Extent of the Jam
@extentofthejam.bsky.social
Ornery middle-aged coder and musician (funk, chiptunes). Author of Digits VST and Slam VST. ADHD and Jewish. Battling nerve damage from transverse myelitis. Sick of your shit. Married. East Bay. #demoscene #retrogaming #shmups 🏳️🌈
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If you’re going to imply that Jews run the world then I will both be extremely disappointed and also won’t have anything to do with you ever again.
February 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
If you’re going to imply that Jews run the world then I will both be extremely disappointed and also won’t have anything to do with you ever again.
Awesome Afterburner sequel. Don’t play the Saturn port.
Mission 1 (Sky Target, Arcade-PC-Saturn, Sega AM1 - Appaloosa Interactive, 1995)
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Awesome Afterburner sequel. Don’t play the Saturn port.
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Remember, "I don't know, I lack sufficient information on this topic" is NEVER an acceptable answer.
Instead, loudly state the first opinion that pops into your head, speak with authority, and gaslight anyone who disagrees until they begin to question everything they know.
Instead, loudly state the first opinion that pops into your head, speak with authority, and gaslight anyone who disagrees until they begin to question everything they know.
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Remember, "I don't know, I lack sufficient information on this topic" is NEVER an acceptable answer.
Instead, loudly state the first opinion that pops into your head, speak with authority, and gaslight anyone who disagrees until they begin to question everything they know.
Instead, loudly state the first opinion that pops into your head, speak with authority, and gaslight anyone who disagrees until they begin to question everything they know.
Hey so you can actually just cross your eyes and get a 3d image from the NSO Virtual Boy. It’s tiny though.
February 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Hey so you can actually just cross your eyes and get a 3d image from the NSO Virtual Boy. It’s tiny though.
I’d like to see N64 games in an emulator with texture interpolation disabled. My sense is that the big problem with the textures isn’t that they’re lower res than Saturn and PSX, but it’s that they’re too low res to interpolate and wind up with anything but a smear. Like interpolating chiptunes.
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I’d like to see N64 games in an emulator with texture interpolation disabled. My sense is that the big problem with the textures isn’t that they’re lower res than Saturn and PSX, but it’s that they’re too low res to interpolate and wind up with anything but a smear. Like interpolating chiptunes.
N64 and GBA really needed a dedicated sound chip. PC could’ve used that too ;)
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
N64 and GBA really needed a dedicated sound chip. PC could’ve used that too ;)
I always try to point out that Pac Land was before Super Mario Bros, which can be seen as a refinement on the idea. Pac Land even had lots of secrets to find as well as neat environments not seen again until much later platformers.
SMB is better but Pac paved the way.
SMB is better but Pac paved the way.
Pac-Land and Pac-Man Championship Edition are amongst Toru Iwatani's favorite Pac-Man installments.
However, the same can't be said about Super Pac-Man; Iwatani has been quoted calling it "boring."
However, the same can't be said about Super Pac-Man; Iwatani has been quoted calling it "boring."
February 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I always try to point out that Pac Land was before Super Mario Bros, which can be seen as a refinement on the idea. Pac Land even had lots of secrets to find as well as neat environments not seen again until much later platformers.
SMB is better but Pac paved the way.
SMB is better but Pac paved the way.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
I think about this episode a lot these days
February 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I think about this episode a lot these days
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Whats the most Data East game you know of that wasnt made by data east? You know what I mean.
February 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Whats the most Data East game you know of that wasnt made by data east? You know what I mean.
We really lost a lot of expressiveness when we went to razor-sharp tablet-drawn digital animation and CG
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
We really lost a lot of expressiveness when we went to razor-sharp tablet-drawn digital animation and CG
Post a favorite game that got a 75 or less on Metacritic
Here are some of them. They don’t know what’s good.
Here are some of them. They don’t know what’s good.
February 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Post a favorite game that got a 75 or less on Metacritic
Here are some of them. They don’t know what’s good.
Here are some of them. They don’t know what’s good.
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The best time-transition cutscene in a 90s videogame? 🤔
February 17, 2026 at 3:08 AM
The best time-transition cutscene in a 90s videogame? 🤔
Appleseed is still the coolest shit
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Appleseed is still the coolest shit
I like how in Castlevania you can take a million hits from enemies but if you fall down the stairs you instantly die. Weak ankles I guess.
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I like how in Castlevania you can take a million hits from enemies but if you fall down the stairs you instantly die. Weak ankles I guess.
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What if instead it rescues consumer electronics?
To use my usual example, the Atari 2600—which has 128 bytes of RAM total—was sold commercially, somewhere in the world, from 1977 to 1992. Its programmers kept discovering new things they could make it do, because they had reason to plumb its depths.
To use my usual example, the Atari 2600—which has 128 bytes of RAM total—was sold commercially, somewhere in the world, from 1977 to 1992. Its programmers kept discovering new things they could make it do, because they had reason to plumb its depths.
this RAM crisis feels like it’s going to ruin consumer electronics over the next decade. Bloomberg reports that Sony is considering pushing the PS6 release to 2028 or even 2029 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
What if instead it rescues consumer electronics?
To use my usual example, the Atari 2600—which has 128 bytes of RAM total—was sold commercially, somewhere in the world, from 1977 to 1992. Its programmers kept discovering new things they could make it do, because they had reason to plumb its depths.
To use my usual example, the Atari 2600—which has 128 bytes of RAM total—was sold commercially, somewhere in the world, from 1977 to 1992. Its programmers kept discovering new things they could make it do, because they had reason to plumb its depths.
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not now honey 🙄🙄
I'm making dark fantasy movies with our cats🙀 🧙♂️
I'm making dark fantasy movies with our cats🙀 🧙♂️
February 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
not now honey 🙄🙄
I'm making dark fantasy movies with our cats🙀 🧙♂️
I'm making dark fantasy movies with our cats🙀 🧙♂️
Before I forget, here’s my #ScanlineSunday snaps. I am digging my Saroo :)
February 16, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Before I forget, here’s my #ScanlineSunday snaps. I am digging my Saroo :)
I think people often colloquially use “inflation” as shorthand for “shit is way more expensive than it was before”
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I think people often colloquially use “inflation” as shorthand for “shit is way more expensive than it was before”
“The hardware itself is very modest: a dual-core ESP32-S3 clocked at 240 MHz and a 320×240 pixel ILI9341 SPI TFT display using 16-bit RGB565 color”
…ok dude now I’m expecting Quake 2. 240mhz is nothing to sniff at.
…ok dude now I’m expecting Quake 2. 240mhz is nothing to sniff at.
February 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“The hardware itself is very modest: a dual-core ESP32-S3 clocked at 240 MHz and a 320×240 pixel ILI9341 SPI TFT display using 16-bit RGB565 color”
…ok dude now I’m expecting Quake 2. 240mhz is nothing to sniff at.
…ok dude now I’m expecting Quake 2. 240mhz is nothing to sniff at.
I also played the Amiga one first. Brilliant game and my favorite of all the bubble bobbles.
There's a sweet little 35th anniversary for the release of one of my favourite cutesy single-screen games: Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble II.
It's the anni of the original PC Engine release in Japan, but the lovely Amiga version is the one I first played and fell in love with it.
It's the anni of the original PC Engine release in Japan, but the lovely Amiga version is the one I first played and fell in love with it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I also played the Amiga one first. Brilliant game and my favorite of all the bubble bobbles.
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NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn) (1996)
1/3
1/3
February 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn) (1996)
1/3
1/3
Huh. Fame by Bowie and Shining Star by EWF are both 75.
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Huh. Fame by Bowie and Shining Star by EWF are both 75.
Happy #RandomGameSaturday! This time it’s Gex— IN JAPANESE! They made him adorable for the cover. It’s Kirby in reverse.
QRT: Outtrigger is really good and I wish more people could’ve played it. Solid arcade blue skies twist on Quake 3 Arena and supports kb+mouse.
QRT: Outtrigger is really good and I wish more people could’ve played it. Solid arcade blue skies twist on Quake 3 Arena and supports kb+mouse.
February 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Happy #RandomGameSaturday! This time it’s Gex— IN JAPANESE! They made him adorable for the cover. It’s Kirby in reverse.
QRT: Outtrigger is really good and I wish more people could’ve played it. Solid arcade blue skies twist on Quake 3 Arena and supports kb+mouse.
QRT: Outtrigger is really good and I wish more people could’ve played it. Solid arcade blue skies twist on Quake 3 Arena and supports kb+mouse.
@videogamebeach.bsky.social Atlantis, Cruis’n Exotica, N64 unmodded capture
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
@videogamebeach.bsky.social Atlantis, Cruis’n Exotica, N64 unmodded capture