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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'The one place it's okay to poke a monkey with a stick' is... a credibly funny magazine ad tag-line for Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll on Nintendo DS, right?

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All they had to do was capture 15 seconds of good Bug! footage on the SEGA Saturn for E3 '95, but in the first second they deBug! themselves out of a pit. archive.gamehistory.org/item/92b103… #SEGA #Saturn #SEGASaturn #Bug

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yoichi Nishimura worked at Busicom (calculators), Commodore (VIC-1001, C64, Max Machine); was apparently invited by Jack Tramiel to join Atari. Nishimura is donating hardware, material to the Microcomputer Museum, the computer museum started by Takeshi Yoshizaki in Ome, Japan. x.com/Dream_Librar...

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Ephemeral Enigmas @ephemeralenigmas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New blog post time! This week's game is Battle Monsters, a fighting game that sometimes gets mistaken as a "Mortal Kombat clone", but is actually much different and far more interesting. Silly characters, grimy aesthetics, and even a bit of platforming made this a pleasant surprise: #blog #gaming

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Battle Monsters

I’m often a sucker for a janky fighting game, but I gotta say, Battle Monsters impressed me! It’s jank, for sure, but there’s a lot more going on under the hood than at first glance. Once you reali…

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

NES Wizards and Warriors was originally titled 'The Tale'. I took this screengrab from an early build of the game from Paul Proctor's original development disk which I was preserving.

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Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BMX Heat, an unreleased prototype by Atari, uses some hardware similar to Hard Drivin (or Street Drivin), and would have had a bicycle controller to play! Image from the collection at The Strong.

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Game Mag Print Ads @gamemagprintads.famiconsumer.com · 05/10/2026

Ultraman for SNES Source: Super NES Buyer's Guide 2 (May 1992) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #nintendo

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was looking into a CD-i developer called Vortex Interactive and found some temporarily displaced Sega Saturn media. Their website lists "Assessment of the Critically Ill or Injured Child," a three-disc series for health workers, funded by the Sega Youth Foundation. web.archive.org/web/19980202...

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cosmo @cosmo0.fr · 01/10/2026

Reminder that despite all the years, Mame is still not perfectly emulating a lot of things, including "simple" games like that. And they're very aware of the fact, since Balloon Bomber is marked "imperfect". But all the retro emulation boxes disable these warnings so most people don't realize it.

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Had a fabulous day with former Software Creations colleague and good friend, Paul Tonge, after a 10 year gap. He's worked on the music and audio for many videogames including SNES Ken Griffey Jr. presents Major League Baseball, The Tick, Spider-Man / Venom: Maximum Carnage ( Genesis ) etc.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We drink. We smoke. We gamble. MILTON.

Found on ebay magazine called Milton where apparently that is the actual tagline.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 01/10/2026

Kicking off a new series over at CD-ROM journal: covering Daiso’s ¥100 ultrabudget game series. Just how much game can you even get for ¥100? You’d be surprised! Some really interesting stuff in here - for less than a dollar a game, they couldn’t afford to be picky. cdrom.ca/games/the-ga...

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An Intro to Daiso's The Game Series (Trump 1, Nekomata Tanteisha, Nyanpoline, TechnoSylph: vsys gaiden)

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Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pit Fighter on NES perfectly replicates the arcade experience somehow, bringing the full digitized actor experience you would expect to Nintendo's home console.

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Play History @playhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Several of the Japanese interviews on the site are actually in English, so do check them out. There's three separate interviews with Scott Tsumura, for example, about his long career at various companies. vgpplay.com/collection?s...

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Tsumura: L'era di IREM - VGP PLAY

Dalla nascita di Moon Patrol a Kung-Fu Master, fino alla rivoluzione delle conversioni arcade. Scott ripercorre gli anni in cui IREM diventa una fabbrica di icone e in cui l’industria arcade giappones...

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Blade Force for the 3DO was shown at E3 1995 with a very different camera position - with your guy right in the middle, rather than at the bottom of the screen. It was also shown using the X-O-Tron VR gyroscopic control! archive.gamehistory.org/item/92b103…

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kan Naito on programming Super Rambo for the Sharp X1 x.com/Kan_Naito_JP...

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Game Mag Print Ads @gamemagprintads.famiconsumer.com · 28/09/2026

Xardion Source: Super NES Buyer's Guide 2 (May 1992) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #nintendo

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I click a link to an individual Google Groups (Usenet) message, I keep getting a "429 Too Many Requests" error.

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Tetris and Its Connection to Asian American History" by former Nexa programmer Leonard Chan asianamericanbooks.com/newsletter/2...

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Tetris and Its Connection to Asian American History: Nexa the AAPI Company that Helped to Develop and Market Tetris In America

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From Nexa to Sphere: The Beginning | VCFMW 19 (2024) www.youtube.com/watch?v=log_...

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From Nexa to Sphere: The Beginning | VCFMW 19 (2024)

YouTube video by VCF Midwest

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Interview with former Victor Entertainment director/Electronic Arts Victor CEO/Eidos Japan managing director Satoshi Honda bsky.app/profile/game...

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skaneda.bsky.social @skaneda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

私がこの件を初めて知ったのは、たしか門真なむさんのこのポスト(2000年11月、当時はツイートか)だった x.com/num_kadoma/s... この直後にブックオフで買った鉄道王は問題ない個体だった…けど、あれからもう5年は経過したので、今動作確認して正常に動くかはわからない

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門真なむ (@num_kadoma) on X

壊れている鉄道王がまた一つ。自分が最初に買ったのも起動早々にバグるし、数年前にも動かないって人のツイートをRTした覚えがあるし、近場のゲーム屋のジャンクコーナーにも動作不良品があったし、何か要因があるんだろうなあ。

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Captain Commando's proud to chat Capcom games in this 1989 U.S. retailer hand-out: archive.gamehistory.org/item/9f4263… (BTW: Street Fighter II never made the NES and this pre-dates SFII arcade - wonder which version they're talking about?)

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Game Mag Print Ads @gamemagprintads.famiconsumer.com · 26/09/2026

We have one thing to say about Contra III for the Super NES. Boom. Source: Super NES Buyer's Guide 2 (May 1992) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #nintendo

We have one thing to say about Contra III for the Super NES. Boom. (1 of 4)

We have one thing to say about Contra III for the Super NES. Boom. (2 of 4)

We have one thing to say about Contra III for the Super NES. Boom. (3 of 4)

We have one thing to say about Contra III for the Super NES. Boom. (4 of 4)

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A document I created for the NES Silver Surfer booklet that was inside the game box. It lists the wonderful people at Software Creations in Manchester, UK, that made the game!

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I worked on data decompression code for quite a few SNES games that Software Creations developed, Including PLOK! This allowed us to fit lots more levels and graphics into the game that we would have otherwise been able to do.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 25/09/2026

BTW this game has a fantastic fusion soundtrack, for fans of casiopea, t-square, masayoshi takanaka, etc

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And the limited crate edition of Enemy Zero was there. x.com/tanin1971/st...

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Earlier this week, there was an Enemy Zero 30th anniversary exhibit at The Tenth Mosaic, "a two-day festival [celebrating] video game culture at the Institut français du Japon in Tokyo." x.com/fyto_com/sta...

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Game music guitarist/guitar instructor Kentaro Nakahara (Studio Kent) found a copy that worked. x.com/studiokent1/...

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People are talking about the Famicom railroad board game Tetsudō-Ō. Most copies don't work. I believe this is the post that started the discussion. x.com/AQuA_retoro/...

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オニオンソフト @onionsoft.net · 24/09/2026

いよいよ9月25日(金)20時からOBSLive生放送です。数多くのゲームサウンドを手掛けてきたたま社長(玉山文人、吉祥寺たまこ)さんにお越し頂いてお話を伺います。Volo Museumのレポート続編もありますのでどうぞお楽しみに! #obslive www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFrH...

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[OBSLive] たま社長(玉山文人、吉祥寺たまこ)さんと生放送!

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オニオンソフト @onionsoft.net · 22/09/2026

最初に武器を選ぶ所で緻密なシミュレーション風のゲームなのかと思っていたが強力な火力で敵陣を突破するゲームだった… #SuperStingray #SEGA #Alpha #1986 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkGX...

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スーパースティングレイ (Alpha/SEGA 1986)

YouTube video by OBS GAME RESEARCH

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Ray Barnholt @rdbaaa.space · 25/09/2026

developed by D4Enterprise??? what is afoot here

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A very brief look at Battlesphere on the Atari Jaguar, from E3 1995. The game did not come out until 5 years later once the Jaguar became an open platform. This b-roll shows a very different UI from the final game. archive.gamehistory.org/item/92b103…

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Game Mag Print Ads @gamemagprintads.famiconsumer.com · 23/09/2026

HAL America games for NES & SNES: Superpower Superhits Source: Super NES Buyer's Guide 2 (May 1992) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #nintendo

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

(I still don't understand how it works.)

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A programmer on the Mega CD version of Starblade commented on this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0X...

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もし「STAR BLADE」がベクタースキャンだったら!?

YouTube video by negi.moe

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Graphic designer on Face's Nostradamus arcade game x.com/HG_EX/status...

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sound designer Hikoshi Hashimoto comments on Racing Hero. x.com/Hikoshi_H/st...

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just heard the very sad news that a former Software Creations friend passed away recently. All of his friends knew him as 'Bone'. He was a friendly, fun, knowledgeable guy who started in QA at Creations back in the early 90s, and was recently working on Star Citizen. RIP @bone6502.bsky.social

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Game Mag Print Ads @gamemagprintads.famiconsumer.com · 21/09/2026

Crack Down for Sega Genesis: This tiny game has 1,253 enemy soldiers, 392 time delay bombs, 140 laser cannons, 28 sinkholes, and one kickbutt attitude. Source: VideoGames and Computer Entertainment 27 (April 1991) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #sega

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Tetris and Its Connection to Asian American History" by former Nexa programmer Leonard Chan asianamericanbooks.com/newsletter/2...

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Tetris and Its Connection to Asian American History: Nexa the AAPI Company that Helped to Develop and Market Tetris In America

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Return of the Vid Kidz: An In-Depth Look at Robotron and Blaster - California Extreme 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUe-...

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Return of the Vid Kidz: An In-Depth Look at Robotron and Blaster - California Extreme 2026

YouTube video by SynaMax

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