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Western Technologies Sega Dev Card Demo Code

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Devkit, Hacks, Sega

Here’s a quick look at some demo code. There’s also source code, so once I work out how to compile the code… I’ll be able to alter the text… that’s about it though, I’m no programmer! ;) Continue reading

Western Technologies Sega Dev Card SEGALOAD.EXE

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Devkit, Hacks, Sega

More on the Western Technologies Sega Development Card and the software used to run it. SEGALOAD.EXE is the PC-side object-code downloader for the SegaDev hardware; it sends a compiled image from the development PC into the SRAM cartridge attached to the Mega Drive. Here we look at some switches used... Continue reading

Western Technologies Sega Dev Card Demo

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Devkit, Hacks, Sega

Let us have a look at the Western Technologies Development Card functioning with a simple Sonic binary file. Uploaded (they call it downloading) from the PC to the Mega Drive through the PC’s parallel port, with the image held in SRAM on the development cartridge. The comparison to a Mega... Continue reading

Western Technologies Sega Dev Card Software Overview

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Devkit, Programming, Sega

This gives a peek at the software running behind the Western Technologies Development Card for uploading (they call it downloading) from the PC to the Mega Drive. SEGALOAD sends the game image through the PC’s parallel port into SRAM on the development cartridge. Beats having to burn the EPROMs with... Continue reading

Black Mesa Quick Demo

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Gaming, IBM PC

Just a quick peek at some Black Mesa madness. I’m sure there will be more. I need a better GPU… Any game with an Office Space reference earns instant respect points! Black Mesa is a fan-made reimagining of the original Half-Life. An earlier version of this post said “get the... Continue reading