MADrigal's interview :)

[MADrigal]

14th August. It is a very special day in my hometown. Traditionally, my townsfolk would be doing the "Candelieri" festival, a 500+ years old parade - now UNESCO-listed. Not happening this year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, unfortunately!

Let's find another way to feel happy and busy this weekend. I suggest the read of the new issue of RetroMagazine World! It's a free-press, free-for-download 60+ pages PDF magazine in English and Italian. It is packed with articles, reviews and in this issue a 7-page interview with myself. I speak about the genesis of this project back in 1999, I tell anedoctes, explain the programming process and also present a few other projects from my past.

I have made available two small PDFs containing the magazine cover and the interview, one in Italian and one in English. Both files are available for free download in the Press Review section.

I hope you enjoy the read! A special wish in my hometown's style: "A zent'anni!" (wishing you to live 100 years!).

URL: http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/

 

[gigapig]

Thank you for this information Madrigal and sorry the festival did not go ahead. I look forward to reading your interview. 

[MADrigal]

I am very pleased and excited to write this post!

 

For the first time since I started "MADrigal's simulators" back in 1999, I was very recently given the opportunity and honour to mentor and help a programmer eager to make his very first handheld game simulator.

 

His name is Koby Goldberg, and the game in question is Popeye - Nintendo Wide Screen Series!

 

And for the first time, MADrigal's Simulators hosts a handheld game simulator that was not programmed by myself, but instead it is the result of Koby's talent and efforts, with just a little help from me. And let me tell you, this simulator is really excellent!

 

Compared to the other simulators on this website, Popeye has a few additional features that make it a not-to-be-missed download:

 

two skins (one designed by Koby, perfect for large monitors, and one designed by myself, ideal for smaller monitors)

a demo animation identical to that of the original handheld game

the "in-game pause" option.

 

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I would also take this opportunity to introduce a new cool podcast that launches tomorrow. The author, Ryan Claytor, is a university professor in the United States with a passion for gaming history. His podcast will focus on classic handheld games and will release fortnightly starting 1st March, 2021. Podcast is at www.GameAndCast.com and any podcatching app!

 

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Back to the new releases! This is the list of new files:

 

- Popeye (Nintendo, Game & Watch Wide Screen) S5/1.00 (Standard 5, final) + source code

- MADrigal CD Collection ver. 61.0

- ClrMamePro datfile ver 20210228 [61.0]

 

All files are available for free download at the usual downloads page!

 

URL: http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/

[MADrigal]

I was recently given the opportunity to speak about my project with handheld games enthusiast and university professor Ryan Claytor on his brand new Game and Cast podcast. In the one-hour interview I speak about my experience as programmer of handheld games simulators, as well as my other projects related to retrogaming.

The interview is avaialble at the following pages:

* Anchor.fm
* Spotify
* Google Podcast

The shownotes with photos are available at this page:

* Elephanteater (Ryan's blog)

Don't miss to listen to this podcast, and all other episodes. New episodes are released every second Monday!