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Found pages with some technical info on it and utilities for dumping cards or making your own:
caitsith2.net/ereader/index.ht
web.archive.org/web/2021051405

Pretty much what anyone would expect: a barcode reader for high-density codes Nintendo pretty much bought off-the-shelf, and it just dumps the read data into RAM (each barcode block has an address which is why you can scan the cards in any direction or any order), and then has the ability to either run it with a built-in NES emulator or as plain ARM/Thumb assembly. Basically equivalent to “multiboot” games you can load off of the link port for multiplayer. I'd assume for cards that just unlock stuff in other games, it uses Thumb code to implement the link port protocol for the target game and send the unlock code.

@nytpu awesome, this is exactly what i was looking for

for finding me this, you have unlocked the context for this question: i want to make a native tracker for gba like what lsdj is for the gameboy, and i had the idea that maybe the e-reader could be used to load in samples/instruments and other data

WSJ link, i fucking hate them 

"Is it time to retire the word genocide?"

i wonder why these shitcunts are running this article right now. hmmmmm

wsj.com/politics/is-it-time-to

@vaurora
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how does the gba e-reader work internally? i want to know for reasons

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Fala and Patch in "sketchy game manual" style. What is this strange object that popped up after Fala and Patch finished the repairs to Parasol Garden? It seems to be a security token, but what does it unlock access to, and does it hold any more secrets?

I would like to write an actual manual to go with this game, and if I do, the interior illustrations will have this style. This might also be a good look for the sprites, since it'd be easy to animate.

@Zafur oh, in this case it was because i was talking about worldbuilding with a friend and some of their ideas about their magic system reminded me of what i vaguely remembered about chaos magic. but also i'm just... sort of interested in that kind of thing more generally, aha. it's intriguing

anime concept: a bunch of tropey characters from various genres of anime have all been fired from their respective shows due to a writer's strike and they all end up hanging out with each other in... i dunno, the backstage lounge of the. anime filming studio. or something. and it's a fourth wall breaking ensemble comedy. wait shit im just doing Drawn Together again arent i

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