Gideon Zhi (Hire me!)
@aeongenesis.net
Tech, localization, reverse-engineering, retro gaming.
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
He/him.
https://aeongenesis.net
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
He/him.
https://aeongenesis.net
Still need to tweak the cursor size, cursor behavior, and maybe play with the placement of the commands at the bottom, but I got the nametable, attribute table, and variable placement working correctly!
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Still need to tweak the cursor size, cursor behavior, and maybe play with the placement of the commands at the bottom, but I got the nametable, attribute table, and variable placement working correctly!
This is what I have to put up with while working. My leg is horizontal, angled so he can sit on both the upper and lower leg where my knee bends. My foot balanced on a filing cabinet under the desk. It is load-bearing, and is slowly starting to get sore.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is what I have to put up with while working. My leg is horizontal, angled so he can sit on both the upper and lower leg where my knee bends. My foot balanced on a filing cabinet under the desk. It is load-bearing, and is slowly starting to get sore.
This game has *the best* battle opening line.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This game has *the best* battle opening line.
So for tomorrow night's stream, I'll most likely be working on Splatterworld's inventory screen, turning it from vertical to horizontal. Original screen and a mockup of what I'm aiming for:
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
So for tomorrow night's stream, I'll most likely be working on Splatterworld's inventory screen, turning it from vertical to horizontal. Original screen and a mockup of what I'm aiming for:
Current progress on splatteworld: here's the retooled shop screen. Not final, but a big step. Item names are placeholder, but we're limited at ~14 characters max due to how inventory screens are laid out. But it's still a damn sight better than 8. Before and after attached.
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Current progress on splatteworld: here's the retooled shop screen. Not final, but a big step. Item names are placeholder, but we're limited at ~14 characters max due to how inventory screens are laid out. But it's still a damn sight better than 8. Before and after attached.
For #RandomGameSaturday this week, it's Deja Vu 1&2 for Game Boy Color!
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For #RandomGameSaturday this week, it's Deja Vu 1&2 for Game Boy Color!
My ballot was counted at least! Thanks for reminding me to check on the results though.
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My ballot was counted at least! Thanks for reminding me to check on the results though.
Goals achieved! Despite the awkward placement of this next-window prompt arrow. Text very much placeholder, font by no means final!
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Goals achieved! Despite the awkward placement of this next-window prompt arrow. Text very much placeholder, font by no means final!
Rather than leave this buried in the thread, gonna drop it top level: some basic Splatterworld progress, text is extractable, though 1) some control characters need to be defined, 2) all the blocks need to be enumerated, and 3) it needs to get pushed to a g-sheets spreadsheet instead of flatfile.
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Rather than leave this buried in the thread, gonna drop it top level: some basic Splatterworld progress, text is extractable, though 1) some control characters need to be defined, 2) all the blocks need to be enumerated, and 3) it needs to get pushed to a g-sheets spreadsheet instead of flatfile.
Making real good progress! Need to figure out the remaining control characters and enumerate the remaining text blocks, then send 'em all up to the cloud.
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Making real good progress! Need to figure out the remaining control characters and enumerate the remaining text blocks, then send 'em all up to the cloud.
Proof of concept; seems easy enough at least! Gotta go to bed but I can start on proper text extraction tomorrow.
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Proof of concept; seems easy enough at least! Gotta go to bed but I can start on proper text extraction tomorrow.
Here's World Series Baseball for Sega Genesis for #RandomGameSaturday even though the Mariners flubbed the alcs at the last moment
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here's World Series Baseball for Sega Genesis for #RandomGameSaturday even though the Mariners flubbed the alcs at the last moment
Found an old copy of my website circa 2007, and honestly other than using frames the layout isn't awful by today's standards? Only real knock is that the projects list is just a big long single column. What strikes me is how similar in general form and function the current site still is.
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Found an old copy of my website circa 2007, and honestly other than using frames the layout isn't awful by today's standards? Only real knock is that the projects list is just a big long single column. What strikes me is how similar in general form and function the current site still is.
For #RandomGameSaturday I present Tetris for Gameboy, but not just any Tetris - this is one of the first Japanese prints that includes a different Song A, commonly known as the "Minuet" version :)
October 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
For #RandomGameSaturday I present Tetris for Gameboy, but not just any Tetris - this is one of the first Japanese prints that includes a different Song A, commonly known as the "Minuet" version :)
AGTP Major Release Update for Project paranoiascape ~ Screaming Mad George's Paranoiascape
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-10-11T13:27:25-07:00
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-10-11T13:27:25-07:00
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
AGTP Major Release Update for Project paranoiascape ~ Screaming Mad George's Paranoiascape
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-10-11T13:27:25-07:00
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-10-11T13:27:25-07:00
Continuing the spoopy theme for #RandomGameSaturday this week I have something really special. If I know you on discord you've probably already seen this but here's one of two known authentic prototypes of the unreleased NES game "Drac's Night Out". It's the one that the circulating dump comes from!
October 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Continuing the spoopy theme for #RandomGameSaturday this week I have something really special. If I know you on discord you've probably already seen this but here's one of two known authentic prototypes of the unreleased NES game "Drac's Night Out". It's the one that the circulating dump comes from!
Spent a dollar at @repcwa.bsky.social for a cable to hook my (self-refurbished) ipod up to my desktop speakers :)
October 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Spent a dollar at @repcwa.bsky.social for a cable to hook my (self-refurbished) ipod up to my desktop speakers :)
As we get into the spoopy season this week for #RandomGameSaturday we have Full Quiet, a new (ish) horror sidescroller for the NES! The game has a large contiguous world, a day/night cycle (don't get caught out at night!) and does a lot with Morse code.
October 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As we get into the spoopy season this week for #RandomGameSaturday we have Full Quiet, a new (ish) horror sidescroller for the NES! The game has a large contiguous world, a day/night cycle (don't get caught out at night!) and does a lot with Morse code.
Apropos of nothing I've got Uninvited here for #RandomGameSaturday this week.
September 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Apropos of nothing I've got Uninvited here for #RandomGameSaturday this week.
After all that I ended up junking Banpresto's copyright font. New one is at01. At 15pt all caps, gimp renders it perfectly as 7 pixels tall, leaving just enough space for a drop shadow. grafxkid.itch.io/at01
September 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
After all that I ended up junking Banpresto's copyright font. New one is at01. At 15pt all caps, gimp renders it perfectly as 7 pixels tall, leaving just enough space for a drop shadow. grafxkid.itch.io/at01
Cloudflare doesn't want me to have a ROB amiibo :(
It's like this on my phone too
It's like this on my phone too
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cloudflare doesn't want me to have a ROB amiibo :(
It's like this on my phone too
It's like this on my phone too
For an idea of what went into these, for even just this one screen, I:
* Added a 3rd line to the text
* Added extra tiles to fit "DOWNTOWN QUIZ" onto the background banner
* Added extra tiles to Kunio's name sprite
* Translated the other contestants' names
That level of care, but across the board :)
* Added a 3rd line to the text
* Added extra tiles to fit "DOWNTOWN QUIZ" onto the background banner
* Added extra tiles to Kunio's name sprite
* Translated the other contestants' names
That level of care, but across the board :)
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For an idea of what went into these, for even just this one screen, I:
* Added a 3rd line to the text
* Added extra tiles to fit "DOWNTOWN QUIZ" onto the background banner
* Added extra tiles to Kunio's name sprite
* Translated the other contestants' names
That level of care, but across the board :)
* Added a 3rd line to the text
* Added extra tiles to fit "DOWNTOWN QUIZ" onto the background banner
* Added extra tiles to Kunio's name sprite
* Translated the other contestants' names
That level of care, but across the board :)