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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 23h

More Aleste on home consoles is always a good thing. Senjin Aleste is getting a physical release in 2027 courtesy of M2! #Shmup #STG #Aleste #M2ShotTriggers #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Back in my day, racing games ran at 20 FPS (on a good day), and we were happy… #Atari #Tengen #Sega #MegaDrive #RetroGaming 🚗☀️🌴

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Someone in a "Sexy" Jeremy Parish Halloween Costume @jparish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In order to ensure that you are sufficiently hyped about my @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social presentation about bad NES games tomorrow, here is the presentation I gave last year in which I celebrated the NES's 40th anniversary by talking about all of its competitors youtu.be/XabGS917ing

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NOT the NES: 40 Years of Also-Rans | Live at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025

YouTube video by Jeremy Parish | Video Works

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Many polygons for the discerning gamer… Time Crisis on PSone. Released in 1997. #Namco #PSone #Playstation #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“I want to do things with you other than just playing games.” [via Google translate] *Can’t be bothered looking at the camera* Gary Cutlack from UK Resistance would have had a field day with this Sega Saturn promo… #Sega #SegaSaturn #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

An alternative timeline where a Dutch technology company won the early 90s console wars… In reality, the Philips CD-i occupied an awkward middle ground, where no one actually wanted one. #ConsoleWars #90s #FailedConsoles #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s not a patch on the Japanese Battlemania original, but the US Trouble Shooter box art has its own early 90s charm… #Sega #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #Shmup #STG #Art #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I found the original images here 👉 www.microoci.com/historia-neo...

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A promotional pamphlet for the Neo Geo Deck. Released in 1994 it was designed to be used in hotel rooms and allowed you to play in timed increments… #NeoGeo #SNK #Japan #90s #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Brutal, 4/10 review of Auto Modellista in Edge magazine. This seems to be the Japanese version. The controls were updated and refined for the international release… #Capcom #PS2 #Playstation #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Before Die Hard GameFan was a magazine, it was a mail order catalogue you could find in the back of EGM. Read more 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/diehard-game... #RetroGaming #Nintendo #Sega #PCengine #NeoGeo #Anime

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tetris for the Nintendo Famicom. Japanese print ad from late 1998. The game was published by Bullet-Proof Software, and is significantly different to the NES version… #Nintendo #NES #Famicom #Tetris #80s #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah, I agree, the Dreamcast controller is rubbish for fighting games. But if you’re a genre fan I assume you’d have invested in a proper fighting stick 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A couple of Dreamcast reviews in the December 2000 issue of Game Pro. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike received a very lukewarm reception… #Dreamcast #Sega #Y2K #GamePro #StreetFighter #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Forgotten Worlds magazine issue #9 is with the printers… Here’s a vague clue about the magazine’s theme/focus. More details soon. #Shmup #STG #PCengine #TurboGrafx #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mugen no Shinzou… an RPG from 1984 released on the PC-88 platform. Apparently it’s an early genre classic. I just like the Windows Paint style character art. #CRPG #RetroComputers #Japan #RetroGaming #WindowsPaint ⚔️🛡️

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s actually a really fun system with lots of great games. Playing Phantasy Star back in like 1987 would have been incredible.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Master System was relaunched for the US market in 1990. This trade paper ad promotes the new low price and redesigned hardware of the Master System 2… not that it really helped. #Sega #MasterSystem #AlexKidd #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ha! Thank you. That genuinely made me laugh.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I still think the cover art is ghastly, and looks like ones of those cheap “100% hits” CD compilations you might see at a service station… but I couldn’t resist these Toaplan classics. #Toaplan #Shmup #STG #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Next Gen magazine, class of 1995 cover feature. A thread - with sales figures and several surprise inclusions…👇 #Sega #NeoGeo #Playstation #3DO #Nintendo #Retrogaming ☀️🌴

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know, right. It sounds delightful 😊

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m a sucker for cutesy, mid 90s, Japanese graphic design. Also, Puzzle Bobble is heaps fun… #Taito #PuzzleBobble #Japan #GraphicDesign #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Spoiler alert. Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom. One of the conclusions - depending on who you married… I loved this game back in the day. The whole multi-planet, multi-generation approach felt huge in scope. #Sega #PhantasyStar #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #JRPG

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Street Fighter III: New Generation. Character profiles. Circa 1997… #Capcom #StreetFighter #90s #RetroGaming 💪

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tekken 2 print ad… Back when we had magazines, creative agencies, and budgets. #Tekken #Namco #Playstation #PSone #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Double Dragon - 8bit console comparison in Mean Machines magazine. I still go back and play the second NES game on a regular basis… 🐲🐲 #NES #MasterSystem #Sega #Nintendo #Technos #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I picked up the Switch double pack on sale. Three hours in and so far it’s great. Love the late 90s JRPG vibes.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Early days, but I’m really liking the PSone JRPG energy of Suikoden II. Picked up a physical copy on sale. First game in the series I’ve played. #Konami #JRPG #PSone #Retrogaming ⚔️ 🛡️

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

‘Mega seedy’ was the most disturbing one I can recall.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Classic Sega Mega Drive print ad from the UK. This was the early days, with Altered Beast still the pack-in title. I always thought it was a nice piece of graphic design. #Sega #MegDrive #GraphicDesign #90s #RetroGaming

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah, I get it. What about Rainbow Islands?

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nice work. I’ve been playing Parasol Stars a bunch, lately.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve never really bothered with high scores, but it’s reasonably easy to get a decent ranking on some of the more obscure Arcade Archive titles. So that’s fun.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I saw the review and the score and thought it looked rubbish. But once I played it I was hooked.

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I remember seeing that Flicky review and thinking it looked like rubbish… then I played it, and was forever hooked.

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