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by themrcul
Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer
Replies: 19
Views: 54612

Re: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer

Hmmm I'll try uploading it again when I get home. It was hard to get it uploaded in the first place due to file size limits I think.
by themrcul
Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:16 am
Forum: Demos
Topic: Perlin & Pinpin - The Robin Tower (2 episodes available!)
Replies: 11
Views: 29876

Re: Perlin & Pinpin - The Robin Tower (demo available)

I finally had a chance to try this yesterday on a real MD and CRT.
I was genuinely impressed with your results guys.
I loved the care given to the animation of all the characters, and the talking sounds using the PSG, just like Landstalker did.

Truly terrific job and I hope you guys keep working on ...
by themrcul
Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:02 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Tilemap Compression
Replies: 1
Views: 6577

Tilemap Compression

Hello gentlemen,
Up until now I have been compressing my tilesets and sprite tilesets but not my tilemap (plane mappings).

Lately I have been thinking about how much ROM space my plane mappings will be if I leave them uncompressed, and realised that I need to implement some sort of compression ...
by themrcul
Wed Nov 27, 2019 11:26 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer
Replies: 19
Views: 54612

Re: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer

Hey fellas,
My original plan was to show what you were drawing on the MD itself in realtime as you drew in Aseprite - as in it would send over your mouse position and colour, etc to the MD and you could see what you are doing on the CRT screen. But sadly Aseprite offers nothing in the scripting ...
by themrcul
Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:43 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer
Replies: 19
Views: 54612

Re: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer

Yeah exactly, thanks fellas, I thought the same - why not use the exact output of a Mega Drive to confirm it looks like what you want, rather than any alternative?
I don't have easy access to a computer that can output composite natively anymore. So the MD was ironically the best solution for me.
by themrcul
Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:31 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer
Replies: 19
Views: 54612

Re: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer

Hi Chilly,
Thanks and that's my plan - when my map builder is further along I want it connect directly to see what maps will look like on a CRT. Art just looks so different on a CRT. The map builder will connect in the same fashion as the socket app.
by themrcul
Sun Nov 24, 2019 12:18 am
Forum: Tools
Topic: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer
Replies: 19
Views: 54612

Re: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer

Here is version 0.1 release.
by themrcul
Sun Nov 24, 2019 12:18 am
Forum: Tools
Topic: Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer
Replies: 19
Views: 54612

Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer

Hi everyone,
While thinking of what kind of art to make for a possible project with my business partner, we faced the problem of easily evaluating art on a CRT.
I thought of a few possible solutions to getting images from my computer to my CRT, from old graphics cards that can be set to 240p modes ...
by themrcul
Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:17 am
Forum: Demos
Topic: Devwill Too MD
Replies: 14
Views: 36589

Re: Devwill Too MD

Great work for you and your team Nemezes!
by themrcul
Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:16 am
Forum: Demos
Topic: Double Symbol for Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / 32X - release!
Replies: 10
Views: 18843

Re: WIP "Double Symbol" - release!

Great work Tim!
by themrcul
Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:51 am
Forum: Demos
Topic: MegaVid FMV codec
Replies: 3
Views: 8276

Re: MegaVid FMV codec

Very clever!
by themrcul
Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:55 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Cart Design Questions
Replies: 74
Views: 220844

Re: Cart Design Questions

Thanks Tiido, that's a good idea.
by themrcul
Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:06 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Cart Design Questions
Replies: 74
Views: 220844

Re: Cart Design Questions

3D render 2 (A side):
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Doing this project has been the most fun I've had in a while!
by themrcul
Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:04 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Cart Design Questions
Replies: 74
Views: 220844

Re: Cart Design Questions

1.8V net highlighted:
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1.2V net highlighted:
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3D render 1 (note I couldn't find 3D models of all components, but it still gives me a good idea of what it will look like in the end):
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by themrcul
Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:02 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Cart Design Questions
Replies: 74
Views: 220844

Re: Cart Design Questions

Hey fellas,
After hours and hours of learning, researching, reading spec sheets, etc and selecting components I believe I have a workable design on my hands.

This is a debug board that has a USB port from which I aim to be able to write to the EEPROM with, without needing to unplug the cart and ...