Aersia

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I was gonna make this update an old games update, but it became almost entirely a Commodore update.

Anyway, the C64 was developed after the huge popularity of the Apple II. In fact, the C64 was and still is the highest-selling single computer model of all time, partially due to the fact that it was much cheaper compared to its competitors. A couple of other computers were out during that time, but they were objectively worse to play on and were thus outshined by the C64.

PC gaming went mainstream with the popularity of the C64, which, for some reason, was more popular in Europe than in the US. In fact, Europeans were still developing games for it well past its lifetime. It also helped that a wide variety of C64 game developers and composers were European.

The initial loading times on the C64 were notoriously long, lasting up to 30 minutes, since the most common distribution method was freakin' cassette tapes. Composers had to concoct some sick music...

This is somewhat of a small but critical update. You know the pop-up you see when you import/export your Chosen/Sourced/Blocked tracks? Welp, it turns out there's a 2000-character limit for them (on Chrome). That means when you have a lot of Chosen/Sourced/Blocked tracks, the text becomes truncated when you import/export them, causing a loss of data. That's no good!

Ergo, I fixed it by swapping the old pop-up with the update pop-up (the one that says "WARNING! UPDATE APPROACHING FAST!"). The text box in the pop-up has a character limit of: unfathomable! It sounds like a small tweak, but there were still 100 lines of code added.

So, in summary:

• Fixed the character limit issue when importing/exporting Chosen/Sourced/Blocked tracks

Sorry for all the lost tracks this bug may have caused. :foldedhands:

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I originally planned to make this update a showcase of awesome OSTs that came out this summer, but it ended up with just RPG OSTs.

HSR recently had its first story patch, which means another OST and another epic track.

And now for a competing gacha game of the same turn-based RPG genre, except this one has OSTs of a vastly different quality. I mean, it's almost incomparable, but it's a Squeenix RPG, so the music has to be top-notch. Imagine an RPG OST where half of the tracks are battle themes. Here's a 3-hour video of most of the battle themes in the game because I won't be able to put them all in the VIP....

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Several months ago, I was made aware of a couple of new Android apps for the VIP, since the ancient one by Ryan Sailor was no longer updated. So I decided to share these two wonderful apps and add them to the menu:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mateusrodcosta.apps.vidyamusic
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.aersia

For some reason, the playlist attracts a lot of programmers. What's up with that? Anyway, I'm amazed by these fans who use their talent and spare time to create interfaces just to show support for the playlist. Your dedication will forever be immortalized in the menu.

Reminder: there is a menu in the VIP for all your info and customization needs.

I know it seems like an intentional easter egg, but it is what it is.

I didn't want this update to just be about adding the new apps, so I thought I'd fiddle with the code a little bit to show that there's an illusion of an actual update...

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Hey there, folks! I know it's been a while. I was busy with the newfangled Steam Deck I bought over a month ago. It's my first-ever Linux computer! And one of the first things I did was install a Switch emulator and play Switch games. I've also been engrossed in Honkai: Star Rail, a turn-based RPG from the makers of Genshin Impact, but a little more on that later.

This update is dedicated to one arranger: insaneintherainmusic.