BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Official Game Gear appreciation post, because I still appreciate it to the point that I keep it on my desk. Used to play it in the car during Covid when the shops were shut. 030
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Saw a page saying they wouldn’t recommend playing Master System games on a Game Gear due to the resolution scaling, then I played it anyway. Don’t tell me what to do! 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I did sort of guess some kind of Pac-Man clone. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking at old games for sale and encountered this, so now you have to as well. 131
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pipe Mania 3D (PS1): Thought I’d end it on this. It’s just a simple pipe puzzle game, elevated by an excellent soundtrack and charming presentation. I like the way the Pipe guy goes “ouurgh” when pipes leak and then “yyyeah” when fixed. And the end of level score sounding like a touch tone phone. 120
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gran Turismo (PS1): The original and best, love this game. I particularly enjoy how Japanese-specific the car lineup is and it was one reason why I liked the P10 Primera enough I bought one for real (it’s one of the starter used cars in this). I wish the series would go back to more “normal” cars. 120
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Clockwork Knight (Saturn): This 2.5D platformer is regarded as a bit throwaway for some reason. Fair to say it’s quite easy. But the whole package amazed me back in the day and I still love it, especially the ending music. You can tell a game where the people creating it really cared about it. 120
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Money Idol Exchanger (MVS): I enjoy a block puzzle game despite mediocre skips at them. A lot of them I struggle with due to some colourblindness (some are fine though - depends what they’ve used). This one uses coins, so I got really into it. I’ve never, ever, completed it though (I have tried). 110
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thrill Drive (arcade): Obsessed with this since I first played it, racing through traffic with terrifying horror music and crashes resulting in screams and ambulance sirens. Never been well-emulated so I’m constantly dreaming that day will come. The atmosphere of it is amazing. It’s just so weird. 140
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Bonanza Bros (MD): I know the MD one isn’t the “best” version (lacks the bonus round), but me and my old friend used to play this relentlessly on co-op. We even went to a fancy dress party as them (wasn’t hard). I know the game like the back of my hand, could do it on Hard without losing a life. 130
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Shutokou Battle (DC): I love this series, but for me it originates with this particular game (I know there’s older ones). I had the PAL version and sank absolutely hundreds of hours into it, then got the Japan version where extra cars were unlocked off a VMU download on the official website. Mad! 130
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sim Tower (PC): I really wanted a PC in the mid-90s, I used to love looking at PC games but especially this for some reason. I used to love looking at the back and imagining what it’d be like. I didn’t get a workable PC until about 1998 and I had to mail order this, it was everything I’d hoped. 130
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New Wheels John (ZX Spectrum): I had dealings with the used cars industry for some years and nothing really “got” the feeling of running a bombsite car pitch than this Basic-programmed game. Buy cars at auction and then desperately hope people buy them whilst your money drains away. 120
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Paid actual money to play Blomby Car on some shitty emulation box cabinet in a real arcade. 141
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Update: I found this same machine working today but with a credit in it! Unfortunately the steering was out of whack and violently pulling right, so it was like driving a car that very badly needs the tracking doing. Slightly broken OutRun 2 is still better than many games though. 040
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Top tip for anyone buying games as a gift, it’s really easy to make shitty fake cover art and swap it in as a fun surprise. 032
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Absolutely this, I love my collection of weird old games but also love taking my missus to Thailand for 3 weeks a year (where I then go look at weird old games). If a used game costs hundreds I’ll just buy something else. Life experiences are worth more than any wall of games. 110
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Things continue not to be well in the world of OutRun (this cabinet has been broken for months). 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I had this running on my shitty 6 year old phone in about 30 seconds (could be played in full screen and different control options etc but just for proof). It’s like waiting around to buy one of those Chinese Famicom clones they used to sell on the outdoor market. 120
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here’s a great tip for how to get the most out of your sealed games and game grading. Firstly, check the quality of the seal by fully opening it. Secondly, grade the game by playing it and saying if it was good or not. 110
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If only there was a way to simultaneously describe both a game about terrifying fish and the ideal setting for your stereo. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026During Covid when I couldn’t leave the UK, I went slightly insane and bought anything vaguely interesting in charity shops. Most of it I since sold, but here’s a third-party combo found in a box today. Both unused old stock I believe. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I haven’t figured out whether it’s a video or an article yet, but I’m writing an article about the merits of enjoying “bad” games and that sometimes the fun isn’t extracted from the actual gameplay but the overall experience, even if that includes imagining them turning it into the publisher. 000
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Most pusher games are a bit dull, but this one is good and has lovely music. 060
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I’m a historic fan (and fierce critic) of Sega, but always liked them best when they did something overambitious that probably cost them money, like integrating VMU support into the F355 Challenge cabinet. 020
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The number plate SR55EGA on the Sega Rally 3 machine isn’t registered but the format is technically compliant so in theory I could request the DVLA release it for sale and buy it. I don’t have any car new enough for it to go on, but I guess it would be something to do. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Played Hatsune Miku enough that I was gifted a figure of Hatsune Miku in the song I’d played about a hundred times to get an acceptable score. 000
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It’s the new Namco game everyone* is talking about! *me 000
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Quick little purchase, I have it on the 360 but it’s not something I carry round. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Talking of good games for once, I picked up Kuukiyomi: Consider It World - Thailand Ver. and it’s great! What a weird little series, going to pick up the rest. Little mini games where you try to be as considerate as possible, but equally importantly - there’s a mode where you can be a total dick! 000
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Where have all these Animal Kaiser cabinets appeared from? I’ve seen about 10 of them in the Skegness area this year. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Found my original copy of Driver, a widely-pirated version from still in development where only Miami and San Francisco work properly. The game wasn’t even out at that stage. It did make me buy the proper retail release though. 350
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Uncovered a random pile of promo/review stuff from when I used to actually review games. For some reason I didn’t actually review Metal Slug X, there was some issue with the PR company or something? I can’t remember. I had more but sometimes they’d give you full retail copies and I’d cash them in! 110
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026If you ever wanted to see the artwork inside the Uma Musume party game spin-off thing, here it is. 1154
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Two cheap imports turned up today, both polar opposites in tone I guess. 020
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The funny thing about buying up cheap-but-mint games to use for replacement cases is you inevitably end up with a lot of ones that require obscure peripherals. This one actually sounds fairly interesting in a way. 000
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The Guardian of Darkness now has a shiny clean uncracked case with hologram (courtesy of a 99p charity shop Monopoly giving it up for the cause, plus some Autoglym car polish). Time for flying burgers in celebration. 010
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026“How do you keep your used games so nice and fresh?” asks nobody. The answer is my little hoard of sealed or very mint game cases that I swap across. 050
BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Whilst this is the gaming equivalent of an archaeological dig nowadays, Hampstead on the ZX Spectrum was quite something in making the protagonist an unemployed naked guy in a smelly flat sat around watching 3-2-1 and the first story arc revolving around it being giro day. 100
