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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Bosconian (X68000, ©Dempa Shimbunsha 1988) — the programmer was supposed to be porting something else entirely. Copying the arcade was never going to be enough. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Xanadu Scenario II (PC-88SR, ©Nihon Falcom 1986) — the sequel that will not boot without the original. New maze, new monsters, and a dragon that refused to die. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: First Queen (PC-98M, ©KSK 1988) — a hundred tiny soldiers, each with a mind of its own, clash in real time in the "gocha-kyara" swarm. Box art by Yoshitaka AMANO. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Schwarzschild (PC-88SR, ©Kogado 1988) — a strategy game built as a story, where a small star-nation's young king gathers allies to survive a war engulfing the galaxy. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Elthlead (PC-88, ©NCS 1987) — history gives way to light, dark and dragons on the strategy board, a war sim that slips into fantasy. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Silk Road (X1D, ©Hudson Soft 1983) — the real enemy isn't the Xiongnu but the desert: sandstorms, bolting camels, and the odd stroke of luck, in a quiet, hopeful little sim. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Star Cruiser (PC-88SR, ©Arsys 1988) — fly freely through a solid, full-color universe, then land and walk its towns. A grand space opera that drops you inside an SF movie. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Thunder Force (MZ-1500, ©Tecno Soft 1984) — boot it up and the machine shouts its own name. An overhead shooter where you roam in every direction, charging the enemy base to Rossini's William Tell Overture. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Plazma Line (PC-88, ©Tecno Soft 1984) — when 3D meant wireframe, this space racer put solid, shaded polygons on screen and sent them flying. The PC's first, and it knew it. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Star Fleet (PC-8001mkII, ©Tecno Soft 1983) — take the captain's chair of a familiar-looking starship and cross 3D space by your instruments alone. The human adventure, on cassette tape. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Emmy II (MSX2, ©ASCII 1986) — a girl, named after "emulation," who learns the words you type, forgets old ones, and saves it all to disk, so next time you switch on, she remembers where you left off.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Artificial Intelligence GILL (PC-6001mkII, ©Ample 1983) — teach a forgetful eight-year-old to speak, one typed word at a time, on a machine its own author cheerfully branded "artificial ignorance." www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Reviver (PC-88SR, ©Arsys 1987) — an isekai adventure years before the genre had a name, where the townsfolk remember you and brush you off if you keep repeating yourself. www.patreon.com/gamepres/pos...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming, from our archive. This week: Morita's Battlefield (PC-88, ©Enix 1983) — the Othello champion who won Enix's first contest by teaching a computer to fight back. www.gamepres.org/en/2026/05/3...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming from our archive. This week : Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr. (aka "Dragon Slayer III") (Sharp X1, ©Nihon Falcom 1986). 30 minutes. No save. One wrong move = start over! Help us keep this history alive ! → patreon.com/cw/gamepres #RetroGaming #JRPG #pixelart #gamehistory

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming from our archive. This week: Xanadu (aka “Dragon Slayer II”) (PC-8801mkIISR, ©Nihon Falcom 1985). Action, exploration, and resource management, all centered around conquering a labyrinth! keep this history alive ! → patreon.com/cw/gamepres #classicgaming #pixelart #jrpg

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming from our archive. This week: Metal Gear (MSX2, ©Konami 1987) Before the legend, there was the mission. The original stealth action game, as KOJIMA intended it. Help us keep this history alive ! → patreon.com/cw/gamepres #hideokojima #retrogaming #metalgear #konami

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming from our archive. This week: Snatcher (PC-88SR, ©Konami 1988) Hideo KOJIMA's cyberpunk masterpiece that still asks the question: who can you trust Help us keep this history alive ! → patreon.com/cw/gamepres #hideokojima #konami #retrogaming #pixelart #gaming

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Japan's golden age of gaming from our archive. This week: Penguin Adventure (MSX, ©Konami 1986). A charming sequel to Antarctic Adventure pushing MSX1 hardware to its limits! Help us keep this history alive ! → patreon.com/cw/gamepres #pixelart #classical #konami #gamers

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Our weekly game introductions are now on Patreon! If you enjoyed the March episodes, this is your chance to support game preservation and keep the archive alive. New tier available now. www.patreon.com/posts/openin...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

GPS now offers weekly content on our Patreon: every week, we release a video accompanied by a written article exploring a Japanese video game and its history. Access to this content is free, but if you'd like to help to support us, we would also greatly appreciate it. www.patreon.com/cw/gamepres

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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 10/01/2026

"It Has To Happen Outside Of Japan" - Game Preservation Society Launches Patreon And Opens US Office Following Government Fund Freeze. (Image: @gamepres) (Repost)

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"It Has To Happen Outside Of Japan" - Game Preservation Society Launches Patreon And Opens US Office Following Government Fund Freeze

"We are not leaving Japan, but this work should be allowed within Japan"

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 2025 was an important year for the GPS, and we once again want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who supported us. We have some big plans for 2026, so stay tuned!

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Association MO5 @assomo5.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Nous revenons sur les grandes difficultés que rencontre actuellement la Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social, l'association la plus importante pour la préservation du jeu vidéo au Japon... mag.mo5.com/269708/comme...

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Comment soutenir nos amis de la Game Preservation Society au Japon

Il y a deux semaines, nous avons relayé sur nos réseaux sociaux un article de Time Extension évoquant les grandes difficultés de la Game Preservation Society, une association (...)

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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 17/05/2025

“Younger people who want to make games should play really old games. They may not have good graphics, but there is something shining within them". (Image: @TAITO) (Repost)

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Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun

"Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We've seen your requests for anonymous donations to the GPS and we are thrilled to announce that we now have a donation page! For those who cannot join as a supporting member, please use the link or QR code below to donate directly to the GPS via Stripe: donate.stripe.com/7sI03sb9j3w7...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Thank you again to all who support not just the GPS but all preservation organizations around the world!

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

And if you would like to help us out, you can join as a supporting member here. It is an annual fee that can be made in a lump sum or by monthly installments. www.gamepres.org/en/support/

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

In fact, we have actually seen a surge of support in the short time since the article was published, so a huge, huge thank you to everyone who has joined as a member! Welcome! Go check out all the past newsletters! www.gamepres.org/en/media/con...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

In summary, we are aware we have some problems and are looking to solve them to make membership more appealing. The immediate issue of funding past September is one that we feel can be solved with a small push, so we are grateful for the attention that Time Extension has brought.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Moreover, we have known for quite some time that a new GPS website is in order. Partly for fixes to the layout, but more importantly we need to bring the remaining Japanese-only content to the English version. This is actually a high priority for us.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Our documentary series focusing on unsung Japanese developers, Geimu, was published to YouTube in order to reach a larger audience, as that platform is the de facto standard for reaching new people with content. www.youtube.com/@gamepresorg

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Game Preservation Society

We are a Nonprofit Organization formed by volunteers who possess professional skills and knowledge in the preservation of games.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Primarily, as mentioned earlier, we opened a Discord server a couple years ago for our international audience, partly to address the communication problem but also to use a more modern and popular platform. discord.gg/eTkEScEFFf

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This is the Game Preservation Society in Tokyo, Japan. We are a registered non-profit organization. | 262 members

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We have come to understand that this is simply not enough for our international audience, however, and we have made some early progress in trying to appeal to those outside Japan with more modern platforms.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

But I think there is a cultural divide here. Japan, despite the stereotype of being ultra-modern, is actually quite conservative, and change comes pretty slowly here. Our Japanese members are, by and large, content with a newsletter.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It also contains in-depth information on work that we do, spotlights on Japanese game developers as honorary members, and articles on niche retro-gaming topics. The content is great!

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Well, the primary use of the newsletter is to publish our annual financial statement, which is a requirement as a non-profit organization. It also shows in great detail how much money we bring in and how it is spent in our work.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Another theme in the comments is the archaic methods and presentation of the GPS. Awkward website with less than perfect English? A newsletter? PDF downloads? In 2025?!

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We have also considered Patreon-style exclusive blog posts on topics like updates on our current projects or technical commentary. These are still considerations at this point, however. We would love to hear your suggestions on how the GPS can raise the value of a membership.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Tying back to the issue of communication, we have considered running monthly livestreams where we showcase a rare item, or host a Q&A session, or do a playthrough of a Japanese game that is less well-known to the west. These would be open to supporting members.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The cold, hard fact is that we simply cannot distribute copyrighted material in any way due to the laws of Japan. Yes, this even includes scans of packaging at a respectable resolution. There is no getting around this. So what can we do?

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

But we are also well aware that some preservation groups around the world offer downloads of rare or unreleased games, or scans of magazines, and so on. We are aware that, to many, there is greater perceived "value" in supporting these other groups.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The blunt answer is that the rewards are limited: access to past newsletters and priority reservations to our annual Summer events in Tokyo. And, of course, the knowledge that you are making a difference by supporting an important cause.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The comments on the article also mentioned another long-running sticking point with our international audience. That is, what do you, the supporting member, get in return for your annual payment?

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The solution is to recruit more international staff, something we have long discussed. We encourage anyone interested in assisting with our social media presence and content creation to contact us, but it must be stressed that such a role would be a *volunteer* position.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

There are a variety of reasons for this, but none are really a valid excuse. A group like the GPS needs attentive representation and our international members deserve more communication.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

As the article states, there are only two English speakers among the core members, and only one who is native (that's me, Damian! Hi!). While we had a pretty active twitter account at first, the account has largely fallen silent in the last couple years. x.com/gamepresintl...

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

But we must also acknowledge our shortcomings if we hope to gain more support. Chief among those is our lack of communication with our international audience.

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Game Preservation Society @gamepresint.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

All we need to keep our current activities going is approximately $1,000 USD per month. This is a small sum in the grand scheme of things and just a few hundred supporting members from around the entire world with an annual donation would easily cover this.

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