The blog post details the author's journey in modifying the graphical engine of the game 'Stunts' by working at the source code level. The author discusses the challenges faced while using the Restunts build system, including issu...
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Alberto Marnetto is the author of the website marnetto.net, which appears to be a personal notebook or blog titled 'Annali da Samarcanda'.
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The final chapter of Alberto Marnetto's notebook discusses the development of SuperSight, a graphical enhancement mod for the game Stunts. The author details the challenges faced in improving the rendering engine, including issues...
The blog post is a nostalgic exploration of a collection of early video games from a 1989 IBM PC floppy disk, focusing on their historical context, gameplay mechanics, and the impact of piracy on the Italian gaming industry. The a...
The post introduces 'Travel Through Time in Detail,' revealing the creative processes behind a ZX Spectrum retrogame and the resurgence of interest in retro gaming.
The text discusses how to adjust the style and behavior of Qt apps via the command line, with a bonus section on extra styling for Dolphin. It provides a list of parameters that can be used to style the appearance and change other...
The text discusses the author's mods of DSI's Stunts, including changes to the field of view and drawing objects in high resolution. It also mentions a project aiming to rewrite Stunts in C language and the sacrifice of side view ...
The text is about the creation of SuperSight, a mod for the racing game Stunts. The author discusses reverse engineering techniques and the process of creating the mod. He also talks about the Restunts project, which aimed to reve...
0Stunts modification projects
2025-02-07 •
The text discusses the author's mods of DSI's Stunts, including increasing the field of view, drawing objects in high resolution, and a compiled copy of Restunts. The mods allow for a longer line of sight but sacrifice the side vi...
The author's blog site was taken down by the host for violating the TOS due to a Stunt Island patch being mistakenly detected as malware. The site was blacklisted by multiple security programs, leading to a loss in ranking and vis...
0Windows 95 and a Bizarre Case of Font Drag and Drop
2025-01-12 •
The text discusses a quirk in Windows 95 and 98 where dragging fonts from the Fonts directory to another window changes the typeface of the labels. It provides a benign variant and a nasty variant of the effect, and the author's t...
The text is a collection of posts by Alberto Marnetto, including topics such as site reputation, Windows 95, and various software projects.
The post discusses the process of tweaking the 30-year-old 3D engine of the flight simulator game Stunt Island. The author shares their experience of reverse engineering the archaic DOS program, learning the tools of the trade, an...
0An Elegy to Stunt Island
2024-11-15 •
The text is an elegy to the video game Stunt Island, discussing its potential and the reasons for its failure to leave a mark in the video game history. It also highlights the creative community that formed around the game and its...