So last night I decided to look into the history of StellaDS more. Obviously I knew of the involvement of Alekmaul as he was kind enough to let me continue his work... but in his readme notes (which I've left mostly in-tact at the bottom of mine) he thanks TheChuckster and while I've seen the acknowledgements, I never really knew that person or what they did.
The website for TheChuckster is long since gone to the great bit-bucket in the sky but thanks to the Wayback Machine I was able to see some of the development notes that he wrote more than 17 years ago! It was like visiting with an old relative who went through the initial pains of bringing the emulator to the DS. So cool for me.
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And a few screenshots of his progress way back then...
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Just look at that menu system! Raw and unbridled
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Thankfully the mighty ET ran - although apparently very slowly.
I loved digging through this stuff last night!