Different production runs with different levels of fire-retardants I guess.

The text is:
＞シタ　ミル
ビキニノ　ビジョガ　アルイテイマス。

Written normally (instead of phonetically):
>下見る
ビキニの美女が歩いています。

In English:
>LOOK DOWN
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN BIKINI ARE TAKING A WALK.

You can support MoSX BIOS/BASIC development by buying me a coffee some time, or becoming a member. The more people support TNI, the more time I can spend working on #MSX (system) software. There's so much more left to gain for MSX!

SCREEN3 was used a lot for homemade #MSX BASIC programs in Japan and is now popular on MSX0. People would complain that SCREEN3 became so slow on MSX2. Let's compare GRP: device printing in SCREEN3. The configurations are the same as above. We see MoSX BASIC is 4 times faster! ✨

I never did this kind of analysis of games. I just follow my own intuition on how things can be implemented. It's nice that emulators allow this kind of visualization tho!

MS² v1.0 will be released soon, so I'll be doing this work for v2.0! You can help me develop MS² (and other cool MSX stuff) by donating or becoming a member on my Buy Me A Coffee page. As an #MSX Enthusiast tier member you'll receive software releases like MS² and tniASM in your e-mail inbox! (3/3)

So, FM software normally has a frequency range of C0 to B7. In MS² I had already extended the range to G-1 to F#8. This means I can put A440 in octave 4 where it belongs. It also means I should extend the amount of notes from 96 (8 octaves) to 120 (10 octaves), covering most of the MIDI notes. (2/3)

I was so distracted I ended up missing saying hi at your booth 😥
I also missed the entire Konami documentary and Kojima's video message. 😓

This is why good software engineers often appear to be doing other things than programming, such as gaming or watching a movie. They're not slacking off, but letting their subconscious brain solve difficult or complicated problems by keeping their conscious brain occupied. 🗿❤️🧠

You can let your subconscious brain play shmups like Aleste 2 better by talking to someone while playing, or being distracted with an idea. Subconscious brain is not only better at such problem solving, it can even crystallise other ideas or solve hard problems at the same time!

Your conscious brain is dominant tho; it'll cause you to think about it more or take a more methodological approach. When debugging, I often find myself checking things step by step, only to find out that my initial hunch was in the right direction. I'm sorry, subconscious brain!