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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I remember watching these sorts of presentations for Windows 10 and most of them were way more exciting compared whatever this was. Why? Because they weren't just hyper-focused on AI hype, these presentations talked about new improvements coming to Windows you'd actually care about.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I went ahead and watched this entire presentation hoping for something exciting from Microsoft. To sum it up, 95% of it was GenAI hype propaganda. Apart from that, they revealed Surface Laptop Ultra and a better search (which is cool, except they integrated Copilot with it). youtu.be/ilmBGeGldrI

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Something new is coming from Windows | October 7

YouTube video by Windows

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My YT channel now has voice replies! So, if you leave a comment on a video, I may reply to it with my actual voice. If you don't want to hear my voice for whatever reason, you can also see transcriptions for the audio replies. It's an experimental thing atm, just try'na see how people react to it.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

also small sneak peak into some of the mission changes for Biology B

Multiball area in Biology B with a blinking SUPER MISSION hexagon

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

so, I am making a mod for Flipnic that adds full 16:9 widescreen support to the game (incl. the menus) along with a few gameplay tweaks, e.g. new missions and bug fixes it's quite early in development and not publically available, but I'm sharing some progress I've made so far \w 16:9 conversion

$Pause menu \w in-game counters$

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's also kind of hard to navigate, because the > character often goes off screen. In order to get to this menu, you have to manually force the game to select item #5 from the main menu, which seems to often just cause crash instead.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Did you know that there is a hidden debug menu screen in Flipnic? It lets you toggle menu elements on and off. Up/Down to navigate (>) □ to hide/show group or element (*) O to go into a group submenu/show menu X to exit a group △ to hide the menu You can't leave this screen AFAIK once you get here

Root page allowing you to toggle groups on/off

The submenu that is displayed when selecting a group

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I also discovered you can force the game to select Geometry B from the menu, but when you try to play it, it just loads Biology A Even stranger, there is code that explicitly checks for this and makes sure it is possible to select it, because if there wasn't, it would jump back to Optics B.

The code checking if on the stage select menu, you have selected a menu entry in row 3 and column 4

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For those wondering, the way Flipnic checks if the stage can be a demo is literally just a hard-coded if statement (this code only applies to original game, there probably is another very similar function for free play/2p mode) v-- still, we can patch the MIPS assembly to get this cursed screenshot

Decompilation of the stage playability check function with the part for locked stages being highlighted

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For those who are new, this is a Cheat Engine Lua script for controlling the camera in Flipnic running on PCSX2 emulator, which works with every public version of the game. Link: gist.github.com/MarkusMaal/b...

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Cheat Engine Cheat Table for Flipnic running on PCSX2

Cheat Engine Cheat Table for Flipnic running on PCSX2 - FlipnicFreecam-public.CT

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Flipnic Freecam v3 has been released! Patch notes: - Use memory pointers instead of pre-defined offsets (fixes some edge cases) - Animated FPC playback - Ability to show/hide score & demo timer - Camera pointer locking/forcing - Checkboxes mirror cheat table - Wider FOV range - Fixed tooltips

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

7. Press B to add a breakpoint 8. Reset the console and wait until the game pauses 9. Go to "Registers" tab 10. Double click on the right most 32-bit segment for a1 register 11. Change it from a 1 to 0 and hit OK 12. Press the "Run" button to continue 13. Press START to skip frozen intro FMVs (2/2)

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Testing in PCSX2: 1. Menu bar > Debug > Open Debugger (visible if "Tools > Show advanced settings" is checked) 2. R5900 (EE) tab 3. Memory Search 4. Search for "B0FFBD27002404003000" with type "Byte Array" 5. Double click the only result 6. In memory view, right click > Go to in disassembly (1/2)

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I have some good news and bad news The good news is that I managed to figure out how to enable progressive scan in Flipnic (I located the function that's responsible for setting the video mode \w Ghidra) The bad news is that it breaks FMVs and on original console, you're stuck with 240p it seems

$Optics in progressive scan \w 4x internal upscale in emulator graphics settings$ Original MIPS instructions on the left, Ghidra decompilation on the right

Original MIPS instructions on the left, Ghidra decompilation on the right

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Kind of crazy you didn't know who the producer of this game was LOL

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Correction: the key combo I pressed was actually Windows + Ctrl + Shift + B

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I saw that the computer had hibernated. When resuming there was an AMD driver installation in progress and it was asking me to restart the computer. WHAAAAAT? I went ahead and performed the restart and now the computer just works? Can someone explain wtf just happened to my PC?

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This was especially terrifying, because the three fans on my graphics card, when spinning at max speed, are REALLY FUCKING LOUD. I then proceeded to hold down the power button for ~5 seconds and it turned off for a fraction of a second before instantly turning back on.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Being a little pissed, I pressed this key combination multiple times and it made multiple beep sounds, but didn't solve the problem. I pressed the power button once to maybe have the computer perform a safe shutdown, but then the screen turned off and the graphics card fans ramped to 100%.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I was away from my PC for a little bit and when I came back, the screen was black, but still turned on. I tried to move my mouse and press keys on the keyboard but nothing happened. I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B to reset the video driver, which made a beep sound, but it didn't help. #cursed #computer

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I've seen a few people incorrectly state that either Ubisoft or Capcom created #Flipnic. That is actually not correct, because they just published the game, being responsible for overseas distribution of the game. The actual developers were from Sony Computer Entertainment (a.k.a. Japan Studio).

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

the JP version has some exlusive quirks and differences not present in other versions e.g. they have different voice actors for voice-overs, there's an exlusive game over FMV with a skull smoking a cigarette, in optics crab babies take multiple hits to destroy, missions have different names etc.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I challenge anyone to beat Flipnic (Any%) with this button configuration: This configuration forces you to double flip and makes the board nudge upward everytime you press the circle button (so that you can't hold the button down for too long). Save files: drive.google.com/file/d/1ra5U...

Button config showing everything set to the circle button

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

fun fact: you're changing the game's machine code here's the instruction you are changing: bne v1,v0,0x001D6B8C (i.e. `if v1 != v0 then goto <offset>`) if you mess with that byte/nibble, you are turning this MIPS instruction into something else, skipping some branching that is supposed to occur

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The LP4 parser for a pre-release version of Flipnic file tools 2.4 has reached 100% compatibility. Here's a video showing the ability to convert every single LP4 file to JSON and Wavefront OBJ files: youtu.be/7dyae8s7OCk

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Successfully extracting every LP4 file [Flipnic Extraction Project]

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

my tier list for Windows versions (feel free to disagree)

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This sphere can jump to collect coins, launch itself and move from pole to pole in mid-air (metallurgy) without any external assistance FYI

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

is there anyone out there who has had a nightmare about a giant crab trying to eat you or am I the only one?

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Why does the PS1 have a pink plus texture in the BIOS ROM? Considering the menu cursor is also pink, it's likely some unused variant/state of it. 9, 10 and 11 are for SoundScope (the music visualizer) save icon, so they aren't unused 2, 4 and 6 aren't displaying for some reason

Texture files from the original PlayStation BIOS ROM (some don't load, because XnView MP be weird with TIM files)

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I re-uploaded the Flipnic soundtrack video. The reason for the re-upload is because I discovered a way to make the songs not loop in the game, so I could actually play all the tracks without cutting out the end and I also wanted to fix wrong colors on menu textures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XI9...

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Flipnic - Full soundtrack [PS2 BGM Loopback Rip]

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🖤 500 subscribers 🤍 As a channel that in the first 1.5 years was just a dumping ground for computer error screen remakes, I never expected to get here. Thank you everyone watching and sharing the stuff I make, it means a lot to me!

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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

audacity-win-2.1.3.exe

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I'm not going to distribute any patches due to copyright (same reason as the mod author gave for not including any extra music), so a guide is the best I can do. Doing this WILL break mod updates, so you're going to have to download the full version and then do this modification every update.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I am posessing something sacred - Gran Turismo 4 Spec II mod with PAL soundtrack. I basically copy-pasted the files from bgm/uk dir. from the PAL version and repacked the Spec II ISO with them. This process is a bit difficult, so I'm planning on releasing a how-to guide to walk through the process.

Jukebox containing PAL songs, while the game speed is at 60 fps and the window title is "Gran Turismo 4 [Online Public Beta]"

Replay at Valencia with the song Spiderbait - "Live In A Body" shown on screen

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Here's a reminder that old CRT TVs can emit a small dose of ionizing radiation. Even though the health risks are small, you should avoid continous and prolonged use, even if that CRT in question has become sentient and is your friend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3q4...

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ACEPOSTING - Full Indie Series

YouTube video by Corey Beepington

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I managed to add a custom mission to Flipnic – Lane Count Mission 1 for Optics at Non-Stop Area. I copy-pasted the event function for Biology LCM 3 and did some changes so that it would with this lane. I also added a corresponding MISSION hexagon and a custom picture to the stage status screen.

Optics non-stop area, specifically the part with ramps and a lane. The screenshot shows "LANE COUNTS 7" with a lit yellow MISSION hexagon.

A custom mission help screen for LANE COUNT MISSION 1 in Optics

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When I first played Flipnic (around the early 2010s), I used to repeatedly reset my PS2 until it said "Miraculous" and then started playing.

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The music uses standard MIDI files, but it has a custom format for the soundfont. You can also use this tool to convert the HD/BD files to SF2 at which point you can just use a MIDI editor/player to isolate one of the channels. CLI: github.com/MarkusMaal/F... GUI: github.com/MarkusMaal/F...

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

idk how, but I somehow bugged the game in a way, where I completed the perfect bumper village mission before the regular bumper village in Optics also yes, I'm working on a mod that adds custom missions to Flipnic (any suggestions for what to add are welcome)

Stage status screen showing the perfect bumper village with both started and completed mission lamps, but the normal bumper village has no lamps lit

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Press any key to continue... @paktc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

btw here's a tool I made that can extract these FMVs in full quality from your own copy of the game: github.com/MarkusMaal/F... ffmpeg (required for video encoding operations): ffmpeg.org/download.html

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