iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 02/10/2026

And what if I told you there was a Indian girl character planned for DOA2? And that (some of) her data is still present in the older DC prototype dumps?

216639

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 02/10/2026

Reminder that Shenmue only exists because of Steven Spielberg: "Spielberg toured Sega when he came to Japan on a film promotion tour, I think. He had a game company too, GameWorks. President Nakayama led, and we went round the development floor together." (1/3)

1123

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 22/09/2026

MAME really is the goddamn best emulator ever made.

0172

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 19/09/2026

Man, prototype Pai was cute with the blush marks and smile. Final version included for reference.

0143

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 19/09/2026

Mentaiko spaghetti for lunch, probably my favorite quick, “dump it all together and eat” food

040

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 19/09/2026

Tired: DAY-TOOO-NAAAAAAAAA Wired: GAAAaaaaaame OOO-BAaaaaaa........

1141

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 18/09/2026

Really wish they had actually used those colorful, fun typefaces/logos in Virtua Racing...

0111

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 18/09/2026

Was going through my many binders of Sega paperwork for more Virtua Fighter research (shocking.), when I saw this... Hey wait, 1993 is way too early for Sonic the Fighters... Ahh, it's actually an earlier name for SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter. (oh and there's Virtua Fighters at the top.)

0121

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 17/09/2026

Part of the Virtua Fighter research, believe it or not...

0175

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 17/09/2026

in case you forgot where the cool kids hang out

082

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 17/09/2026

Can you just imagine seeing Virtua Formula on the floor at AOU 1993? How mindblowing that must have been? What a setup. What a force Sega used to be...

3212

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 16/09/2026

たしかにメガ○ライブだったらマウス代わりにヘッジホッグを使うのは当然だよ。 (ふせ字にしなくていいってば…)

074

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 16/09/2026

Wow, lots of mail arriving today... - Kat's Run - Need the manual for research on an upcoming arctle - VF Maniax... for an upcoming article. - Yume Kōjō 87 Zenkiroku, with its high quality images of the early Sega Mach Vision, for Sega Retro

051

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 16/09/2026

Oh man, the best thing about preorders is completely forgetting about them, and then getting a surprise in the mail months later!

0111

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 15/09/2026

The background and sprite art in Sailor Moon arcade is really gorgeous...

0138

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 15/09/2026

The color behind the TIME icon in Virtua Fighter changes? And has a meaning? Yes and yes. :)

071

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 11/09/2026

I wasn't sure which article I wanted to finish and post next, but oh man... I think I've decided. It's gonna be another landmark Sega game. Maybe you've heard of it... :)

050

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 11/09/2026

Forget about Sonic, forget about Flicky... Let's bring back Mr. Nastyface to his proper place of glory in Rad Mobile!

181

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 07/09/2026

Do you remember IRC? Do you have an aversion to Discord's epic gamer quirk chungus sensibilities? Do you like retro Japanese pop culture, with a focus on old games? Consider yourself old-school otaku? Join #neokobe on irc.synirc.net! Come join and idle with us.

060

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 06/09/2026

Mail’s here. Not a game card for once, but a telephone card! And come back on Monday for a new article - pic related ;)

1102

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 05/09/2026

Something is... different here in Sailor Moon arcade. What is it... hmmm....

0140

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 02/09/2026

Tired: Rad Mobile is the first appearance of Sonic the Hedgehog in a video game as a rear-view mirror ornament. Wired: The game also has a hidden Flicky ornament, hidden behind an input code.

2182

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 02/09/2026

"We love DRUGS. Let's enjoy your Trip!!" One of the more amusing finds lately is some remnants of what might be a Sega System 32 sample project, present in Rad Mobile/Rally and Hard Dunk., with one string in particular being rather... conspicuous.

181

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 01/09/2026

Anyone more familiar with Astra Superstars (ST-V arcade version) then me: I think we found an unused training mode stage. Can anyone confirm if this stage (the background) is used somewhere?

011

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 01/09/2026

Hidden dev menu in Sōkyūguren-tai (Terra Diver), locked behind a simple input code? Sure, why not.

081

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 31/08/2026

Waku Waku 7 background art appreciation thread.

0164

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 30/08/2026

Though I did take a couple shots on the GOLGO 13 machine…

070

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 30/08/2026

Pop’n machine on free play at the kids amusement space… too bad I can’t play because I have to be a responsible parent :V

180

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 29/08/2026

Sounds like I should finally write an article about the debug tools leftover in Armadillo Racing...

170

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 28/08/2026

Good morning to the devs of OutRunners, who had to hide their names behind the Konami code in the attract mode because they didn't get a staff roll at the end of the game.

1154

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 28/08/2026

A disconnected dev menu in Great Mahou Daisakuen / Dimahoo. Neat.

050

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 27/08/2026

That's kind of neat. In the Dead or Alive (original Model 2 hardware) data, you can see the sampled wireframes they used as reference for painting on textures.

051

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 27/08/2026

Sega really had a thing in the late 80s where they wanted everything to be a card…

060

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 19/05/2026

I accidentally bid on/won parts for a FamicomBox. It’s basically going right into the trash, but there is an on board ROM that I wonder if it’s worth the hassle to see if it an undumped version (probably not)…

290

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 04/05/2026

One of the debug tools in Top Ranking Stars has weaving written as "weebing" which got a hearty chuckle out of me. Next Patreon article will take a brief look at the stuff hidden away in the game!

0113

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 22/04/2026

Oh I am *fully* embracing life as a middle aged dad…

0140

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 03/04/2026

Cool old NEC sign spotted recently in Kyoto

1468

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 27/03/2026

It’s kind of infuriating that Nintendo soldered (?) the SRAM battery to their sufami test boards. It’s going to leak someday, but removing it “damages” the board. Sega did it right with battery sockets.

3190

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 25/03/2026

Completely forgot I pre-ordered this! Nice surprise this morning.

0160

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 22/03/2026

I make Kenmin biifun five packs at a time because the whole family loves it. Going to make a gorgeous seafood and pork mix tonight!

060

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 16/03/2026

Oh hey an old DVD fell out of a bag at the garbage collection point. Let’s see….. oh.

150

ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · 14/03/2026

It's a been a long time coming... MEGADEV, a development kit for the Sega Mega CD, version 1.0 is released! ──────────────────── 🔗https://github.com/drojaazu/megadev ────────────────────

7366168