Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yeah, this is super cool; congrats and good work! If possible, we’d really appreciate you holding off on sharing it for now. We have an official solution almost ready that doesn’t require patching XEFU; we just have to clean a few things up before we can launch. 141
Reposted by Luke UsherInsignia @insignia.live · 10/08/2026We've been working hard behind the scenes on EA and Xbox 360 B.C. for quite some time; to prevent burnout and for a change of pace, Luke took a short break over the past few weeks to work on something completely different, and has managed to restore Final Fantasy XI on the PS2. youtu.be/VAfy5wBSYXoyoutu.beFinal Fantasy XI PS2 restoration via Insignia (Early Alpha Footage)YouTube video by Luke Usher 47420
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026And when I finally managed to rebuild the cooler after chisseling off epoxy and fitting new tubing, refilling etc, I discovered that the logic board was faulty too, so despite being able to finally chime, it couldn’t boot an OS without hitting a kernel panic. 040
Reposted by Luke UsherDiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 20/06/2026Happy to announce the public build of PCSX2-reliquary. Now with full Konami Python 1 + 2 support. Enjoy talking to virtual dogs in dogstation or stepping to Vanilla Ninja in dancing stage fusion. The mysterious Python 1 is now open for all! github.com/DiscoStarsla... Enjoy!github.comRelease v1.5-reliquary · DiscoStarslayer/pcsx2-reliquaryInitial support for Konami Python 1 titles. Tested and working games Pro Evolution Soccer the Arcade World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style 2003... 02213
Reposted by Luke UsherDiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 30/05/2026With my python 1 emulator launching soon, I need to test new titles to improve it. As part of that, we need cleaner dumps than what is indexed today. So here's a new P1 dumping tool for real hardware. Just need a sd2psx and usb drive I call it "Snake Charmer" Reach out if interested in testing! 12811
Reposted by Luke UsherDiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 22/05/2026SUCCESS, WORLD FIRST KONAMI PYTHON 1 GAME RUNNING ATTRACT MODE! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 Trips up some security when starting a game, but I'm so happy I got it to this point 094
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The next release of my Bug!er-Up patcher will still support Bug! and Bug! Too, but also add support for Baku Baku Animal, Comix Zone, Ecco the Dolphin, and Panzer Dragoon. Why? I genuinely have no idea. At least I’m limiting myself to “SEGA PC” titles. Anything beyond that would be pure madness. 2187
Reposted by Luke UsherDiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 11/11/2025Big 🧵time! Lets talk about my new friend, the Konami Python. It's kinda the odd duck of the family. The middle child between the Konami Viper and the Konami Python 2. The system was a short lived platform. 15015
Reposted by Luke UsherInsignia @insignia.live · 10/09/2025We appreciate we've not announced anything in quite some time, so we'd like to share our current development progress. Our main focus has been getting EA's online services working so we can restore Xbox Live functionality in EA titles. Here's where things stand right now: (1/6) 910623
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 29/08/2025It should be! GFWL didn't die; only the marketplace (and some of the DRM which MK doesn't use) did The Steam version still works using GFWL, including matchmaking, even on Windows 11, although nobody else is playing... 020
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Today we have released ares v146. This release is significant because it introduces emulation for the Pioneer LaserActive, which has never been emulated successfully in the past. Read more at ares-emu.net/news/ares-v1... Get ares at ares-emu.net 6271116
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Bug!er Up has been updated to fix some issues with incorrect audio track playback in Bug Too! That's what happens when you decide to add support for an entire second game at the last hour, heh. Live and learn. 081
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 18/08/2025The code is rushed/messy, and it's not quite as polished as something I would usually share, but it works on my machine, and that's good enough for now. 0151
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 18/08/2025For absolutely no real reason whatsoever, I spent the weekend creating a patch for Bug! and Bug Too! to run on modern Windows Bug!er Up fixes Windows 11 compatibility; adds support for XInput controllers, removes the CD-ROM requirement and allows custom soundtracks. github.com/LukeUsher/bu... 12560201
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 30/07/2025MegaLD support in ares has been brewing for a while; I built a skeleton that could run the bios a long while back; Nemesis then took over and fixed the rest, and did an excellent job too! This will be upstreamed after we’ve ironed out some details; the dump format used is not final and may change. 0205
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Other libretro-compatible frontends include Kodi Game, Bizhawk, kretro and no doubt others. Alternative emulator abstractions *unrelated* to libretro include node (cross platform but used only by ares/higan), OpenEmu (macOS only), Delta (iOS only), I'm sure there must also be others out there. 030
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 18/06/2025You can view libretro as the overall project. RetroArch started as an example frontend and reference implementation of libretro, but is now the de facto standard. Most emulators with libretro cores were ported and are maintained by the same individuals who work on RetroArch. 110
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 12/06/2025It’s essentially a completely different product that shares the same concepts; the entire thing had to be rebuilt for cross platform support. Unfortunately I’ve just never been able to vibe with it since the transition; it just feels clunky to me. But hey, you can build console games now! 010
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 05/02/2025And it's here! ares v142 has been released with support for SETA Aleck 64, and more great changes, get it from ares-emu.net Release notes: ares-emu.net/news/ares-v1... 0146
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Nintendo 64-based Aleck 64 arcade system emulation, is coming soon to ares! 23913
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 10/09/2023grain are good for speed, I’m paying for 300 but often hit double that, it’s symmetric too But they refuse to give you credentials to access the router, if you want to change settings support have to do it for you; it’s behind cgnat, and has no ipv6, and no static ip unless business class. 120
Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 31/07/2023If you’re dedicated enough, nothing stops you auditing and updating the codebase without changing functionality… php8 port when? 000
