Basilisk II Black Screen Bug: A Twelve-Year Debugging Odyssey
2025-05-17
Twelve years ago, a black screen bug in the Basilisk II emulator plagued users on newer Windows versions. The author, through meticulous debugging, traced the issue to a subtle memory allocation detail: the order of two memory allocations in Windows caused the emulator's ROM to fail to load. The solution involved modifying the memory allocation code, resolving this long-standing problem and showcasing debugging skills and deep OS understanding.
Development