Rich Whitehouse
@richwhitehouse
Video game programmer and designer. Head of Digital Conservation for the Video Game History Foundation. Worked on Jedi Knight 2, Prey, etc. Professional Jaguar Master.
New builds for both BigPEmu and BigInstinct, with BigInstinct getting its first public release! Here's what's new in both.
Merry Christmas, new versions of BigPEmu and BigInstinct are out now! There's a lot of new functionality in both releases, including support for BigMaster. This is a brand new multiplayer/matchmaking service!
Time will destroy everything, but it destroys those who give a shit even faster. Good bye, my friend.
I'm also visualizing damage masks now, and tracking transition frame counts. KI filters all attacks through a 2D matrix, so a player's hit box will gray out whenever the opposing player's attack state fails the damage matrix test.
Projecting KI collision space with perfect accuracy, I noticed that hit shapes significantly deviate from the visuals across stages! Take a look at the different offsets for Fulgore's idle hit shape at the same scale/frame on 3 different stages.
The next BigInstinct will have a training mode, which goes beyond any training mode I've ever seen: hit shape visualization, exact frame timing displays, slow motion, and a lot more!
Praising the Lords live in Tucson, with BigPEmu for iOS and VLM! (VLM is responding to live audio from the microphone) Amazing performance from @lordsofacid.bsky.social! Couldn’t have asked for a better set list.
BigPEmu for iOS is on sale for $6.69 from now until June 7th, in celebration of the Day of Darkness. Happy Hell Day, everyone!
Here's some red-cyan anaglyph 3D footage. Getting this to work this well across both games took a lot of work! If you want to help give me the freedom to keep using my powers for this kind of evil, please sign up: www.patreon.com/richwhitehouse
Cross your eyes and behold a true miracle of emulation: Killer Instinct in stereoscopic 3D at 60 FPS! It's working beautifully on every stage in both KI and KI2.
I now have all of the Killer Instinct timing and signal data anyone could ever want, thanks to the kind folks at Level One Arcade Bar in Mesa, AZ! As a bonus, we got to see @justjakesimpson.bsky.social when he still had hair in NBA Jam.
The beta release of BigInstinct is coming next week! I've made a video demonstrating some of the features, including silky smooth netplay with up to 16-frame rollback and, oh yes, BRAND NEW STEREO SOUND! Grab your headphones for this clip.
Through the power of DickTrainer Emulation Technology, Killer Instinct has achieved average frame times in the realm of 1.3 milliseconds; single-threaded on a 2.5GHz Intel CPU and with no attempt to optimize the ADSP! Planning to get a beta build to the patrons in a few weeks.
I'm sad to say that funding has been pulled on my KI/KI2 emulator. However, I still want to make this thing; I love KI, I'm pretty far along, and this emulator beats everything in terms of accuracy, speed, and functionality. Here's the situation, the plan, and how you can help!
I can't currently say much about why I'm writing a KI emulator from scratch (including a new MIPS III core which aims to achieve dynarec-like speeds without any dynarec), but I am, and IT'S ALIVE!
Is it normal for "3-5 day" Steam product reviews to end up being a terrible month-long process where no feedback/clarification is provided for weeks at a time, or is Gabe giving me special treatment again?
Playing on a tester's Alien vs Predator server with the new Steam build of BigPEmu!
BigPEmu's touch integration is evolving! The upcoming build features new touch and mouse cursor scripts for quite a few games. Here's a demo of Raiden (the ship tracks your finger) and Vid Grid.
Next to me on the App Store Top 100 Games list today, under my wrist for over 20 years. It was always meant to be.
BigPEmu version 1.16 is out now, and the iOS port is live on the App Store. This version boasts an incredible number of improvements to the emulation core along with more than a few new features! App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/bigpe... Other platforms: richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index...
Checkered Flag running at native resolution with gyroscope steering on my iPhone! I'm still accepting beta testers, see my Patreon account if you're interested.
Don't forget you can already experience full client-server Jaguar AvP multiplayer in the current public build of BigPEmu! It's the perfect way to celebrate anyone's 30th birthday, no matter their species. Please drink responsibly.
Alien vs Predator for the Atari Jaguar is 30 years old today. I figured it could use some new glasses; anaglyph glasses, that is! Cross your eyes for a preview of stereoscopic rendering in AvP, coming in hot with the next release of BigPEmu!