GenesisFan64—a Mexican homebrew coder who worked across pretty much all of Sega's consoles—has passed away, we're sad to report.
The news was broken on social media a few days ago and was spotted by @PigsyRetro, another Sega-focused homebrew developer who is currently hard at work porting Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to the Genesis / Mega Drive.
"Very sad to just hear of the passing of @_gf64 today," said Pigsy on social media. "We only had a couple of brief interactions about some of the great experiments he was doing with the 32XCD, but he was always friendly. His contributions to the scene will be sorely missed. RIP."
GenesisFan64's social media profile lists Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X, CD32X, Sega Pico, Game Gear, Master System and Saturn as the platforms he was working on.
Pigsy also links to a video showcasing the kind of experimental work GenesisFan64 was doing with the 32X and Sega CD:
This video was made using NikonaMD, an SDK developed by GenesisFan64 in pure assembly for Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega CD32X and Sega Pico.
Our thoughts are with GenesisFan64's family and friends at this difficult time.
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never heard of him and his work before but saddens me all the same. condolences to his family and friends.
He was one of my main inspirations to jump on the homebrew community. Will be missed! Rest in peace GF64.
Thoughts go out to his family, friends and fans.
@beltmenot I was gonna say the same thing. I don't know the guy and never knew he existed... But knowing that another wizard behind the curtain is gone, saddens me.
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