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Protected: Mercenary – The Home Stretch!

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CREATING A COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR IN GAMEMAKER – PART 1

Aug 22, 2022 mikedailly

These articles were first published at the start of 2015, and GameMaker has changed a lot since then – not least with the release of GameMaker Studio 2. Fortunately nothing…

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GTA 16/32Bit discussion

Aug 17, 2022 mikedailly

Part of the GTA 1 story, is how the 16/32bit high colour modes came about. This engine, came about with me speaking to the SCITECH guys. There was a message…

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DMA Staff Pictures

Aug 16, 2022 mikedailly

DMA Design staff pictures as of 1996

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Lemmings Pictures

Feb 20, 2022 mikedailly

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Grand Theft Auto

Feb 19, 2022 mikedailly

16/32 bit colour modes GTA2 Design Doc I’ll put all the GTA dev images I can find up here – enjoy.

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My room in the second office

Feb 12, 2022 mikedailly

While I was away on holiday, Steve took over doing level scripting for Shadow of the Beast – and probably saved my bacon if truth be told. I love the…

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The Cool Wall 2021

Jul 31, 2021 mikedailly

So back in 2010 I created a retro cool wall, and looking at it, I think there’s a few things I’d change. Now remember… it’s how COOL they were, not…

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Lemmings – Game Gear (PAL)

Jul 3, 2021 mikedailly

This page is all about the Sega Game Gear version, it’s box, the game…. whatever I happen to know about it. Click on the images for large versions

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Lemmings – SNES (PAL)

Jul 3, 2021 mikedailly

This page is all about the Super Nintendo version, it’s box, the game…. whatever I happen to know about it.Written by SunSoft, I hacked this one to see how it worked and…

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Lemmings – ZX Spectrum

Jul 3, 2021 mikedailly

Lemming ZX Spectrum "box"

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