Zorchenhimer
@zorchenhimer.com
I do computer things, mostly retro or retro-adjacent.
This thing is ridiculous. No, i can't put the controllers back on the sides.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This thing is ridiculous. No, i can't put the controllers back on the sides.
Got a Souseiki Fammy in the mail yesterday. Gonna be figuring out FDS dumping in the coming weeks to get these disks backed up. I also plan on getting the rest of this device reverse engineered and documented.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Got a Souseiki Fammy in the mail yesterday. Gonna be figuring out FDS dumping in the coming weeks to get these disks backed up. I also plan on getting the rest of this device reverse engineered and documented.
Milestone reached: #Homebrew on the StudyBox! Getting this working was a bunch of really hacky code, so I've got a lot of cleanup ahead of me.
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Milestone reached: #Homebrew on the StudyBox! Getting this working was a bunch of really hacky code, so I've got a lot of cleanup ahead of me.
I've started to extract some screens from side B of that Darwin tape. It's a music program of some sort. And there's a horse race thing too? Idk.
Anyway, I'm doing more reverse engineering of this stuff tonight if you want to stop by: www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
Anyway, I'm doing more reverse engineering of this stuff tonight if you want to stop by: www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I've started to extract some screens from side B of that Darwin tape. It's a music program of some sort. And there's a horse race thing too? Idk.
Anyway, I'm doing more reverse engineering of this stuff tonight if you want to stop by: www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
Anyway, I'm doing more reverse engineering of this stuff tonight if you want to stop by: www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
I'm not convinced the colors are correct, but they're probably close.
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm not convinced the colors are correct, but they're probably close.
I was able to extract some screens from that Darwin tape over the weekend. I've also confirmed that i need the Model 1000 firmware to play the tape. It will not run with the SBX-01 firmware.
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I was able to extract some screens from that Darwin tape over the weekend. I've also confirmed that i need the Model 1000 firmware to play the tape. It will not run with the SBX-01 firmware.
I got my hands on a rare tape for the StudyBox Model 1000! This tape will not work in the newer model SBX-01 for a few reasons. If I can get a dump of the firmware for the Model 1000, we'll be able to play these tapes.
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I got my hands on a rare tape for the StudyBox Model 1000! This tape will not work in the newer model SBX-01 for a few reasons. If I can get a dump of the firmware for the Model 1000, we'll be able to play these tapes.
Working on my #NES #Tetris ROM on stream. Two player garbage attacks is today's focus, come take a look!
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
youtube.com/live/2Xzk5KM...
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
youtube.com/live/2Xzk5KM...
July 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Working on my #NES #Tetris ROM on stream. Two player garbage attacks is today's focus, come take a look!
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
youtube.com/live/2Xzk5KM...
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
youtube.com/live/2Xzk5KM...
May 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Gunnerkrigg Court limited edition book came in the mail today. Wasn't expecting NUMBER TWO
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Gunnerkrigg Court limited edition book came in the mail today. Wasn't expecting NUMBER TWO
I think my license expires soon. Just a hunch.
March 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I think my license expires soon. Just a hunch.
I've been making a lot of progress on my NES Tetris project.
This is versus mode. I'll be implementing sending garbage rows soon(tm).
This is versus mode. I'll be implementing sending garbage rows soon(tm).
March 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've been making a lot of progress on my NES Tetris project.
This is versus mode. I'll be implementing sending garbage rows soon(tm).
This is versus mode. I'll be implementing sending garbage rows soon(tm).
After having one of these for a while, I finally got around to taking decent pictures of the boards last month. I've been told this is a revision 1 boardset.
Full resolution images can be grabbed from here: zorchenhimer.com/pics/titler/
Full resolution images can be grabbed from here: zorchenhimer.com/pics/titler/
February 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
After having one of these for a while, I finally got around to taking decent pictures of the boards last month. I've been told this is a revision 1 boardset.
Full resolution images can be grabbed from here: zorchenhimer.com/pics/titler/
Full resolution images can be grabbed from here: zorchenhimer.com/pics/titler/
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The screen shake makes the hard drops feel so much more aggressive.
January 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The screen shake makes the hard drops feel so much more aggressive.
I got ghost pieces working last night! There's still a long way to go, but it's mostly playable. This works on real NES hardware, btw (colors and all).
January 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I got ghost pieces working last night! There's still a long way to go, but it's mostly playable. This works on real NES hardware, btw (colors and all).
Scores, hard drops, & the ghost piece on the agenda today. Let's see how much I get done.
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
December 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Scores, hard drops, & the ghost piece on the agenda today. Let's see how much I get done.
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
www.twitch.tv/zorchenhimer
Would you believe I actually got data off this?
December 17, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Would you believe I actually got data off this?