Starting off 2026 hot by emulating more exotic DS hardware. This time it's the Bayer Didget Glucose Meter, essentially a copy+paste job of the earlier Glucoboy on the GBA. Didn't take much to get it up and running in GBE+. You can now generate in-game […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Forgot to post this earlier, but I've got another article up. This time it's the end of year discussion on the State of Emulation, specially how far along we are to emulating every piece of hardware for the Nintendo DS. A solid 50% of the peripherals listed are supported already in existing […]

Great... Spider just died and fell inside my computer (my rig has ventilation on top). Gotta open up the case and remove it before it melts on the back of my GPU.

Over the weekend, I added support for the Wave Scanner for Mega Man Starforce 1. Very similar to the Wantame Card Scanner, but it did have some surprises. The core emulation logic is done, just need to work on GUI and .ini config stuff. The device sends […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

New article about the Wantame Card Scanner is live: https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art39.html This one details the inner workings of a Nintendo DS barcode scanner. It was used for a game called Wantame Doko Demo Style. It's one of the rare DS peripherals that send data as microphone input […]

For most of September, I worked on emulating a card scanner for the DS. It's used for a game called Wantame Music Channel: Doko Demo Style. You basically get to dress up 3D puppies and have them dance in rhythm games. The scanner itself connects via the DS' […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Well, Japan Post (among others) is temporarily suspending the acceptance of any US-bound package worth over $100 USD. https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/2025/0825_01_en.html Kind of a gut punch. It took years for JP's shipping to the US to adequately recover from COVID. This is […]

Seems the US is ending *ALL* de minimis tariff exemptions in August. Previously it was suspended for China and HK only; soon it will end for all countries. This effectively puts a tax on all imports for both new or used items. This could be devastating for video game preservation projects in […]

Yo, did Stop Killing Games just reach the 1M signatures?! Tell me I'm not tripping right now and this is real. This is great news for video game preservation in that case! https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

I'm pleased to announce the release of my new book, "Nintendo's Lost Handheld: The Pokémon Mini" Dive into Nintendo's long forgotten handheld, explore its fascinating history, take a tour of the hardware's capabilities, and browse it's full library of games! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I'm pleased to announce the release of my new book, "Nintendo's Lost Handheld: The Pokémon Mini" Dive into Nintendo's long forgotten handheld, explore its fascinating history, take a tour of the hardware's capabilities, and browse it's full library of games! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

So, after a brutal marathon of edits and revisions, my new book about the Pokemon Mini is set to be published soon. Once Amazon signs off on a quality check, it's good to go! The process takes 72 hours max tho. I just hope the print quality is consistent. Amazon seems to be slacking. Barnes and […]

Also, the EUR release date of Pokemon Tetris is wrong!! It's been said it launched on the same day as the Pokemon Mini (Mar 15, 2002). Super Juegos #122 (July 2002) says it was an upcoming release for Aug of that year. Revista Pokemon #25 (July 2002) says […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

So, the exact release date of the Pokemon Mini in Australia is unknown. Websites (including Bulbapedia) will tell you it was released anywhere from Oct 3, 2001 to Oct 11, 2002. Thankfully, the Australian magazine Nintendo Gamer covered it in their 8th issue […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Here's something interesting I discovered today: Apparently the developers for Pokemon Race Mini used some kind of debug mode or build to capture screenshots for their manual. You can see this with the time: 9'59"99 Normally after reaching that time, the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Update on the Glucoboy from Reddit. Apparently the person that owns it is the same one who submitted it to the Video Game History Foundation some years back. The ROM was dumped in 2023, so it's already been preserved! Had a chance to talk with them. It's great that they have a passion for […]

Apparently, someone found a copy of the Glucoboy from when they were a kid: https://reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/1l6a9x1/easily_the_rarest_thing_i_own_and_it_was_entirely/ These things unbelievably rare. They basically shouldn't exist. Like at all. When Bayer bought up Guidance […]

The release of the Switch 2 kinda has me nervous... Let me explain. I'm like *this* close to finishing my new book on the Pokemon Mini. Really close! Anytime you write a book about video game history, there's a chance a brand new console will make your info outdated. This new book references […]

New article about the GBKISS LINK is live: https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art38.html This one examines an infrared modem released by Hudson in 1998. This enabled GB-to-PC connections and opened up the internet to the Game Boy. Here, I detail the process of emulating its infrared […]

New article about the Agatsuma TV Tuner is live: https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art37.html This piece delves into only officially licensed TV tuner for the Game Boy Advance. It explores the process of getting a GBA emulator to simulate over-the-air real-time TV broadcasts. Yet another […]

One of the first examples of DLC for the Game Boy can now be emulated. Pocket Family GB used the GB KISS LINK to download a Family Photo Event from Hudson's website. It allows players to save photos of their current family with the GB Printer. DLC files […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Back in 2018, I emulated the Soul Doll Adapter. Think toys-to-life Skylanders stuff, but on the GBA. It had 103 figurines that would unlock characters in the game. I managed to recreate the data for most of them, but a handful I could never get working […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Things on my 2025 bingo card: * 💰 Increase in wealth inequality * ⚠️ More microplastic pollution * 🪖 Global strife and armed conflicts * 📉 Economic distress * 🤡 Continued erosion of social norms and sanity Things not on my 2025 bingo card: * A new (semi?) open world Mario Kart game that lets […]

New article about the Campho Advance is live: https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art36.html The article delves into the challenges of dumping one of the most convoluted cartridges on the Game Boy Advance as well dealing with telephony. Imagine how crazy you'd have to be to turn a GBA […]