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Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 3: Ikai no Princess It's um... already done. I wasn't expecting a long game, but I thought it'd try to stretch its 30+ minute runtime into at least an hour of playtime. Dammit. Now I can't think of anything to say. #retrogaming #turbografx

Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 3: Ikai no Princess by Masaya for the PC Engine CD.

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Dungeonbuster @dungeonbuster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sweet Home (1989) was a horror-themed RPG by Capcom released only in Japan for the Nintendo Famicom. Five investigators descend on a famous, and deceased, artist's abandoned mansion seeking his lost works and answers to what happened to those that went before them. (a spooky thread)

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Goh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Attaching Marco from Metal Slug to my fan to bring out some Heavy Machine Gun action.

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StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Touch grass or touchpads? The 2015 Steam Controller was maybe the most lovingly crafted hardware failure in video game history. But was it really a failure? Its insane history says otherwise. New episode of Punching Weight! Watch with your pets! RT's appreciated! 💀 youtu.be/xkMuoA88n4M 💀

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beneath the Weeping Canopy By Jeff Stanford

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Colour cycling and hi-res Amiga AGA landscapes: A clip from the Mark Ferrari art slideshow production from 2023.

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Noelle @swampwitch-noelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The old Pico-8 version of Celeste is such a fun replayable game, it's really short and it makes you want to beat it faster and more efficiently every time.

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Lance Smith 🎨🪶 @lancesmithart.com · 25/09/2026

Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings 12x18 inks on paper- $675 likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Noelle @swampwitch-noelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Suddenly came across this, I kinda wanna try this game now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v40...

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The Pac-Man Bootleg That Was Actually Good

YouTube video by ItsAnomal

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Unused graphic found in the files of Mario Superstar Baseball, possibly used as a placeholder for the title screen. It features crude sketches of Mario and Luigi seemingly made in MS Paint and the text "ルイージの兄野球", which translates to "Luigi's Older Brother Baseball".

ルイージの兄野球
Source: tcrf.net user "Geno Penguin", https://tcrf.net/File:MSSBTitleScreenSketch.png

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An evening by the fire, an urgent message... Waterdeep is once again in grave danger. 📺 : Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon, Westwood Studios, 1991.

A crt TV screen photo of a medieval fantasy street of tudor style houses and cobblestones in a rainswept night.

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HPRshredder @hprshredder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

youtu.be/SSi7cKvyQ3w Just sharing this again because it's close to 20k and it would make me happy to hit it.

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This Game Will Give You Nightmares

YouTube video by HPRshredder

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Guidelines for PC Engine CD-ROM2 (ROM ROM) Life Harmony: 1) Read more yuri light novels 2) Point out how cute your CD-ROM is as often as possible 3) Do not disturb your CD-ROM if they are pleasantly dreaming 4) Do not vibe too hard with the beat - only sufficiently

A set of anime/manga style guidelines for using a Super CD-ROM2 for PCE, with illustrations for reading the instructions carefully, using it the right side up, not opening up the cd tray while operaitonal, and not dancing around too hard when its running lest it skip.

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Fryguy64: King of Rot @nindb.net · 14/09/2026

I didn't enjoy NES Metroid until I stopped trying to follow guides and started drawing my own maps. I loved videogames as a kid because they gave me a peek into another world. They're not just a bunch of systems to overcome. Sometimes it's worth taking time to explore and chart your own course.

Best ending of NES Metroid. Screenshot taken from a PAL NES running through an upscaler.

A hand-drawn map of Metroid showing the route and steps needed to beat it as quickly as possible for the best ending. It is adorned with doodles of Metroid enemies.

The original rough hand-drawn map from the first run, the final version and my copy of NES Metroid in box.

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Noelle @swampwitch-noelle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A few years ago I found this short game called Lemonhunter, which I love to replay, it's a platformer with some rogue elements, mainly randomized placements of items, powerups and pre-built level layouts. You always get a slightly different playthrough to shake things up. blizzz.itch.io/lemonhunter

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Lemonhunter by blizzz

Go on a byte-sized adventure to find the golden lemon inside the procedurally generated caves of Lemonhunter.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every 1997 Weekly Famitsu has been scanned! Please RT and spread the word and post any cool things you find in these! Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/magazine-...

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everything begins with the Holy Trinity

Quest 64
Holy Magic Century
Eltale Monsters

All on a shelf of Nintendo 64 games

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Gustave Doré - "The Raven"

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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

GIMMICK! SUNSOFT 1992 FAMICOM

Gimmick at peace on a cliff side lookout over the water while seagulls fly overhead

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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy #swordtember⚔️

Ink drawing- a woman sits in a tree with a sword on her hip. She is eating an apple from the tree. There's a face in the tree!! Woah!

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

starsweep is a strong contender too i really have no idea what goes through the minds of these people

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Facts About Banjo-Kazooie @factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Someone 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.

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Blue Skies In Utah @papabear333.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The bread is poisoned and the circus is too expensive.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In the Heart of the Wood and What I Found There Richard Moult

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Houseplants in Videogames @houseplantsinvg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Princess Crown (1997, Saturn)

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Bad Computer @badcomputer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Razing Core for SEGA Master System is now available. The full version and demo are here: badcomputer0.itch.io/razing-core

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tetris in Japan, a thread: I’ve been thinking for some time now that the success of the Famicom version of Tetris and, more broadly, the popularity of Tetris in Japan owes a great deal to Sega’s arcade version. Both versions were released in December 1988, but according to Henk Rogers, the Famicom

title screen of the arcade version of Tetris by Sega

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chiba_latte @chibalatte.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Someone is into shmups at the local rescue

Screenshot of cat adoption page with multiple cats with shmup names (Gradius, Raiden, Twinbee, Garegga)

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Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Next on the SNES list is Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero. It features a first boss hitting the SHEEH! Creeps! A cyborg lady with a sword. Also, this being a Shockman game, you can bet there's some looking and sounding like Megaman going on. #retrogaming

Kaizou Shoujin Shubibinman by NCS Masaya for the Super Famicom Satellaview.

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

September 3 1999, Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O debuted on the N64 in Japan! The publisher, Entertainment Software (who also produced (Grandia, Lunar SSSC, Ikaruga...) only produced 10,000 copies because they believed the 2D shooter would have a very niche market! Dreamcast received the game later on!

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Light Painter by Tang Yau Hoong

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This was a fascinating video, and I really wasn't aware of just how much Roland Sound Canvas was used for console games' music. But it's an ahhh, of course moment seeing some of those listed, being now more aware of the SC-55 and 88's distinctive sound.

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Game Music's Secret Weapon - Roland Sound Canvas

YouTube video by SoundFontGuy

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How do you even come up with a scene transition like this?

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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Print ad | Cowboy Bebop (PlayStation, 1998)

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Noelle @swampwitch-noelle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's so funny me that they made this AMAZING song... And use it for one of the slowest levels in this series, where you just go up the tallest elevator in the world while shooting waves of enemies. Incredible stuff (at least the boss is cool). www.youtube.com/watch?v=wefk...

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Mega Man X8 - Jakob

YouTube video by Danimajunior

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Virtual interior decorating on the 3DO - a launch title for the console in Japan. 📺: The Life Stage: Virtual House, Panasonic, 1993

A screenshot of the adventure game/software tool with a 3D house interior with fluorescent yellow jigsaw puzzle piece wallpaper, a guitar, a pink toilet in the middle of the room, and a hifi

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A 1993 Kellogg's Apple Jacks promotion for Super Mario Land 2 contained a score sheet for the game, to "keep track of points". Somehow they missed the fact that the game does not have a score system, rendering the sheet profoundly absurd and, fittingly, completely pointless.

This is a 1993 official Kellogg's Apple Jacks/Super Mario Land 2 promotion.
It contains a score sheet for the game. "Keep track of the points you earn", it says.
"SUPER MARIO LAND 20: 6 GOLDEN COINS
While you're helping Mario track down the six golden coins, keep track of the points you earn in each zone of Mario Land."
Super Mario Land 2 does not have a score system.
Like Super Mario Bros. 2 before it, or Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario Bros. Wonder after it, it simply does not have "points".
If the writer somehow meant something else the game does track, like coins or enemies defeated, this is a failure of communication as the game or its manual do not call them "points", nor do they function as a score in the way points do in other Mario games.
It is much more likely that the writer simply assumed that all Mario games have points, and did not check the specific game in question.
Source: eBay user "altaircollectibles", ebay.com/itm/178239934327

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was helping some friends move yesterday and they found an old sketchbook of mine from 2018

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