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DF Retro Episode 49: Contra III - The Alien Wars

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    cfabbro
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    <3 Digital Foundry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrawxcmwAW4#t=10m19s I absolutely love stuff like that... learning how these oldschool game developers managed to work around such system and...

    <3 Digital Foundry

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrawxcmwAW4#t=10m19s

    I absolutely love stuff like that... learning how these oldschool game developers managed to work around such system and software limitations is fascinating, and I especially love when people use modern emulation and graphics to break down the mechanics behind them like that, making them simple to understand.

    Retro Mechanics Explained is a great channel dedicated entirely to that sort of stuff as well, that I would highly recommend checking out if people are similarly interested in that sort of stuff, and Morphcat Games' - How we fit an NES game into 40 Kilobytes is a great watch too.

    And while not about that specifically, but related to it, in that they often exploit such system/software limitations, Summoning Salt's World Record Progression videos, Pikasprey's Soft-Lockpicking series, GameChamp3000's VG Myths series and MagicScrumpy's Glitch in Depth series are worth check out as well. Seth Bling's video on the 45sec Super Mario World Credits Warp is a pretty good one off about that, too.

    p.s. Anyone else know of any other similar channels worth watching?

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    1. Fles
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      Great recommendations, cheers!

      Great recommendations, cheers!

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      phantomPhreak
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      Thanks for the new channels! I do love watching Summoning Salt, seeing just the level of precision required for some exploits is astounding. I can't think of other in-depth channels related to...

      Thanks for the new channels! I do love watching Summoning Salt, seeing just the level of precision required for some exploits is astounding.

      I can't think of other in-depth channels related to consoles, I do like reading about how emulators get around weird quirks. Edge of Emulation and some articles from the mGBA dev are great.

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      1. cfabbro
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        NP, and thanks for the interesting articles/sites, in return. Those mGBA "bugs in emulation" articles in particular are right up my alley and I will definitely be giving them a read when I get...

        NP, and thanks for the interesting articles/sites, in return. Those mGBA "bugs in emulation" articles in particular are right up my alley and I will definitely be giving them a read when I get some free time this weekend.

        p.s. Here are some other links you may find interesting too
        (from another comment of mine in a old, similar topic):

        And to actually answer your question, if I did have to pick my favorite "interesting" glitches, they would probably have to be the legendary shenanigans that the TASBot crew regularly pull at GDQs. E.g.

        TASbot plays Pokemon Red (which Ars even did an article on)
        TASBot plays Super Mario Bros. 3
        TASBot plays Brain Age
        Etc.