Current Personal Projects

I have quite a few projects going on related to both retro and modern game development. I am in the process of reverse engineering videogames for the Nintendo Entertainment System to learn how each works. I'm doing this primarily to learn more about each game, finding secrets or bugs hidden behind code that nobody has ever realized. It is also to learn what programming techniques were used (or not) to optimize the gameplay and the game's capabilities in the limited CPU and RAM scenarios.

In progress:

• Battletoads (RARE, 1991, NES)
• Solar Jetman (RARE, 1990, NES)
• Gotcha! The Sport (LJN, 1987, NES)
• (And a few more)

Code completed, more work needed to understand completely:

• Earthbound (HAL/Nintendo, 1989, NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game (Konami, 1989, NES)
• Paperboy (Atari, 1988, NES)

Code completed, essentially fully understood:

• Defender (Williams, 1980, Arcade)
• Duck Hunt (Nintendo, 1983, NES)

On the more modern computing side of things, I am working on fully understanding the basic concepts of 3D graphics. I am learning both shader use and application, along with 3D mathematics and application.

It is progressing well, and hopefully I'll have a project to show the ideas I've learned through this journey soon!

Future Goals

My future goals include:

• Earning a Cisco Certified Networking Associate Certificate to solidify my knowledge of routing and switching.
• Learning more about Linux device drivers and how to engineer custom drivers for specialized hardware.
• Create something epic.