Reposted by SailsWIZNWAR @wiznwar.bsky.social · 8h⚠️Owners of DEMON'S TILT on STEAM can opt into the "PRO-TUNE" Beta, this ports the flipper feel from XENOTILT to DEMON'S TILT. @ us with feedback.⚠️ 021
Reposted by SailsBlackblooms (indiegamedev) @blackblooms.bsky.social · 11hRemember how pushy i was when advertising Dispo Sable? I managed to get about 50 likes on the trailer How many people played it?....2 (assuming everyone who downloaded it played it, which is itself unlikely) How many posts did i see about the game? 0 blackblooms.itch.io/dispo-sableblackblooms.itch.ioDispo Sable by BlackbloomsFace the greatest horror of all....having a job! 172
Sails @sailssez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A first person noticed a difference between the western and eastern versions of a video game product and posted about it online This turned out to be a terrible decision for mankind 000
Reposted by SailsBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 28/09/2026Proboards just updated their terms of service for their forum software, essentially saying "you give us the right to use anything you post to train LLMs, and we can also disclose and sell your personal information, fuck you." One of the worst of these I've ever seen. www.proboards.com/tos 612563
Reposted by SailsROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Need more reasons to 🗓️save-the-date on ROMchip's March 13th, 2027 fundraiser?🤔 We'll be hosting id Software co-founder and Doom legend ✨️extraordinaire✨️ John Romero for an hour of Quake! 183
Reposted by SailsTime Extension @timeextension.com · 25/09/2026Binky: Frozen In Time Is A Brand New C64 Platformer From Thalamus, And It's Available Right Now timeextension.comBinky: Frozen In Time Is A Brand New C64 Platformer From Thalamus, And It's Available Right NowFrom the makers of Bounder and Rick Dangerous 1189
Reposted by Sails𝙒𝘼𝙍★𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝟳 @ Gamescom @warchamp7.ca · 27/09/2026This news has gone a bit viral and has made the rounds without a very critical bit of information in Zach's tweet: The webpage itself needs to have a major (and incredibly amateur) security flaw or be actively malicious. 2123
Reposted by Sails𝙒𝘼𝙍★𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝟳 @ Gamescom @warchamp7.ca · 27/09/2026One of the worst things about AI making programming available to non developers is that it is also trivially easy to distribute the result. 162
Reposted by SailsBrian Hall @halldoc1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Though in terrible condition, it was built using the TTL system. It was made a full year prior to Spirit of 76. 151
Reposted by SailsBrian Hall @halldoc1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming #arcade Turns out this may be the first pinball machine to use a microprocessor. Newly discovered in a barn in Brazil, this is a Carnaval No Rio (LTD, 1974). According to the son of the LTD founder, this was the world's first electronic pinball machine. 4296
Reposted by SailsMetin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026To celebrate all the recent love for #Hoi and #MoonChild, I fired up @aseprite.org to create some new Hoi and MC pixel art, for the first time in ± 30 years. 😃💚 For the scenery, I used my tiles for the Amiga version, combined with the Windows version's mountains and night sky background. 3827141015
Reposted by SailsJake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026DLC ANNOUNCEMENT! Just when you thought the card-flipping horrors were over... new secrets are unearthed. Introducing a brand new story-driven DLC, Forbidden Solitaire: The Discarded! Please wishlist and share: store.steampowered.com/app/5238350/... New levels, enemies, jokers, sigils + more! 13397148
Sails @sailssez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You ever notice nobody ever says Gannon anymore? Did we finally ban them all? 130
Reposted by Sailsr1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Had an idea for my new Zelda 2 inspired project, where in addition to the standard progression items, there could also be a roguelike inspired item system of small upgrades. I imagine they’d be all over but you’d lose one every couple hits or something idk #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #retrogaming 816230
Sails @sailssez.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Wearing my satanic ritual pixel art garfield shirt to the undertale symphony today 040
Reposted by SailsAlex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026No contest, gimme those jaggies. 912214
Reposted by Sails⭐🇪🇨-YinyangGio-⭐ Commissions Open (3/6) @yinyanggio14.bsky.social · 16/09/2026-Who needs them...? #Fortnite #MarioBros #sonicthehedgehog #Pacman #TheSimpsons #Spyro #FamilyGuy #CrashBandicoot 14675231
Reposted by SailsX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 27/08/2026the thing with people like this is, without fail, three minutes later they're showing their whole ass. "shouldn't they jail things for excessive requests?" congratulations on not reading my blog post about how most of this abuse is from hundreds of thousands of residential proxies w/ 1-5req. 51867
Reposted by SailsX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 27/08/2026this is a real bummer to see from someone i looked up to, and what a rancid take it is. the stuff on our site was not "free", that's all hard work people had to put in to discover *and document* it. and hosting it sure isn't free! 2751975
Reposted by SailsWisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A few photos from Vintage Computer Festival Midwest this last Sunday. What a great show! Can't wait for next year! #VCFMW 0123
Reposted by Sailstechknight @thetechknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2026VCF Midwest had its first christening, went off with a bang 916422
Reposted by SailsBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 12/09/2026If you're looking for VCDs in 2026 you can still find them in Monterey Park. I love browsing stores that just never got rid of whatever they had 30 years ago. 4543
Reposted by SailsSos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Another such case. Every day, an indie game developer making something cool and sharing is getting ripped off by these clowns. Original on the left. Don’t share your game - no sales Share your game - gets stolen 11446114
Reposted by SailsX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 10/09/2026this is absolutely the funniest part, though, like holy christ i woke up and knew i had to share this glorious rake-stepping with the world. there's a reason i call them clowns 4567
Reposted by SailsThe Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 09/09/2026Someone also posted this to our forums as well! Here's our article on what was known before this prototype was released! Most of it appears to be in the ROM. tcrf.net/Prerelease:B... bsky.app/profile/fact... 8388162
Reposted by SailsFacts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Someone claimed to have uploaded the SNES prototype of Project Dream that they had in their personal collection on Archive.org. This is footage by OlieGamerTV. We don't know if its authentic but it works. 11861286
Sails @sailssez.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Why does Zelda look like a gremlin, I can forgive literally everything else... 000
Sails @sailssez.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I wish I liked how new OOT looks but several aspects are too ugly to me 020
Reposted by SailsChris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Well, dang, Final Fantasy Resonance is pretty good so far! The appeal of classic Final Fantasy games isn't just "pixel art," it's a sense of propulsion and streamlined action that's hard to pull off when you're bogged down in lengthy cut scenes and dialogue and overwrought battle animations 4896
Reposted by SailsRobert Bantin 🇸🇪🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @cubusaddendum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A #gamedev moment. 😍 0206
Sails @sailssez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@hunty.biz Is that Weather Channel /Lava Reef Zone Act 2 video still around? I seem to think you'd posted it at some point... 000
Reposted by SailsJohn Romero @johnromero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Check out my trip to the Dutch Pinball Museum where I discover a new FPS, possibly the first FPS. dutchpinballmuseum.com 331636450
Reposted by SailsSega CD Pride Month @32mbit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I've alluded to this earlier but doing stuff like this with the big LLMs costs a lot of money and prompting (they're not magic machines) so weirdos like this get this sense of ownership because "I'm paying for it." They probably spent, at least, hundreds of dollars on this and want clout for it. 49743
Reposted by SailsIGN @ign.com · 01/09/2026Psychonauts and Costume Quest maker Double Fine has launched its new game development Kickstarter project after cutting ties with Xbox, and says it'll make Brütal Legend 2 if it raises an impossible-sounding $100 million. bit.ly/4gK2wXK 15337104
Reposted by SailsDouble Fine @doublefine.com · 01/09/2026100 million roadies have the opportunity to do something truly hilarious here 351875626
Reposted by SailsExperiment T @experimentt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you see news of a StarFox SNES PC port. Kindly ignore it. It's another Slopcomp job and for extra spice, Kadowontu (Creator of StarFox EX) has admitted in broad daylight to not only using AI, but is also using the stolen source code from the gigaleaks & also stealing credit from others work. 231170680
Reposted by Sailsarborelia @arborelia.net · 01/09/2026Now that the IFPA has crossed the line of banning a trans woman from a women's pinball tournament they're running, because she spoke up for trans equality: what the heck do we do next? I have a lot to say. I'm doing my best to have some sort of hope for pinball. posts.arborelia.net/the-sequel-t...posts.arborelia.netThe Sequel to OBX, and How to Change the EndingAn unjust ban shows the situation for trans pinball players has gotten worse. 214279
Reposted by SailsThe Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/09/2026It's good to be back :D tcrf.net/The_Cutting_... 351302302
Reposted by SailsSam.END.ICE.Machkovech @samred.com · 01/09/2026gen-AI can automate so many things, the industry's apologists will say and it can gum up the retro-preservation works, in terms of bombarding open-source repos with jibberish but it cannot automate good ol' fashioned confessions of using STOLEN NINTENDO SOURCE CODE 37112
Reposted by SailsOmar @ocornut.bsky.social · 30/08/2026AI assisted PR/issues appears to be quickly damaging what’s remaining of good energy and interactions in open source software maintenance. An extra year of this trajectory toward laziness in interactions and I can picture communities switching to invite-only or paying-only. 16516
![https://archive.org/details/project-dream-snes_202609
Today, I’m releasing the SNES proof-of-concept alpha of Project Dream, the proto-type that would go on to become Banjo-Kazooie.
I’ve held on to this for years, it was fun to have something that only a handful of people had, and as I am several people removed from how it got out of Rare to begin with, I didn’t want to risk that it could somehow get someone else in trouble, (so how I got it is a story I don’t plan to share.) I will just say that I got it from someone who got it from someone, who got it from somewhere.
But with the current state of the industry and Microsoft's current heartless gutting and mismanagement of Rare and other companies it controls, plus with how long it's been, I feel it's more important to make sure this is properly preserved, and the ROM dissected by people with far more knowledge on how to do such things.
I hope by releasing this, that it also inspires other people to release what they have as well. I know the Twelve Tales Conker 64 prototype is out there somewhere, but sadly, this is the only thing that I have.
There is little joy left in the industry, as it relentlessly marches towards AI, layoffs, l anti-preservation and ownership tactics, and, in Microsoft’s case, the support and approval of literal genocide in Gaza.
Let’s get the last beautiful things hiding on our hard drives out there for everyone. That's all we have left.
Please delete Microsoft and Sony from your lives, install Linux, boycott Switch Game Key Cards and buy Nintendo Switch 2 titles that still come with the full game on the cartridge. Your dollar is the only thing that counts in our late stage capitalist hellscape.
The attached zip contains a .bin file of the raw dump, and then the same file renamed to a .sfc to work in emulators, as well as this text file.
[...some text omitted for limit reasons...]
Be blessed, and love each other.
Signed,
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