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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 27/09/2026

Life is all about learning things when you have the motivation on how to do something. If you want to make something, learn how to make it. It's a rewarding and fun experience trying to learn a new hobby. Everyone who you think is great at what they do didn't get there in 1 day.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 19/09/2026

I've been saying vis-a-vis to my wife for 9 years now randomly in conversation. Only today did she tell me that in the US, its some brand of Expo Marker and she thought that I was randomly throwing "expo marker" into unrelated sentences.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 05/09/2026

Guess I need to move to Rhode Island where people will understand me

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 30/08/2026

Released a whole bunch of mods for Rekongpiled: - Start with all kongs unlocked - Slower beetle - Fixed beaver bother - Open coin door in Helm by default All available on the mod page for DK64 Rekongpiled: dk64recomp.com/mods.html (Yes I did have a lot of fun making the thumbnails)

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 30/08/2026

I swear all AI bros just cough up the same "it's like a carpenter using a circular saw" analogy every time without fully considering that the analogy just isn't correct. AI isn't a circular saw It's asking another "carpenter" to do the job who has a history of not following orders.

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2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com @2dos.dk64randomizer.com · 29/08/2026

The DK64 recomp is now out! Play "DK64 Rekongpiled" now! Playable on Windows, Mac and Linux, just provide your own DK64 rom. No generative AI used at any point in the process. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVUvGGXTk0E dk64recomp.com

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DK64 RECOMP RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT

YouTube video by 2dos

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 25/08/2026

Donk Recomp: We have fixed (easily) the biggest issue with the recomp left - The audio engine. There's a race condition within the audio code. On higher-end systems, this would not result in any issue. However, on lower-end systems, it could do one of two things: Kill the audio or crash the game.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There is a secret code in Donkey Kong 64 that will only play a funny noise, and nothing else. Standing next to a torch in K. Lumsy's room and pressing C-Up, D-Down, C-Left, D-Right, C-Down, D-Up, C-Right and D-Left will make a burp sound... and that's it. There are no other effects.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 15/08/2026

DK looking at the mouse controls that I'm trying to implement right now

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ItsMirror @itsmirror.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I was watching @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com stream testing the DK64 recomp and this moment sent my sides into orbit.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 03/08/2026

All in all, pretty successful run. Couple minor issues found and added to the TODO list. Thanks to @tjblakely.bsky.social for putting together some route changes super quick last night to remove some tricks that I'm not good enough at.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 02/08/2026

Rough stream, but... I know why the game wasn't liking me. Turns out, there was something we had to do very early on in Rando that I forgot to do this time around. I should have just ran the debugger on the errors I was getting.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 01/08/2026

Tomorrow, we make very bad decisions

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 29/07/2026

Rabbit Race with no lag, behaving like N64. No induced lag. Just telling the rabbit to listen to how much lag is present vs what N64 usually runs at. Also, finally figured out how to get weather working past 4:3 bounds.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 25/07/2026

When Nintendo builds an emulator, they compete with the entire history of fan and official emulation. Recomps face the same standard. If you're making a recomp, you're up against emulation, and the original release. Make your recomp the best it can be.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 24/07/2026

🧵 Donk Recomp: The framebuffer has been a pretty weird thing to get my head around. The game uses a LOT of dual-perspective effects for transitions, which relies on a snapshot of the previous frame overlaid on top of gameplay to create neat transitions like the warp transition.

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2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com @2dos.dk64randomizer.com · 23/07/2026

Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 22/07/2026

Gonna do a testing stream for Recomp within the next hour. Still got some bugs we need to fix, but wanted to test a chunk fix I have with just running around different parts of the game. Will also be a great opportunity for me to note more UI things I need to shift around

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 19/07/2026

Yo dawg, I heard you liked expanded minigame UI Turns out each minigame has it's own function for drawing the "GET/HIT" etc counter. The timer on the top right provided some interesting challenge (some code plundering revealed the fact that I was a bit of an idiot with my initial approach)

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2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com @2dos.dk64randomizer.com · 18/07/2026

DK64: Recompiled Progress Video - featuring @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com and 20 minutes of Angry Aztec gameplay! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uaf...

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DK64: Recompiled FAQ with Ballaam and 2dos

YouTube video by 2dos

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 17/07/2026

Donk Recomp: Interpolation issues when the camera makes a sudden cut between one perspective and another during a cutscene has been fixed. Without disabling, it leads to the interpolation algorithm trying to make it's best guess on what the inter frames should be, and failing kinda badly at it.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Great job 👏

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 12/07/2026

The DK64 Recomp passes "the vine test". Unlike NSO, our solution doesn't involve adding lag or modifying the internal framerate.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 11/07/2026

🧵 Recomp work still in progress. A lot of what we're working on right now isn't the super interesting stuff to make lots of posts about, but mostly us trying to make changes the right way. Widescreen is one of those things where we want to get things done correctly, even if it takes a little longer.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 08/07/2026

DK64 is art Context: Testing out fixing the sprite rendering function for Recomp. Currently that function, when we modify it, crashes the game. So I'm trying to figure out why it crashes. Turns out when you bully DK64 enough, you get this:

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 06/07/2026

The true hallmark of reaching adulthood: Being excited about your city making improvements to a road.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 04/07/2026

Intro Story, but recompiled: youtu.be/ScKzk5hVVFk As stated in the previous post on the matter, NSO's timing fixes aren't really that good for this, so I made my own.

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DK64 Recompiled: Intro Story

YouTube video by LookAtTheWindow

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 03/07/2026

Today I'm resyncing both the DK Rap and Intro Story for Recomp. DK Rap won't need much resyncing, probably around 1s towards the end of Diddy's verse. Intro story will need more work. NSO's resync algo doesn't seem to resync fully. My wife will probably be sick of the Rap by the end of the day.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 30/06/2026

I made it onto a Kotaku article. Life goal complete

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 29/06/2026

Wanna see what Chunky Phase looks like in the NEW recomp for Donkey Kong 64? youtu.be/29bZERgJJUs

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DK64: Recompiled - Chunky Phase & ending cutscene demo

YouTube video by Ballaam

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2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com @2dos.dk64randomizer.com · 29/06/2026

Mornin, it is my privilege to announce that DK64: Recompiled is currently in active development by rainchus and members of the DK64 Randomizer team! Convert your ROM of DK64 to run natively on your Windows/Mac OS/Linux PC! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYIZ... Releasing this summer 2026!

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DK64: Recompiled Announcement (DK64 PC Port!)

YouTube video by 2dos

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 28/06/2026

You think you're ready? I guarantee you are not ready for what's in the kitchen

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 26/06/2026

We're in the worst timeline...

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chelsea bridge @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 18/06/2026

Yea, this new strat is hype. Not only is it 8f faster than a phasewalk in a TAS context, we also get a swag moonkick in there as well. Automatically S+ tier strat

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 17/06/2026

Just when DK64 seems like it's stable with no new discoveries for a while, a newcomer comes along and casually drops that they've been doing a completely new method of Troff 'n' Scoff skip for a while that's easier than the ledge clip that works for non-DK kongs (excl. Chunky) youtu.be/uYKIBLKkTJo

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Donkey Kong 64: Troff 'n' Scoff Skip - Frame Clip Method

YouTube video by LookAtTheWindow

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 17/06/2026

The first time I've seen someone call a TAS a "guide"

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 14/06/2026

Since when has F1TV has ads during the post show. I thought our subscriptions were paying for ad free coverage?

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 12/06/2026

Word to the wise: If you're using agentic AI which has full control of your repo, make sure the AI isn't just copying everything from someone else's project. Whilst unintentional, that (to me) equates to stealing someone else's code without attribution.

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Ballaam @ballaam.dk64randomizer.com · 11/06/2026

> Makes video about the developer cheat code to enter levels with fewer bananas than usual, normally a good source of unique unheard of information > Comments: Or JuSt UsE lAnKy'S aRmS

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