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Rich Whitehouse

@richwhitehouse.bsky.social
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Video game programmer and designer. Head of Digital Conservation for the Video Game History Foundation. Worked on Jedi Knight 2, Prey, etc. Professional Jaguar Master. www.richwhitehouse.com patreon.com/richwhitehouse

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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some points in here may not entirely hold up, but the damage LLM content does to hobbyist communities can't be overstated. As slop becomes less distinguishable from expert work, it'll rot through the existence of expertise across countless communities. Maybe more of a toxic mold than an asbestos.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Writing polished articles in the age of LLM’s is a waste of both time and opportunity. Publish the effective first draft (only deep/substantial revisions for discoveries made, if applicable) and fill it with vulgarity. It’ll be more fun to read and people will know you wrote it.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Large Lamentation Model (thoughts on the often disastrous intersection between present-day LLM's and labor quality): www.patreon.com/richwhitehou...
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Large Lamentation Model | Rich Whitehouse
I think I'm finally done with my main contract of the year (at least, I really hope I am) and am starting to get back to my emulation projec
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
On a related note, I knew the day would come that Basic Bitch Programmers would be able to trivially “reverse engineer” code/specs/etc. via LLM, and it’s going about as expected. It’ll get uglier, and be demotivating to people with actual skill in these areas, as LLM-based approaches improve.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
BigPEmu and BigInstinct network updates: www.patreon.com/posts/157901...
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BigPEmu and BigInstinct Network Updates | Rich Whitehouse
BigPEmu and BigInstinct Network Updates by Rich Whitehouse on Patreon. Join Rich Whitehouse's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
New builds for both BigPEmu and BigInstinct, with BigInstinct getting its first public release! Here's what's new in both.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Seems to have struck a bit of a chord.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Open Sores - an essay on how programmers spent decades building a culture of open collaboration, and how they're being punished for it.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Merry Christmas, new versions of BigPEmu and BigInstinct are out now! There's a lot of new functionality in both releases, including support for BigMaster. This is a brand new multiplayer/matchmaking service!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Spent September living in a Ronald McDonald House while my daughter was in the hospital, spent last month trying to help her cope with now being legally blind and having new mobility issues. Been buried in contract work all the while, which has been exceptionally stressful!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Time will destroy everything, but it destroys those who give a shit even faster. Good bye, my friend.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Unthinkable Tragedy: www.patreon.com/posts/unthin...
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Unthinkable Tragedy | Rich Whitehouse
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Projecting KI collision space with perfect accuracy, I noticed that hit shapes significantly deviate from the visuals across stages! Take a look at the different offsets for Fulgore's idle hit shape at the same scale/frame on 3 different stages.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The next BigInstinct will have a training mode, which goes beyond any training mode I've ever seen: hit shape visualization, exact frame timing displays, slow motion, and a lot more!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Praising the Lords live in Tucson, with BigPEmu for iOS and VLM! (VLM is responding to live audio from the microphone) Amazing performance from @lordsofacid.bsky.social! Couldn’t have asked for a better set list.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
BigInstinct version 1.0-B3 is out now! Here's what's new:
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
BigPEmu for iOS is on sale for $6.69 from now until June 7th, in celebration of the Day of Darkness. Happy Hell Day, everyone!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
BigPEmu version 1.19 is out now! This is what's new.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Cross your eyes and behold a true miracle of emulation: Killer Instinct in stereoscopic 3D at 60 FPS! It's working beautifully on every stage in both KI and KI2.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
BigInstinct is out now!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I now have all of the Killer Instinct timing and signal data anyone could ever want, thanks to the kind folks at Level One Arcade Bar in Mesa, AZ! As a bonus, we got to see @justjakesimpson.bsky.social when he still had hair in NBA Jam.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The beta release of BigInstinct is coming next week! I've made a video demonstrating some of the features, including silky smooth netplay with up to 16-frame rollback and, oh yes, BRAND NEW STEREO SOUND! Grab your headphones for this clip.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Through the power of DickTrainer Emulation Technology, Killer Instinct has achieved average frame times in the realm of 1.3 milliseconds; single-threaded on a 2.5GHz Intel CPU and with no attempt to optimize the ADSP! Planning to get a beta build to the patrons in a few weeks.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
If you’re a developer in the emulation/reverse engineering space and you’re aware of the culture of commercial exploitation and/or personal abuse, please send a DM! I’m building a group, because it’s time to recognize and stop the madness. 10 of us so far.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I'm sad to say that funding has been pulled on my KI/KI2 emulator. However, I still want to make this thing; I love KI, I'm pretty far along, and this emulator beats everything in terms of accuracy, speed, and functionality. Here's the situation, the plan, and how you can help!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This is correct. For the last decade, I’ve been warning people about the longer-term consequences Blender would have on labor value for both artists and developers/contributors. Every penny in a peer’s pocket was a dime in the master’s. Blender’s corporate sponsors aren’t there to be altruistic.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I can't currently say much about why I'm writing a KI emulator from scratch (including a new MIPS III core which aims to achieve dynarec-like speeds without any dynarec), but I am, and IT'S ALIVE!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
www.patreon.com/posts/122488...
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The Creature Persists | Rich Whitehouse
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Is it normal for "3-5 day" Steam product reviews to end up being a terrible month-long process where no feedback/clarification is provided for weeks at a time, or is Gabe giving me special treatment again?
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
BigPEmu version 1.18 is out now! This is what's new.
The BigPEmu version 1.18 change list. Lots of networking/multiplayer improvements, check the new build's ReadMe.txt for more details.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
BigPEmu should be available on Steam sometime this month, but here are a couple of pre-release keys for anyone who wants to test in the meantime. First come, first served. K7E8F-NC6Q2-P32JP NGMZ8-IX2MI-I9GH3
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Playing on a tester's Alien vs Predator server with the new Steam build of BigPEmu!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Coming soon! store.steampowered.com/app/3395370/...
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BigPEmu on Steam
BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar emulator to feature compatibility with the entire retail library, along with excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
BigPEmu version 1.17 is out now! This is what's new.
Lots of new touch-related functionality, some bug fixes, and some additions to the scripting system.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
BigPEmu's touch integration is evolving! The upcoming build features new touch and mouse cursor scripts for quite a few games. Here's a demo of Raiden (the ship tracks your finger) and Vid Grid.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Next to me on the App Store Top 100 Games list today, under my wrist for over 20 years. It was always meant to be.
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retrorgb.com @retrorgb.com · 22/11/2024
Developer @richwhitehouse.bsky.social just released an iOS version of his Atari Jaguar emulator BigPEmu. It's $10 on the app store and packed with all the same features as the desktop version. Links to the app, as well as how to load ROMs are in the main post: www.retrorgb.com/atari-jaguar...
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
BigPEmu version 1.16 is out now, and the iOS port is live on the App Store. This version boasts an incredible number of improvements to the emulation core along with more than a few new features! App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/bigpe... Other platforms: richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index...
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
BigPEmu is officially approved for iOS/iPadOS (running as iOS under macOS is also supported) and will be released for $9.99 on the App Store tomorrow morning!
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
BigPEmu version 1.16 is now available to my Patreon supporters! This version has seen more core emulation improvements than any version since the introduction of Jaguar CD support. www.patreon.com/posts/bigpem...
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BigPEmu v1.16 Patreon Build | Rich Whitehouse
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Checkered Flag running at native resolution with gyroscope steering on my iPhone! I'm still accepting beta testers, see my Patreon account if you're interested.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
BigPEmu iOS testing is going wider today (and some bad news on the health front, but let's not talk about that part): www.patreon.com/posts/bigpem...
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BigPEmu iOS Testing Time | Rich Whitehouse
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Alien vs Predator for the Atari Jaguar is 30 years old today. I figured it could use some new glasses; anaglyph glasses, that is! Cross your eyes for a preview of stereoscopic rendering in AvP, coming in hot with the next release of BigPEmu!
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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 13/10/2023
Emulators can recreate games as you remembered them, but they can also add features that never existed! Here's an interview about how programmer Rich Whitehouse added multiplayer without modifying a game's original code. Super cool.
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Bonus ROM: How an emulator can add multiplayer to a singleplayer game
An interview with Rich Whitehouse about a wild new feature in Atari Jaguar emulator BigPEmu.
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Rich Whitehouse @richwhitehouse.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Download BigPEmu, my Atari Jaguar emulator: richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index...
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