Scott, Mutated
@mutatedscott.bsky.social
Vidja game maker (He/Him)
Mostly just goofing around with NES assembly (very slowly) and taking in retro gaming history. Work in Solar2D and Unity for other current projects.
mutatedsoftware.com
Mostly just goofing around with NES assembly (very slowly) and taking in retro gaming history. Work in Solar2D and Unity for other current projects.
mutatedsoftware.com
I've mentioned it a few times, but it keeps tripping me up how much planning needs to happen before I can code anything for the NES. Trying to have a random battle layout? Better have all those data structures, attribute table boundaries, and pattern table layout planned well in advance.
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I've mentioned it a few times, but it keeps tripping me up how much planning needs to happen before I can code anything for the NES. Trying to have a random battle layout? Better have all those data structures, attribute table boundaries, and pattern table layout planned well in advance.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For our new followers: We run a free digital library for researching game history!
We have over 4000+ out-of-print game magazines and hundreds of development documents, press kits, event guides, and more
archive.gamehistory.org
We have over 4000+ out-of-print game magazines and hundreds of development documents, press kits, event guides, and more
archive.gamehistory.org
Found myself watching Action Button Reviews Tokimeki Memorial again this week. They're probably 2 parts performance piece one part review, but I 100% love them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-D...
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial
YouTube video by Action Button
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Found myself watching Action Button Reviews Tokimeki Memorial again this week. They're probably 2 parts performance piece one part review, but I 100% love them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-D...
Something modern game making hadn't prepared me for with NES games is the amount of planning and compression that needs to be thought out before you can put anything on screen. I've made more google sheets with this silly rpg than the rest of my games combined.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Something modern game making hadn't prepared me for with NES games is the amount of planning and compression that needs to be thought out before you can put anything on screen. I've made more google sheets with this silly rpg than the rest of my games combined.
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The 6502 CPU first went on sale 50 years ago today. Here's the story of how young Steve Wozniak ended up buying his out of a jar in a hotel room, which he used in the first Apple I computer. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/the-6502-cpu...
The 6502 CPU's odd debut
Young Steve Wozniak handed over $20 and they pulled a CPU out of a jar.
dfarq.homeip.net
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The 6502 CPU first went on sale 50 years ago today. Here's the story of how young Steve Wozniak ended up buying his out of a jar in a hotel room, which he used in the first Apple I computer. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/the-6502-cpu...
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It's now ready to try for yourself! Check out my (free) online retro programming development environment in your web browser 🥳
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August 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's now ready to try for yourself! Check out my (free) online retro programming development environment in your web browser 🥳
retrogamecoders.com/bbc-cc65-c64...
retrogamecoders.com/bbc-cc65-c64...
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The lost source code convo reminded me of a little story about FFX, or how I ended up in the thanks for the remaster.
In the 2000s, I made a FFX & FFX-2 Model and animation viewer. The thing kinda exploded on the neogaf forum as I recall. It was my first work around PS2 reverse engineering.
...
In the 2000s, I made a FFX & FFX-2 Model and animation viewer. The thing kinda exploded on the neogaf forum as I recall. It was my first work around PS2 reverse engineering.
...
July 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The lost source code convo reminded me of a little story about FFX, or how I ended up in the thanks for the remaster.
In the 2000s, I made a FFX & FFX-2 Model and animation viewer. The thing kinda exploded on the neogaf forum as I recall. It was my first work around PS2 reverse engineering.
...
In the 2000s, I made a FFX & FFX-2 Model and animation viewer. The thing kinda exploded on the neogaf forum as I recall. It was my first work around PS2 reverse engineering.
...
Gotta love this Displaced Gamers channel's coverage of NES code execution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G6v...
Why is Metroid so Laggy? Part 1 - Loading Rooms and Running Out of Time - Behind the Code
YouTube video by Displaced Gamers
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Gotta love this Displaced Gamers channel's coverage of NES code execution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G6v...
I'm not buying that the 1001 PS1s sound better than other models. Couldn't tell the difference between it and a 7001. Tried a few games and a PUP CD. Composite out and multi AV.
On the plus side, it did remind me that PUP has a great video game themed music video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuB...
On the plus side, it did remind me that PUP has a great video game themed music video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuB...
PUP - DVP (Official Video)
YouTube video by puptheband
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I'm not buying that the 1001 PS1s sound better than other models. Couldn't tell the difference between it and a 7001. Tried a few games and a PUP CD. Composite out and multi AV.
On the plus side, it did remind me that PUP has a great video game themed music video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuB...
On the plus side, it did remind me that PUP has a great video game themed music video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuB...
A lesson learned messing around with an asm NES game is how delayed the gratification is. Something I take for granted in modern game images.
I thrust my fists in the air after finally getting a compressed enemy character set to dynamically loaded where I wanted. But this pic is hard to show off :D
I thrust my fists in the air after finally getting a compressed enemy character set to dynamically loaded where I wanted. But this pic is hard to show off :D
July 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A lesson learned messing around with an asm NES game is how delayed the gratification is. Something I take for granted in modern game images.
I thrust my fists in the air after finally getting a compressed enemy character set to dynamically loaded where I wanted. But this pic is hard to show off :D
I thrust my fists in the air after finally getting a compressed enemy character set to dynamically loaded where I wanted. But this pic is hard to show off :D
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One nifty feature of my custom sound driver that I gloss over on here is the concept of variants. Each stage has "normal", "cave" and "pause" versions of the music, and I can hop between them at phrase boundaries.
Also shown: a fancy new RTA timer for speedruns :D #nes #gamedev #screenshotsunday
Also shown: a fancy new RTA timer for speedruns :D #nes #gamedev #screenshotsunday
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
One nifty feature of my custom sound driver that I gloss over on here is the concept of variants. Each stage has "normal", "cave" and "pause" versions of the music, and I can hop between them at phrase boundaries.
Also shown: a fancy new RTA timer for speedruns :D #nes #gamedev #screenshotsunday
Also shown: a fancy new RTA timer for speedruns :D #nes #gamedev #screenshotsunday
Every year Four Job Fiesta sneaks up on me. One of these days I'll participate. www.fourjobfiesta.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EM0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EM0...
2025 Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta Opening Race
YouTube video by RPG Limit Break
www.youtube.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Every year Four Job Fiesta sneaks up on me. One of these days I'll participate. www.fourjobfiesta.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EM0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EM0...
Bumped into these videos by What's Ken Making the other day. Really well produced.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFAv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFAv...
Inside the Famicom | 01: The Design of a Legend
YouTube video by What's Ken Making
www.youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Bumped into these videos by What's Ken Making the other day. Really well produced.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFAv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFAv...
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Happy pride folks
I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.
We have always been here.
dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.
We have always been here.
dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
A List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010
dotmaetrix.neocities.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Happy pride folks
I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.
We have always been here.
dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.
We have always been here.
dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
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www.twitch.tv/rpglimitbreak
www.twitch.tv/lefrenchrest...
www.twitch.tv/japanese_res...
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www.twitch.tv/lefrenchrest...
www.twitch.tv/japanese_res...
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I just saw this crazy WIP of a #NES #hombrew project that is pushing 3D vector graphics not unlike the ones they used in the NES port of Elite.
This is super impressive to see running so smoothly on the old 8-bit system.
You can find their Twitter here:
x.com/ls_create
#NESdev #Nintendo #retro
This is super impressive to see running so smoothly on the old 8-bit system.
You can find their Twitter here:
x.com/ls_create
#NESdev #Nintendo #retro
May 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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I started work on the End Credits for Super Sunny World (my NES platformer).
It's a mess to look at now, but there's cool stuff going on: multi-layered parallax scrolling as well as vertical and horizontal scrolling mixed together!
Posting now for comparisons later!
#nesdev
It's a mess to look at now, but there's cool stuff going on: multi-layered parallax scrolling as well as vertical and horizontal scrolling mixed together!
Posting now for comparisons later!
#nesdev
May 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I started work on the End Credits for Super Sunny World (my NES platformer).
It's a mess to look at now, but there's cool stuff going on: multi-layered parallax scrolling as well as vertical and horizontal scrolling mixed together!
Posting now for comparisons later!
#nesdev
It's a mess to look at now, but there's cool stuff going on: multi-layered parallax scrolling as well as vertical and horizontal scrolling mixed together!
Posting now for comparisons later!
#nesdev
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So, I don't think any of this is mean spirited, but I do take some exception with the term "broken". Kinda wish we moved to "exploited" or a similar term as a community. It pokes at a game for not being perfectly hardened in a way that nobody would actually want in terms of release dates and costs.
[NEW VIDEO] How Speedrunners Broke Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
youtu.be/kyPLkr-QCGg
youtu.be/kyPLkr-QCGg
How Speedrunners Broke Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
YouTube video by LunaticJ
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
So, I don't think any of this is mean spirited, but I do take some exception with the term "broken". Kinda wish we moved to "exploited" or a similar term as a community. It pokes at a game for not being perfectly hardened in a way that nobody would actually want in terms of release dates and costs.
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Making progress on VRC6 raster effects...thx to a random CV3 blog with disasm... (you can see the seam being skipped to the left) gmvania.blogspot.com/2012/08/book... #nesdev #gamedev
April 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Making progress on VRC6 raster effects...thx to a random CV3 blog with disasm... (you can see the seam being skipped to the left) gmvania.blogspot.com/2012/08/book... #nesdev #gamedev
Couple of Westwood retrospectives that I thought were great
Titans of the Industry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
GDC Classic Games Postmortem: Command & Conquer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK...
Titans of the Industry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
GDC Classic Games Postmortem: Command & Conquer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK...
Cofounder of Westwood Reveals Crunch Stories on The Lion King | TITANS OF THE INDUSTRY
YouTube video by Human Interact
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Couple of Westwood retrospectives that I thought were great
Titans of the Industry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
GDC Classic Games Postmortem: Command & Conquer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK...
Titans of the Industry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
GDC Classic Games Postmortem: Command & Conquer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK...
I don't know who is buying Blue-Collar Astronaut on PS4 in 2025, but my $7 quarterly payment made me chuckle. Thanks.
March 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I don't know who is buying Blue-Collar Astronaut on PS4 in 2025, but my $7 quarterly payment made me chuckle. Thanks.
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Stayed up a bit too late last night trying to finish this interview. Really compelling. Loved Westwood growing up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
Cofounder of Westwood Reveals Crunch Stories on The Lion King | TITANS OF THE INDUSTRY
YouTube video by Human Interact
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Stayed up a bit too late last night trying to finish this interview. Really compelling. Loved Westwood growing up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbX...