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Saph @saphstelar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SF1 has been tackled tonight. Aqua is surprisngly the least frequent by a good amount while Fire and Elec were close by. In other words, Leo finally gets a win

Spreadsheet showing elemental weakness frequencies for the three transformations in Mega Man Star Force.

Bar graph visual for the previously shown data

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Saph @saphstelar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SF2 numbers crunched. Certainly more polarized distribution, seemingly to offset Zerker's side select advantage

Bar graph for elemental weakness frequencies of the three Tribe On forms for Mega Man Star Force 2.

Zerker (Wood) - 36.35%
Ninja (Fire) - 22.96%
Saurian (Aqua) - 19.06%

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Saph @saphstelar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Admittedly I put this one off a little, but SF3 numbers are finally crunched. This was quite a bit more to handle by comparison. Libra being vulnerable for over half of all possible random encounters is diabolical

Weakness Frequencies bar chart for elements and attributes in Mega Man Star Force 3.

Corvus/Taurus (Aqua) - 24.08%
Cancer/Virgo (Elec) - 19.42%
Gemini/Crown (Wood) - 16.3%
Ophiuca/Wolf (Fire) - 25.09%
Libra (Break) - 52.86%
Cygnus (Sword) - 30.22%

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James @nitrorad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

hammock muffin

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Darío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still see a lot of confusion about what decompilation, recompilation and ports are and what level of effort is involved in each type of project. It's important that people understand the difference, as recompilation took a drastically different meaning that when it was originally introduced.

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ah, i should have clarified that there was nothing prior to today. oops

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

src changes their tos and i have literally no idea until AFTER they go into effect, and i'm seeing posts about it here...a different site. i check and no emails, no site posts, not any kind of notif or warning noticed and i visit the site regularly! the fuck, man

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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 · 02/10/2026

once it knows what every asset is, then we can talk about modifying, unpacking and repacking...which will bring modding potential into the picture!

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

full converted texture extraction isn't possible yet as the tool doesn't yet know what every asset is. but it can extract anything raw straight from the r2

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Axl @axlthunder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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 · 01/10/2026

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

i've been BUSY the past while. stuff been cookin

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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...

youtube.com

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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Ly-DIE-a DIE-ann @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 · 21/09/2026

yep ive had it since 2022

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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