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Tutorials/Notes

SYSTEM TITLE AUTHOR LAST UPDATED (YYYY/MM/DD) SUMMARY
Android Cross-platform Android Game Development TheOuterLinux 2024/12/17 The easiest ways that I know of for all of us to get along while developing Android games.
Arcade PAC-MAN 35th Anniversary: Billy Mitchell Split Screen 101 EmpireArcadia ~2015 Billy Mitchell teaches Triforc the secret of level 256 and how to clear it by trapping the ghost. Now you can clear level 256 in PAC-MAN, if you can make it there.
DOOM Doom series play order TheOuterLinux 2023/03/19 This is the order in which you should play the Doom series
DOOM (ZDoom) 3D Floors Tutorial Chubzdoomer See page DOOM WAD editing tutorial on creating a room-over-room effect for ZDoom/GZDoom
DOOM (Doom Builder) Moving Cameras/Cutscenes Tutorial Chubzdoomer 2021/??/?? Trigger a cutscene in which the camera temporarily moves away from the player to show something
DOOM (ZDoom) 3D Floors Tutorial Chubzdoomer 2011/??/?? DOOM WAD editing tutorial on creating a room-over-room effect for ZDoom/GZDoom
Nintendo 64 N64 Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/09/10 A list of N64 exclusive games
Nintendo 64 Pokemon Snap! Photo Garbage Fix (via N64 Emulation) TheOuterLinux 2023/07/23 What to do if your photos look like garbage when emulating "Pokemon Snap!" for the N64
Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) 2023/01/22 This specification fully documents the music format used by Super Mario Bros. 3 in sufficient detail to create new music and insert it into the game, or to extract and convert music from the game to other formats.
Nintendo GameCube GameCube Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of GameCube exclusive games
Nintendo GameCube Say no to Wine... if you have the Dolphin emulator TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of Windows games between 2002 and ~2021 that can be played using Dolphin, a GameCube/Wii emulator, instead of using WINE
Nintendo - Super Nintendo/Famicom SNES (and SFC) Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/01/07 A list of SNES (and SFC) exclusive games
Nintendo - Super Nintendo/Famicom SNES (and SFC) Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/01/07 A list of SNES (and SFC) exclusive games
Other LuaPlayer and Love2D List TheOuterLinux 2024/09/18 A list of LuaPlayer and Love2D ports for video game consoles
Other Minetest Notes TheOuterLinux 2023/07/23 A few notes on using Minetest, a cross-platform, free and open-source alternative to Minecraft
Other PlayStation and N64 TheOuterLinux 2023/01/21 A list of games that were available for both the PS1 and N64
Other RetroArch Game Thumbnails Libretro See page This is the place where RetroArch pulls its game art; refer to this if RetroArch has trouble finding your game
Other Role-Playgin Games (RPG's) List TheOuterLinux 2022/11/23 A list of role-playing games (RPG's) for various consoles, computer systems, and engines (such as OHRRPGCE and Love2D)
Other ROM Naming Rules -LMA- 2007/07/10 The rules in regards to naming video game ROMs, such as the parts like "(U)" or "[b]" attached to the game name.
PlayStation 2 How to install GNU/Linux on a PlayStation 2 Macho Nacho Productions 2022/??/?? A YouTube video on the installation of Linux for PlayStation 2 version 1.0A YouTube video on the installation of Linux for PlayStation 2 version 1.0; you may want to check out PS2 Live Linux DVD instead
PlayStation 2 PCSX2 Settings TheOuterLinux 2021/10/11 The best settings I could come-up with for PS2 emulation via PCSX2
PlayStation 2 PS2 Games That Support Mouse and/or Keyboard TheOuterLinux and other places 2024/05/19 A list of games that support a mouse and/or keyboard for the PlayStation 2 via the USB ports on a real console
PlayStation 2 PS2 Hard Drive Compatibility Chart https://ps2drives.x-pec.com See page A very large list of tested hard drives with brand names, sizes, notes, and etc. for the PS2; high firmware versions also tested, somehow.
PlayStation 2 PS2 Screenshots TheOuterLinux 2024/10/06 While using OpenPS2Loader (OPL) on a soft-modded PS2 (Free McBoot), you can take an in-game screenshot using L1+R1+L2+R2+Up; saves as a JPEG on the memory card (MC0 or MC1); use the file-manager to cut and paste to a USB hard drive (MASS:).
PlayStation 2 PS2 soft-modding from a GNU/Linux user's perspective TheOuterLinux 2022/07/13 PS2 soft-modding from a GNU/Linux user's perspective
PlayStation 3 Custom Music: PSN Games ??? ~2021 A list of PSN games that allow you to play your own music stored on the PS3 while playing a game
PlayStation 3 Custom Music: Retail Games ??? ~2021 A list of retail games that allow you to play your own music stored on the PS3 while playing a game
PlayStation 3 Jailbreaking and running backups on a PS3 from a GNU/Linux user's perspective TheOuterLinux 2022/03/27 Jailbreaking and running backups on a PS3 from a GNU/Linux user's perspective
PlayStation 3 PS3 Screenshots TheOuterLinux 2024/09/01 Single-press the PS button, go to the "Photos" section, and then you should see a screenshot-related option; no jailbreak required; however, some things could be protected against this. Click here for an example of a PS3 screenshot's EXIF metadata.
PlayStation 3 USB hard drive vs micro SD card adapter TheOuterLinux 2024/10/16 If you are using a program that requires "dev_usb000" to be present, which should be the default if placed in the furthest right-side USB slot, but are using a micro SD card adapter, the path will most likely be "dev_usb071". If the micro SD card adapter has a full-sized SD card slot in conjunction with a micro SD card slot, use the full-sized slot instead to get the proper "dev_usb000" path.
Sega Dreamcast Dreamcast over PS1 TheOuterLinux 2023/01/21 A list of games that were both for the Dreamcast and PS1
Sega Dreamcast Say no to Wine... if you have Redream TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of Windows games between 1997 and ~2002 that can be played using Redream, a SEGA Dreamcast emulator, instead of using WINE
Sega Genesis/MegaDrive SDL Programming Tutorials Lazy Foo' Productions See site Tutorials on SDL programming
Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) exclusive games
Sega Genesis/MegaDrive SGDK Wiki Stephane Dallongeville See page Help to get started with SGDK, a development kit for creating Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) games using the C language
Sega Saturn Make Saturn, Not War TheOuterLinux 2023/01/22 A list of Sega Saturn games that may be difficult to emulate if playing on a different system
Xbox Say no to Wine... if you have Xemu TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of Windows games between 2000 and 2006 that can be played using Xemu, an Xbox emulator, instead of using WINE
Xbox XBox Hard Drive Compatibility Chart https://xboxdrives.x-pec.com See page A very large list of tested hard drives with brand names, sizes, notes, and etc. for the original XBox
Xbox XBox (original) Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of Xbox (original) exclusive games
Xbox XBox Hard Drive Compatibility Chart https://xboxdrives.x-pec.com See page A very large list of tested hard drives with brand names, sizes, notes, and etc. for the original XBox
Xbox XBox (original) Exclusive Games TheOuterLinux 2023/09/14 A list of Xbox (original) exclusive games

Examples

SYSTEM PROGRAM AUTHOR LAST UPDATED (YYYY/MM/DD) SUMMARY
Other Game Case Templates Various See site page Game case templates regarding various game consoles and computer systems
Other Printable Game Cover-art Various See site page Printable game cover-art regarding various game consoles and computer systems
Other Video Game Music Archive See bottom of pages; various See site page A website loaded with MIDI music from video games
PlayStation 2 Linux (for PlayStation 2) Release 1.0 Click for Manual 2002/??/??
PlayStation 2 OpenPS2Loader Themes Various ????/??/?? A PS2-related forum; this is their OPL themes page if you have a soft-modded PS2
Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Dragon's Castle Javier Degirolmo 2016/??/?? Source code to Dragon's Castle; use this to make your own (Zlib License) Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) platformer game

Magazines and Manuals

TITLESUMMARY
A.C.E (Advanced Computer Entertainment) MagazineA multi-format computer and video game magazine first published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and later acquired by EMAP
BLiP Magazine"Blip: The Video Games Magazine" was a short-lived monthly video game magazine published by Marvel Comics and edited by Joe Claro
Classic Gamer MagazineA printed and digital publication covering classic gaming
Computer and Video Games MagazineIssues 01-126 (November 1981 - May 1992) plus Yearbooks
Computer Gamer MagazineA gaming magazine from the 1980s
Computer Play MagazineA game magazine devoted entirely to games on the PC and other computers, although a column was devoted to console games as well
Digital Press MagazineThe magazine of digitpress.com; game reviews from 1991-2009
Dreamcast MagazineA video game magazine for the Dreamcast published in the United States
EDGE MagazineA magazine focused on console gaming from 1993 to 2015
Electronic Fun with Computer and Games MagazineA British computer gaming magazine from 1982 to 1984
Famitsu MagazineA Japanese magazine dedicated to the Famicom
Folkscanomy's Video Game Guides CollectionA large collection of video game guide books on archive.org
G7000 Video Game Club MagazineG7000 Video Game Club News, published by Philips, provided information and news on the Philips Electronics product line
Game Developer MagazineThe premier publication for working (and aspiring) video game creators until its demise (1994-2013)
Game Informer MagazineAn American-based monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles
Games Machine MagazineThe Games Machine Issues 1-33
GB Studio ManualManual for creating Game Boy (and Color) games using GB Studio
JoyStik MagazineA short-lived video game magazine from 1982-1983
Konami Software Club NewsletterA newsletter dedicated to micro users and arcade fans regarding Konami and their products
Mean Machines MagazineMean Machines was a multi-format gaming magazine released between 1990 and 1992 in the United Kingdom
Mean Machines SEGA MagazineSEGA edition of the Mean Machines magazine
MicroAdventurer MagazineIn November 1983, Sunshine books entered the magazine market with a new publication which was aimed solely at war gamers, strategists and adventurers
N64 MagazineA British magazine specializing in Nintendo created consoles; which was first printed in 1997 and ran until 2006
Neo Geo Freak MagazineA Japanese-language magazine dedicated to the Neo Geo arcade systems and home console, published in the 1990s
Next Generation (NextGen) MagazineA video game magazine that was made by Imagine Media publishing company (now Future Network USA)
NForce MagazineNintendo Entertainment System Video Game Magazine
Nintendo Players Guide: SNES"The only official guide to the Super NES straight from the pros at Nintendo!"
Nintendo Players Guide: Super Game Boy"The complete guide to the colorful side of Game Boy"
Official Nintendo Player's Guide"A complete review of over 90 games for your N.E.S."
Official U.S. PlayStation MagazineA Playstation-oriented magazine published by Ziff-Davis in the late 1990s-early 2000s
One MagazineA video game magazine in the United Kingdom which covered 16-bit home gaming during the late 1980s and early 1990s
Personal Computer Games MagazineA multi-format UK computer games mag of the early/mid eighties
Planet Game Boya short-lived, UK gaming magazine published in the 1990s by Future Publishing
Raze MagazineA multi-format videogame magazine published by Newsfield Publications from October 1990 to September 1991 and was the successor to Newsfield’s own multi-format title The Games Machine
Retro Gamer MagazineA British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games
Saturn Power MagazineSega Power, initially known as S: The Sega Magazine, was a Future publication aimed at the Sega range of consoles, including the Master System, Mega Drive, Game Gear and later on the Mega-CD, 32X and Saturn
Sega Computer MagazineThe most complete magazine ever made for SEGA SC-3000: BASIC programs and lessons, Machine Language lessons, reviews, offers and many others subjects
Sega Dreamcast Magazine (US)A short-lived magazine that focused on the SEGA Dreamcast
Sega Genesis Software ManualContains absolutely everything you need to know about the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis)
Sega Genesis Technical Manual - YM2612 SectionThe YM2612 section (sound stuff) of the "Sega Genesis Technical Manual"
Sega Saturn MagazineA monthly UK magazine dedicated to the Sega Saturn
SNES Force MagazineA magazine dedicated to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sony PlayStation 2 game manualsPDF manuals for various games made for the PS2
ST Action MagazineA video game magazine published in the UK during the late 1980s and early 1990s that covered the Atari ST platform
Super Play MagazineSuper Play (スーパープレィ) was a British Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) magazine which ran from November 1992 to September 1996
Tips & Tricks MagazineA monthly print magazine devoted to the subjects of video-game cheat codes, strategy guides and lifestyle content
Tracker's HandbookA lot of information on creating music with modular music trackers
Video Games MagazineAn excellent magazine, aside from the occasional vodka ads, that started bi-monthly in 1982 and became monthly in 1983
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment MagazineAn American magazine dedicated to covering video games on computers, home consoles and arcades
Video Games Player MagazineA 1980s computer and console videogame magazine
Vidiot MagazineA short-lived video game magazine from 1982-1983
Zero MagazineA video game magazine in the UK, published monthly by Dennis Publishing Ltd. between November 1989 and October 1992

Videos and Channels

TITLE/CHANNELSITESUMMARY/ABOUTChannel RSS
GamesMasterArchive.org

GamesMaster was a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998, and was the first ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games.

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Gardiner Bryant | TLGYouTube

...you'll find weekly content revolving around Tech, Open Source Software, and Linux gaming news...

See channel About page for more/up-to-date description.

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GET OFF MY LAWNYouTube

GET OFF MY LAWN is a channel devoted to playing and discussing PC games that are at least twenty years old.

See channel About page for more/up-to-date description.

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Lazy Game Reviews (LGR) "Game Review" videosYouTube

Weekly coverage of retro tech, PC games, and more!

See channel About page for more description...

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Make a real GameBoy game easy & user friendly [Tutorial, Gamedev]YouTube

A 20 minute tutorial on using GB Studio for easily creating Game Boy games

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Modding Duke Nukem 3D - ADG Mod 1YouTube

Tutorial on using Mapster32 to create custom Duke Nukem 3D map

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[Tutorial] Easy installation of PS2 Linux BlackRhino (USB install)YouTube

A step by step tutorial on how to "install" (basically its a live cd) to your PlayStation 2 (Fat or Slim) Console

See channel About page for more description and links

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