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i'm gonna call the oversaturation of ai slop recomps/decomps the coal rush they think it gold but after that 10 minutes of internet points wears off you have a fucking mess that not only they don't understand, but any competent programmer would look at that and NOPE right away this will not last

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 17h

i've been working on something lately... introducing, the hydro thunder r2 interface tool! i managed to reverse engineer the structure of these files. with enough knowledge in hand, I took it upon myself to write a program to interface with it. still early, but the basis of the system is in place!

Hydro Thunder R2 Interface Tool, just loaded an R2

Hydro Thunder R2 Interface Tool, looking at the information of a particular asset

Hydro Thunder R2 Interface Tool, showing the texture extraction

Hydro Thunder R2 Interface Tool's successful texture exports

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 21h

A recomp you can play without fear of it being AI Bro slop. And it's rejecting those who write whole issue reports with GenAi. You love to see it. 👏

A warning to AI Bros that it's proudly human made and that bans from repros will be handed out if Claude is a contributor on any PRs

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

in hydro thunder(n64), i discovered that the arcade version's test track world data lurks in the rom, just isn't referenced in the track list anymore. i fiddled the game into loading it this is but a fraction of what i've done lately. much more to come, in time www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IPS...

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Hydro Thunder(N64) - Test Track

YouTube video by AxlThunder

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Jim Caddick @caddicarus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My latest vid has been one of the quickest to breach 1 million views in my channel’s history. Thanks so much. Voiceover has already begun on the next vid, stay tuned 🩷

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alec @acai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i love grybodle

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James @nitrorad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

you'll never be able to generate respect

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Liddy Di @pizzafacts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this was one of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

hydro thunder. known it since 1999. from when i got it on dreamcast, it has never truly left me i love practically everything about this game. the vibe, the sound design, the tracks, the mechanics and physics...yeah i could gush about it all day. my forever favorite game pictured is my cabinet

my hydro thunder arcade cabinet, running

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Jim Caddick @caddicarus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

‼️ NEW VIDEO ‼️ To celebrate Crash’s 30th anniversary, I break him beyond comprehension. ⬇️ LINK IN REPLIES ⬇️ Thanks so much to Olly Ross for filming and @jetpackbraggin.bsky.social for the incredible thumbnail artwork

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TGH @tghsr.stream · 18/09/2026

THIS FOUND IN THE WILD

Me posing next to a poster of Wooper at a Target

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The MegaArtist (BlueSky) @megaartist2004.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Important holiday today fellas.

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Learned how to write save files on Dreamcast. It was pretty easy with KallistiOS, and I drew a cool custom Cato icon really quick. :)

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

found an error message handler in hydro thunder(dreamcast) i like how it's scaled so large it goes way off the screen. the full message reads: "ERROR LOADING SELECTION TEXTURES"

an error message in hydro thunder(dreamcast) that is scaled so large it goes way off the screen. the full message reads: "ERROR LOADING SELECTION TEXTURES"

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

He’s playing with his tail!! Like a little kitten 🥹

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

im at that tomfoolery again

hydro thunder(dreamcast), a bunch of hud elements are all active at once

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andy [known agitator] @meltedmasks.me · 13/09/2026

oh your art is messy and full of mistakes? it doesn't mirror properly? the proportions are weird because you grew up on a mix of anime and 3D platformers? you drew on the wrong layer and now the highlights are weird? that rules, dude, show me more; a horrible computer could never make that

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 15/09/2026

really fucking tired of "person i looked up to smashes their dick on the ai hammer repeatedly". really tired

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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

SONIC RIDERS NOW PRODUCTION/SONIC TEAM 2006 GAMECUBE

Sonic on a hover board being chased by a red car. Out Run car? No

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

now i've fully completed the original crash trilogy! this one was easily the hardest of the 3, but i still loved my time playing. i'd do it again

the 100% ending where crash and tawna fly away on a bird away from cortex's lab

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

happy 27 years to the us launch of the dreamcast! and happy 30th anniversary crash bandicoot!

early production dreamcast box. a simple top down view of the console, but very cool

crash bandicoot for the ps1. the one and only original that hit store shelves 30 years ago today!

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

this creature's goofy ass face

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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 08/09/2026

thank you jumping flash for Jeans

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Tool-Assisted Speedrun clips @tasnocontext.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Game: Kid Chameleon (1992, Genesis) TAS Author: CaseyTAS Source: tasvideos.org/7364M

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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

MEGA MAN CAPCOM 1987 NES

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Karakato @karakatodzo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Gonna need an E Tank for this... #megaman

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

added a little blurb to my hydro thunder qol patch tool's repository just to make my stance a little more openly available

It reads: "This project does NOT use AI in any way, shape, or form. And it will stay that way. Research, reverse engineering, debugging, programming, and testing for every patch is all 100% done by hand."

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Argick @argick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

NOPE! "Gen-AI controversy aside" should not become the norm in gaming journalism. The Gen AI usage is the entire problem with Crazy Taxi World Tour. If it wasn't used I'd have been all in for it. I was so excited to see it come back, then I saw the gen AI disclaimer and it sank instantly.

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CriticalCyd @criticalcyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We left some package filler on the couch and Punchy decided it's the best thing we've done for her in a while

A calico cat laying on paper filler used in packages, which in turn is laying on a couch

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Run! Uni is coming!!

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

something cool! so while going through what remains of my dad's old dreamcast files, i found the patch for sa2 that echelon released back in the day to remove the anti-piracy check present in last story

A view of the .NFO file from the patch released by ECHELON for Sonic Adventure 2. The main body reads:

Sega put a very sneaky protection scheme on this game which we did not catch when first cracking it. It causes the game to have graphics errors on the last mode. This PPF fixes it. After all the burns and bad releases of this game, you now finally have a 100% one with which you can complete the game. Enjoy!

1) APPLYPPF.EXE E-SONIC2.CDI E-SON2FX.PPF
2) Burn the fixed CDI with DiscJuggler as usual

- --- Group News

Get rid of all the other Sonic 2 discs, this is the last one!

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

lrp: oh my god pinball dreams on the timeline holy shit i loved that game when i was younger and it's possibly one of the very first i ever played. i practically never see it talked about!

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Weasel ⛳🏌️ @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A good friend of mine told me about the European SNES port of Pinball Dreams having some bizarre product placement in it. I'd never even heard of the Munch Bunch before today, and their appearance here is so incongruous I can't help but laugh. I added my findings to TCRF: tcrf.net/Pinball_Drea...

Pinball Dreams (SNES, Gametek, 1994; European version) - upon starting the Steel Wheel table, this orange vaquero with a gun holster and a sombrero bounces into the launcher lane, then morphs into a pinball. It is also stamped on the table apron. What the hell.

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This greeting has become part of his morning routine. Cute meows!

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The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/09/2026

It's good to be back :D tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

2020s have been fucking rough, man. can't catch a break too much to talk about. i actually have to keep a distance from a lot of it for my own sake, because it's so fucking depressing and maddening

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

as a hobby programmer the reason i will never use ai, ontop of all of the main issues, boils down to a quote from a league of their own "it's supposed to be hard. if it wasn't hard, anyone would do it. the hard is what makes it great"

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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.

brettcodes.com

I'm done using AI

Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

i love how i set my twitch profile banner in 2015 and literally just never changed it

sonic from sonic adventure(dreamcast), making the funny face in the cutscene following emerald coast

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alec @acai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

that one song from guitar hero arcade but at 150% speed on xbox 360

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