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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 18h

can you handle more than one hawk on a day like #RandomGameSaturday? a vertically scrolling war-themed shooting game with one weapon, no airborne enemies to collide with, and somewhere between one and zero boss(es) sure was a choice

a boxed copy of 大旋風 (twin hawk, in english) for the sega mega drive, propped up in front of a row of several other genesis games. the box art is of several world war 2 era propeller planes flying over a battlefield

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 14/10/2026

a curated everdrive library can really speak to who you are as a person

a photo of an everdrive running on a sega genesis. the file system shows 21 different copies of the rom for "traysia". the custom background theme for the file system is the background to the title screen for traysia

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 11/10/2026

although i don't regret playing it, despite my somewhat negative comments about the balance, i enjoy the novelty enough... maybe seeing number go up good also the art and music are pretty novel too, the OST ranges from "fine" to "pretty good". there's a song called "SHIT!" in the sound test lol

a screenshot of sorcerer's kingdom for sega genesis. the player character is standing next to a small brook running out of a well. there are also two houses that are on the edges of very large groups of trees

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 11/10/2026

beat sorcerer's kingdom i feel like the way this combat system and stat leveling by doing certain actions instead of experience gain could be interesting, but i feel like it funnels the party members into doing only one role eventually the main PC just runs over everything in 1v1 combat

a screenshot from the ending of sorcerer's kingdom for the sega genesis. the player party is kneeling in front of a king standing next to a queen and a knight. a text box on screen reads that King Kanan is addressing the main player character, named "HI" followed by a question mark, symbol of a glove, and another symbol of a cane

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 07/10/2026

today's thrifting post is proof that even 15 years later, one can experience the disappointment of windows phone as if it were brand new herzogzwei.neocities.org/thrifting/te...

a photo of a microsoft kin one smartphone, with the screen pushed upwards to reveal the built-in rudimentary QWERTY keyboard. a micro USB cable is plugged into the side of it to charge the battery, which the screen says is charged to 40%

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 05/10/2026

today's gonna be a "first day back to work after a week of PTO" kind of day

the still from sonatine of beat takeshi smiling while holding a revolver to the side of his own head

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 03/10/2026

fall is in season, time to go on a #RandomGameSaturday holiday

a complete copy of aquanaut's holiday for the original playstation. the box art is a deep underwater scene, with fish dimly lit in the background. the text "AQUANAUT'S HOLIDAY" is imposed over a semi-transparent blue circle containing the japanese title for the same game

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 03/10/2026

i need to get back on the path to $100k, a three year gap is Way Too Long

a CRT photo of my crazy taxi 1 arcade map on default rules high scores. the highest and most recent leaderboard entry was $67,906.67 with B.D. Joe on bicycle, dated september 27th 2023

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 26/09/2026

also i have now learned that the unknown mod chip in that for parts playstation is, at the very least, a region bypass. neat!

a CRT photo of the mahjong: simple 1500 series volume 1 for playstation. the player just finished a 7 pairs hand for 3200 points

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 26/09/2026

it was a real mahjong day at the game store today

a bunch of video games on a table. included are loose famicom cartridges for mahjong, 4 nin uchi mahjong, golf, and pinball, a boxed copy of the mahjong: simple 1500 series volume 1, a loose game boy cart for tennis, and a loose DS cart for sonic rush adventure

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 26/09/2026

it's a burning hot 2-for-1 #RandomGameSaturday with unneccessarily big boxes when i thrifted this, it had the soundtrack and two copies of the base game... it's missing the firestorm expansion, but that can be our little secret

a big box copy of the command and conquer: tiberian sun firepower combo, containing the base game, the firestorm expansion pack, and a CD copy of the soundtrack

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 25/09/2026

my game boy everdrive came in

a photo of a backlit-modded original gray brick game boy, zoomed in to the screen. the screen is displaying a static image of an NPC from the famicom game "mother" below text that reads "THE WORLD IS ENDING AND YOU'RE JUST ASKING QUESTIONS"

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 23/09/2026

i've seen people compare this to revenge of shinobi, and while the enemy and locale design raises it a bit, it's sole standout factor never really gets as weird as i'd enjoy this kind of thing to be so i don't think it reaches that level also my copy had a naked lady at the end. good to know!

a CRT photo of mystic defender on sega genesis. a completely naked lady with long flowing blonde hair down past her waist (but without nipples... or a face) is descending from a pitch black sky, with a large moon viewable in the distance

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 23/09/2026

beat mystic defender. for a holiday game 4 months after the genesis came out in the USA, it's fiiiine i guessssss it had some good ideas with it's level layouts and various magic weapons, but the starting weapon being the best weapon in 90% of situations isn't good in the long run

part of the ending screen to mystic defender on sega genesis. a simplistic pixel art scene of a blue sky, some clouds, green hills, and a lake is positioned above the text "CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THIS GAME."

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 21/09/2026

it finally happened, i have tried an american football video game for the first time with serious intent and am having fun granted it is the MD version of cyberball, so it's very arcade-y but it still counts on some level

a shitty CRT picture of cyberball for the sega genesis. a pass was just completed by the player team for a 30-ish yard drive before the wide receiver got stopped at the 10 yard line

the final score of a game of cyberball on genesis. the "boston riots" beat the "philadelphia guns" 35-12

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 20/09/2026

i like my little collection of lighters i've amassed from mostly garage sales and flea markets, they're usually cheap to purchase and easy to fix

a pile of lighters on a table, arranged in three rows. the top row is, from left to right, a red / gold colibri butane 5mm card lighter, a red / gold jehvani butane lighter, a silver slimline butane lighter with a butterfly on it (and no brandname...), a silver / gold flamex camaro, a somewhat rusty imco triplex, a white zippo with a joker playing card design, and a silver hi-lite that reads "we serve a smile with a cup of coffee, joe's cafe, desoto, missouri". the second row is a regens rocket squeeze lighter, a windguard with a decal of a man in a huge hat smoking a joint and the text "PANAMA RED 1972", a champ lighter with a decal for heineken, a solid brass zippo with the name "george" engraved on it, and a my-lite with a decal of a red ankh shape enclosed in a white oval on a red background. the third row is a silver ronson typhoon, a park lighter with a decal saying "we sell kodak products", a brass liftarm lighter whose engraved maker name is so worn i can't read it, a gold storm queen with a rocky turquoise strip around the outer case, and a continental lighter advertising l&m cigarettes in it's box

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 18/09/2026

work can eat the big one for cutting my hybrid days, but at least there's nearby arcade games for my lunch break i've never tried robotron 2084 before, but i can tell it's a Good One because it whoops my ass in like 90 seconds but i keep coming back for more...

a photo of a robotron 2084 arcade cabinet. a game just ended with a score of 53150, entered into the high score table with the initials "HI"

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 18/09/2026

it finally happened, after reading how "common" it is, i found a ps1 with a mod chip in it i cannot figure out what it does or if it works lmao, all i can get it to do with a burned disc is boot to the SCEA screen which it then hangs on

an original playstation, turned on and with a controller plugged in. a piece of tape is taped to the disc lid that reads "FOR PARTS OR REPAIR, NO POWER"

the underside of the same playstation's PU8 motherboard, zoomed in and cropped to a mod chip that was installed on the board. the chip in question is a microchip 12C508A, with 4 wires soldered to it that are routed to various places on the board

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 17/09/2026

today's thrifting post really should've been posted on 9/11, but i forgot herzogzwei.neocities.org/thrifting/wa...

the front cover of a book of 'george w. bush out of office countdown postcards'. the cover is a cropped photo of george w. bush holding a microphone and laughing against a colored stripe background, with extra text reading 'Hang in there, it's almost over! The reckless rhetoric and daring doublespeak of our 43rd president on 24 hilariously harrowing postcards'

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 15/09/2026

welcome to super fucking piss world, i guess

a CRT photo over RF of the super mario world attract demo, but all the colors are wrong. the bushes and yoshi are red, the soil is green, mario is green, and the background is a very off-putting green-ish yellow

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 12/09/2026

enjoy a #RandomGameSaturday with what is probably the type of all time

the hucard, jewel case, and manual for r-type on the turbografx-16. the manual art is a stylized drawing of a setpiece in the first stage with the player's ship flying between two mechnical arm-looking extrustions. the hucard is simply the cyan text "r-type" in the turbografx tradedress font on a solid maroon background

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 10/09/2026

oh no... bb hood don't do that, you're scaring the dog...

a CRT photo of the end of marvel vs. capcom 2's arcade mode. a team of strider hiryu, spider-man, and b.b. hood just beat the final boss and are all doing victory poses. spider-man strung up a camera to take a photo of himself giving a thumbs up in front of b.b. hood who is fist-pumping directly into spider-man's ass as strider hiryu watches stoicly and b.b. hood's dog cringes in fear

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 06/09/2026

the flea markets have been a bust for several weeks in a row despite me waking up at 5:30 to go, so today was a welcome change only $15 for all the games! and a lava lamp that looks much better in real-life than on camera, i swear

games i got from the flea market today. included is super baseball 2020 for the sega genesis, hot shots golf open tee for the PSP, balan wonderworld for the PS4 (sealed! lol), a loose cart of astyanax on NES, codename s.t.e.a.m. on 3DS, pac-man world on PS1, and dead to rights 2 on PS2

a magenta-ish lava lamp resting on a chair. the colors are all wrong in the photo when compared to real-life cause the liquid looks more purple-y and less cloudy and the wax goop is more red-ish but i could not get it to photograph correctly so whatever

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 05/09/2026

what is #RandomGameSaturday? well, it's today, probably... is playing what is probably the slowest version of home console jeopardy worth it for full-motion video of mustached alex trebek?

a boxed copy of jeopardy for the sega CD. early 90s-era alex trebek with his glorious mustache sits in a kneeling position in front of three columns of jeopardy clues in the categories of art, literature, and the movies

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 04/09/2026

finished lurruna, and MAN after kid chameleon consumed so much time to write that article, it felt refreshing to play a game so concise! i'd like to write about this too, but for now, it's a healthy challenge and rewards experimenting with your tools in all the right ways. definitely recommend!

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 29/08/2026

door door would've been perfect for the #RandomGameSaturday two weeks ago, considering koichi nakamura's birthday was two weeks ago, but then it wouldn'tve been random...

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 27/08/2026

today's thrifting post is a real "letdown of the year" contender herzogzwei.neocities.org/thrifting/te...

a sony rear-projection SXRD television (model KDS-50A2000) as seen directly head-on from the panel, sitting on a huge pile of clothes. the bezel is black and the lower control panel is silver with a receeding door that hides an extra composite and component input

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 27/08/2026

learning to make more vegan stuff in the kitchen

a stir fry in a bowl on a kitchen counter. the stir fry has sauted cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, yellow onion, green onion, garlic, spaghetti (sorry i have so many boxes of spaghetti to use instead of lo mein), and tempeh that was marinated in soy sauce, spicy chili crisp, and maple garlic vinegar. the marinade was then combined with toasted sesame oil, brown sugar, and ground ginger in the pan

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 22/08/2026

fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck YOU FUCK YUOIU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCLK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 22/08/2026

for #RandomGameSaturday, a gambling simulator targeting a portable device that's ubiquitous among younger age groups? how forward-thinking

a photo of the box, manual, and cartridge for "sega casino" for the nintendo DS. the box art is a CG rendering of a close-up of a blackjack table in the middle of a hand being played with chips and cards placed on it

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 19/08/2026

hard agree, it's very much a beginners trap! the only way you'd learn how to do it is to throw lives and continues at it until you figure out what to, very spiteful video game and of course i've done bloody swamp so many times i actually one-tried it this morning lmao

a screenshot of kid chameleon for sega genesis. kid chameleon is in his cyclone form standing on the teleporter at the end of the bloody swamp level

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 19/08/2026

what the fuck, video game, come on

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 19/08/2026

boy kid chameleon sure is a game that was made

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 18/08/2026

i thought i was gonna write a meaningful review after it gripped me like a vice and wouldn't let go, but uh. i really couldn't think of anything insightful... it'll get a regular write-up just discussing it from a mechanical point of view, but not being able to expand on that more irritates me

a cropped screenshot of the details for the aforementioned folder that has all the starflight footage in it. the stats are that it has 230 gigabytes of data stored over 12 files

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 18/08/2026

it just dawned on me that i have 230 gigabytes over 19 hours of capture footage for starflight on genesis, and 90% of it is probably just some variation of this single screenshot

a screenshot of starflight on sega genesis. the player is flying their spaceship inside a solar system at coordinates (151, 119). besides the HUD showing vital statistics like the solar system map and various gauges for fuel, shield, armor, damage, and current cargo being carried, there is nothing else on screen besides the spaceship and the empty black void of space

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 18/08/2026

i love having a sega CD and i certainly love being able to play games on it that would fail to boot if it can't save to internal memory because the memory IC failed or something like that :)

the memory management screen for a model 2 sega CD, which is plain white text on a black background. the user attempted format of internal RAM just failed, with the system helpfully saying "CANNOT FORMAT PRESS ANY BUTTON"

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 15/08/2026

today's #RandomGameSaturday is not random, because i'm trying kid chameleon again and it's still, uh. "rough", we'll say having to hit stage bosses 30 times per big floating head (2 minimum, 3 maximum) is a bit much...

a boxed copy of kid chameleon for sega genesis, placed in front of several other boxed genesis games. the box art is of a rad 90s teenager wearing sunglasses, a leather jacket, and jeans while riding a skateboard in front of many other power-up forms he takes in the game

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 11/08/2026

in case anyone was wondering if i'm making the best of my newly modded toy with experiences i cannot get anywhere else yes i am

a photo of my game boy with a backlit screen and a bivert module installed to increase the contrast. the game being played is "yakuman", a no-frills two player riichi mahjong game. i just called tsumo (win by self-draw) on getting a suuankou yakuman (four sets of three-of-a-kind without making any calls to take an opponent's discards)

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 07/08/2026

saw a first at an estate sale, where i had to grab a number and wait outside for half an hour to be let inside they wanted $80 for a mid-00s directTV cable box and a ~20" LCD TV

a still from clarissa explains it all of clarissa looking dead at the camera in despair as a crude line graph is superimposed in front of her, showing a decrease in hope over time as despair increases

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SaltMarsh @herzogzwei.neocities.org · 07/08/2026

when are we gonna see this guy again, nintendo

a zoomed-in photo of a backlit original game boy, playing super mario land 2. mario's in pumpkin zone, standing in front of a smiling chibi vampire enemy that just summoned a bat to kill the shit out of mario

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