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Martin Piper πŸ’™πŸ’›πŸŒ»5πŸ’‰

@MartinPiper

Programmer, eater of pizzas. (he/him)
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Martin Piper πŸ’™πŸ’›πŸŒ»5πŸ’‰(@MartinPiper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When learning a new retro system...
1980 If I can draw a character I can make a game.
1985 If I can draw a sprite I can make a game.
1990 If I can draw a triangle I can make a game.
1995 If I can tell the hardware to draw a triangle I can make a game.

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Sideways SEUCK is a modified version of SEUCK that scrolls to the right instead of down. Which is an unusual way of scrolling for a game, with notable exceptions such as Operation Wolf.
Would a sideways version that scrolls left be of any use? :)

#Commodore64 Sideways SEUCK is a modified version of SEUCK that scrolls to the right instead of down. Which is an unusual way of scrolling for a game, with notable exceptions such as Operation Wolf. Would a sideways version that scrolls left be of any use? :)
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Link to my source code in bio...

(The programmer equivalent to this recent spate of 'certain images' in bio posts we seem to be getting...)

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Love is... Taking the time to explain what happens when chlorine gas reacts with aqueous potassium iodide, what aqueous potassium iodide is, what happens when potassium iodide dissolves, and what happens with the chlorine and potassium and iodine.

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I'm also pondering what to do for the next video. More general technology related deep dives with several games, or concentrate on a particular game?

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In this episode of retro games memories, I look at Parallax Scrolling used in several games, the techniques used, and where they are used.
youtu.be/aK630qKQMRg

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If you need a printer, buy any Brother laser printer. They just work. They don't have stupid 'just in time ink subscription' hostage situations, like HP do. They don't get blocked like ink jet printers do.
Never ever again will I buy HP ink jet.

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One of my favourite moments was when I found the programmer of a very old disk copy protection system and turbo loader that was used in hundreds of games.
youtube.com/watch?v=RzJxIC…

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hello there! i am sadly another person in the UK games industry who's been laid off.

If you know of any Technical Game Designer roles or Junior Programmer roles going then pretty please slide them my way and i'll compensate you with a picture of a cat i can find on the internet

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Latest SEUCK reverse engineering video. How to identify 'sound effects' and 'title screen' data, then create code to reproduce the original behaviour. This adds sound effects in the game and a title screen, with extra added functionality...
youtu.be/J_MVIATywr8

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