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Photographer. Writer. SysOp. Old. I run gamesx.com.
Signup fails on age verification with with Vivaldi, with all blocking disabled. Just get some shiny placeholder boxes that never fill in.
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Maybe your timeline needs Bean. Here she is, sound asleep.
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
If it's the pre-hole marking your after I do have a photo.
January 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Not sure which diode you meant so I started testing them all. I a fit of inattention I left the power plugged in and shorted something that made a mighty spark and smoked a DF something that'll definitely need a replacement. Any idea what it was?
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
33 years later, this album is still great.
December 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Added a few new fonts to my font engine today. Shmups fans take note. =D

nfggames.com/games/fontma...

Interesting that the Batrider and Garegga fonts are identical in shape but use a different gradient.
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Australian social media ban, which started off stupid and got dumber, is even more absurd than I realized.

Facebook and Instagram are banned, but Whatsapp is not. Twitch is banned, but Discord is not. Reddit is banned, Snapchat is banned, but LINE and Facebook Messenger are not.
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
You can absolutely get fucked.

Discord tried this a few weeks back, and I said "no, you'll accidentally keep my data and then get hacked" and days later that's what happened.

tl;dr - AusGov protects the children by sacrificing everyone else.
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Organizing my connectors bin. Arcade hardware is so much easier to work with if you have the right parts and some good tools.

In this image, parts for Namco, Capcom, Sega and SNK machines and games. And more!
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
While fiddling with the Aleck64 I finally ordered the parts to hook up the P2 buttons. 25 years ago I bought the panel with half the wires missing.

Now I can put it back in storage knowing it will work should I suffer a head injury and want to play it again.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A couple of decades ago I created a 'font engine' that allows anyone to create text images using 179 (and counting) fonts from arcade (and etc) games.

nfggames.com/games/fontma...
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We peaked in 1985.
October 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We live in an age where it takes less time to design and print some parts than it does to order one for overnight delivery.

This one allows a Seimitsu P=50 stick (LS-32, Nobi, etc) to fit a 4-post panel, with room for an internal dust washer.

Download here:

nfggames.com/forum2/index...
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Solving every problem with a 3D print.

Total time to design: 5 mins. Print time: 20 mins (super fine detail for legibility).

Should help with the harness jungle in the arcade cabs. 😊
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Auspost: what are you shipping?
me: Video game
Auspost: A Dreamcast game?
me: Sure
Auspost: A permit is required for dangerous goods.

Auspost suggests 'Dreamcast game' and then gives me the appropriate warning. Like sure, the Dreamcast wasn't a smash success, but come on.
September 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Discord kicked me out of the PC app because I won't submit to their age verification system.

Motherfuckers I am old enough to know "we totally promise no one's storing your ID" is foreshadowing the 'we inadvertently stored all your data and then we got hacked' announcement.
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Building off Alamone's work a few years ago, I built a version of Seibu Kaihatsu's Viper: Phase 1 with both original and New Version games in one cartridge.

It's not a particularly difficult mod, only six chips, a few wires, and no changes to the original PCB.

nfggames.com/forum2/index...
September 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Max Headroom. Too early to do the subject matter justice but they tried hard and set my synapses aflame with every episode.

Coming at you live and direct.

He satellites globally!
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Bitmoji has gotten rid of the charming avatar style in favour of the soulless metaverse style of bland faces, and I fucking hate it. Why must every change be worse?
September 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Printing up a customer order of Seibu Kaihatsu cartridge shells. I made a design that protects the board from accidental touches and prevents board flex which pops solder joints too easily.

And they look good too! IMHO. 😊
September 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Erasing a bunch of old chips, putting them to a far better purpose than they were originally given.
August 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It's been a long time since a drew anything. But suddenly, Kirsty!
August 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The prints on my Bambu A1 started going wrong. At first, missing lines on external walls. Then gaps in surfaces. Finally, it just stopped printing entirely. Prints would crack apart rather than come off the plate.

Turns out the extruder gear had worn out. Replacing it solved the problem.
August 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Alright, pre-orders are go for my candy cab credit switch!

nfggames.com/forum2/index...
July 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I made this assembly yesterday, a 3d printed assembly that puts a faux coin in the existing coin slot of a candy cab and rings in credits with a press.
July 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM