Widge (the real one)

This is Galaxian³ running on a real PlayStation, from an authentic disc, with four Sinden Lightguns being used at the same time. It is made possible by my new Green Analog firmware for the SindenPS PlayStation1 adapter. The firmware was created for one very specific purpose: allowing Galaxian³ to be played with lightgun-style controls on original hardware. Galaxian³ is a rail shooter, but it was not designed for a lightgun. Instead, it supports Sony’s original PlayStation Analog Joystick: an enormous twin-stick controller resembling a flightstick. Sony’s later Dual Analog Controller could also impersonate the Analog Joystick using it's "green-light" mode, a feature dropped by the DualShock controller which replaced it. The Green Analog firmware presents the SindenPS adapter as that same green-mode controller type. It translates the Sinden lightgun’s position into analogue-stick coordinates, so moving the gun moves the game’s crosshair. The PlayStation version of Galaxia...

On the 19th of May 2026, I published a preview to YouTube of something a lot of people have been waiting for.  COPS. The 1994 arcade FMV police shooter and driving game, originally released by Atari, and developed by Nova Productions. COPS for Hypseus is available now. COPS is a 1994 arcade game based on the American TV show of the same name. It’s a full-motion-video police game with shootouts and car chases; all presented in that very specific early-90s arcade FMV style. The game includes “Bad Boys” by Inner Circle, the theme song from the show, along with the rest of the music used by the original machine. The original arcade machine was a pretty unusual beast. Like many FMV arcade games of the period, it used a laserdisc for the video footage. But COPS also had a CD-ROM drive to play commercial music, including the TV show’s theme song. So it wasn’t just a lightgun game. It was a big, sit-down arcade attraction, with video, music, steering, shooting, and a cabinet that was tryin...