Broken Sword Smoking Mirror: Reforged - Collector's Edition A Collector's Edition of this epic adventure game on PC and Console

I just backed Broken Sword Smoking Mirror: Reforged - Collector's Edition on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/rev...

We spend so much of our time in social media discussing AI slop, yet pitch correction and auto tune in music has been an absolute plague for many years and I don't see it getting mentioned.

This is as artificial as it gets and now most singers sound like robots hitting notes so perfectly.

There is something beautiful about being able to play SEGA Dreamcast games (many of them anyway) in 480p on a VGA monitor.

It was so ahead of its time. Dead or Alive 2 still looks amazing even though it's 26 years old!

Sonic Mania on the SEGA Dreamcast, a partnership that is meant to be... Well done everyone involved!

Fantastic, I know where I'm purchasing it from! 🫠

Ah Wacup, I'll give that a look!

Can you remember Winamp? It was the music player to have back in the day. There was also a plugin that that added LEDs & speakers that attached to the player.

Inspired by this, my PXR MIDI Player now has these optional additions...

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#midi #macos #retrocomputing

My PXR MIDI Player for macOS has just been updated to version 0.94.2 with a few enhancements and bug fixes.

If you love MIDI files and use macOS 14+, give it a go! It's free!

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#midi #yamaha #roland #korg

My PXR MIDI Player for macOS has just been updated to version 0.94.2 with a few enhancements and bug fixes.

If you love MIDI files and use macOS 14+, give it a go! It's free!

www.pixelrefresh.com/product/pxr-...

#midi #yamaha #roland #korg

Pong

First review is in...

PXR MIDI Player for macOS [BETA] | Pixel Refresh A modern MIDI player for macOS 14+ with hardware MIDI device support by James Woodcock.

I need BETA testers for my PXR MIDI Player application for macOS...

It has not been out in the wild at all yet, but I have enjoyed working on it and playing MIDI files I have collected over many years within it.

www.pixelrefresh.com/product/pxr-...

Buy my game dev book! (weekly marketing post) #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #brokensword #8bit #16bit

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Claude Code Opus 4.5/4.6, in Swift.

I have now built a mini player mode inspired by classic MIDI tone modules like the Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 and Yamaha MU80...

Very cool!

I've been experimenting with AI coding recently. I've wanted to build a MIDI playback app with features I want to use that take advantage of my Yamaha & Roland devices.

The macOS app has been a fun journey & very informative of what's possible and indeed the pitfalls, but I have a nice usable app.

It's handy to see SysEx commands on my Yamaha MU2000 menu options so I can trigger them through an app or music composition easily.

XG MIDI files can be played in a Native mode or BASIC, backwards compatible which is spot on. Fumbling through menus isn't fun, but triggering using an app is great

It's been a rather fun Xbox system link gaming day today.

Also had a chance to check the clock capacitors on these two, which is THE capacitor that will itself decide to ruin your original Xbox at some point if left unchecked.

#retrogaming #retroconsoles

I'm green with envy

Welcome to my MIDI family...

The Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro. I'm surprised how many vocal samples it has. Very distinct instrumentations really enjoying it.

Sadly the SC-55 mode isn't 100%, so I'll certainly keep that around but for what it is, I'm really happy with it.

Yamaha MU2000 with PLG100-DX, VL, and SG Expansion Boards | Rare MIDI Japanese Tone Module YouTube video by Pixel Refresh

Yamaha MU2000 with DX, VL, and SG Expansion

MIDI was huge in the 90s. The MIDI file used here is a 64-channel demonstration provided by Yamaha, to show the sounds of the MU2000 and the optional plugin boards when combined together. Amazingly, the file is just 61KB!

youtu.be/qo2pqp_dy9g?...

It's amazing how many tech news titles feature the word "Finally", even if it never needed the word!

This is a resolution we can support.

Happy New Year from the Volunteer Team at RCM 🥰

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Merry Christmas retro fans and to your excellent museum and volunteers! 🎄

I'll have to give that a go!

Here is my Dell XPS 710 from around 2007 (with a 720 motherboard), 8GB RAM, upgraded to GeForce Titan and Q6600 CPU.

It's just had its first clean and oh my the heatsink! So much dust!!! You couldn't tell until you took it apart. All sorted now though.

Simon the Sorcerer Intro - Real Roland MT-32 YouTube video by Pixel Refresh

Experience the DOS floppy disk version introduction of Simon the Sorcerer on real Roland MT-32 hardware. Simon the Sorcerer is a classic point and click adventure game by Adventure Soft.

youtube.com/shorts/hi9PW...

#retrogaming #mt32 #simonthesorcerer

Monkey Island 2 Intro - Real Roland MT-32 YouTube video by Pixel Refresh

Experience the DOS floppy disk version introduction of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge on real Roland MT-32 hardware. Monkey Island Two is a classic point and click adventure game by Lucas Arts.

youtube.com/shorts/022pw...

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #scummvm

The Secret of Monkey Island Intro - Real Roland MT-32 YouTube video by Pixel Refresh

Experience the DOS floppy disk version introduction of Monkey Island 1 on real Roland MT-32 hardware. The Secret of Monkey Island is a classic point and click adventure game by Lucas Arts.

youtube.com/shorts/QWbBx...

#monkeyisland #mt32 #retrogaming