as retro as it gets… seems to be a clone of MoonPatrol. hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: lenovo Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-16-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 apt update apt install moon-buggy apt show moon-buggy Package: moon-buggy […]
Side-Scrolling shooters were a classic – back in the times – when individuals or a handful of guys could actually bring their creative ideas to live – and create a video game in few weeks. (no multi-million 3d grafix, just […]
(src) “The MIT Lincoln Laboratory TX-2 computer was the successor to the Lincoln TX-0 and was known for its role in advancing both artificial intelligence(!?) and human-computer interaction. Wesley A. Clark was the chief architect of the TX-2.[1]” it has […]
RetroArch ROCKS! with those cold and dark winter times coming around again, it’s time for some (CO2 neutral because Solar Power stored in battery) GAMING! 😀 get a gamepad 😀 can recommend: logitech f310 search eBay (buy second hand if […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! also: NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up […]
first always say something positive: runs Ubuntu per default (can also run Win10 for Win based games) THE DESIGN IS GREAT the controller seams to be good (sold separately?) THE HARDWARE is (performance wise) okay Atari seems to ship updates […]
… this Atari TT030 is 30 years old… and it still works X-D TOS (The Operating System; also Tramiel Operating System, from Jack Tramiel, owner of Atari Corporation at the time) is the operating system of the Atari ST range […]
bash games – no kidding! bash is a serious language 😀😎👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤️☕ while it might not be your first choice when it comes to creating games. it’s awesome what people put together on the command line! bash tetris – works FLAWLESS […]
want to make this world a better place? want to support true alternatives? gcc makerz https://my.fsf.org/donate Debian, the still superb miniamlistic universal (runs-everywhere and anywhere) GNU Linux Distribution that is heavily how to documented in this knowledge base 😀 (never […]
OF COURSE Dennis Ritchie is the father of C. (An appreciation of the late Dennis Ritchie) (src of the src) Ken Thompson: “was writing FORTRAN in TMG” “when it finally got down to 4k, called it B“ “B and C were […]
prologue: (u can skip it) SmartPhones try to spy and collect data, that why SmartPhone games and weather-apps are usually free. Because the user pays with user data. What even fuels the paranoia are stories like these: in 2011 Rothschild […]
long story… good alternative? https://minidvblinux.de/ having had various frustrating experiences with the topic: TV + PC (even tried a cheap DreamBox 520 HD from eBay… which are probably good devices, but this one turned out to be faulty/unstable) now… in […]
“floating point arithmetic is considered an esoteric subject by many people” (src: What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating Point Arithmetic – David Goldberg 1991.pdf) some even do “transcendental calculations” (src) make no mistake: computer make mistakes too! not […]
Updates: harnessing the power of the GPU for deep learning https://openai.com/blog/openai-pytorch/ Robot learned via OpenAI to solve rubic cube single handed will AI share our values? “some robots will eat some jobs and some robots will kill humans” (for example […]
update: 2024-04: can the PI be trusted? while many cool projects are made with Raspberry PIs, including camera surveillance projects, the PI’s design requires a GPU binary blob driver to be loaded BEFORE the OS is loaded… this is Open […]
update: 2023-08 software support wise that 32bit ARMv7 xu4 SoC has aged EXTREMELY WELL 😀 thanks all involved! (check prices on ebay) here is the “official” ArmBian (Debian 12 “bookworm” for ARM) image for the odroid xu4 “inofficial” Debian 12 […]
“The Unix Philosophy in One Lesson” “All the philosophy really boils down to one iron law, the hallowed ‘KISS principle’ of master engineers everywhere:” “Keep It Simple, Stupid” or “Keep It Super Simple” (less offensive) The Unix philosophy emphasizes building […]