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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another blogpost got approved! This time we're going to talk about a bug that has been haunting my TEV implementation for ages! layle.me/posts/galaxy...

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Mario's Missing Eyes and Sunshine's White Ocean

One fix in Gecko restored Mario's eyes in Galaxy and the ocean in Sunshine. Both bugs came from overflowing alpha values!

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I recently helped out a friend debug a bug that appeared in Metroid Prime on his GameCube emulator! During the initial cutscene, vertices were flying around on the screen crazy style and the actual root cause is extremely interesting! Enjoy! layle.me/posts/wpar/

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WPAR: Why Metroid Prime's Geometry Exploded

Wanna find out how a missing write-gather reset corrupted Metroid Prime's model coordinates in Lazuli?

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's blogpost time! I recently came across and reverse engineered 2 "obscure" GPU features that only a handful of games (ab)use on the GameCube and Wii! Both blogposts are full of interactive visualizations :) I introduce (2nd blogpost in the comments): layle.me/posts/z-free...

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z-freeze and Mario Golf's Disappearing Menu

Mario Golf's menu signs were being covered by the sky because Gecko was missing z-freeze, a GPU feature that lets one triangle borrow another triangle's depth.

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Gecko, my cross-platform GameCube and Wii emulator is finally public! Many games already work extremely well :) It's not only tailored to the average user but is also packed with tons of features for reverse engineers and developers! github.com/ioncodes/gecko

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GitHub - ioncodes/gecko: A GameCube/Wii emulator and debugger written in Rust.

A GameCube/Wii emulator and debugger written in Rust. - ioncodes/gecko

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I started doing emudev on December 8th, 2023. I spent almost every day working on emulators and learning about them! The goal? Emulating the game I played for years as a child: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers on the Wii. This game gave me the name "Layle"! The day has come...

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

IPL goes into menu properly!!! even looks very decent besides the fact that there is no animations at the very start

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

made some crazy progress this weekend implementing the gamecube gpu in my emulator

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The first 2 games are playable: Puzzle Bobble 2 and Mortal Kombat 2! 3 months deep into this emulator (now with shader support in case you haven't noticed!) and still so much more to do....

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

PS1 emulator & debugger progress update :-) BIOS fully executes without any (known?) issues

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

My personal blog is about to get a facelift! I used to use a slightly modified Hugo theme, but it never really felt appropriate for me... So I ended up making my own during a 24h session using Astro! You can see the old blog for comparison towards the end of the video.

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

ended up making a trace explorer for my PSX emulator. it's technically compatible with any output generated by the "tracing" crate (Rust) as long as JSON output is enabled

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

my GBA debugger received a major face lift, it looks so much better now. it's also less chaotic than it used to be due to me ditching floating windows for everything

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Implemented some SFX features, the color effects look fantastic now :D They are extremely noticeable in Golden Sun (notice the colors near the windows or the candle in the next scene)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T7U...

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ayyboy advance (ayydbg) - Golden Sun [Update 1]

YouTube video by Layle (ion)

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I published the website that hosts all screenshots taken from my emulator! It's super useful to track my progress and figure out what feature caused which changes across an entire ROM collection ayyadvance.layle.dev

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Massive progress on my GBA emulator, most titles now at the very least get into menu if not ingame with many being playable!! Still lot's of features to add and bugs to fix... Been working on the project for almost a year now (with a few breaks inbetween)!

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

also added a sprite viewer. the sprite viewer and the built in script engine (not on video) helped greatly with figuring out a small bug that had a huge impact on the sprite<->background prio... kirby is officially the first non-bitmap mode game that is fully working :D

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

My GBA research emulator can finally run OpenLara properly

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I think this was the last update I'll make on the DRM auto-patcher - it has been tested with titles that are not on the compatibility table as well, and everyone has reported success with it c:

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The entire tool has been rewritten to Rust and is now also published as a web application over at noviy.layle.dev! The Rust<->WebAssembly glue is a bit janky, but it works! Lots to improve but the tool works with all LEGO titles I could get my hands on so far!

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Noviy Disk No-CD Patcher

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

browser version is slowly taking shape, im happy with it overall but it still needs a bit of love

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Currently working on a tool that automatically disables Noviy Disk's custom DRM (in relation to my latest blog post) - it's been tested with 3 major titles so far and it seems to work great thus far! github.com/ioncodes/nov...

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GitHub - ioncodes/noviy_nocd: Universal No-CD patcher for games protected by Noviy Disk's custom DRM solution

Universal No-CD patcher for games protected by Noviy Disk's custom DRM solution - ioncodes/noviy_nocd

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Join me on an adventure about a Russian DRM, deception and anti-piracy measures disguised as bugs! It's a technical writeup about how I reverse engineered and preserved a rare variant of Lego's gaming history - Lego Rock Raiders (Russian Edition) layle.me/posts/lego-r...

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A Story about a Russian DRM and Lego Rock Raiders

I was approached by “The Research Realm” - a collective aiming to preserve Lego’s history - to create a No-CD crack and fix for a rare version of Lego Rock Raiders.

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Spent the weekend looking into a homebrew DRM made by the company "Noviy Disk" as I was approached by "The Research Realm" to create a No-CD crack and fix for the Russian version of Lego Rock Raiders. Link to the repository: github.com/ioncodes/LRR... Blogpost will follow tomorrow, pending review!

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

In a somewhat recent project we used a vulnerable driver, which worked fine... Except: The customer had a custom rule that caused an alert when a service is created! By setting up the registry keys ourselves and calling into NtLoadDriver we can bypass this detection: github.com/ioncodes/Sil...

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GitHub - ioncodes/SilentLoad: "Service-less" driver loading

"Service-less" driver loading. Contribute to ioncodes/SilentLoad development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A bit late to post this here, but: I published my GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulator on GitHub, written in Rust Nothing too special - unless you have a Lovense sextoy laying around and are keen on trying the MBC5 rumble pak support! github.com/ioncodes/ayy...

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

I've been toying around with hardware projects/reverse engineering and decided to write an emulator for the GameGear. It's still super early WIP, but it does play a few games well already! The code is now public: github.com/ioncodes/gg

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GitHub - ioncodes/gg

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Layle @layle.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Crossposting from X: A friend asked me how to use Harmony for cheats and we were on the topic of Lethal Company. Published it just now as someone else asked for the same thing. It's nowhere near perfect but it did it's job: github.com/ioncodes/Non...

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GitHub - ioncodes/NonlethalCompany

Contribute to ioncodes/NonlethalCompany development by creating an account on GitHub.

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