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I would never Though the original Metroid Prime is probably a very good game, as it was the basis for the demake, just not my kind of thing, so me saying the fangame is better is more telling my preferences than anything else

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Finished Metroid Prime Origins yesterday; it took me around 10 hours or so. It's a 2d demake of Metroid Prime; it's a great metroidvania, a great 2d metroid game, and since I hated playing the original for the 30 minutes I did, it's better than the original IMHO. One of the best games of the year

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 09/10/2026

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

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written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think I leave game making to you, I'd rather play them But I like the visuals already, so that's a big win in my book. If it is fun to play, then I'm happy

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Someone is remaking Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven. Not sure anybody was asking for it, but call me curious store.steampowered.com/app/5139260/...

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rdein @rdein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've written a post introducing Record of Dorathia, the dungeon crawler RPG project we have been working on these past few years. I hope you enjoy it! Let us know your thoughts! Link: www.bombservice.com/post/record-... #rdein_dev #redora

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That video picture is AI slop all over, they couldn't even be arsed to use a screenshot from any real Wizardry

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rust is no good for swords

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Sir Randall @sirrandall.yeold.press · 29/09/2026

For Zelda’s 40th anniversary, I ported snesrev/zelda3 from C to Zig + SDL3 and started building the A Link to the Past PC release I always wanted with modern PC features, randomizer tools, modding support, and eventually a full PC Big Box.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That feels like a worrying passion 😅

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

funnily enough, Game Boys were known to survive many things that would kill more modern hardware outright. I've seen Game Boys that survived fires and still worked

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I heard this somewhere, that the older a technology is, the more likely it is to survive even longer. Stuff written down in books, e.g., has a much better survival rate than anything written on the net. So games whose code is written down in some musty old magazines will probably survive the longest

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As someone who loves RPGs and doesn't mind grinding from time to time, I hate the infestation of RPGs with only scripted encounters in the genre. Most good RPGs are balanced well; if you encounter too much grind, that's on the devs not doing their job well, not on the systems not working

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Danilo Dias @daysdanilo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Im currently playing arx fatalis using my gog copy and this sourceport. arx-libertatis.org its really great, im playing for almost 6 hours already and had no bugs or crashes. it runs flawless on modern pcs and support linux as well. really easy to install. Widescreen and modern resolutions. =D

arx-libertatis.org

Arx Libertatis - a cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis

Arx Libertatis is a cross-platform, open source port of Arx Fatalis, a 2002 first-person role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios.

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The Amityville Jordan (1979) @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hey, that's great to hear. I love dungeon crawlers, so I wish you the best and hope for a great game

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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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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So, they hired a new artist and they said they plan to replace all the AI stuff with handmade art. Lets see how this shakes out.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Upcoming combination of idle game and dungeon crawler. I do enjoy both genres, though whether this works really depends on how much of either genre is in the game store.steampowered.com/app/5307400/...

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's great to hear, but their Steam page is kinda like the first thing people see when they stumble upon their project. Even if they hide that some of their art is created with AI, it's obvious and not declaring it as such is deceptive and will lose them possible customers.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For someone who says they are against AI, quite interesting to see them working for a studio that clearly uses AI pictures on their Steam webpage

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

AI can do that too these days, no biggy

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PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today, I decided to dump all my thoughts about A.I. infecting the retro and Saturn scene into one cohesive article. In short, I am certifiably sick of this.

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normal erik @erik-real.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

you cant trust game devs to have good opinions about video games. theyre too busy making video games to play any video games so theyre uninformed.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Totally legit if the competition is called "devs I scammed out of $1,000"

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New upcoming dungeon crawler. store.steampowered.com/app/5213750/... This smells incredibly like genAI for the in-game character portraits, the pictures on the Steam website, and some other stuff. If you use genAI, at least be honest about it

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

found the perfect picture of the day

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Robert / Zeboyd @zeboydgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Would you be interested in a survival horror RPG that's like Night Manor from UFO 50 but with RPG combat & mechanics?

"As you step into the kitchen, the first thing you notice is the foul smell. But then you realize there's someone else here with you..."
-Night Manor from UFO 50

An enemy attacks in the UFO 50 game, Night Manor.

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Horn of Balance (WISHLIST TODAY) @hornofbalance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new Zeldalike just released! I had the pleasure of helping playtest it, and spend way longer on it than intended because it was that enjoyable. So that's a high recommendation from me.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We need to bring guillotines back in vogue

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

No idea what this is, the YouTube algorithm led me to it, but it looks intriguing, like seeing a trailer for a game on TV in the late 90s www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au8l...

youtube.com

VARUS - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by MaximilianX

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I can't even access them, though in Germany we have special issues due to retarded regulation

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Always amuses me when people find out Garriott was never Lord British but Blackthorn all along

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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 10/09/2026

oh hey look, a curated list of developers to ignore on Steam :)

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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We just released our retro rpg Destiny Spire on Steam! Go check it out! #rpg #jrpg #indiegame #retrogaming #gaming store.steampowered.com/app/3369150/...

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Indie Freaks @indie-freaks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

《日本語対応》待望のシリーズ最新作が登場！ハクスラ特化2Dダンジョン探索RPG『METRO QUESTER ZERO』より強い装備を入手した時の興奮！少しずつ探索範囲を広げていく冒険感！迷宮を進み、失われた世界の真実を解き明かせ。スキルパネルやクエスト、賞金首、多層化マップなど新要素も多彩。 store.steampowered.com/app/4961120/...

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Bad Computer @badcomputer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Razing Core for SEGA Master System is now available. The full version and demo are here: badcomputer0.itch.io/razing-core

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

I'm excited to see Mega/Sega CD Shadowrun get a translation (it's still a bit WIP in places, and keeping fingers crossed it's not AI), but I will say manage your expectations that this is the best Shadowrun game now playable. If you enjoy visual novels, you'll get more of a kick out of it.

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Brachiosaurus, ever since that one scene in Jurassic Park, it's not what the series is known for, but I love the idea of these gentle creatures

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

NES-style jRPG out on Steam. Always happy seeing someone doing stuff like this store.steampowered.com/app/4847780/...

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I think he actually believes what he is saying; the guy never learned how to grow up and get real.

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this morning i'm playing 'The Ruins of Calaworm! this just came out, and just received its first patch! it's been really fun watching the development of it. the game is here: erdbeerscherge.itch.io/ruins-of-cal...

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cleartonic @cleartonic.net · 31/08/2026

First release of the Dragon Quest VI English patch revision is up: Info Site: cleartonic.net/dq6/ Download: github.com/cleartonic/d...

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

At a time when its seemingly impossible to escape AI slop art, its always a treat to discover art by someone who can create entire worlds that linger with just a simple picture. Wish I had the money and capability to create an entire dungeon crawler in this artstyle

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I think Breens point is a bit simplistic, even if there's truth to it. People aren't just gamers, readers, movie nerds or whatever, they have a variety of influences and hobbies, and even if they were impacted by past gens of creators in their chosen form, other experiences have shaped them as well

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Another roguelike dungeon crawler. I wish devs would stop this, dungeon crawlers of this type mixed with roguelike level generation never works. Crawlers need hand-crafted dungeons to work well

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Grauken @grauken.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The other game that comes to mind is myrkvidr.itch.io/myrkvidr, though there are probably a couple RPGmaker-based games with that approach

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Myrkvidr by Cosmic Wheels

old school retro style Fantasy RPG sandbox/open world

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