Nathan Altice

@circuitlions

Games researcher. Synth destroyer. Likes old things. Teaches Computational Media at UCSC. Wrote I AM ERROR.

Santa Cruz, CA
Beigetreten April 2008

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    8. Sept. 2017

    I AM ERROR, my NES platform study, is out in soft, supple, & inexpensive paperback format today. Tell yer cheap friends and online pirates.

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    7. Sept.

    How come they don't release the entire NFL season all at once like Netflix?? It's 2019

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    30. Aug.

    Wow. The website found a pamphlet of pre-video game Nintendo toys *for America*, and it actually had a US patent # for "Slugger Mate," aka the Ultra Machine. Punched in the number and there's the patent, with Gunpei Yokoi's signature and all.

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    5. Sept.

    Want to code a game for the Mega Drive/Genesis? This tutorial will teach you how to make a Pong-like game in C using SGDK!

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  5. 7. Sept.

    Today's lesson in propaganda:

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  6. 6. Sept.

    Figured this out by translating a Japanese magazine article from 1987, then doing some light modification to create the wraparound effect. 🤟

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  7. 6. Sept.

    Not sure how well this will work in a full program, but smooth horizontal scrolling is definitely possible in Family BASIC. With offscreen name table updates, you could have some kind of scrolling engine? Endless runner maybe?

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  8. 5. Sept.

    David’s attention to detail and playability is unsurpassed.

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    4. Sept.

    Video game research is so ridiculously in its infancy. This is a *Nintendo product* and half of the information available online about it is in this tweet.

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  10. 4. Sept.

    Oh, so apparently this game was quite rare and only surfaced as a ROM last year.

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  11. 4. Sept.

    Like, how much semiotic unpacking is necessary to comprehend fighting Donkey Kong with bug spray in front of a mushroom cloud?

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  12. 4. Sept.

    TIL Hudson made an absolutely batshit port of Donkey Kong 3 for the Sharp X1 computer in 1984. They *sort of* adapted DK3's arcade mechanics, but have you playing atop these odd digitized backdrops.

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  13. 3. Sept.

    Sorry for the tiny captions in that article. WordPress has updated in the *checks calendar* 18 months since I've used it, and I need to do some CSS editing.

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  14. 3. Sept.

    I finished my Family BASIC game, "Art Walk Sugoroku," and wrote up a post with a bit of Family BASIC history, some details on how (and why) I made the game, and links to the source and save state. Read here:

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    1. Sept.

    humbly suggesting my op-ed for your leisurely labor day weekend reading 😑

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  17. 2. Sept.

    I hear similar stories from students every quarter.

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  18. 2. Sept.

    "Afford" of course meaning that only 60% of my income goes to rent each month.

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  19. 2. Sept.

    I'm savoring that unique emotional cocktail of loving my job but feeling guilty for being able to afford living here when so many can't.

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  20. 2. Sept.

    Decided to look at the UCSC community housing list out of curiosity, and we've got a 3-bedroom for $3750/month, a 4-bedroom for $4400/month, and a 4-bedroom/3-bath for $5K/month. So if you and 9 of your friends are interested in living with me, hmu.

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  21. 2. Sept.

    Wow, never seen a copy with this much wear on it 👍

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