TravistyOJ

piforcetools by travistyoj →

I just wanted to post another quick update to Piforce Tools. Version 1.5 is now available, and here are the release notes:

Improved Boot times

Fixed minor /etc/fstab formatting issue

Added support for Adafruit RGB LCD Plate

Added support for Raspberry Pi 3, along with 2, B+, and B support.

The castlevania kick continues. I started out wanting to make a super cut of all the intro’s in the Castlevania series, and I realized only the early games in the series did the castle approach bit.

I recently picked up a copy of Akumajō Dracula X: Gekka no Yasōkyoku, or as you probably know it, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The first edition of the Japanese version actually came with a pretty sweet collection of music from every Castlevania up until that point. It was also released in the US as a preorder bonus titled Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Music Sampler CD. In the interest of preservation, and the fact that this music is not available commercially anywhere, I figured I would rip it and post it here for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

Dracula Music Collection

Track List

Akumajō Dracula (FDS)
Akumajō Dracula (MSX)
Dracula II - Noroi no Fūin (FDS)
Dracula Densetsu (GB)
Akumajō Densetsu (FC)
Akumajō Special - Boku Dracula-kun (FC)
Dracula Densetsu II (GB)
Akumajō Dracula (SFC)
Akumajō Special - Boku Dracula-kun (GB)
Akumajō Dracula (FC)
Akumajō Dracula (X68000)
Akumajō Dracula X - Chi no Rondo (PCE)
Vampire Killer (MD)
Akumajou Dracula XX (SFC)
Akumajou Dracula (Arcade)
Akumajō Dracula (SFC) (Arranged Version)

Piforce Tools →

I just wanted to post a quick update to my piforce tools project: Version 1.4 now supports Raspberry Pi Model 2, so swing on by and download the latest image. It’s actually back on raspbian wheezy now, which allows a single image to support B, B+, and B2 hardware revisions. ArchLinux was defniitely more snappy on boot times, since it uses systemd, but it was such a pain to configure. TLDR: 1.4 has more compatability, but slower boot times.

travistyoj/gen-cksum →

Recently, I’ve been exploring the wonderful world of Genesis ROM hacks, and specifically updating the rosters of old baseball games to have current players and statistics. After a first attempt, I loaded up my ROM only to have a red screen staring back at me. I did some quick research and found out that the Genesis itself does a checksum at boot. This was presumably to prevent tampering, which coincidentally is exactly what I wanted to do. I found Genesis/MegaDrive checksum fixers, but they were old, Windows only, and required using a GUI. I figured, with an open source implementation in python, people can fix checksums in their projects, and even script against it.

Look! It’s another episode of Mail Call!

theomeganerd:

Gaming Nostalgia: Nintendo Power - Issues 1-10

The evolution of Nintendo’s controllers. Keep your eyes on the D-pad… You are getting sleepy.

jassin000 asked: Hi, I have a dead Marvel vs Capcom JPN board... I would like to revive it with the Avalaunch clean ROMs (similar to Phenoix decrypted sets). My question is while resurrecting the board can I also change it to USA region? I know a "normal" resurrection requires 3,4,5,6 & 7... Do I also need 8,9 & 10 being this is a region change? Thanks!

Yep, you can change the region. Usually the later ones are the same, but what I would recommend is download the romset from avalaunch, and just verify 10 against the avalaunch romset, then work backwards until they dont match. So probably at 7 or 6, when the verification fails, just burn from 3 to that one. Hope that helps, good luck!