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DPS @dps2004.bsky.social · 1h

the image from the original post, except the other buttons (except USE GRENADE) are edited to say "CRISS CROSS", "CHARLIE BROWN", and "ONE HOP THIS TIME"

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Ryusui @theryusui.bsky.social · 17h

yeah it's not coming back

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it's bev! @tonyawolfe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New on the Secret Area: It's Austin Powers Operation: Trivia. Somebody at Sierra thought there should be a trivia game based on the titular spy film parody series. It works about as well as you'd expect. Made by (some of) the people who made You Don't Know Jack! asecretarea.com/2026/09/29/a...

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Austin Powers Operation: Trivia - A quiz with no mojo. - You Found a Secret Area!

Somebody at Sierra thought there should be a trivia game based on that popular spy film parody series. It's about as good as you'd think. Bonus: Made by (some of) the people who made You Don't Know Ja...

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Mom @milph.mom · 27/09/2026

Metal Gear Solid V(isual Concepts)

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Leon @leonberdot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

raly loves flowery

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I was today years old when I learned there was a Duck Tales business sim with stock investments and globe-trotting alongside adventure mini-games - plus some gorgeous cartoony graphics. 📺: Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold, Incredible Technologies, 1990 (C64 version)

A chunky pixel artwork of Scrooge McDuck in his office behind a desk with a computer on a table next to a ticker tape stocks thingy, a round money vault door, and a computer screen behind him.

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harper @harpanet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

how waking up after 2pm feels

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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

To celebrate all the recent love for #Hoi and #MoonChild, I fired up @aseprite.org to create some new Hoi and MC pixel art, for the first time in ± 30 years. 😃💚 For the scenery, I used my tiles for the Amiga version, combined with the Windows version's mountains and night sky background.

Pixel artwork, depicting a scene from the 1990s Moon Child game, featuring the Hoi and Moon Child characters.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I asked Google to look up the "platformer inspired by earthworm jim starring a duck" (the answer should be the PC game Crazy Drake) and instead the AI just flat out made up its own game instead. In true AI fashion, some of it flagrantly plagiarized from Earthworm Jim

Concept Outline: Anserine Andy: Pond PatrolAnserine Andy is a high-octane, side-scrolling platformer heavily inspired by the surreal humor, fluid animation, and bizarre mechanics of Earthworm Jim. Players control a mild-mannered mallard who stumbles into an alien bio-suit, transforming him into a muscle-bound, feather-flexing cosmic defender.Core Gameplay MechanicsThe Neck-Whip: Andy can stretch his neck to incredible lengths to lash out at enemies, flip distant switches, or wrap around hooks to swing across chasms.The Egg Blaster: Equipped with a high-tech plasma rifle that fires rapid-fire kinetic eggs, seeker-homing ducklings, or a massive, charged "Omega-Omelet" blast.The Feather-Copter: Jump and hold the button to rapidly spin Andy’s wing feathers like helicopter blades, slowing his descent and allowing him to glide over dangerous hazards.The Bill-Shield: A defensive move where Andy uses his hardened, cybernetic beak to deflect oncoming projectiles back at alien foes.Visual Style & AtmosphereHand-Drawn Animation: Fluid, exaggerated, and stretchy character animations reminiscent of 1990s Saturday morning cartoons.Surreal Worlds: Levels shift from a gritty, cosmic breadcrumb factory to a planet made entirely of slippery soap bubbles and giant, angry bath toys.Groovy Soundtrack: A high-energy mix of slap bass, funky horn sections, and dramatic classical remixes that match the chaotic pace of the game.Memorable Levels & BossesLevel NameEnvironment DescriptionBoss FightThe Great Crust CaperA treacherous wasteland filled with giant, mutated pigeons and crumbling structures made of stale sourdough bread.The Loaf Lord: A giant, sentient French baguette with mechanical spider legs that shoots explosive yeast cells.Sub-Aquatic SorrowA claustrophobic underwater trench where players navigate a fragile, glass submarine that breaks if it hits the walls.Professor Foamington: An evil, hyper-intelligent goldfish commanding a massive, nuclear-powered rubber ducky.Down the DrainA…

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MercuryCDX @mercurycdx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When they putting the Shogun from Total War: Shogun 2 into Sonic Racing CrossWorlds?

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Only on Sega Saturn - a little too real! What catches my eye first about this cool Saturn ad is the illustrations of game character models as opposed to just using renders. Very cool to see the blocky chars of VC and VF drawn like this. 📖: GameFan July 1996

A full-page magazine ad for Sega Saturn and World Series Baseball, Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop, and Sega Rally Championship.

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Weasel ⛳🏌️ @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

thinking about the voluntary ratings on a small handful of early-90s DOS games

"This program has been voluntarily rated PC-13 (Profound Carnage) by id Software." (Wolfenstein 3D, MS-DOS, 1992)

"Parental Warning - PC-13 - Graphic Violence!" (Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, MS-DOS, 1993)

"Voluntarily Rated (Violent Revenge) VR-13" (Depth Dwellers, MS-DOS, 1993)

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MercuryCDX @mercurycdx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This week on the HG101 Podcast we're talking about Street Fighter, a game about a fighting street. It totally bombed and everyone hated it...or is it??? I might say something about that probably. Also, Terranigma, the prequel to The Granstream Saga? hardcoregaming101.libsyn.com/street-fight...

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Hardcore Gaming 101: Street Fighter (and Terranigma!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Capcom fighter that somehow managed to get a sequel. Then stick around as returning special guest joins f...

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the prototype version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario and Luigi would have needed to electrocute a living mouse for all eternity to solve a puzzle. This was changed in the finished version to a toy mouse, likely due to the original being absurdly cruel.

In the finished version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, there is a puzzle in the Woohoo Hooniversity basement whereby an electric circuit must be completed using mechanical toy mice as conductors:
Mario must fill himself with water, which Luigi shoots out with a hammer to push the mouse into the circuit, completing it:
After this, for the rest of the game, going back to that room shows the mouse continuing to be electrocuted as it is now permanently part of the circuit.
This is completely fine since the mouse is a toy.
However, in the prototype version of the game, the mice are clearly living animals, being shown to eat cheese when they stop moving:
Now, Mario and Luigi are completing an electric circuit by electrocuting a real animal.
This means that for the rest of the game, the circuit is completed via the mouse's body, meaning it is a real animal being electrocuted eternally.
The cruelty of this is so absurd that it was likely removed for this reason.
Source: tcrf.net/Proto:Mario_%26_Luigi:_Superstar_Saga/Early_Sprites/Map_Graphics_and_Objects,
YouTube user @Skawo, youtube.com/watch?v=lloE59IWN4c

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Weasel ⛳🏌️ @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

okay but that's a hell of a bold screen transition for an 8-bit computer game 👍

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Diem @diemtf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is just what every episode of Baywatch after season 1 is like

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MercuryCDX @mercurycdx.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A little behind the scenes at the HG101 Podcast, we have very serious discussions about the games we cover, and here's part of our Discord discussion:

Discord chat for discussing the episode recording for Burgertime.

MercuryCDX 5/17/25, 9:34 AM
It's
Time
It's
Time
It's
Burger Time
*picture of Big Van Vader with the "Vader Time" gear*
Except change "Vader" to "Burger"
Big Van Burger

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The Eden Coven @edencoven.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

may the Unitron lizard people bless your day

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Aaron 🐙 @scabshack.lol · 21/09/2026

Nothing makes me happier than reading about obscure Xbox exclusives ❤️‍🔥

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Bobinator @bobinator.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Looking this developer up, and they've got one of those wild trajectories where they go from this, to the WaterWorld RTS to "The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo's Pet Project". Doesn't look like the artist followed after them.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

teenage mutant ninja turtles: fall of the foot clan, manual, excerpt, game boy (1990) archive.org/details/Nint...

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pizza that will deliver you from evil

(image of pizza box)
the first ever edible pizza box
value 10 points

(image of a slice of pizza)
slice of the pie
value 50 points

(image of a full pizza)
the extra large "za"
with double cheese
value 100 points

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⚫️MonoHollow🔴 @monohollow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I just got this game in the mail today whys the manual like this

Squidward saying “that spongebob better hurry!”

Mr cheapy mc cheapskate thinking about krabby patty

I know what you are devs of this game named “climax”

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Enigma🐺⛓️‍💥 @daltenigma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ready to fight like it's 1994! 🎨: @dadotronic.com

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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hey, it’s me, your childhood friend from your idyllic hometown in this RPG. Let’s do some tutorial missions together. No, I’m not in any of the official art, but that probably doesn’t mean anything.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

For your feeds and enjoyment: a mid-90s Capcom logo animation I'd never seen before. Plays during the installation program for PC DOS Mega Man X (1995).

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lnl @longnecklupin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

imagine if the simple series started out on nes and the first title they released is that of Super Mario Bros. lol fuck it i dont know anymore lol

THE super mario bros title screen, but edited as if it were a Simple Famicom Series title

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Timbear @bobabearstuff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why’s the SMT: If… version of Sobek so slutty? Why are you looking at me like that…why are you posed in such an alluring manner…sir please…

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MP83 @mp83.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Say what you want about the Last Action Hero game for the Amiga (developed by The Dome, published by Psygnosis), but Jack Slater has a really funny headbutt attack in it. Makes it seem like he's headbanging to the music.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rating "Mega Man X" fangames with original bosses based on likelihood that the sprite designer is a real furry.

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Glenda Adams @gmatom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OMG. 29 years ago I put an Easter egg in Duke Nukem 3D Mac, that replaced two of the in-game posters with pictures of a couple plush animals I had. I never told anyone other than my wife about the code (DNGLENDA) and completely forgot I did this. 1/2

Two screen shots from Duke Nukem 3D showing a pixelated bunny and cow in the game.

A brown plush rabbit and a black and white plush cow

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FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus @frdougal9000.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Another Tuesday, another episode of the @hg101.bsky.social for all to enjoy! I'm on the back half with @taxowlbear.bsky.social @bobinator.bsky.social @frankiesamba.bsky.social & @kaly.myatproto.social to discuss Quest for Camelot for the GBC! (s'not good) www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...

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it's bev! @tonyawolfe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New on the Secret Area: I decide to do some digital exploring to discover a Jeopardy fan game based on Star Wars that someone submitted to Mobygames, and whether or not I can find it 27 years later. Another digital dive. Shares and comments appreciated, as always. asecretarea.com/2026/09/11/s...

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Searching for Star Wars Jeopardy!: The force was strong with this one. - You Found a Secret Area!

I gotta say, I’ve been in a rut lately. Having fairly average to unremarkable days, barely inspired to watch, play or even read new stuff. Suddenly, I got inspired by an idea that a friend suggested t...

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 09/09/2026

🦇 Surely, this is a face that you can trust ;) (A snip from a #PixelArt WIP!) #FurryArt #Pixquare #Furry #Art #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky

A portrait-sized snip from a full-body picture of a California myotis bat lady wearing a blue halter top and two silver earrings on each ear. Her orange hair is short on top and long in the back. She has one wing lifted and is looking sidelong at the viewer. The shoulder outlines of her magic arms are visible, and she is surrounded by a purple aura.

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FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus @frdougal9000.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

hey howdy, there's a new @hg101.bsky.social podcast episode out on the patreon! @kaly.myatproto.social @bobinator.bsky.social and I talk about the alright mechanical Mega Drive platformer TINHEAD (designed by Richard Lemarchand of Gex, Soul Reaver & Uncharted fame)! www.patreon.com/hg101/posts/...

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🃏 Clip 🃏 @clipthejester.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Curious to know exactly how many "any game made before *insert year here* sucks" attitudes are the direct result of only having been exposed to like, first-party 2600 games in compilations/plug-and-plays and the same 20-30 NES games Nintendo loves reissuing at any given point

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