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@rebelandroid.com
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1986 vet. Music / Code. #C64 #Oslo Author of Return of Fury for the C64. Follow back, please. No politics, no AI. rebelandroid.com twitch.tv/dmx87 rebel-android.itch.io/bruce-lee-duo… soundcloud.com/rebelandroid

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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 29/08/2026
Last night I heard those amigas (1200, 600) destroy themselves if left alone too long (leaky capacitors i think?) I've both in my attic, but considering to get them to some proper nerds. So I think if you're not using them actively, or not planning to, just let it go.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/08/2026
I hate to promote, but just reviewed our soundcloud, so I'm biased to think this is alright. We have these old recordings that is slop-free. All human lyrics, guitars, bass, vocals. Even synths were manually placed note-by-note in Reaper at the time. soundcloud.com/rebelandroid...
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/08/2026
Signed Monty, holy cow! You bastard :)
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/08/2026
Ooh, brilliant. Thank you!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/08/2026
It's just I can't find anywhere where he actually mentions it himself. But my google-fu has been slopped-out
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/08/2026
You're not alone, at all.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/08/2026
Does anyone know if the music for this game was actually Rob Hubbard? He himself says his first one was Monty on the Run.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/08/2026
Just to add - I'll revel the day OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI goes bust. I'm not a fanboi, it's a tool. Don't anthromorphise it, it's just a shitty gray box. So just use the cheapest one, and switch when you can. Fuck lock-ins, we're tired of that.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/08/2026
I don't mind you being trans at all. ❤️
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/08/2026
Hey man, I use Deepseek for auto-completes and the occasional question, and it's not blowing smoke up my butt at all. Costs next to nothing, too. I'm not a fan of the hype, but it's a useful tool, like the IDE and syntax highlighting was back in the day.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/08/2026
I remember my step-fathers work binned these old computers at some point. Mid-80s. I remember he showed me one of those 8" disks, and now I feel like I missed an opportunity to save some. :) That's life, right.
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Chris Stanley @scubachris72.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's the height of the cold war and you've been tasked with an infiltration and retrieval operation deep behind the iron curtain. 'Operation Vostoka', a brand new #C64 game from #Megastyle. Coming soon. Check out the dev diary at @freeze64.bsky.social 🔍💼 youtu.be/HDocQqESolU?...
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Operation Vostoka (C64) Game Showcase
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/05/2026
At some point we reluctantly internalise that, inevitably, code spaghettifies because we're past the entropic event horizon. It was impossible to plan in advance, not our fault. If the code is that important, it's refactored later. If not - it works, and you hopefully don't need to touch it again.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 13/03/2026
He he. Good to hear!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 13/03/2026
How did your 16 yourself take such hard critisism? Had to be hard :/
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 07/02/2026
It's now in the most recent batch of 64Us going out! And there's a bonus SID to boot!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 07/02/2026
I have a decent idea for a fantasy console for your unused Raspi 3 in your drawer / storage. I'm looking for any devs or wanna-devs to get the details nailed down. Think Pico8/TIC80 but a little more advanced. But not too much, it has to be limited. Let me know if sounds interesting :) Happy sat!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 31/01/2026
www.twitch.tv/fjalldata Fjälldata is going on tonight. 30 mins till the compos!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 23/01/2026
I'm proud that as of today, my server is now fully hosted in the EU, by an European company.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 17/01/2026
media.tenor.com
a man is covering his mouth with his hand while a woman holds his hand .
ALT: a man is covering his mouth with his hand while a woman holds his hand .
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 09/01/2026
cheers mate! having one or five myself
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 09/01/2026
Happy new year! I hope you'll enjoy this interpretation of Ultima: Runes of Virtue II title theme that I suspect was originally composed by legend Martin Galway. #c64 #6581 SID+PRG: rebelandroid.com/music/ultima...
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 20/12/2025
It was also included in the new C64 Ultimate pack. Nice! Although, if they'd let me know in advance, I'd supplied them a trademark-free, and even more enhanced version.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 29/11/2025
On my watchlist tonight!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/11/2025
www.twitch.tv/slayradio - LIVE from Back in Time in Bergen. Great retro music!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 21/11/2025
Not in scope, but I'll keep it in mind!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 20/11/2025
Checking keyboard in a loop. But I take over the whole machine, switching out basic/kernal. That way I can load the SID (almost) anywhere it's coded to be.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 19/11/2025
Yes, that's the idea.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 18/11/2025
Correct
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 18/11/2025
OK, well, I'm sorry I couldn't help out. I'll still work on the download-a-prg thingy in between my other stuff.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 18/11/2025
We already know the init and play, all you've to do is add any stuff e.g. before the music data, then write a new sid. But no sense, because the sid rarely contains CIA setup anyway (except samples), and it can't be loaded straight into a C64, it needs a load/player, which already takes care of CIA.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 17/11/2025
It's doable on a case by case basis if you know some coding, but there is no universal solution, was my point.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 15/11/2025
Nobody is clamoring for that, to be honest. Listen, mail me, and I'll try to explain why this is a no-go. However, it's perfectly possible if you know some 6502.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 15/11/2025
Bruce Lee Duology for the #C64 just passed 3,000 downloads! This is the official, working version with nice bonus material. rebel-android.itch.io/bruce-lee-du...
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Return of Fury - enhanced version plus bonus material (C64)
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 14/11/2025
It makes no sense to modify a SID. The environment is the sidplayer, webplayer, the C64 itself. A sid is not self-contained, it's just a setup and a "play" vector. The rest has to be set up by you (aka the environment). We go in circles here. You're welcome to email me at dmx at rebelandroid.com
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 03/11/2025
Check out this thread www.lemon64.com/forum/viewto... It's pretty close to what you want.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/11/2025
It just lacks the good ol'e "tingle" is all. :)
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 01/11/2025
Good idea, but tbh I'd just make a new init/play below the original start address. The old game SIDs are all over the place in memory, naturally, but most of the new ones are at $1000 as standard.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 31/10/2025
What I mean is, there is no universal way of converting every possible sid automatically. There's often some manual labour needed.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 31/10/2025
Sorry, bsky makes it difficult to find the context here, but 99% of sids got a player built in. But as an example: Ocean Loader 3 is a CIA player. Due to the "environment" the SID spec expects, all for the player to do is to set the CIA tempo, it doesn't "set up" the full environment itself.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 30/10/2025
It is nice indeed :-) Seriously, any coder can take a SID and make it play at the correct speed in their NTSC production. Problem for "general solution" is that a game or demo may prefer their own way of setting up their env, which may not exactly be as the expected env for a SID = manual tinkering.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 30/10/2025
I understand. I just don't see what's stopping any NTSC coder taking any SID and playing it at the correct speed in their NTSC compatible demo or game. There is no magic bullet, I think there has to be some labour involved.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 28/10/2025
Yes, it could work for a majority of SIDs. But I just fail to recognize the use for this? I mean, I assume they play fine in the correct speed on NTSC PCs, even using something like PSID64 on an NTSC C64. Just trying to understand why this is needed. :)
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 27/10/2025
Ah okay, then I've misunderstood, that is an order/magnitude greater task, and I won't be able to help out on that one, unfortunately.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 24/10/2025
Working on a SID player for my NTSC friends. The idea is that you can search for and download any HVSC SID as a prg that (hopefully) plays correctly on NTSC 64s. Now I need to hook this up with the (local) HVSC database, and crossing fingers.
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 24/10/2025
He he... I'm in my little nerd bubble, I guess. Anyway, been working on the player, very soon ready for testing. Stay tuned!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 23/10/2025
That is correct!
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/10/2025
Have a look at my repo here for some original and reverse-engineered players github.com/realdmx/c64_...
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 22/10/2025
Hi. You set register A to the subtune, then JSR init. After that, JSR play every frame. 99% of multi-song SIDs contain the player code, then some pointers to the different sub-arrangements. Almost all share instruments, in many cases even the patterns / sequences. But it's also different :)
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dmx87 @rebelandroid.com · 21/10/2025
Yeah I'm a bit late on that. But there's some progress, got the player good enough for a first go, need to support selecting subtunes. The hvsc db is up on my site, now I need to create some interface to actually generate the prg from that (using an assembler in the background.) Stay tuned :-)
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