Just some things that find interesting or I want to look up without searching the web.

Mostly retro game related, mostly.

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Improving my Atari 8-bit Controller Adapter

First published 2022/11/19: I found a few problems with the paddle and drivign controller adapters while testing the mwith 'Atari 50: The Anniversary Colleciton'

• By Greg Gallardo

Atari 50 and Old School Atari Controllers

First published 2022/11/14: 'Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration' is like an interactive museum. I adapted some old Atari 800 controllers using an Arduino as a USB device

• By Greg Gallardo

SGDK Parallax Scrolling Tool

First published 2023/01/14: I made a Python script for generating parallax scrolling floors (and ceilings).

• By Greg Gallardo

SGDK Scroll Based Rotation Tool

First published 2023/01/20: Yet another Python script for generating SGDK code. It calculates scrolling offsets to simulate rotation in SGDK.

• By Greg Gallardo

Sega Genesis Light Gun Programming (SGDK)

First published 2023/04/07: SGDK has built in support for light guns like the Menacer. In this post I go over the basics of SGDK light gun programming

• By Greg Gallardo

SGDK Basic Sprite Example

First published 2022/04/02: SGDK is a fantastic library for developing games for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

• By Greg Gallardo

Sega Stunner Board

First published 2022/11/29: Just a dump of some pics I took of the Sega Stunner board while working on a Stunner version of Devastar

• By Greg Gallardo

Tmux Notes

First published 2022/03/20: Tmux is a Linux Terminal MUtipleXer. I use it often when working with GNU Linux servers.

• By Greg Gallardo

OpenCV/Raspberry Pi Build Notes

First published 2022/05/17: Just some notes I took while building OpenCV on a Raspberry Pi 4. Updated for Raspberry Pi 5 on 2024/06/05

• By Greg Gallardo

Markdown

First published 2022/03/20: Markdown is an easy way to format text. These are just a few notes to myself about MarkDown

• By Greg Gallardo