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Making Sprite-based Games with Canvas
One advantage to working for Mozilla is the amount of talent that surrounds me; James Long is one of those people. James seems to know more about software engineering than anyone probably should. I...
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Replicating the DOOM Screen Melt with JavaScript and Canvas
I love retro games almost as much as I love development and from time to time I find myself addicted to games I haven’t played in 20 or more years. This weekend while loading up DOOM on my speedy...
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Building a 3D MMO Using WebSockets
Hi there! My name is Nick Janssen, creator of Ironbane, a 3D MMO that uses WebGL and WebSockets. With this article I would like to give you a better insight in MMO’s and make you less afraid of the...
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How Cobalt Calibur Uses Canvas to Display Sprite-Based Graphics
Hi, I’m Thomas Hunter, creator of Cobalt Calibur, an HTML5 multiplayer game. I’m here to tell you about how I used the new HTML5 canvas API to provide visuals using sprite-based graphics. This is...
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Game Configuration with JSON
Edna Piranha is a mystery wrapped in a enigma. I never know what she’s gonna say, and when she does say it, I don’t know what to think of it. What I do know, however, is that she’s an excellent web...
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Xbox Live Gamer API
My sharpshooter status aside, I’ve always been surprised upset that Microsoft has never provided an API for the vast amount of information about users, the games they play, and statistics within the...
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Gamepad API and Xbox Controller on Mac
The Mozilla MozVR team was demonstrating the open WebVR standard as well as A-Frame at GDC a few weeks ago and people were intrigued; some were surprised the web could handle VR, some probably just...
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How to Create a RetroPie on Raspberry Pi – Graphical Guide
Today we get to play amazing games on our super powered game consoles, PCs, VR headsets, and even mobile devices. While I enjoy playing new games these days, I do long for the retro gaming systems I...
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Video Game Console Emulator
Want to take your retro gaming to the next level? Learn how to create a RetroPie gaming station on Raspberry Pi with a graphical guide! Like most American children of the 1980s and 1990s, I spent a...
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How to Create a Recalbox on Raspberry Pi – Graphical Guide
Retro gaming seems to be all the rage these days, despite the fact that there are much more powerful systems and graphically impressive games being released today. Whether it’s because the game...
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How to Play Sony Playstation Games on OpenEmu
I’ve been having the time of my life playing retro Nintendo64, NES, SNES, and Game Gear games since I discovered OpenEmu. I bought a few USB Nintendo 64 controllers and I’m like a kid again, even...
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Play GameCube Games on Mac or PC
My current obsession with retro gaming has brought me to creating a RetroPie on Raspberry Pi, a Recalbox on Raspberry Pi, playing retro games on Mac with OpenEmu, and exploring how to play Sony...
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Play Wii Games on Mac
I was one of those guys that bought the Wii off of eBay shortly after its release at a scalper’s ransom. For months my roommates and I would drink beer, talk trash, and play Wii Sports bowling for...
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Patch Super Dram World
My recent dive into retro gaming has opened my eyes to how much time and effort still goes into playing console games that are as old as I am. The basic challenge has gone out of these games,...
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Limit Download Speed with Apache
My adventures into retro gaming have brought me back into the semi-seedy world of piracy websites and the technology considerations that dictate their business model. Annoying popups and pornographic...
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Show FPS for Steam Games
There’s nothing more frustrating to a top gamer (outside of bugs in a game) than dropped frames in a video game. If you’re playing a competitive multiplayer game like PUBG or Fortnite, where up to...
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How to Get Green Blood in PUBG
My current video game obsession is Player Unknown’s Battleground, also referred to as PUBG. It’s an online multiplayer game which drops yourself and 99 others into a single, large map and you battle...
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How to Patch Retry System into Super Mario ROMs
I find myself watching less TV lately and much more time enjoying gamers stream on Twitch. While I too much PUBG, and enjoy watching people like Shroud and ChocoTaco hit bangers, I get more enjoyment...
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How to Play Retro Game ROMs on Windows
Video games are always a fun time, something we desperately need during our COVID lockdown. A few years back I shared how to play retro games on Mac, as well as how to patch games to play popular ROM...
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How to Get a Computer’s Hardware ID
Cheating in online games is a huge issue these days — just ask anyone playing PUBG. Cheaters aren’t difficult for players to spot but vendors oftentimes don’t do enough to punish these villains....
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