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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW @queensdomain.bsky.social · 3h

⚔️ 200,000 WISHLISTS ⚔️ We are so excited that our King's Field-inspired fantasy action RPG has reached this huge milestone just before launch. Thank you all for the support 🙏

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

D&D in Japan: The big mid-90s push. The bunkobon format of the three-volume Rules Cyclopedia, localized in both text and artwork style. It sought to reclaim some of the ground lost to Lodoss and Sword World - complete with D&D in the arcades with Capcom to promote the Mystara setting.

A scan of the anime inspired cover artwork with a party of heroes in dramatic poses

A crt screenshot of Shadow over Mystara, Capcom's second D&D themed brawler.

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RPG towns @rpgtowns.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Kelethin Game: Everquest Dev: Verant Interactive 🇺🇸 | 989 Studios🇺🇸 Release: March 16, 1999 Request by @davidthegnomie.bsky.social

A fantasy village in the middle of the forest, houses hang above the ground, attached to trees and connected by bridges.

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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW @queensdomain.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Washed up on the shores of the Isle of Neasied, you set out to find your father and uncover the dark secrets of this mysterious isle… Queen’s Domain launches this month! On Steam, Switch 2, Xbox Series and PS5!

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Ironlily @ironlilyart.com · 07/10/2026

How Medieval people clean their rusty chainmail

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Jo-eek! ‘Dead-chibe' W. 👻 @thestacks.ca · 05/10/2026

I strongly believe guerrilla archivists and amateur preservationists should stick together and be less insular. If you’re a scanner, digitiser, ROM ripper, or anything of the sort please let me know I would love to follow/signal boost your work! 💛

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Clearly they were putting a bait to catch the Miyazaki

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Steam Autumn <$20 sale. Wizardry: The Five Ordeals (2023). $19.99. Not only is this classic-style Wizardry but the scenario creator has given this title an enduring popularity. Great entry point for JP Wizardry too: store.steampowered.com/app/1308700/...

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Save 50% on Wizardry: The Five Ordeals on Steam

Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Once more I have sinned and went back to the longsword. The mace was just too one tone. I need versatility in my moveset

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Pardall Games @pardallgames.com · 02/10/2026

With this update, all PS1 FromSoftware games are in the liberary! All the Souls-series grandfather games are in: King's Field 1, 2, and 3 and Shadow Tower! Everything from this update: library.pardallgames.com/news/2026-10...

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New game: Shadow Tower (all models and maps) and 3D Model Viewer customization: Pardall Games

Shadow Tower (PS1) added: 555 assets (all creatures, weapons and maps), 1300 animations. New Settings window (customize the 3D model viewer), FF7 summons...

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MAD ANGLER PRESS @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

After a years long search for a copy, Mad Angler Press would like to formally introduce a 4K/HD scan of GUNSIGHT Phase 0, a text that is a cornerstone as to how we understand Mobile Suit Gundam's lore today. To view the text, please visit below:

The front cover of GUNSIGHT - Phase 0, illustrated by a young Haruhiko Mikimoto, in 1979. Gunsight served as the bedrock for understanding lore about 0079's universe and Mobile Suit Gundam and was released during Comiket 13. The text served as the basis for canonizing said lore for Gundam Century, was read actively by Studio II and Sunrise staff, praised by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and has become indefinitely rare to acquire.

Scanned and uploaded for the first time in history by Mad Angler Press and Chris de la Bigne, for insight into your future.

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Canonical fashion: Faraam Set, Handmaid's Ladle

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I wish I came up with "Dark Soup 2: Scolding of the First Sip"

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

With September over, here’s a thread of everything I published for the month. To celebrate Wizardry’s 45th anniversary, I began investigating Wizardry’s reputation in Japan, starting with Crusaders of the Dark Savant’s PlayStation port: www.patreon.com/OgreRun/post...

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Dengeki PlayStation: Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant | Ogre Run

Preface: While Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (Sir-Tech , 1990) saw the franchise begin to change its established mechanical structur

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Dark Souls Archthrones @archthrones.com · 30/09/2026

Betrayal. Concept Art by Craig McNaughton.

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Ironlily @ironlilyart.com · 30/09/2026

Sometimes you need to choose word carefully around your reenactor friend.

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RPG towns @rpgtowns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hlaalu got that shit on.

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I bring September and the month of Wizardry to a close with a review of Elminage II which saw developer Starfish successfully continue striking out on their own beyond the Wizardry IP: ogrerun.com/2026/09/29/d...

A gorilla and strange hammer-wielding boar-man

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Real life Starscourge Radahn

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Its spiritual predecessor Lord of the Rings The Two Towers was fun too (and so was its sequel)

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

First impression is that the mace is very good at comboing the little pigs in Majula

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So I have started yet another DS2 playthrough and since I'm absolutely going to do yet another INT/FTH hybrid and that it is basically what the Bishop is in Wizardry, I will honor the Wiz anniversary by using a mace this time

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

When you've got a day of jumping barrels ahead of you, but your heart just isn't in it.

The title screen for Apple II Donkey Kong from Atari, with a rather sad looking Mario in mid outstretched leap over a barrel.

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krugman ＠動作不良品(カビ) @krugman.net · 26/09/2026

it has been brought to my attention that not all of my followers know that i wrote the (imo) definitive guide on preserving floppy disks. it's the main thing i'm promoting here (even though i almost never post the link, haha) so do me a solid and share it with your loved ones 😹 krugman.net/dumping/

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Krugman's Dumping Guide for Japanese Computers

An illustrated guide to preserving floppy disk media

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Heads-up for fellow CRPG dungeon crawler fans as one to avoid: this one is made by ban-evading neo-nazis.

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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 ☽⛤☾ ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Who are KVLTGAMES? Well, according to a German-only Wikipedia page... Nazis. Like literally neo-nazis who made a Turner Diaries simulator that got their previous publisher banned from Steam.

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

MICHAEL MOORCOCK: You get that painting of Elric MICHAEL WHELAN: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy and elegiac just like you asked. MICHAEL MOORCOCK: terrific. thank you again Michael

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𝖂𝖗𝖊𝖓 𝕱𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖊 🧙 @wrenfaire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Duskbloods Demaster looks great!

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Lori Vornoy @necroticspider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DUNGEONS OF BLOOD AND DREAM is on sale rn!

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Dungeonbuster @dungeonbuster.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It's 1988 and your phone became the gateway to an RPG adventure with Fantasy Interactive Scenarios by Telephone (F.I.S.T.) by Steve Jackson (the UK one!) Originally launched in the UK, audiences in the USA could now join the adventure and romp through a Demon Prince's castle for "REAL GOLD PIECES!"

"FIST is an exciting new concept in fantasy gaming! Simply pick up your Touch-Tone telephone, dial 540-FIST and experience a dungeon adventure which YOU control! YOU make the decisions which direct your adventure by dialing numbers, as you compete for REAL GOLD awarded monthly.

The creatures and deadly traps which await you are brought to life with dramatic sound effects. Hear the ROAR of the FLESH EATER as you lock swords, the SIZZLE of the FIREBALL bursting towards you, the CHINKING of the GOLD PIECES you will find hidden in the Demon Prince's underground dungeon."

* Keep a pencil and paper handy to track your choices
* Dial 0 to hear the previous message
* Dial 9 to store your character in LIMBO for your next visit. Limbo saves time and money!
* Send in for your free starter pack for more information.

This one page ad wasn't quite as awesome as the two-page one that ran in the United Kingdom and offers a lot less information. For the most part, players can dial into FIST and experience monthly competitions for prizes by adventuring through a scenario.

Dialing into the service gave you a menu for options that described the rules, laid out the background for the scenario, connect with other adventurers to discuss the game, a shop to spend gold earned during the adventure, and even a training academy to get used to the combat.

Players could mail in for a FIST starter pack and their characters could even be saved by the service for later adventures, all driven by your phone. Hope that no one else needs it while you're on a dungeon crawl!

Also, there were TWO Steve Jacksons (hence the clarification). Steve Jackson in the United States was known for RPG systems like GURPS and his company still works on other RPG related materials today. Steve Jackson (in the United Kingdom) co-founded Games Workshop (of Warhammer miniatures fame).

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hilarious that I have half of that on Elden Ring, and it was a single playthrough

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My playtime reached a new milestone huh. Guess I got a decent mileage out of this impulse buy 14 years ago

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Starting today, we're piloting Japanese magazines in our digital archive! We've spent the last few months upgrading our library infrastructure to support Japanese-language material, starting with the magazine Neo Geo Freak. Read the full blog post for more info: gamehistory.org/5k-magazines/

A two-page spread from Neo Geo Freak featuring Nakoruru from the game Samurai Shodown. All text is accurately highlighted on the page, including vertical writing being mapped vertically.

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think thief mask is different if you pick female tho

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fashion Souls pro-tip: thief mask works well with the wanderer set

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seems like Springer Nature's Japanese Game Studies book finally released. The collection gathers writing from academic researchers in Japan on the history of Japanese Game Studies: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Japanese Game Studies

This book introduces the study of games in Japan. It provides a guide for those who want to study Japanese games and do so in Japan.

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scumhead @scumhead.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

a glitch in seamless ds2 ended up being a beautiful wallpaper

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𝖂𝖗𝖊𝖓 𝕱𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖊 🧙 @wrenfaire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They've had the monopoly on menacing NPC laughs since the PS1

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wizardry month continues with a review of Urazardry, a very short, lesbian erogē parody of Wizardry for the PC-88: www.patreon.com/OgreRun/post...

A female warrior with long blue hair holds her sword in a battle pose

A blonde woman wearing a leopard-print leotard stands in a grappler's pose

A chibi drawing of a blue-haired warrior casting flame on a man burnt to a crisp

A blonde woman sits atop a giant one-eyed creature

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蛙宅 @frogtaku.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I particularly like the second screenshot starting from the top. One of my favorite things about Shadow Tower is the central structure/hub but view distance is quite low in the actual game (to be fair it helps establish a mood)

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From the shadowtower community on Reddit: This promo has some interesting pictures including a 3D model of the towers exterior and some unseen creatures

Explore this post and more from the shadowtower community

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jaseiken me crazy @tunditur-unda.itch.io · 06/07/2026

RPG Dark World is a monthly micro-review bulletin surfacing the hidden achievements of the RPGs the games industry can't get rich off of. Zero-budget indies! Untranslated doujin games! RPG Maker jam games! The cutting edge of RPGs is the blade of darkness! Read issue #1 --> vextro.itch.io/darkworld

RPG Dark World banner, featuring our shadowy mascot figure.

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