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@ohfivepro.bsky.social
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Arcade dork from Edinburgh, Scotland. Playing, learning, scoring, investigating & generally messing about with arcade games of all genres since forever www.youtube.com/c/ohfivepro

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 5h
"I've never heard of this" "it's a brand new product, fresh off the line" Balloon Bomber appeared in Game Center Arashi before it released into arcades. Not a bad way to get some publicity when games magazines were almost unheard of
the page from manga Game Center Arashi that showed Balloon Bomber via drawings before the game hit arcades
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 6h
A joint advert from 1980 & now both games are reunited again via Arcade Archives. Steel Worker from late last year & now Balloon Bomber later on today
B&W Japanese trade ad from TGM in 1980 showing both games with cartoon images depicting some of the characters
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 6h
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKfB... I wonder if this was the 1st game to speed up a music track as danger increased?
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アーケードアーカイブス バルーンボンバー
YouTube video by HAMSTER Corporation
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 6h
We're going back to 1980 this week for single screen shooting on Arcade Archives with Taito's Balloon Bomber #バルーンボンバー #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ #タイトー
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 14h
I had a Star Wars Bantha poster when I was a kid but I cannot find a pic of it online😢 In later years I had a bunch of record sleeves & a few skateboards, or just the slick part from the deck, once the deck was worn out + some Jp game ads or art I'd cut from mags
World Industries - Javontae Turner - Chiquita - 1993Blind - Jordan Richtner - Marvin the Martian - 1992Plan B - Danny Way - Alien - 1992
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 19h
It's always fine to use the game's native name, or the one that you grew up with or even the foreign one that more people might be familiar with. It's all good This holds true until you say Big Tournament Golf to me, at which point I'm legally obliged to slap you in the mouth for being wrong🏌️‍♂️⛳
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sept 29th is 招き猫の日 / beckoning cat day Here's a sane & normal pic from a few years ago when I was in the middle of becoming the 1st person in over 30yrs to break the Gamest record for Trio the Punch, a game which in theory should have no scoring variance, so all 1cc's should score the same. False🤔😺
A large beckoning cat has patted me on the head, tuning me into a logA large beckoning cat who is about to be attacked by a tiny ninja
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The mag articles the dev I spoke to mentioned are online these days, so you can read even more actual, not made up, Hot-B facts for yourself
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Actual 1st hand info about Hot-B's name
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If it's about arcade games, on the internet, in English, there's a 99% chance it'll be about this accurate
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Things I never quite understood: why did the Mad Gears have a glass factory or did the lads just smash up an unrelated glass factory for no reason?
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
youtu.be/raFeejepwRI?... A selection of Sunday slappers to knock the sleep out of your eyes & ears. Some classics, some brand new music & a whole heap of stuff you can't just buy. Hard, fast & relentless All offset by a pic of Alice, the gaminghell adjacent voidular orb, to soften things out a bit
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Drum n Bass Mix - 27th Sept 2026 - Alice's Power Hour
YouTube video by ohfivepro
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Edge has the chance of being the best games magazine by far. Seemingly written by adults & with claims that all they cared about was gameplay, yet every issue was just business wank chat & articles about how 3DFX cards or some other just around the corner tech would make games important Shitrag
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
youtu.be/raFeejepwRI?... A selection of Sunday slappers to knock the sleep out of your eyes & ears. Some classics, some brand new music & a whole heap of stuff you can't just buy. Hard, fast & relentless All offset by a pic of Alice, the gaminghell adjacent voidular orb, to soften things out a bit
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Drum n Bass Mix - 27th Sept 2026 - Alice's Power Hour
YouTube video by ohfivepro
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Guy literally got run out of his own chair & space station by a little Invader who knew the pattern needed to beat him. He's not all that🤔😉
The General from Kaiser Knuckle atop the stairs of his command centrest.1 boss room of Space Invaders '95 - it's the General's room but he's gone as the Invaders have taken over. The General of the Invaders is dressed like KK's General, atop a chair that overlooks everythingThe General in his chair, before the Invaders took it from him
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Typical celebrity fake gamer with their late era 'white text' Astro Wars, probably chosen as it matches their face🤔 I, a real gamer™️ of course has the OG & much rarer 'red text' version, which doesn't match my face, unless I've been doing any form of strenuous exercise, which is also rare nowadays🥵
Pics of an original UK red text Astro Wars LSI game + box that I took when I was posting about Galaxian coming to Arcade Archives a few years ago, as despite still having Astro Wars written on it, the Japanese version was called Super GalaxianPics of an original UK red text Astro Wars LSI game + box that I took when I was posting about Galaxian coming to Arcade Archives a few years ago, as despite still having Astro Wars written on it, the Japanese version was called Super Galaxian
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of the few remaining bits of evidence of 1987 Japan's short lived Fantasy Zone x Chack'n Pop vore fetish scene🤔 They removed his legs as feet sickos had yet to be invented (I promise I will never, ever mention such thing again. Normal arcade game posting will resume shortly)
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rare 'legit gave it my all but still got humped' this week How hard can clearing 2 stages be? Well, not too hard tbh but if you're scoring, rank's off the scale & you need to be getting every secret to earn. This score's still 2x what a normal score to where I died would be but not getting the....
me in 13th out of 100. Hardly a disaster & it's happened before (hello Bosconian) but it smarts a bit as I know that top 10 was achievable. Oh well, such is life & a good time was still had & lots was learned
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hamster have engaged maniac mode again & you can apply autofire to the movement directions if you want to play as Paul. His default speed is unhinged (think Uotaro in Dangun Feveron but x3) but now you can make him jerky but manageable in his own way
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I did not know I was about to partake in a 3D shoot-a thon, a Hollywood movie or get covered in alien entrails but here we are. I have also been shouting many expletives today for what I thought were unknown reason. But now I know Good old 90s American writing. Like English, only more stupider🤔😜
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Xevious 3D/G is now OUT (in the futuristic post-apocalyptic jungle / desert hellscape wasteland of Australia), so under an hour until it starts reaching the bits of the world that matter (my PS5 via Japan, which both remain dingo & crocodile free) 🐊🪃⏱️
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good selection of three dimensional lads from the game, including a few famous interlopers
some characters from the game from the PS1 OST release inc. a blue Dragon who seems to have a lot of Spirit and the greatest & roundest, albeit slightly blockular here, character of all time. No, not Mario you fool. Pooka
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The game certainly proved popular when it was revealed at the AOU'96 Show 'there were middle-aged men who practically rushed over to hug the cabinet and shed tears of joy (slight exaggeration)' As a middle aged man who likes Xevious, will I be able to contain myself in a few hours time?🤔🥲🫂😂
Coverage of the game at AOU'96. Many rows of red Namco cabs are running the game & being played. No one is hugging the cab or crying but that may have been before the photo was taken
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Any 'registered with Gamest for High Score tallying' arcade would do but Gamest recommended these Namco branches for their good maintenance & high standards. In no way did an envelope full of Namco money change hands🤔 But today you can add your own home address if you buy the game
Contact details for several of Namco's own arcades
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 1st reveal that this game contained mysterious fighting men with fists of iron. No doubt well known these days though
b&w magazine image with 2 definitely not Solvalous that look quite familiar all the same
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1996 print advert for the game
Xevious 3D/G print ad from Gamest
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Namco 3D shooting comes to Arcade Archives 2 this week with 1996's Xevious 3D/G Namco joined Arcade Archives 5 years ago & this is their 100th title, also marking 500 consecutive weeks of Arcade Archive releases. Much to celebrate #ゼビウス3DG #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taito & Hamster are having a bunch of discounts across all platforms inc. Steam to celebrate 'Darius Unveiling Day' if you're wanting anything Darius or Taito related for less than usual. I've put a selection of them below but there's plenty of others on the consoles too
10x ACA Taito games on discountDarius games on offerA few of the Taito Switch games on discountTaito Steam games on discount
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here's 9 games I've played in the last week which are good Tetris TGM Soukyugurentai Twinkle Star Sprites V-V Karnov Mr. Do! VS Unicorns Syvalion Spinal Breakers Rave Racer Many other good games also exist. Have fun playing them when you have a free moment or two
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Zangief fan art from 1991 VS 1997 Zangief in Pocket Fighter Those 6 years were not kind to him😢
Zangief fan art from Gamest, done in mid 1991
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Your occasional reminder: Never forget, just because a game is running in an emulator doesn't mean it's running correctly & even if it is running as intended, the default settings can still be completely wrong
old tweet showing the correct Riot DIP settings whereas mame gives you 4 lives for reasons unknown, which obviously changes the game balance quite a lot
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm still annoyed we never got the PC Engine Batman game we were originally promised, instead of the top down one which looks a bit shit & I've never played The unreleased one seems to have a Batman sprite that looks a bit like 1960s Batman, so it could have been camp & hilarious, instead of dull😢🦇
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kneel before your true god mortal man, for you have angered His Pookaness
The pope was given a grren orb for some reason but I have used a website to replace the green orb with a Pooka, which is red but also much better
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You, yes you🫵can read about Mr. Do! & his Unicorn infested Castle right here👇 I'm staying in tonight in an attempt to become 'not bad' at this game, maybe even 'slightly OK'. It feels like a very tough game but it is fun & I am stupid & determined. A powerful combination
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.youtube.com/live/tESha-P... timestamped for Metal Slug proto version at TGS
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【東京ゲームショウ2026】4Gamer Live Stage Day1【4Gamer】
YouTube video by 4GamerSP
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Paraphrasing of OG Metal Slug dev: There was different 3 loketest versions, for different loketests. 1 ended during st.4, the others after st.5. No st.6 was implemented. The later ones had different gun controls. The stage orders & some layouts & graphics are different from the final game...
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is it possible to completely agree with something & yet have a totally different opinion? Yes tldr, play games, have fun BUT I would also advise you to push any game where score is an element as hard as you can, at least for a while. Some mid-games become godly with a 5min timer in place whilst...
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Those 2 credits 40yrs ago paid off as I shambled my way into 4th place this week💪 Good game that starts off fun, then gets frustrating, then gets fun again as your brain slowly works out things you can do to progress The Overseas ver. I didn't play should be a bit easier to get into too
4th place in the Mr Do VS Unicorns day 1 caravan. Obviously much better scores can be achieved but my brain can only go so far, & even getting to 20K was real tough to begin with
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It has been upgraded to a MEGA adventure New Dacholer T exists. How or why, nobody knows but it is real & can be worn bu YOU🫵
Dacholer T - the lad stands next to a football. Dacholer's Mega Adventure is written underneath
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same question but for Libble Rabble & without the irony tbf you can't really improve on perfection. Maybe just remake the same game but put a Pooka in the chest occasionally? Anyway, play some Libble Rabble
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
for the most part it looks almost OK (I don't see bad rivets?) but the ship being all curved to the left, off-centre & asymmetrical def screams fake. And the poster, despite having OK composition also has red lines on the ship wings that just end, instead of curving around On balance - eff this
closer up on the boxclose up of the posterfull pic of the poster, with the game running underneath
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Of course the bestest & most orbular of lads didn't need to hog the limelight. He's just in a corner wondering where he is & being glad he's not in the other panel, where Mario is hitting him with a snot rocket😢 For his crimes against Pookas & gorillas, God invented Nintendo fanboys with opinions
Pooka, in the cornerPooka having snot thrown at him by known gorilla abuser & probable pervert, Mario
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AI vibe coding used in order to make this run, so proceed with caution. Or better yet, proceed to someone who does it for reals when such a thing occurs
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZrZ... this was just linked to me by a mutual on twitter. Apparently it was lost media until 3 days ago so might be of interest to some of you? Inter Stellar Zangus an unreleased LD arcade shooting game developed by Funai Electric in 1984, background footage & audio
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Interstellar zangus full ld with sound this time
YouTube video by pydaphne emulator dev and studio
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HekN... Everyone's favourite Ostrich is coming to Arcade Archives 2. No one really knows why these exist but more Dacholder for all can only be a good thing An Ostrich..... What an adventure
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アーケードアーカイブス ダチョラー
YouTube video by HAMSTER Corporation
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When not making hit records there was nothing Japanese idols in 1983 liked more than popping down to the local arcade to play Mr Do! Vs Unicorns Luckily the game will still be excellent even if you're not an idol from 40+ years ago
Magazine article with Jealousy, 2 separate idols in different genres who came together for a couple of songs in 83-84. They're about to play Mr Do VS Unicorns & other arcade gamesTheir 7" single sleeve
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I only played this game twice, on a ferry traveling to France when I was maybe 5-6yrs old, so I will definitely have to study the 'Hi-Techniques' before the Caravan to stand a chance
How to play advert no.1How to play advert no.2How to play advert no.3How to play advert no.4
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The 1st magazine advert revealing Universals new game The next four months each got a new advert showing how to play Chances of those adverts appearing on your timelines soon = high🤡🦄🪜
The 1st magazine advert revealing Universals new game.
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fan art from 1983 with Mr Do vs Unicorns taking centre stage, overshadowing the likes of Mario, Mappy, Pacman & Guzzler
Fan art from 1983 with Mr Do vs Unicorns taking centre stage, overshadowing the likes of Mario, Mappy, Pacman & Guzzler
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He's back!! And this time he's brought Unicorns Mr. Do's 2nd adventure comes to Arcade Archives this week #ミスタードゥ対ユニコーン #アーケードアーカイブス #アケアカ #ユニバーサル
Mr Do vs Unicorns Jp flyer
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