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. https://extentofthejam.bandcamp.com #demoscene #retrogaming #shmups 🏳️🌈
Rad Racer II is strange. It’s essentially a remake, and the graphics are pretty slick. The biggest improvement is you can’t accidentally hit down to change the music anymore.
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Rad Racer II is strange. It’s essentially a remake, and the graphics are pretty slick. The biggest improvement is you can’t accidentally hit down to change the music anymore.
This is less janky than the C64 one because at least you can’t crash the entire game. It’s close though.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is less janky than the C64 one because at least you can’t crash the entire game. It’s close though.
Today on #ScanlineSunday, it’s Hostages for the NES, a neat multipart tactics+action game ported from home computers.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Today on #ScanlineSunday, it’s Hostages for the NES, a neat multipart tactics+action game ported from home computers.
This is the latest build of my DOS game jam game. It’s currently 208kb, single executable, and that’s with a bunch of standard C libraries still linked in. Plays well, too IMHO :D
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is the latest build of my DOS game jam game. It’s currently 208kb, single executable, and that’s with a bunch of standard C libraries still linked in. Plays well, too IMHO :D
Got a ton of work done on my game jam project today. It now has a few different stages in roughly ascending difficulty, and time extends. Here is what the stage data looks like. Each line is roughly a minute of track
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Got a ton of work done on my game jam project today. It now has a few different stages in roughly ascending difficulty, and time extends. Here is what the stage data looks like. Each line is roughly a minute of track
Happy #RandomGameSaturday! Here’s Qwak for Amiga. If you like Bubble Bobble style games, this is a good one.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy #RandomGameSaturday! Here’s Qwak for Amiga. If you like Bubble Bobble style games, this is a good one.
Twilight Zone did it
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Twilight Zone did it
I’m used to this level from playing it a thousand times, but in retrospect it’s a fairly mean stage to start the player on. You have to play it pretty far forward.
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m used to this level from playing it a thousand times, but in retrospect it’s a fairly mean stage to start the player on. You have to play it pretty far forward.
Ok I did the ten games to know me thing
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Ok I did the ten games to know me thing
Simon takes a nap
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Simon takes a nap
Sega Genesis racing and some price tags from a bygone era
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sega Genesis racing and some price tags from a bygone era
It’s interesting that Atari left off Pole Position (“Posit’n”)… the Atari 8-bit version of that is really decent, and the 7800 Pole Position II was the pack-in for that system.
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s interesting that Atari left off Pole Position (“Posit’n”)… the Atari 8-bit version of that is really decent, and the 7800 Pole Position II was the pack-in for that system.
NES can’t do more than like 2 sprites without going all Atari Pac-Man on me
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
NES can’t do more than like 2 sprites without going all Atari Pac-Man on me
Al Unser Jr. plays pretty well! It’s very smooth, and the cornering feels great. You don’t accelerate if you are skidding (unlike in an OutRun-like), so you have to figure out a good maximum entrance speed.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Al Unser Jr. plays pretty well! It’s very smooth, and the cornering feels great. You don’t accelerate if you are skidding (unlike in an OutRun-like), so you have to figure out a good maximum entrance speed.
The Genesis version of Outrun is underrated. There might not be a great reason to play it (especially as now you get Step On Beat in the M2 remasters!), but it was the closest thing at the time. It still plays quite well.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Genesis version of Outrun is underrated. There might not be a great reason to play it (especially as now you get Step On Beat in the M2 remasters!), but it was the closest thing at the time. It still plays quite well.
Don’t forget to vote!
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Don’t forget to vote!
Castlevania’s occasionally got some beautiful graphics for 1987. Also, holy crap stage 4 is hard.
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Castlevania’s occasionally got some beautiful graphics for 1987. Also, holy crap stage 4 is hard.
Great picks. I really like the Wii. There’s more good stuff on it than it gets credit for. I honestly can’t even see my 360 collection getting as big as my Wii one, just due to the Wii being more my kind of gaming.
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Great picks. I really like the Wii. There’s more good stuff on it than it gets credit for. I honestly can’t even see my 360 collection getting as big as my Wii one, just due to the Wii being more my kind of gaming.
Look what I just found in my stash, and it works!
It reminds me of that Sega samurai game from the 70s or 1980 or so.
It reminds me of that Sega samurai game from the 70s or 1980 or so.
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Look what I just found in my stash, and it works!
It reminds me of that Sega samurai game from the 70s or 1980 or so.
It reminds me of that Sega samurai game from the 70s or 1980 or so.
The #C64 Gauntlet disk that my brother traded for at middle school. I’m going to try and rip the cracktro because it doesn’t seem to exist online.
November 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The #C64 Gauntlet disk that my brother traded for at middle school. I’m going to try and rip the cracktro because it doesn’t seem to exist online.
The #C64 has trouble rendering pseudo 3d roads because neither its graphics hardware nor its CPU is conducive to it. It still has some awesome racing games though. Here are my picks:
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The #C64 has trouble rendering pseudo 3d roads because neither its graphics hardware nor its CPU is conducive to it. It still has some awesome racing games though. Here are my picks:
It’s #ScreenshotSaturday so here’s how my DOS racer is going so far. I’ve got better traffic generation and a better HUD now.
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It’s #ScreenshotSaturday so here’s how my DOS racer is going so far. I’ve got better traffic generation and a better HUD now.
Happy #RandomGameSaturday! Here’s Roadkill, a great top down racer with all kinds of weapons, smart game design, and a Mortal Kombat-style announcer for the FATALITES. It’s for the Amiga CD32 and other 32-bit Amigas.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy #RandomGameSaturday! Here’s Roadkill, a great top down racer with all kinds of weapons, smart game design, and a Mortal Kombat-style announcer for the FATALITES. It’s for the Amiga CD32 and other 32-bit Amigas.
@digitaleclipse.bsky.social is Quick Match the only online mode?? I was looking forward to being able to play with specific friends online and it was a major reason I wanted this collection. Any plans to add this?
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@digitaleclipse.bsky.social is Quick Match the only online mode?? I was looking forward to being able to play with specific friends online and it was a major reason I wanted this collection. Any plans to add this?
I got halfway through the fog stage. Sega Genesis version of Lotus.
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I got halfway through the fog stage. Sega Genesis version of Lotus.