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![A conversation from the Furnace Tracker Discord server which took place on the 23rd of January, 2026. The timezone is UTC+9:30.
[14:25]KungFuFurby: I actually have a more direct version of porting something over that came out much better... I ported digi-C64 music to the SPC700.
[14:26]KungFuFurby: Specifically, I ported Cycleburner's SID driver to the SPC700, with only a few exceptions and adjustments.
[14:26]KungFuFurby: Observe.
[KungFuFurby sent the SPC file: SNESCycleburnerBatmixC64ToSNESPortT.spc]
[14:26]sam32_:matrix.org: oh i tried a sid player on my snes actually. it was really cool lol
[14:26]KungFuFurby: That would be SIDMania.
[14:26]sam32_:matrix.org: yea i think it was
[14:26]KungFuFurby: There's a second one, actually, by Image, that is unrelated to SIDMania. I know of both of them.
[14:27]KungFuFurby:Mine is completely different.
[14:27]KungFuFurby:I actually reverse engineered the format off of the 6502 code.
[14:28]KungFuFurby:Everything except for the player is straight out of the .sid file. The samples are in the exact same memory location, even.
[14:29]KungFuFurby:There were a few commands I skipped outright and turned them into NOPs. They wrote to the control, pulse width (high byte) and frequency (low byte) registers, which were de-facto outside the scope of what I was trying to replicate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzqgwsm4urg52woyqxbdfpiy/bafkreidjuw3tfadirzmntylkqkkasykzvnimolmhojp5mrd366scpv2ekq)
![From the same conversation:
[KungFuFurby replying to an earlier attachment not shown in the previous image, in this case an spc port of an Amiga .MOD file.]
[14:30]KungFuFurby:I'll also add that in this case, I did it in stereo.
[14:32]KungFuFurby:Because I came up with my own format here, it also means that I can play seven other voices using native BRR samples... meaning I can break the 8 channel limit in the process.
[14:33]KungFuFurby:The echo buffer is merely one way of breaking this channel limit. The second is via software rendering on one of the voices.
[14:33]KungFuFurby:I also have it so that it can do more than PCM samples. I have ASM of pulse waves, saw waves, triangle waves, and 1-bit waveforms to emulate pulse waves of various widths (or other waveforms).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzqgwsm4urg52woyqxbdfpiy/bafkreig2dpu32hkb3nwgcetymh6eeebuzzmf2fxqrj2oxgzjndebaamuei)
![wikipedia's microsoft sidewinder model table showing four of such gamepads: 1.0, 2.0, pro, plug and play.
Table of SideWinder models Name Type Release date[4] Force Feedback Interface
Game Port USB Adapter USB
Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad 1.0 Game Pad September 11, 1996 No Yes No No
Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad 2.0 Game Pad September 11, 2001 No No No Yes
Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro Game Pad May 31, 1999 No No No Yes
Microsoft SideWinder Plug & Play Game Pad Game Pad August 1, 2000 No No No Yes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzqgwsm4urg52woyqxbdfpiy/bafkreig6v2tchdldzxnau3z6e3cagclhrjafesxd6p4s7zklhfw7hvhjvm)
![Sonic 3D Blast's Wikipedia page
ontemporary reviews
Review scoresPublication Score
Computer and Video Games GEN: 4/5[43]
SAT: 3/5[44]
Electronic Gaming Monthly SAT: 26.5/40[45]
GEN: 29/40[46]
GamePro GEN: 17/20[47][f]
GameSpot SAT: 7/10[48]
PC: 5.6/10[13]
Mean Machines Sega GEN: 92%[49]
Entertainment Weekly GEN: B[50]
SAT: C[50]
Sega Saturn Magazine SAT: 82%[10]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzqgwsm4urg52woyqxbdfpiy/bafkreifd7ox4h3wz32bmhxashl5ivlgyhe5zfrwtwb2ha24znxkjjrtg6e)
