Another mystery solved ! Answering /u/YYZ88's question on the Sierra subreddit, asking how to unlock the secret debug content included in the 1991 DOS game The Adventures of Willy Beamish.
#reverseengineering #retrogaming #willybeamish #sierra
HAL Laboratory was founded 46 years ago today! One of my favourite studios:
- Kirby
- Super Smash Bros.
- Pokémon Snap/Ranger
- Puzzle games (Eggerland, Picross 3D, BoxBoy!, Part-Time UFO...)
- RPGs (Mother 2-3, Alcahest, Arcana...)
- Metal Slader Glory
- SimCity 64
And more!
A few days ago @mp83.bsky.social wondered what made the mole appear in the window during the bonus sequence of Doki Doki Penguin Land.
So, I've made a little video investigating this mystery.
#msx #reverseengineering #dokidokipenguinland
Sad to hear Mark Volman has died. Always loved that era when Flo & Eddie were in the Mothers of Invention.
It's a Pac-Man clone. Here's an image of the back of the box.
A collection of MSX cartridge and cassette tape games. Eggerland 2, Rollerball, Eggerland Mystery, Confused?, Jet Bomber, Antarctic Adventure, Monkey Academy, Oh Shit! and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
Happy #MaySiXth ! I haven't got my #MSX here at the moment, but these are some of the games I used to play as a kid, all purchased in the '80s.
Only 6 days to go until #MaySiXth, worldwide known as MSX-DAY! Everyone will post the best picture of their current #MSX setup so get cleaning, set-up the lighting, look for the perfect angle and make it a shot to be remembered!
This year there will be a free game too!
The box cover of The Goonies (MSX 1986)
Streaming a new game! Let's see what we can find out about how The Goonies works by reverse engineering its secrets.
Live on Twitch now: twitch.tv/zappatic
The tiles, sprites and main screen graphics assets of Eggerland Mystery, extracted straight from the ROM file.
Asset extraction is coming along nicely. Managed to read the tilesets, spritesets and graphics data straight from the ROM file. Just need to apply the color palette.
In all my years playing this game, I never noticed that the big "Eggerland Mystery" title on the main screen is totally off center!
Streaming some #msx reverse engineering on Twitch. I'll be extracting graphics/assets from the Eggerland Mystery ROM.
www.twitch.tv/zappatic
NEW VID: an investigation into an interesting chunk of memory in Eggerland Mystery (MSX, 1985), where a little byte seems to be marching on.
#msx #eggerland #retrocomputing #reverseengineering #z80
Just released my first YouTube video, where I discover and delve deep into the two algorithms that handle how the level data in Eggerland Mystery is stored in the ROM cartridge.
#msx #eggerland #retrocomputing #reverseengineering #z80
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E59P...
Eggerland Mystery ROM patching is as good as done, can inject all regular and special rounds, as well as bonus stages, update the passwords and the special word. Simple download from the website where all rounds, 5-packs and ROM packs will be stored.
#msx #eggerland #retrogaming #reverseengineering
I'm working on something where you can replace all 100 regular rounds, the 5 special rounds and the 10 bonus rounds, along with the associated passwords, yes. That's not finished yet.
As for speeding up the movement, I haven't looked into that specifically. I might take a look at that in the future!
Thanks, I'll definitely give Cube Droid a look! Direct ROM export was also on my todo-list for the eggerland editor.
Sneak preview of the new Eggerland Mystery Online Construction Mode I've been working on. Made with PixiJS.
#msx #eggerland #pixijs
The construction mode showing round 1 of the 1985 MSX game Eggerland Mystery, where you can create your own rounds.
In the last few streams I have been reverse engineering Eggerland Mystery (#msx 1985), and figured out, among other things, how the level data is stored. I've been working on an online construction mode, a custom round database, and a blog post/YouTube vid to explain how it works. All released soon!
