Python plays Mario
01/05/2023
Playing around with ChatGPT & Google Co-lab, I have this working script, that trains a model using neural networks, to play Mario. I’m really keen to play with this more, just need more time in my days!
ODROID-GO Advance
19/02/2020
For my birthday my best mate (aka son) presented me with some cash to buy a game. Rather than pick up a transient title that I’d play in passing I ordered the latest kit from HardKernel; the merging of two of my favourite pass times, Linux & Retrogames, then awesome handheld Odroid-Go Advance… & it arrived at the weekend 🙂 It only took half an hour to put together; the…
Super Off Road
08/10/2019
Today’s arcade retro title is another favourite of mine; the classic 3 player Super Off road, what I always thought of as the spiritual successor to Super Sprint. Another game that I dropped a mountain of 10p coins into over the years, and one that I’ve picked up on a variety of consoles. In the game, up to three players (four in the NES version through use of either the…
Hellfire S – The Another Story PC Engine
07/10/2019
Hellfire is a 1989 scrolling #shmup by Toaplan,initially released in #arcades then ported to the #MegaDrive and the #PCEngine CD-ROM². One of the best #shmups on #Genesis,with slick graphics and sound this good looking blaster oozes playability👍🏻#MegaDriveMonday #MegaDriveMini pic.twitter.com/du8Q9e0Zt4 — G.I. Deon (@GidionV) October 7, 2019 @GidionV has not only an extensive enviable retro collection, but encyclopedic knowledge of #SHMUP history. He often shares forgotten gems that I don’t have…
World Health Organization now classifify me, and, and I’m sure many others, as having a ‘gaming disorder’. TechRadar: World Health Organization officially classifies ‘gaming disorder’ as an illness “impaired control over gaming […], increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.” Wait until the WHO look at…
Pyxel for Python
13/01/2019
Thanks to this tweet from @Kitao as an introduction to Pyxel, a retro gaming engine based built on Python3 I made the English version of the official introduction of Pyxel.#gamedev #IndieGameDev #python #pico8 #tic80 Let's start programming with Pyxel, a retro game engine! – kitao's blog https://t.co/Xob7DnFIjH pic.twitter.com/NzUV5HoJvE — Takashi Kitao (@kitao) November 25, 2018 This ticks 2 boxes for me, Python and Retrogaming; how could I not want to…
Retro Android Platform evening
05/01/2019
I’m still processing Dark Souls iii (sad eh?), so today was a Retro Android Platform evening 🙂 MegaDrive: Caliber.50 Playing Caliber .50 on the Genesis Strangest enemy difficulty where tanks explode quickly, enemy rockets fire faster than bullets, and bosses are mega derranged animals. Novel controls with buttons to rotate#retrogaming #Megadrive #SEGAhttps://t.co/DYCP2mxGhO — Gamer Geek (@GamerGeekNews) January 5, 2019 Played via RetroArch on Nvidia Shield Android: Does Not Commute I…