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Gods from Eden The first dates back to the year 18,617,837 BC; the last to 607 BC: we are talking about the landings of extraterrestrial peoples who would have aided the evolution of our civilization, if not actually "created" man through daring biogenetic operations. Among the various pseudo-cults related to UFOs, the so-called Extraterrestrial Hypothesis is undoubtedly the most popular. At the origin of human civilization, there would be a visit - indeed, several visits, as you will read in t

So you've managed to make it this far in this tutorial series and have wrapped your head around uploading textures to VRAM, drawing sprite primitives with the GPU, handling controller input and rotating sprites using fixed-point integer math, you should be good to go at making a simple game with the knowledge you've gained so far. However, there's one more thing to learn that's very important to know in this endeavor before going forward and that is using the CD-ROM. The most ob

If you've been trying to write some games on a modern system (ie. your PC), you probably already know about using floats to implement momentum and jumping physics in a 2D platformer, or have something move towards a direction specified in degrees rather than X,Y velocity values to have said object move at an angle, like a ship in an Asteroids style game or a car in a top-down racer... On the PlayStation, these principles still apply. But there's a problem; the PlayStation does not have

One of the most important aspects when writing software for a game console is taking input from a controller, as otherwise what's the point of a game where the player can't take control of it? Unless its some demoscene stuff you intend to write for the console. This chapter goes over how to initialize and handle controller input in your PS1 program. This is something that hasn't really been explained very well in many tutorials that I've seen in my personal experience, so I'

This tutorial will teach you how to draw graphics with textures, from converting texture data to loading it onto VRAM, and finally drawing said texture. This is yet another essential part in PS1 graphics programming, as not having any textures would not always make for a pretty looking game. This chapter will also cover some development tools to be used for preparing texture data, such as timtool and img2tim . Compatible with PSn00bSDK: Yes Tutorial Index Textures Color Look-up Tables (CLUT) Te

. Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech; after fathering Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years and had sons and daughters. The entire lifespan of Methuselah was 969 years; then he died. Genesis, 5, 25-27 These are the words that made Methuselah famous, the longest-lived of the antediluvian patriarchs. The Bible tells us very little about this character: we only know that he was a descendant of Seth and Noah's grandfather. Although his ultra(nine)centenarian life is the m

The fame of the mythical continent of Atlantis comes from two dialogues by Plato: Timaeus and Critias. In these texts, the Greek philosopher (Timaeus, 24e-25abcd; Critias, 108e-109a) first briefly and succinctly, and then in more detail in Critias, recounts what he knows about Atlantis from tradition and sources. The narrative seems as evanescent as the ghost of something that no longer exists, but only seemingly so; upon closer examination, there are elements that undoubtedly help us say somet

A fascinating but unreliable theory, "proven" with elements of mythology, controversial archaeological finds, ambiguous geological theories, and space-related hypotheses, has led many writers to identify the so-called "Bimini Road" as the remains of the lost continent; this formation consists of enigmatic stone slabs on the seabed off the coast of Florida, which appear to have been shaped by human hands. While the theory of a lost continent in the Atlantic has flourished in "popular" or "esoter

Atlantis: The Sunken Island Atlantis is one of the most captivating myths that ancient times have left us. The first to write in detail about the island of Atlantis was Plato in his dialogues, Critias and Timaeus . In Critias , where he elaborates on Atlantis, Plato describes how the gods divided the world and its regions, then begins to discuss Athens and, ultimately, the fabulous Atlantis. According to Critias, the speaker in the dialogue, this island was located beyond the Pillars of Hercule