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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 29/09/2026

No problem at all. If you want you can drop me a DM and I'll give you access to my running list.

Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 28/09/2026

Yeah, I think most MGS titles have forklifts in them, actually (maybe except 4, but could just be nobody bothered to mention it). I do know about most of these (my list of games to get screenshots from is very long by now), but keep them coming.

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Ian @wordsoup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

2015 Russian Spectrum game called Metal Man Remixed. You briefly drive a forklift on one of the levels & can move cars around. spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/30401/...

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 27/09/2026

Oh wow, good one! Love me some obscure Spectrum stuff.

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Ian @wordsoup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/15863/...

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 27/09/2026

Dunno why I never thought of hitting @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's digital archive for this project before, but now I did and it helped me find a whole bunch more early 2D video game forklifts (and some more recent 3D ones, but I haven't gotten around to adding those yet) samderboo.com/forklifts.php

A screenshot of the game 102 Dalmatians for the Game Boy Color. A dalmatian sits on a very short platform belonging to a very tall forklift.

A screenshot of the arcade game Nights Striker. A futuristic flying vehicle flies through a semi-abstract 3D space while dodging a grey forklift steered by what looks like a robot or a person in a kind of suit.

A screenshot of the monochrome Game Boy game The Punisher. A guy rides a forklift with a crate on it while crosshairs sit in his path. There's a big boat in the background also.

A screenshot of the arcade game Revolution X. Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford is jamming in a forklift.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 27/09/2026

Oh lol, I just added that in between your post and me checking Bluesky again.

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

We're so proud that the VGHF Digital Library's handy search functions are helping research efforts by the Video Game Forklift Museum 🍴🏋️!

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城間のレトロショック @sretroshock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

😂 Well, I don't know if this counts, but a real forklift appears on Crime Patrol. You can tell it's a NAMCO model (not the Pac-Man one), but I couldn't identify exactly which one. I noticed it looks similar to the one in the photo, but the person who posted it doesn't know the model. Maybe a LC2015?

Screenshot from a video on the Modern Retro Gamer YouTube channel featuring the LaserDisc game Crime Patrol. The image shows a warehouse filled with cardboard boxes, and in the center, surrounded by them, are a forklift and a hooded man dressed entirely in black and holding a firearm.

Screenshot from a video on the Modern Retro Gamer YouTube channel featuring the LaserDisc game Crime Patrol. The image shows a hooded man dressed entirely in black, holding a firearm, standing while driving a yellow forklift from the North America Manufacturing Company.

Photo of a Facebook Marketplace ad showing a rear view of a forklift from the North America Manufacturing Company. It is yellow with white doors that provide access to the engines, and it is evident that it no longer has its original paint and shows signs of rust.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 25/09/2026

I've made a large-ish update to my page samderboo.com/forklifts.php and now I've documented more than a hundred video game forklifts.

A screenshot of the game James Bond 007: Nightfire, showing a a large elaborate forklift in mostly black painting with some yellow accents lifting a bunch of crates.

A screenshot of the game Driv3r showing a regular forklift lifting a car in front of some picturesque houses.

A screenshot of the game Dynamite Cop showing the inside of a ship's storage space with some fighting dudes and a wee little forklift in the corner.

a screenshot of the game Yu Yu Hakusho 2: Kakutō no Sho, showing two pixel art anime character combatants in front of a warehouse background with a bunch of crates, large heavy metal gates and a forklift.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 15/09/2026

Thanks! Turns out you can still connect to the Russian servers on PC, and the game even appears to feature multiple different forklift models. (I've seen at least one other so far.) Do you happen to remember if the above one appears in the campaign or in PVP?

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EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

ICYMI I just released WOLF last week. A 3D First Person Shooter for the Game Boy Color! RT to spread the word please. @itch.io -> thalamusdigital.itch.io/wolf-game-bo... #gameBoy #indieDev #retroGaming

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Dug up from digital archives: a cute bit of mid-90s CG rendering of an MSX from an old '95 PCMania CDROM.

A 3D render of an MSX microcomputer on a wooden desk in a corner in front of a CRT TV with tapes, cart, and various games on the shelf. A 3 button arcade joystick can be seen next to an Asterix and Obelix poster on the wall.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 07/08/2026

You might like looking into Battletech Centers.

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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

finally, i have a way to combine my two greatest passions: magic the gathering, and posting too much. MAGIC EVERY DAY WITH ESPER QUINN begins today!! ...and continues Every Day After Today, Indefinitely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auq7...

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August 3, 2026 - Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn

YouTube video by Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 13/07/2026

Oh, neat! I've been pretty loose with my definition including things like that one automaton im Syberia, so this is absolutely in for me.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 12/07/2026

Added this one and a bunch more to my page now. samderboo.com/forklifts.php

Screenshot of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. Cloud standing in front of a forklift in a dark mako reactor hall.

Screenshot of Ghostbusters for the Sega Master System. A menu screen with a range of items on the left, a little forklift is standing under the middle one. On the right side is the Ghostbusters car in a much larger scale.

Screenshot of Pusu: Uyanış, a 3D action game from Turkey. A guy is standing in front of a forklift that's loaded with a wooden crate. There's a bunch more crates to the side.

A screenshot of Space Adventure Cobra: Awakening. The hero is running in front of a futuristic city skyline.There's a flying car. Closer to the foreground there's a tall forklift with a retro sci-fi design.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 12/07/2026

Haven't seen that one yet. That's an interesting perspective for a 2D one!

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 07/07/2026

Another lawyer-y thing, but I was involved in naming several games where corporate policy was to only lock down a title after getting a registered trademark for it in several countries with very different standards for that, complimenting each other to make almost any simple title impossible.

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serah @etherealserah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

video games

screenshot from that one serious kunio-kun game. Sabu is standing in the midst of a burning mansion saying "Everything is going fine with our business." He reminds me of Xbox today, but who knows who he will be tomorrow.

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itch.io @itch.io · 01/07/2026

We don't enforce any DRM for games and stuff on @itch.io. Buy, download, and never connect to the internet again for all we care ✌️

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WhiteHat94 @whitehat94.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@samderboo.com spotted another one, Kaettekita Cyborg Kurochan on PS1 from 2002

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 25/06/2026

I've tried a bunch of different search pages and come to the sad realization that even in its self-lobotomized state, Google is still leagues above any alternative.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 22/06/2026

Thing I made for a game jam. 10-minute driving game where you try to catch ghosts. derboo.itch.io/curse-catchers

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Curse Catchers by Sam Derboo

Try to catch the cursed souls while driving along the road.

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 16/06/2026

IT’S REAL AND IT’S HERE AND I’M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT IT FOR YOU~✨💖

A photo showing the box for doujin PC game Escalator Action. Two NES-like figures aim large guns at each other on an escalator.

The reverse of the same box, showing screenshots from the game. The expected escalator action is present and correct.

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John Andersen @johnandersen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In the fifth SNK game patent I found a title screen is finally seen: Fantasy (1981). In this hot air balloon adventure you must rescue your girl Cheri from pirates. The layouts for all ten level screens are here. Fantasy would be licensed to jukebox giant Rock-Ola for distribution in North America.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 02/06/2025

Extremely goated box art on this early Jeff Minter game.

Box art of Ancipital for the Commodore 64. In front of a black background, a bipedal goat outlined by a red glow casually strolls to the left.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 23/05/2026

We worked real hard and did a huge amount of quality of life stuff (mouse control, text logs), added New Game Plus, and a bunch of extra dialog bits for Demonschool. It's also currently the Steam daily deal at 30% off! Good time to grab it if you haven't.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A picture of the team behind Sega's 1985 arcade game Ninja Princess. From left to right: Makoto Oshitani, Rieko Kodama, ??, Yoshiki Kawasaki. via @gamingalexandria.bsky.social archive.org/details/beep...

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Not sure what this is going to look like in-game...

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VGMuseum (ReyVGM) @vgmuseum.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is Clash at Demonhead's bad ending in the Japanese version of the game. For some reason, it was removed for the U.S. release. 36 years later, it's still more relevant than ever.

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SarahJaneAvory @sarahjaneavory.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

After a bit of optimising (screaming at screen when it wasn't working, overjoyed when it finally was), here's WIP C64 Delphian running on a stock 1Mhz C64.😀 It's around 2-3 times faster than it was, and there's still more I can do... Should be pretty zippy on a C64U at 64Mhz, so will try later.🙂

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 06/05/2026

I've been trying to make a 2D first person dungeon crawler like Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder and that's a great excuse to practice this!

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Sky Burkson @skyburkson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ganondorf in the Pyramid of Power for Super Zeldathon this summer @zeldathon.com made from bristol paper, cardstock, & sketchbook paper (+ micro LEDs)

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OriginalVideoGameArt.com @ovga.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It looks like Eric JW Lee did indeed reference this Dolph Lundgren still from Masters of the Universe for his Phantasy Star III illustration for GamePro!

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 22/04/2026

Would that I had the time to do fan translations anymore...

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 22/04/2026

Or, alternatively, an apron with boobs painted on!

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Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 19/04/2026

Yesterday @reified-systems.itch.io pointed out that Basil's face from this Fawlty Towers VHS collection is nearly exactly The Expression from Disco Elysium, and my mind is blown. I genuinely think this may be the original inspiration! So many details match up

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 19/04/2026

Here's an addendum to an older page. Aside from Michael Whelan, Clyde Caldwell and Frank Frazetta, turns out this cover also takes from Boris Vallejo and Larry Elmore, for a massive who's who of classic fantasy illustrators. samderboo.com/tracing.php?... #TracingTheInfluence

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 19/04/2026

Haven't gotten all elements yet, but I think it's enough for a comparison now. Lots of elements from a Frazetta b&w illustration for an Edgar Rice Burroughs book, plus a weight lifter by Vallejo. Kicking guy and kneeling guy are still at large. #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

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OriginalVideoGameArt.com @ovga.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Paul E. Stinson frequently swiped Boris, so I was sure that was the case for the back box art for Marauder (Atari 2600, 1982). Was finally able to match this to Boris Vallejo's piece Nubian Warrior (1978)

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 17/04/2026

Cool. I know his lizard wizard on the Magic Candle II cover is also inspired by Vallejo's The Magnificent.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 17/04/2026

Is Metal Morph by Bruce Eagle as well?

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OriginalVideoGameArt.com @ovga.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Thanks to @samderboo.com I knew that Metal Morph SNES referenced this Frazetta, but now I'm going back through Bruce Eagle's catalog and I see that Bruce referenced the same Frazetta for the dino in the foreground of his box art for Magic Candle III (which I'm sure has plenty more references within)

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 16/04/2026

There's a little bit of Boris Vallejo in this cover, too! #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 16/04/2026

Braindead / Dead Alive. Probably 10 or so? I walked out when the baby was born.

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 15/04/2026

Spear guy has been identified! Shouldn't have been so fixated on fantasy paintings... Not gonna make a new video, but it's updated on the page (might have to do a forced refresh if you've seen the first version.) #TracingTheInfluence

A scan of the cover of the PC Engine game Sindibad, overlaid with elements from several paintings by Boris Vallejo to show the influence.

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