Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems

A lot of contemporary video game players take online communications for granted—after all, online services have been a standard feature in consoles for nearly fifteen years at this point1. However, before the ubiquity of the internet there was a time when some clever cartridges … | Continue reading


@writing.markchristian.org | 4 years ago

Sensors in Game Boy Cartridges

This is part three of a four part series on the wonders of video game cartridges. Start at the beginning by reading about lock-on cartridges. By the late 90s, most home video game consoles had moved from cartridges to optical discs. With few exceptions, most portable consoles ne … | Continue reading


@writing.markchristian.org | 4 years ago

Have a Personal Web Site

Hello! This is my personal web site. It’s not much, but it’s mine. After nearly a decade of just barely existing, I’ve spent quite a bit of time in 2019 trying to breathe new life into it. At this point, I think just about everyone–but especially folks in the software... | Continue reading


@writing.markchristian.org | 5 years ago

A System of Cartridges

Last time, we took a look at three cartridges that had a little something extra: a cartridge slot of their own for other cartridges to get plugged into. A few other cartridges took that idea a step further, cramming separate video game consoles into the cartridge slots of their … | Continue reading


@writing.markchristian.org | 5 years ago

A brief history of saved games

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@writing.markchristian.org | 5 years ago

Using GitHub Webhooks to rebuild static web sites

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@writing.markchristian.org | 5 years ago

The life and times of the Nintendo 64 controller

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@writing.markchristian.org | 5 years ago