youtu.be/pmJyQiL9wYg Curiosity of the day: Gradius III Original vs. SA-1 is the most popular YouTube video on my channel. Originally I only recorded the comparisons as quality assurance work: if the game is properly ported to SA-1, then the intro *should* behave the same as original game. 1/2

Rebecca Heineman needs our help. She’s currently fighting cancer, and I can only imagine how hard that must be. Please consider supporting her. Rebecca worked on many beloved SNES classics at Interplay -- including Another World, The Lost Vikings, Battle Chess and many more.

Hey, everyone. It's been a while since I shared news here. Apologies, it's quite challenging maintaining multiple social medias while having so many real life duties. How are you been all? Any interesting news in the last 1-2 years? I promise to be more active here from now!

I finally got a new PC! A laptop as always. I have great expectations for this new hardware. By the way It's the first time I'm using Windows 11, any hints for someone that is been using Windows 10?

Super Mario World widescreen hack on top with the original on the bottom CRT! Thank you @hackervilela.sneslab.net for making this possible! github.com/VitorVilela7... #snes #supermarioworld #retrogaming

Hello everyone! Happy New Year!!! 🎉✨ I hope you’re all having an amazing time this week. I’m really excited about 2025! 2024 flew by so quickly. While I had a lot of personal challenges to deal, 2024 was really important year for myself. A lot of things that were... (+)

Area 88 EN Plus is a retranslation of UN Squadron that rebalances the mission rewards to encourage the use of mid tier planes and cuts down on grinding. Firing is now full auto. Compatible with @hackervilela.sneslab.net's FastROM hack. Download: blizzz.ovh/files/area88...

Hello everyone!! Seeing a lot of new followers recently - welcome you all!! If any if you need something feel free to drop me a message!

Never had a chance to play it yet, but from gameplay it seems possible :)

it's post a random game in your collection Saturday

A espera acabou! O Reino recebe com muito orgulho o preservador, ROM hacker e dublador independente @maxwelolinda.bsky.social, dos canais MaxwelThuThu e MaxwelSeven, para uma entrevista exclusiva! Confira:

Terraria is possible on the SNES as well! Just give me the game source code =)

One day, we will be able to play Stardew Valley on the SNES

The video @maxwelolinda.bsky.social made about enhancement chips made me remember of some hidden knowledge that I forgot completely about: 1. DSP1-DSP4 chips are pretty much the same. The difference is that they programmed a different ROM *inside* the chip. We can make our own DSP chip with that.

Vídeo novo no MaxwelSeven!!! Nesse vídeo de 1 HORA E 15 MINUTOS, eu analiso todos os jogos de SNES que usaram chip especial no cartucho para ajudar no processamento. Dou uma breve explicação do uso dos chips em cada jogo. Espero que gostem! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJOA...

Yes! I believe it's very possible

Yes, mouse support will be included!!

If you like my posts, don't forget to "retweet" as well. You will be helping me to make the content reach more people!

With the SimCity SA-1 patch I can see the possibility of a lot of improvements to the game. - More save slots - Even larger maps - Full screen maps and graphs in the menu options - Fluid UI with no lag between menus - Widescreen support What else can be done for the game?

SimCity SA-1 patch!!!

SimCity SA-1 memory map is now ready! Next step is putting the SA-1 CPU to run on the game!! I bet it will be possible to play it at 60 FPS and with 10x simulation speed compared to original. Make your bets!

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,283,019! Hue hue hue!

For reasons I can't understand yet, applying the SA-1 patch makes two scenarios marked as completed automatically

SimCity está começando a ganhar forma com o chip SA-1. Estou bem animado agora porque fazia bastante tempo, estava com muito medo de ter perdido as minhas habilidades em codar no Super Nintendo.

SimCity simulation is completely broken with SA-1 right now but Dr Wright is saying that my city is growing nicely, so that's what it matters for now!

SimCity with SA-1 memory map. Looks like the simulator crashed.

Está um absurdo a diferença entre o mercado de desktops e notebooks Nunca vi tanto notebook caro e fraco. Sempre foi adepto de notebooks mas pelo visto terei que ir pros desktops no meu próximo upgrade

Vocês apoiariam se um dia eu decidisse começar a fazer jogos do zero no Super Nintendo? Ou preferem mods que melhoram jogos que já existem?

The 65c816 CPU has a opcode (command) called COP ("Coprocessor empowerment"). The SNES has no coprocessor to enpower, so it works like a software interrupt (like BRK). SimCity for unknown reasons heavily uses the command, being called 310 times in the game. They could have used a normal subroutine.

It's crazy how time flies! 12 years ago I made the first prototype of SA-1 Pack for Super Mario World. Unlike other attempts, this patch enabled SA-1 and introduced "The Last Remapper", a technique for moving game memory to the SA-1 CPU, allowing the chip to be explored fully! youtu.be/-OJ_lhc-KkU

Hello everyone!! I just updated my handler!! It's now @hackervilela.sneslab.net!!! Share with everyone!

I see potential for a SimCity widescreen patch. Widescreen + mouse support would make the game pretty fun to play on a modern computer

For whoever curious, a disassembly is the first step for creating ROM hacks. A complete disassembly can let us understand the game code, find opportunities for improvement and allows for complex patches like SA-1 and widescreen!

Managed to disassembly SimCity by 99.37%. Whew, this game has a LOT of hidden content. There might be some unused stuff as well (e.g. similar to SMW's test level), but I still need more research to confirm this.

Good Job! Your fine city is growing nicely. I don't see any problems at the moment, so let's keep up the good work!

Chegou o grande Snestalgia! Bem vindo!

Bluesky é um lugar bem agradável de navegar. Eu gostei Pena não estar todo o mundo aqui por enquanto, mas caso o Twitter não volte mesmo acho que essa será minha rede principal.

Hmm.

Thank you for the 300 followers! It's very nice to see so many people joining Bluesky!

Às vezes dá vontade de querer portar o Stardew Valley pro Super Nintendo, será que é possível?

Hello everyone! This is my first post. To make stuff more fun, here is a screenshot of Super Metroid running on SA-1. Most of the algorithms are yet not processed by the chip, but the game layout is already adapt to the use the SA-1 chip.

Did you know that there's two speed modes available on the SNES when reading data from a ROM cartridge? A SNES ROM chip can be eligible for two access modes: - SlowROM: The SNES CPU can read the chip at 2.68 MHz - FastROM: You can access the chip at 3.58 MHz - 34% faster than SlowROM.

I'm a SNES ROM hacker interested in improving existing games and exploring the hardware capabilities of the Super Nintendo system! I have worked on different games like Super Mario World, Gradius III, Contra III, Super R-Type and much more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_4...

It still bugs me that we don't know what the "big" levels exactly means on SMW

Did you know that there's two speed modes available on the SNES when reading data from a ROM cartridge? A SNES ROM chip can be eligible for two access modes: - SlowROM: The SNES CPU can read the chip at 2.68 MHz - FastROM: You can access the chip at 3.58 MHz - 34% faster than SlowROM.

Thank you for the 100 followers!! Let's make a strong SNES community here!

What SNES games you are interested in a future SA-1 conversion? Comment here! While the main priority is Super Metroid, I might take a look on a second game to help me remember about the inner SNES details, as Metroid is so big that it will take a while.

I'm a SNES ROM hacker interested in improving existing games and exploring the hardware capabilities of the Super Nintendo system! I have worked on different games like Super Mario World, Gradius III, Contra III, Super R-Type and much more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_4...