asie
@asie.pl
retrocomputing enthusiast (ZZT, WonderSwan, etc.), fandom tourist, cursed knowledge seeker, incredibly dissociated alternate existence of a pretend witch
opinions mine only and not those of my employers, friends, family members and/or guardian angels
opinions mine only and not those of my employers, friends, family members and/or guardian angels
what do you mean "the near-complete source code to Princess Maker 1 and 2 was quietly uploaded to GitHub a few months ago and nobody noticed"
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
GitHub - ritsuro/PrincessMaker2xPC9801
Contribute to ritsuro/PrincessMaker2xPC9801 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
what do you mean "the near-complete source code to Princess Maker 1 and 2 was quietly uploaded to GitHub a few months ago and nobody noticed"
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
github.com/ritsuro/Prin...
It's strange when you brand a product around American patriotism and militarism, given the same product specifically chose a Chinese FPGA chip over the more numerous and dominant American FPGA offering. It's stranger to see its fans trying to draw an artificial dichotomy where it's not there.
December 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's strange when you brand a product around American patriotism and militarism, given the same product specifically chose a Chinese FPGA chip over the more numerous and dominant American FPGA offering. It's stranger to see its fans trying to draw an artificial dichotomy where it's not there.
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What originally prompted me to spend months researching how Sega consoles and games were sold in Italy in the 80s/90s was the fact that I kept seeing people adopting "US memories", remembering things that never happened (like Sega vs. Nintendo ads).
That's (also) why preservation is important.
That's (also) why preservation is important.
The marketing of Sega in Italy (1984 - 2001) - The Genesis Temple
The marketing of Sega in Italy: from arcades to homes, 90s Italy just loved SEGA. And Giochi Preziosi loved them back with many weird ideas.
genesistemple.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What originally prompted me to spend months researching how Sega consoles and games were sold in Italy in the 80s/90s was the fact that I kept seeing people adopting "US memories", remembering things that never happened (like Sega vs. Nintendo ads).
That's (also) why preservation is important.
That's (also) why preservation is important.
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This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).
A curious anime fandom question surfaced in a Discord.
What is the first anime series Western fans could watch simultaneously with the Japanese broadcast, legally or otherwise? Let's define that as "most episodes being translated and distributed <1 week from airing".
What is the first anime series Western fans could watch simultaneously with the Japanese broadcast, legally or otherwise? Let's define that as "most episodes being translated and distributed <1 week from airing".
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A curious anime fandom question surfaced in a Discord.
What is the first anime series Western fans could watch simultaneously with the Japanese broadcast, legally or otherwise? Let's define that as "most episodes being translated and distributed <1 week from airing".
What is the first anime series Western fans could watch simultaneously with the Japanese broadcast, legally or otherwise? Let's define that as "most episodes being translated and distributed <1 week from airing".
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Having a digital simulation of the CGA card can be very educational.
Here's a screenshot from the game ZZT, which is obviously in text mode:
#retrocomputing
Here's a screenshot from the game ZZT, which is obviously in text mode:
#retrocomputing
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Having a digital simulation of the CGA card can be very educational.
Here's a screenshot from the game ZZT, which is obviously in text mode:
#retrocomputing
Here's a screenshot from the game ZZT, which is obviously in text mode:
#retrocomputing
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im not "misanthropic" some of my best friends are human
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
im not "misanthropic" some of my best friends are human
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i realized that my mistake was posting deeply flawed personal takes on a Self-Hosted Blog. i should have instead chosen Tumblr Dot Com /hj
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
i realized that my mistake was posting deeply flawed personal takes on a Self-Hosted Blog. i should have instead chosen Tumblr Dot Com /hj
Okay, here goes: what would *you* like to see in a retro "no-code/low-code" game creation tool? What tools/principles do you find helpful or interesting? I'm tempted to try making one of my own. (Assume WS/WSC for now, but don't constrain yourself!)
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Okay, here goes: what would *you* like to see in a retro "no-code/low-code" game creation tool? What tools/principles do you find helpful or interesting? I'm tempted to try making one of my own. (Assume WS/WSC for now, but don't constrain yourself!)
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I got a new (used) high quality office chair and I set it up and it felt like it was leaning to one side. So I measured it with a bubble level and it turns out it's fine. But then I had the idea to measure my old chair and it's THAT one that's extremely not level. So it's me that's not level now
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I got a new (used) high quality office chair and I set it up and it felt like it was leaning to one side. So I measured it with a bubble level and it turns out it's fine. But then I had the idea to measure my old chair and it's THAT one that's extremely not level. So it's me that's not level now
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Man so much of society is just this sort of baroque, repulsive painting of Hell to me.
In case you were wondering what it’s like to boot a free to play mobile game in 2025
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Man so much of society is just this sort of baroque, repulsive painting of Hell to me.
I'm having an urge to make my own game creation system again. Absent the funds to hire Alexis for consulting, I'll need to get inspired myself.
Anyone want to brainstorm a no-code retro console game creation tool with me?
Anyone want to brainstorm a no-code retro console game creation tool with me?
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm having an urge to make my own game creation system again. Absent the funds to hire Alexis for consulting, I'll need to get inspired myself.
Anyone want to brainstorm a no-code retro console game creation tool with me?
Anyone want to brainstorm a no-code retro console game creation tool with me?
The gbcompo dispute got a little out of hand - I did not know you can even get 16 downvotes on an Itch post - so I decided to write a blog post to clarify my personal perspective, as opposed to being split across a dozen posts on three platforms and thus hard to follow.
blog.asie.pl/2025/12/gbco...
blog.asie.pl/2025/12/gbco...
On the gbcompo23 dispute
Two days ago, an author requested all of their games to be taken down from the Homebrew Hub, a project to preserve all non-commercial homebrew software created for the GB, GBC and GBA family of consol...
blog.asie.pl
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The gbcompo dispute got a little out of hand - I did not know you can even get 16 downvotes on an Itch post - so I decided to write a blog post to clarify my personal perspective, as opposed to being split across a dozen posts on three platforms and thus hard to follow.
blog.asie.pl/2025/12/gbco...
blog.asie.pl/2025/12/gbco...
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Puzzle Depot was based on a free game I released over 10 years ago called Depot Dungeons, which was itself inspired by a strange combination of Adventures of Lolo and Nethack!
www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=...
(note that playing in the browser may have some issues with save files)
#megazeux
www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=...
(note that playing in the browser may have some issues with save files)
#megazeux
Depot Dungeons | DigitalMZX
Depot Dungeons v1.1. Includes many bugfixes.
www.digitalmzx.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Puzzle Depot was based on a free game I released over 10 years ago called Depot Dungeons, which was itself inspired by a strange combination of Adventures of Lolo and Nethack!
www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=...
(note that playing in the browser may have some issues with save files)
#megazeux
www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=...
(note that playing in the browser may have some issues with save files)
#megazeux
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"Listen, we shouldn't call it Amgami in English. There's no way to translate the one call-back to it in the whole game. But if we call it 'Scorigami,' not only does 'score' have dating connotations, we have a real chance of the game selling to millions of sports nerds and that's a bet worth making."
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Listen, we shouldn't call it Amgami in English. There's no way to translate the one call-back to it in the whole game. But if we call it 'Scorigami,' not only does 'score' have dating connotations, we have a real chance of the game selling to millions of sports nerds and that's a bet worth making."
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there's a certain personality that's very debilitating in modern life. 100 years ago, if you wanted to buy something, you'd go to five local shops and decide. now with the internet, you need to spend 1,000 hours so you can own the best version in the world like you're some venetian patrician
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
there's a certain personality that's very debilitating in modern life. 100 years ago, if you wanted to buy something, you'd go to five local shops and decide. now with the internet, you need to spend 1,000 hours so you can own the best version in the world like you're some venetian patrician
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Happy birthday to my childhood creation! So many memories.
Kids these days have so many great game creation systems to play with but back in MY day you had to make your OWN GCS 🤣
Kids these days have so many great game creation systems to play with but back in MY day you had to make your OWN GCS 🤣
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Happy birthday to my childhood creation! So many memories.
Kids these days have so many great game creation systems to play with but back in MY day you had to make your OWN GCS 🤣
Kids these days have so many great game creation systems to play with but back in MY day you had to make your OWN GCS 🤣
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MegaZeux 1.00g was released today 31 years ago!
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
MegaZeux 1.00g was released today 31 years ago!
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.snowṙiṠë:.
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A single piano note becomes an ice storm. I thought I was writing a trope "ice level" song but then things escalated a bit.
My first full song in 25 years. Anyone who remembers my music from #MegaZeux - how's my progress? ;)
Full track: soundcloud.com/user-614377587/snowrise
-—————-
A single piano note becomes an ice storm. I thought I was writing a trope "ice level" song but then things escalated a bit.
My first full song in 25 years. Anyone who remembers my music from #MegaZeux - how's my progress? ;)
Full track: soundcloud.com/user-614377587/snowrise
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
.snowṙiṠë:.
-—————-
A single piano note becomes an ice storm. I thought I was writing a trope "ice level" song but then things escalated a bit.
My first full song in 25 years. Anyone who remembers my music from #MegaZeux - how's my progress? ;)
Full track: soundcloud.com/user-614377587/snowrise
-—————-
A single piano note becomes an ice storm. I thought I was writing a trope "ice level" song but then things escalated a bit.
My first full song in 25 years. Anyone who remembers my music from #MegaZeux - how's my progress? ;)
Full track: soundcloud.com/user-614377587/snowrise
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I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro