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#51
News / Re: 2024 PCEFX Newsletter (Arc...
Last post by NightWolve - 01/19/2025, 03:09 AMThe email queue finished...today, that is, all PCEFX newsletter emails finally finished being sent out to the 5k legacy membership! My host is annoying, has 300 daily email limits, that sort of thing, which I had to work around by slowing down the email queue process...
Anyway, one interesting development thanks to publishing the newsletter is it turns out that someone else also tried to archive pcecp .com similar to me! He successfully downloaded all the images and passed along a copy, and I in turn gave him a raw MySQL copy of the pcecp database that Bt Garner gave me in 2021 before he passed away. I'll report the progress if he actually does rebuild pcecp soon on his site:
http://gamezero.online/special/pcecp/
Other than that, I noticed a few extra visits, but not much new posts in response... Sadly my hopes for this PCEFX revival project didn't live up to expectations, but oh well. I'm just glad we can save/archive as much of the site/forum as possible even if we'll never get back some decent active membership. Have to accept reality/circumstances.
Anyway, one interesting development thanks to publishing the newsletter is it turns out that someone else also tried to archive pcecp .com similar to me! He successfully downloaded all the images and passed along a copy, and I in turn gave him a raw MySQL copy of the pcecp database that Bt Garner gave me in 2021 before he passed away. I'll report the progress if he actually does rebuild pcecp soon on his site:
http://gamezero.online/special/pcecp/
Other than that, I noticed a few extra visits, but not much new posts in response... Sadly my hopes for this PCEFX revival project didn't live up to expectations, but oh well. I'm just glad we can save/archive as much of the site/forum as possible even if we'll never get back some decent active membership. Have to accept reality/circumstances.
#52
Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: NEC PC-FX Homebrew (Alpha)...
Last post by gameblabla - 01/09/2025, 10:13 PMhttps://www.twitch.tv/videos/2346542531
A VTuber covered my game (and also my Anarch port) during a livestream and it seems that he and viewers were impressed by the graphics. (at 1:21:00 or so)
I'm glad i was able to achieve this in the first place
It does seem that i need to increase the game's difficulty, the game does progress in difficulty but it does it too slowly for people to notice, i hope to address that later.
Unrelated to PC-FX but i also fixed the Casio Loopy's weird behaviour in game (it wasn't rendering anything in game altho in fact, it seems it actually froze) due to an issue with OpenBUS and writing/reading pixels offscreen. That was a mistake on my part and it was fixed.
A VTuber covered my game (and also my Anarch port) during a livestream and it seems that he and viewers were impressed by the graphics. (at 1:21:00 or so)
I'm glad i was able to achieve this in the first place
It does seem that i need to increase the game's difficulty, the game does progress in difficulty but it does it too slowly for people to notice, i hope to address that later.
Unrelated to PC-FX but i also fixed the Casio Loopy's weird behaviour in game (it wasn't rendering anything in game altho in fact, it seems it actually froze) due to an issue with OpenBUS and writing/reading pixels offscreen. That was a mistake on my part and it was fixed.
#53
Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: TurboFont
Last post by NightWolve - 01/06/2025, 12:10 AMJust everything you see here I suppose. We'd have to track down @2X4 and ask. Like many he's MIA, and I dunno if his email is still valid either.
Confirmed - His email address is expired/bad/invalid:
You'll have to find another way to contact him.
Confirmed - His email address is expired/bad/invalid:
Quote----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<strandc@unk.edu>
SMTP; 554 5.4.14 Hop count exceeded - possible mail loop ATTR34 [SN1PEPF0002636D.namprd02.prod.outlook.com
You'll have to find another way to contact him.
#54
Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: TurboFont
Last post by Vinapocalypse - 01/05/2025, 11:00 PMDid anything ever become of this font? I'd love a copy if it was finished
#55
News / Re: 2024 PCEFX Newsletter (Arc...
Last post by NightWolve - 01/02/2025, 02:05 AMOK, the 2024 PCEFX newsletter is shipping out (late as it is)!
It feels like 2024 saw more significant localization projects like Team Innocent than what was published for PC Engine! Let's hope that changes for 2025!
Happy New Year!
It feels like 2024 saw more significant localization projects like Team Innocent than what was published for PC Engine! Let's hope that changes for 2025!
Happy New Year!
#56
Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread
Last post by NightWolve - 12/10/2024, 02:29 AMMade from a deleted PCE/TurboGrafx YouTube video I extracted out of WayBack.
See: pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?msg=208700
(ep: Retro Hardware - TurboGrafx-16 via youtube.com/user/TheGameStation)
Big Wayback TurboGrafx-CD Surprise! ; ) To illustrate how big the original TurboGrafx-CD box was, I guess this YouTube content creator had a friend hide behind it and then stand up to say "Surprise!" Unless he found the clip from someone else. And I dunno why he deleted the video, pretty well edited and short, to the point about Hudson/NEC legacy...
See: pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?msg=208700
(ep: Retro Hardware - TurboGrafx-16 via youtube.com/user/TheGameStation)
Big Wayback TurboGrafx-CD Surprise! ; ) To illustrate how big the original TurboGrafx-CD box was, I guess this YouTube content creator had a friend hide behind it and then stand up to say "Surprise!" Unless he found the clip from someone else. And I dunno why he deleted the video, pretty well edited and short, to the point about Hudson/NEC legacy...
#57
News / Re: The Brothers DuoMazov 2.0 ...
Last post by NightWolve - 12/02/2024, 01:34 AMpcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/
pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/ys-book-i-and-ii.html
pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/ys-iv-dawn-of-ys.html
I took a quick excursion tonight to make my small collection of DuoMazov reviews format better on mobile (Android phone in my case). : )
Here's how it looks on my Samsung Galaxy OLED. Quick'n'dirty CSS dynamic media resizing I learned, good enough.
The way that Nat coded the pages made it pretty easy to work something up in a few hours. So the width is changed to 100%, all images to 49%, and the title & side bars made invisible when the window/screen width is < 720-860px using dynamic support in CSS (JavaScript not necessary).
Future: Yeah, I'd still like to build a script to download/process the whole site some day from WayBack, or if Nat has all the files in a local HDD to share, that'd be nice too!
P. S. In case I didn't mention here, I did start a preliminary Perl script for such a purpose to work with Wayback and used it to download the TurboStation-16 PCEFX section that Aaron deleted in 2003:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/
Also, try the "?dir" command option I added to the site to access all media/images:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/?dir
Not everything was saved in Wayback, most of the videos and audio files were lost unfortunately. But lots of manual scans were recovered, nearly all - I patched some missing ones and ~2 Falcom audio tracks.
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/mp3_selections_-_ys_collection.html
pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/ys-book-i-and-ii.html
pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/ys-iv-dawn-of-ys.html
I took a quick excursion tonight to make my small collection of DuoMazov reviews format better on mobile (Android phone in my case). : )
Here's how it looks on my Samsung Galaxy OLED. Quick'n'dirty CSS dynamic media resizing I learned, good enough.
The way that Nat coded the pages made it pretty easy to work something up in a few hours. So the width is changed to 100%, all images to 49%, and the title & side bars made invisible when the window/screen width is < 720-860px using dynamic support in CSS (JavaScript not necessary).
Future: Yeah, I'd still like to build a script to download/process the whole site some day from WayBack, or if Nat has all the files in a local HDD to share, that'd be nice too!
P. S. In case I didn't mention here, I did start a preliminary Perl script for such a purpose to work with Wayback and used it to download the TurboStation-16 PCEFX section that Aaron deleted in 2003:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/
Also, try the "?dir" command option I added to the site to access all media/images:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/?dir
Not everything was saved in Wayback, most of the videos and audio files were lost unfortunately. But lots of manual scans were recovered, nearly all - I patched some missing ones and ~2 Falcom audio tracks.
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/mp3_selections_-_ys_collection.html
#58
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue
Last post by djsote - 11/20/2024, 03:43 AM
Thanks for your answer, i go to check all the vias if i see something.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
#59
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue
Last post by NightWolve - 11/19/2024, 03:31 PM
I got a hold of Steve on that, the PCE EE expert, he says:
That sounds like no response from the Sony chips. Odds are it's a bad via again... Could be anywhere between the card slot and the motor controller. This time it's likely data bus, not power.
Sounds like you need to go on a via repair-spree! Clean and repair as many vias as you can. Between the card slot and motor controller helps narrow an area down but I'd go further since others are likely to fail and cause unpredictable symptoms/problems.
So sand, flux, maybe push clean copper inbetween the via where you can see it stick out both sides and then solder it. And of course check continuity from both sides to make sure the traces are restored when finished to be 100% it's repaired.
Good luck!
That sounds like no response from the Sony chips. Odds are it's a bad via again... Could be anywhere between the card slot and the motor controller. This time it's likely data bus, not power.
Sounds like you need to go on a via repair-spree! Clean and repair as many vias as you can. Between the card slot and motor controller helps narrow an area down but I'd go further since others are likely to fail and cause unpredictable symptoms/problems.
So sand, flux, maybe push clean copper inbetween the via where you can see it stick out both sides and then solder it. And of course check continuity from both sides to make sure the traces are restored when finished to be 100% it's repaired.
Good luck!
#60
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue
Last post by djsote - 11/19/2024, 10:30 AM
Quote from: NightWolve on 11/09/2024, 10:50 PMYou want a photo of the area? Do you not know what a via looks like?? It's a drilled hole to divert a trace from one side to the other, top to bottom. If it's corroded you can shine it up with sand paper, both sides, add flux and then apply solder both sides! That should restore full conductivity/continuity. Once finished, check continuity with a DMM that you get 0 to low Ohms.
Thanks for your answer.
I found the via and solved it, but now, the laser go down when i power on the pce. But the disc not spin, and when i hit run button, doesnt do nothing. Change the message to please wait and nothing, doesnt spin, and doesnt read nothing.
Any ideas?
Regards