisce on the golden age of First Person Shooters with David L Craddock, the author of new book Rocket Jump.

https://soundcloud.com/the-retro-hour/the-history-of-fps-games-the-retro-hour-ep111

nop90 updated Retroguru’s Fruit’Y for the Nintendo Switch to v0.2 Alpha. It plays a lot better and is a recommended update. Sound issues are left to improve.

Changes:

– Fixed keys issue
– Aded touch screen support

In this second episode of NES Programming Michael Chiaramonte moves code out of the VBLANK interrupt into the main execution loop.

nop90 is known for many Nintendo 3DS homebrew game ports and for porting libSDL to the Nintendo 3DS. He updated his libSDL to the Nintendo Switch!

Release notes:

– Added 8bpp 16bpp and 24bpp video mode
– Added touch screen handling (mapped to mouse events)
– Added automatic download an install of SDL_image SDL_gfx SDL_TTF and SDL_Mixer

Mikael Tillander published another screenshot of his upcoming yet unnamed Genesis game.

Quote:

All this talk about the game being reminiscent of shadow of the beast made me go Roger Dean on it’s arse! I think I’ll roll with it, actually. 🙂 Would be a nice tribute? #sega #megadrive #genesis #pixelart #gamedev

vgmoose ported his game Space Game NX to the Nintendo Switch. It’s a simple shooter game. The gameplay video is from the WII U version, but plays same.

Thanks to Nintendomax for the news.

The Assembly Line is a NES homebrew podcast started by Sole Goose Productions and Kevin. They cover a variety of theoretical topics, feature a central game under review, have guest interviews with folks, and also showcase some music.

Quote:

Episode 6: Alter Ego by Shiru!

https://soundcloud.com/user-463768680/e06-alter-ego