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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

More and more sites are having to set up defenses from AI bots. It is costly to provide online services and they were not built for bots. One can say that the AI companies are performing a global denial of service attack, which incurs costs to all of their competitors, as well as the rest of […]

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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

There are clearly many reasons why people are switching to Vivaldi. Interestingly, my little survey shows that the top reasons have more to do with our values than particular features. The #1 reason (77%) is the fact that we do not have built in AI. #2 is […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

Image shows survey results about things important to our userbase, also referred in the text.

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Super Mario Bros finally released for the #SEGA #MasterSystem - and it's even better than what you could imagine!!! 🤩 Go check out the *incredible* work done by 'Lack of Track' and friends. 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrioabZZwM #videogames #8bit #mario #homebrew #SEGAMasterSystem […]

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Stefano on littleFedi @stefano.rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

This post received _a lot_ of comments and reactions, which is great! It also proved that my little Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, could handle the load. Now - to help me test how much load it can tolerate - **please boost and react to this post!** 🚀 #FediTest #littleFedi #OwnYourData […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

@armixer24 just released the *final* version of Tetris4GG for the #SEGA #GameGear 🤩 ... and also released an amazing version of the same game for the #SEGA #MasterSystem! 😍 Download for free here: www.smspower.org/Homebrew/Tetris4GG… and […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Screenshot from Tetris4GG for the SEGA Master System

Screenshot from Tetris4GG for the SEGA Game Gear

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

A preview video of the technically impressive "Get Blue Spheres!" (w.i.p. for the #SEGA #MasterSystem ) by fellow SMS Power! forum user 'Guy' 😲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMDOCLXqUZ0 #retrogames #videogames #retro #homebrew #SEGAMasterSystem #devkitSMS

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Fellow SMS Power! forum users chirinea and tmineiro are working on a new #SEGA #MasterSystem game with art from artist Paulo José: "Sapo Xulé e o Casamento Indesejado!" 😲 ("Sapo Xulé and the Unwanted Marriage" in English). Check out the teaser video! 😍 […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

@compiler_explorer Hi! 👋 I've seen SDCC 4.6.0 ( sdcc.sourceforge.net ) have been released a few days ago, any chance to have that added to the list of compilers? Thank you! 😄

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SDCC - Small Device C Compiler

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

A nice video explaining the fundamental differences between the SEGA SG-1000's video mode 2 and the Master System's video mode 4. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKcBUURAOrY #SEGA #MasterSystem #SMS #SG1000 #SEGAMasterSystem #retrodev #retrogames #8bit

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

it's all fun and games until the complexity goes quadratic 😅

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

I recently designed a slot-1 + slot-2 (SEGA mapper) cartridge for the #SEGA #MasterSystem and I just received them. Well... it was a success *and* a failure, and you can read my post on SMS Power! forum here […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

the ModestMapper cartridges prototypes for the SEGA Master System

the result of the PFR Mapper Test, showing that the boards slot-1 and slot-2 paging feature works correctly

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

anyone who thinks that software without bugs actually exists doesn't really know anything about software 😅

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

The 2026 #SMSPower! Compo results are in! 😍 Here are the results for the *coding* competition: www.smspower.org/Competitions/Codin… Congrats to everyone involved! 🎉 🎉 ( I'll follow up this post later with a post for each of the entries - it'll take a while...) #retro […]

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🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑 @brouhaha.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

I suppose it was inevitable, but it's a sad day for #retrocomputing projects needing 5V parallel flash memory in DIP packages. #DigiKey indicates EOL for these #Microchip parts, with lifetime buy date of 2026-07-01: SST39SF010A-70-4C-PHE (1 Mibit, 128 Kibyte) SST39SF020-70-4C-PHE (2 Mibit, 256 […]

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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

32 years ago I started working on my first browser, Opera. I left Opera in 2011, but two years later I co-founded Vivaldi. Thus I have been making browsers now for 32 years, with a short break there between 2011 and 2013. I have always felt that this work is important and no less today than […]

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Velocipede Rider @ruari.velocipederider.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

Here is a fun thing. I would for Vivaldi Browser. Load any of our websites and you see no cookie banner and no mention of partners. vivaldi.com "But wait" you say, "didn't those terrible Europeans mandate the cookie banner!?" No, no they did not. We do not need a cookie banner because […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

Learn how to setup a development environment to code #videogames for the #SEGA #MasterSystem (and #GameGear) in just 15 minutes 😲 😲 in the newest Undeveloper Tech Stuff's video! 🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OeYXrcegeQ (published today!) #retro #8bit #retrogames #gamedev #devkitSMS

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

xfixium just released a demo of #Castlevania for the #Sega #MasterSystem! 🤩 here's a video showing the great work so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjKFJFGvDg0 and you can check the development thread and download the ROM here: www.smspower.org/forums/19386-SMSCa… […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Dangerous Demolition for the #SEGA #MasterSystem and the #GameGear has been released in digital form, read the release post here […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

An animated GIF showing Dangerous Demolition gameplay on the SEGA Master System

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025

Did you ever dream to write your own videogame for the #SEGA #MasterSystem? 😲 xfixium has released a *complete* #video #tutorial: "Make Your Own Game with #devkitSMS" where he creates a Ms. Pac-Man clone using the C language! 😍 The whole series is […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Screenshot of xfixium's port of Ms. Pac-Man for the SEGA Master System

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Damian Yerrick @pineight.com · 03/02/2026

Happy Hedgehog Day! Over the past 2 months, I've spent 72 hours developing an NES emulator called Family Size VM. I'm showing off two hedgehog-related NES games. youtu.be/FuDCfX_Oxjw #nesdev #emulation #NES #HedgehogDay #GroundhogDay

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Family Size VM: A new NES emulator for Hedgehog Day

YouTube video by Damian Yerrick

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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUComm… This is great news. In Iceland and Norway we have been fortunate enough to have plenty of hydro power, so use of oil has been mostly related to cars and ships. Both countries have taking large steps towards EVs, with […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

The 2026 SMS Power! Competitions are finally open! 🤩 Coding competition: Write something that runs on a Sega 8-bit home system which isn't a hack. A game, a demo, a tool! 👾 Hacks competition: Make a hack of a game for a Sega 8-bit home system. 🩹 Music competition: Make some music that either […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

Twelve *physical copies* of the amazing #SEGA #MasterSystem homebrew "Stygian Quest" (SMS Power! Coding Competition *winner* in 2024) are available! 🤩 Grab them while they last! Check out the details here […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

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Thomas Fricke (he/his) @thomasfricke.23.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

From @pluralistic Code is not an asset – it's a liability. The longer a computer system has been running, the more tech debt it represents. The more important the system is, the harder it is to bring down and completely redo […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025

@jonn_blanchard Hello! As I can't seem to find how to comment on this post of yours -> www.johnnyblanchard.com/2025/06/07/… I'll post my comment here - I hope you don't mind. It's regarding the SMS Power! community that you defined 'a little toxic'. Yes, one of […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

OK, it's my turn... #MyCPUTimeline (PCs only) ➡️ NEC V20 (Intel 8088 clone) @ 9.54 MHz ➡️ Amd 386SX @ 25 MHz ➡️ Amd K6II @ 350 MHz ➡️ Amd Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1533 MHz ➡️ Intel Atom N455 @ 1.66 GHz (netbook) ➡️ Intel Core i5-7300HQ @ 2.50 GHz (current) ➡️ Intel Atom Z3735F @ 1.33 GHz (current […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

... did I mention that with the latest #devkitSMS you can write software (like... games, for instance!) for the #SEGA #SG1000 / #SC3000 and also compile them for the #ColecoVision too? 😁 #homebrew #retro #gamedev #videogames #retrocomputing #SEGASG1000

A simple devkitSMS sample program running on a ColecoVision emulator (ColEm 5.6)

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025

I updated #devkitSMS' readme with a list of some of the many cool games developed using it so far. Check them out, there's really something for everyone! 😍 […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Some of the many cool games developed with devkitSMS so far include:
* armixer24's TetrisdGG
* badcomputer’s Astro Climber, Razing Core, Frontier Force, Blast Arena
* cireza's the Sword of Stone
* Cyttorak's Gemitas
* darks Yawi
* Disjointed Studio's Weka Invaders
* DrlLudos’ Dangerous Demolition
* Eruiz's Lunar Skirmish, Galactic Revenge, Astro Force, Bomb Jack Remake, Green Beret Remake, Crazy
Pinball, Electronic Dreams, Dead Gunner, Mini MSX, Silver Valley
* Guy's Grail of the Gods, Deathtrap Dungeon, Nyle - Lyne in SokobanLand
* Integer Max Games' Knight Shift
* Jean Monos' Little Sokoban
* JoppyFurr's Snepzhen Solitaire, Ants
* Louis the SEGA Nerd's Monaco Master, Sub Assault
* Mojon Twins’ Cheril Perils Classic, Jet Paco and Jet Puri, Che Man, Sgt. Helmet Training Day, Super Uwol
* Naarshakta's Stygian Quest
* offgame's Pixner II
* old_pirate’s Iron Man
* PSCD Games’ Alien Cat 2
* raphnet’s SKBN, Extreme Volleyball Infernal League, Goblin Kart Rescue
* Ricco's Where Is It?, Do The Same
* slogra’s Jumping Jack'son
* SteveProXNA's Skazka, Simpsons Trivia
* Tuxedo Games' Alter Ego, Goris
* Will Britton's Land on my Base, Eggie Chuck, Primates
* x7r's Sutoroku
* xfixium's Ms. Pac-Man Classic

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Gus @projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

Another laptop rescued from the Windows 10 shutdown and e-waste with Linux Mint! My friend only uses her generic 2014-era HP laptop for web browsing and LibreOffice. It struggled to boot to the desktop with 4GB of RAM under Windows. Popped an extra 4GB of RAM […] [Original post on aus.social]

Black HP laptop sitting on a workbench, showing the Linux Mint desktop and a Neofetch display. Some documents on the desktop have been blurred out.

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2025

Fellow SMS Power! forum user badcomputer just posted his new #SEGA #MasterSystem game: "Astro Climber". download it here: badcomputer0.itch.io/astro-climber (pay as much or as little as you want) #SEGAMasterSystem #retrogaming #retro #devkitSMS

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2025

What a weird coincidence! 😲 Today is #SEGA Mark III's 40th anniversary from its original release - and this morning I have pushed an updated devkitSMS/SGlib that adds support... for the #ColecoVision 😅 Anyway, I hope you like it. Basically now porting your SG-1000/SC-3000 game to the […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

anyway, if you're reading this on Windows 10, you've missed the news 😉 #EndOf10 #Windows10EOL

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2025

@tursilion sorry to bother you again - I'm trying to improve devkitSMS/SGlib (tools and SG-1000 C library) to support ColecoVision too. I have found a good deal of information about the CV memory and I/O maps and other various details so I got to the point where I can create a working ROM […]

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sverx🗩 @sverx.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2025

In case you missed it, Windows 10 will be EOL from Oct. 14, 2025. If your Personal Computer can't be upgraded to Windows 11 (and there are chances that this is the case...) Linux could be an option to keep using your PC instead of *forcefully* buying a new one. 🙄 […]

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