Hacker News: msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=msephtonHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:49:55 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?"]]>Yes, screen printing, but there's more to it than those two words!

And the video in the post was sourced and uploaded by...the blog post author.

Also, let's be serious, that blog has been writing about arcade related things for over a decade https://arcadeblogger.com/2013/04/01/1814065/ and running a podcast since 2020, and the author wrote a book in 2020.

One could say he puts real effort into all this, you know?

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:27:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529119msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529119https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529119<![CDATA[How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?]]>Article URL: https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/06/14/how-did-atari-apply-side-art-to-arcade-cabinets/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526793

Points: 79

# Comments: 24

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:57:33 +0000https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/06/14/how-did-atari-apply-side-art-to-arcade-cabinets/msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526793https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526793<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "How we made hit video game Prince of Persia"]]>11?

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:56:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517952msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517952https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517952<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "How we made hit video game Prince of Persia"]]>This is mentioned in the Karnataka history. Apparently it was trivial to implement and discovered somewhat by accident. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/-i-prince-of-pe...

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:51:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517907msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517907https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517907<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Every Frame Perfect"]]>I'd love to think that Apple will get to these in the 27 beta that just opened. But, I fear it will be another year or two to see even a few of them addressed.

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:42:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517803msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517803https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517803<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Programming a GBA Game on an iPhone"]]>Your further statement is no longer true, since August 2024. These days there are computer emulators on the App Store. The JIT restriction is still true.

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:15:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511918msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511918https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511918<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Programming a GBA Game on an iPhone"]]>I already follow you! Keep it up. Did you see the recent magazine with type-in modern listings? https://vole.wtf/doctype/

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:01:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503028msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503028https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503028<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Programming a GBA Game on an iPhone"]]>I made an iPhone game on my iPhone, using Lua/Love2D. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43170785

The tools I used are listed at: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/02/20/making-games-on-i...

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:52:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498887msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498887https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498887<![CDATA[How we made hit video game Prince of Persia]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/05/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-hit-video-game-prince-of-persia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468852

Points: 274

# Comments: 110

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:44:28 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/05/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-hit-video-game-prince-of-persiamsephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468852https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468852<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Show HN: Micron: a high performance C++23 (re)implementation of Libc and the STL"]]>I applaud the goals and your work on this! Down with legacy bloat.

]]>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:07:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432584msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432584https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432584<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "macOS needs its grid back"]]>There's already an app called Hyperspace, it reclaims disk space through use of APFS features

]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:12:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368212msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368212https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368212<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "macOS needs its grid back"]]>Yes, mostly, since macOS 15

]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:07:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368174msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368174https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368174<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs"]]>Lots of missing words in this? eg. 11.

]]>Thu, 28 May 2026 03:51:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304272msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304272https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304272<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Last.fm is now independent"]]>I use it, set and forget for audioscrobbling since forever. And I still track gigs using it. Recommendations are still great.

]]>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:53:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302846msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302846https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302846<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Last.fm is now independent"]]>Long may it continue. I've used Last.fm since it launched to keep track of my listening habits (albeit incomplete since iPhone) and all the gigs I've ever been to (complete to the best of my knowledge!).

]]>Wed, 27 May 2026 22:56:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48301884msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48301884https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48301884<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "A few interesting modern pixel fonts"]]>Only to be rivalled by the long-standing Elisa font (also from Japan, like the 04 font) https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman/status/111533004449746944...

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 23:03:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287225msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287225https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287225<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "On The <dl> (2021)"]]>I loved the puzzle of thinking about the best semantic representation of content in HTML. Good times

]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 22:09:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48252058msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48252058https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48252058<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Comparing an LZ4 Decompressor on Four Legacy CPUs"]]>This was a tough but fun read. It's my understanding that the three restrictions ensure, by way of overshooting, that there's no need to do any expensive if-tests. Everything can just go full throttle.

]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 02:30:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243982msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243982https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243982<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "A Technical Deep Dive into the New Raycast"]]>On the contrary, I think this is one big compromise. Sad to see them jettison such a solid native app for this. Most of all I don't understand why they released it half-baked.

]]>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:21:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219458msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219458https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219458<![CDATA[New comment by msephton in "Native all the way, until you need text"]]>Good point! It's a plain text outliner, but i use it as for tasks/todo. Most features were added for people other than me!

]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:49:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201223msephtonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201223https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201223