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Dennis van den Broek

@pointerfunction.bsky.social

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Tech Necromancer/Thrift Wizard. Also Principal Technical Designer at Guerrilla Games (#HorizonForbiddenWest). Love everything Sony (+ NES🤫) Kind high functioning weirdo - You can find my 3D models here: https://www.printables.com/@RetroGameRevival

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · Oct 21

I thought it makes sense to introduce myself here:

I work in the Games Industry as a "Senior Technical World Designer" during the day. At night I love to work on most things retro gaming related!

I am very active in recreating (repair) parts, with 135 releases!
www.printables.com/@RetroGameRe...

RetroGameRevival | Printables.com

I am creating mods and repair parts for various retro gaming consoles and handhelds (and the occasional helpful piece a… – 3D models

www.printables.com

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R.L. Stine Cold Steve Austin @bolt451.bsky.social · 2d

Would you kindly share this picture of my rat

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 3d

might be a good idea not to post a link to the PSX2 app (and additionally do provide one to NetherSX2 instead, which seems to have been forgotten)?

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Valor @hicallmevalor.bsky.social · 7d

Having interacted with TheWellRedMage from late 2017 to early 2021, the behavior I remember wasn't all that far from this. Though this is still the worst I've seen from him...

If you pre-ordered the book, consider getting a refund.

St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 10d

Let's hope the book doesn't have a section on Brazil or "third world countries"

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GtoTheNextLevel @ Oni-Con '25 @gtothenextlevel.bsky.social · 7d

If you're pre-ordering Bitmap Books' SNES RPG Book, don't. The author of it is a terrible person and shouldn't be supported, as you can see here. Thanks @st1ka.bsky.social for bringing this to light. He's been terrible for years.

St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 10d

Let's hope the book doesn't have a section on Brazil or "third world countries"

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 7d

close! Complete in Box

Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 7d

in really really good condition too!

Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing thriftstore haul today! Never ever in my life would I have expected to find a CIB GBA 😱

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emil čolić @chol.ch · 9d

I came into work and was like, 'Huh, that's a really cool lock screen' and now reading this thread I'm like 'WOW that's a really cool fuckin lock screen.'

Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

and finally, we changed the lock screens of our workstations to the following image - which was also rendered on a real PS1 (screenshot from emulator though for simplicity), with a hacked BIOS to display the Guerrilla logo in PS1 colours.

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Ivano (somepx) @somepx.com · 9d

get 40 fonts on Itch
for a dollar each

(still waiting for my payout
it's ok, I'm not gonna shout)

itch.io/s/158296/40-...

40 pixel fonts for 40 dollars. That's it, that's the sale. by somepx

A bundle by somepx, $40.00 for 40 games

itch.io

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 11d

not yet, hoping to get a full framework available for this soon tho!

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

Happy 30th anniversary to my all-time favourite game console!
I have been up to some cool stuff recently, which I did for @guerrilla.bsky.social - let me show in a thread ❤️

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Dugan @tikipodltd.bsky.social · 12d

Heylo - ASTRO AQUA KITTY is on sale on STEAM right now (70% off)
But thats not all

Trading cards have now been published along with some fun steam points shop items :D

Plz check em oot (esp the animated avatars and emoticons)

store.steampowered.com/points/shop/...

Reposts mucho appreciated thnkz

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

and a little hidden birthday message for those that input the correct secret code (yes, ofcourse it was the Konami code 😂).

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

for a bit of interaction, I had added a "firework" particle that shoots up every time you press one of the corresponding icon buttons.

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

We had a celebration party at the office, so obviously I took the opportunity to make something which ran on real hardware!
I made an infinite loop of logo variants Guerrilla had over the years. Cycling randomly every 20 seconds (or if you press start button), with a bit of camera animation added.

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 12d

Happy 30th anniversary to my all-time favourite game console!
I have been up to some cool stuff recently, which I did for @guerrilla.bsky.social - let me show in a thread ❤️

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 14d

omg, I was given a zippo display, and its absolutely perfect for gameboy games!!

Zippo display unit, with it’s shelves filled with pokemon gameboy games

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 16d

if it aint broken, don’t fix it ;D

Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 16d

can only but recommend this! no death grip and reliable and consistent loading of games every time (and I even have an older version!)

BooShell 👻 @blueshell3d.com · 16d

Added a few B-Stock Ninten-Drawer units to the shop. These are fully functional units with some minor cosmetic defect. For that reason they are sold at a significant discount.

blueshell3d.com/products/nin...