moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Modding Test Drive III! Slowing the world down! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 111
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This makes me think that whatever comes next, almost has to be a ground-up movement anchored on principle. I believe there are a lot of programmers watching silently in horror, but that may change once there is a banner to organize behind. 010
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The reason why programming has been a successful conquest, more than any quality achieved, has been loud endorsements of LLMs from programming practitioners and figureheads. Aside from a handful of worried criticisms, there has been an utter solidarity vacuum compared to other creative fields. 100
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The programming space has been marinating in extreme free-market libertarianism for decades, it's no surprise a majority would claim the ends justify the means as they openly welcome the new era of plagiarism and deskilling. 110
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It's basically the same thing a JIT core of an emulator does when translating CPU instructions, only ahead of time. The code isn't readable or more native. It's still an emulator with the same overheads, except now all bugs and horrible performance problems are baked in. Great job everyone. 150
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The two I found when searching for "Mother 3 recompilation" don't even bother in keeping a working translation of the code. Instead they shunt the ROM through "gbarecomp"; a runtime made up of GBA emulation code largely stolen via Claude, that the guy is also trying to sell for commercial use! 130
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Modding Test Drive III! Fixing the controls! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 021
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks. I think the redesign will look dated AF once Apple gets tired of it in a few years but at least it's fairly easy to patch over. 020
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can turn it off with about:config -> browser.nova.enabled = false; no idea how long that'll be an option for, but barring architectural breaks those settings -usually- stick around for a while? 120
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Modding Test Drive III! Forcing the game to run at a sane speed! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 020
Reposted by moralrecordingsAllTinker @alltinker.com · 27/09/2026Yesterday was Wing Commander's release anniversary; I also released Wing Commander A.T. 1.0! There's been many improvements, but the biggest thing is that I brought everything over to Wing Commander II! It's been a heck of a journey (and a lot of work) to get to this point... alltinker.itch.io/wcatalltinker.itch.ioWing Commander A.T. (WCAT) Overhaul Mod by AllTinkerAn extensive overhaul mod for Wing Commander 1 & 2 for DOS. 0229
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fixing ScummVM! Back to NOIR: A Shadowy Thriller! Warmup: some Australian fruit thing idk twitch.tv/moralrecordi...twitch.tvmoralrecordings - TwitchHi there. My name is Scott, I am non-binary, from Australia, and I love reverse engineering. I've been streaming some of my game preservation work adding Macromedia Director support to ScummVM, a belo... 000
Reposted by moralrecordingsPandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today, I decided to dump all my thoughts about A.I. infecting the retro and Saturn scene into one cohesive article. In short, I am certifiably sick of this. 521747693
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Anyone who says things like "coding is just plumbing, it's fine because there's no creativity component" or "there's no possible way this would ever exist without Claude" is either chronically misinformed or just really likes AI. 2100
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you for your efforts. I have ported games by hand (and will continue to). People seem to understand the differences in quality and fidelity of intent of a human localization vs. shoving pages of text through Google Translate; I can tell you categorically that porting code is exactly the same. 180
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Attempting to get back on the streaming horse after a long absence, join for some DOS game jam co-working where I try and fix a 3D open-world racing game from 1990 twitch.tv/moralrecordi...twitch.tvmoralrecordings - Live on TwitchModding Test Drive III! MS-DOS assembly hacking! It'll probably be fine! | Streaming software and game development. 032
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I don't see how that stops you from trying? 200
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Pretty much! Part of what sickens me at how quickly large software projects opened the floodgates for slop, is that it makes it easier for idiots to use whataboutism about how "AI is unavoidable now". Like dunking on people who don't like asbestos for living in an old house like a hypocrite. 020
Reposted by moralrecordingsSonneveld @sonneveld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I just finished a patch for Tlon: A Misty Story: sonneveld.dev/tlon/ It's a 1999 point and click adventure game that's notorious for being incompletable due to a bug. There are save game hacks but this is a proper fix with correct exits and everything. Try it out and let me know how you go!sonneveld.devTLÖN: A Misty Story FixA fix for the 1999 point and click adventure game TLÖN: A Misty Story. 36628
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Because no-one seems to check anything anymore: this was a bit. The guy in question runs a software consultancy, I could find no evidence that he has ever worked at Microsoft. 130
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A troubling number of people at ScummVM think the future of ports is a Ghidra to Claude slop pipeline. To them: do you not see that the research is what gives it meaning? Do you think that maintaining the historical record deserves the same level of care as a Gemini summary telling you to eat rocks? 1131
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Real depressing. Also upfront about laundering the SCICompanion source code into Python and violating GPLv2 to get the hard part of the work that requires precision done. 240
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Reverse engineering Test Drive III! Unruining my Ghidra setup! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 020
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Fixing ScummVM! More NOIR: A Shadowy Thriller! Warmup: Nikolai builds a death monument twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 021
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Petition to open the new Lenny Loosejocks Memorial Wing with every Brilliant Digital Multipath Movie so it can be closed a few days later in a cloud of resignations 110
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Reverse engineering King of Chicago! Adding Macintosh support to Ghidra! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 011
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026They exist for a higher purpose, so that the sweepings from the floor of the Violet Crumble factory can get turned into Bertie Beetle showbags 030
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I was shocked by how svelte Ubuntu 12.04 is! The desktop only used 200mb, which seems mad compared to today's Linux. Wonder how much of that is down to ARM7 32-bit being more memory efficient than x86-64, or the old desktop having less background stuff... 010
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Seems that past me installed Ubuntu 12.04, went a bit "oh." at how much X11/Unity struggled with the weird drivers, and decided to wait for conditions to improve... maybe it's finally happened! 110
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Your post has inspired me to dig my own lil guy from 2010 out from storage and try postmarketOS Toshiba AC100 Tegra 2 32gb eMMC 512mb DDR2 Cheapass 1024x600 panel Black plastic (corrugated to look like cool carbon fiber) with orange reflective highlights Webcam with "Web Camera" printed next to it 220
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Fixing ScummVM! Investigating NOIR: A Shadowy Thriller! Warmup: unhinged math quiz twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 042
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Hello. Due to life changes, the Macromedia streams have moved to the spicy new time of Fridays at 20:00 AWST/12:00 UTC. The mystery project streams will remain on Tuesdays at 20:00 AWST/12:00 UTC. Ta! 010
Reposted by moralrecordingspixel_turkey @pixelturkey.com · 23/07/2026www.patreon.com/pixel_turkey... - guest post by @gamedevjeff.pixelturkey.compatreon.comThe early box art of Paradise (Western Digital) video cards | pixel_turkeyThis is a guest post, the content of which I edited and provided feedback. gamedevjeff did the research, and compiled and wrote the conten 1136
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Amazing forensic work to find the original painter. I sort of can't get over how classy these look, when compared to the age of unhinged 3D graphics card box-art that followed 020
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Reverse engineering Fool's Errand! Dear God I set up the savegame system all wrong! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 032
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Fixing ScummVM! The Journeyman people made a Gundam! Something horrible happened to 32-bit mode! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 031
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"The creators bill it as "5,000 years of Chinese history", but this channel can exclusively reveal the game isn't set in China at all!" 030
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Reverse engineering Fool's Errand! Doing a bit of tidying, and thinking about the next project twitch.tv/moralrecordi...twitch.tvmoralrecordings - TwitchReverse engineering Fool's Errand! Game done, tidying up! 051
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Fixing ScummVM! Getting to the end of Yellow Brick Road! Maybe something else! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 010
Reposted by moralrecordingsthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My perspective on this is informed by having worked as at a state psychiatric hospital for three or so years when I was young, and by having done my training at a couple more while studying toward board certification. 2621110
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Reverse engineering Fool's Errand! Everything works! All that's left is to finish writing the ending cutscene! twitch.tv/moralrecordi...twitch.tvmoralrecordings - TwitchHi there. My name is Scott, I am non-binary, from Australia, and I love reverse engineering. I've been streaming some of my game preservation work adding Macromedia Director support to ScummVM, a belo... 031
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Fixing ScummVM! Fighting some more with Yellow Brick Road! twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 030
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I dislike the framing of "I find this essentially impossible to do, therefore it's fine to use AI for these projects, in fact it might be the only way". Anyone is capable of doing this with persistence on a long enough timeframe. You don't get to hit the treat button and skip to the plaudits. 010
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 15/06/2026To use your analogy, mountain climbers do not arrive on this earth fully-formed and ready to take on Everest. They are passionate enough to persist and train on smaller climbs until they have the strength and experience. Reverse engineering is the same, every small project adds up. 100
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 14/06/2026It's a bit. You can tell it's a bit by looking at her website, or checking the project contributors list. 1160
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 13/06/2026dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...dronexl.coPokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military DronesPokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor. 0131
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Fixing ScummVM! Much like a real opera this game has no end! Warmup: Oz twitch.tv/moralrecordi... 031
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 11/06/2026They are 100% possible by hand. What do you think reverse engineers were doing up until 2023? 110
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 11/06/2026You are mistaken. Humans have always been able to disassemble anything, and will continue to do so long after Claude fun dollars become too expensive to shovel into Ghidra. I won't contest that this makes it easier, but I don't buy the excuse that the tasks are impossible without it 150
moralrecordings @moralrecordings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Reverse engineering Fool's Errand! Adding the Finale cinematic! It's pretty much done! twitch.tv/moralrecordi...twitch.tvmoralrecordings - TwitchHi there. My name is Scott, I am non-binary, from Australia, and I love reverse engineering. I've been streaming some of my game preservation work adding Macromedia Director support to ScummVM, a belo... 030