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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

this soccer game looks really intense

key art for the video game Strikers 1945, depicting several war planes bombing the shit out of a massive WWII battleship

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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Psikyo's Nakamura talking about where the neat "scramble" feature in this game came from, where the first 4 levels appear in a random order each run shmuplations.com/psikyo/

quote from a shmuplations article about japanese arcade game developer Psikyo

Nakamura: That can happen, yeah. These days I leave the balancing to the very skilled players at Psikyo.

Okamoto: Another problem is that although the PCB cost 200,000 yen to produce, people only play the first 5% or 5,000 yen worth of it. How am I supposed to get the 95% of the money back? Its almost like the latter half of the game doesn’t matter.

Nakamura: Our thinking at Psikyo is similar. The beginning of our games is very important to us. That’s why we make our games so that the first few stages are always different.

Okamoto: That’s a good idea! I’m going to use that!

Nakamura: Yeah, because most people lose all their lives by the first or second stages.

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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

god this interview is adorable

Okamoto: By the way, were you serious about giving me a Strikers 1945 II pcb? Is there a Capcom pcb you’d like to trade for?

Nakamura: Rival Schools!

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