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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Out walking and it's cool enough for me to bring out the Vector Hoodie from @mamonoworld.bsky.social

SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I forgot to post these yesterday with me streaming. My copy of #EndlessFantasia arrived with all these great stickers. Thank you to @danny8bit.bsky.social #maurofonseca, @rikdraws.com and @loopyyylupe.bsky.social for such a fun new comic to read and for bringing it to life 😊

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Out of curiosity, which one of these JRPGs would you play for a stream?

Picture is of a discord poll asking which JRPG I should play for a stream this Monday: Resonance of Fate, Persona 3 Reload, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga, Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love, Unicorn Overlord, Phantasy Star Universe, Shining Tears and Soul Hacker 2

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Forgot to post this last month, but I finally managed to nab Shining Blade and Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity for the PSP! So expect me to share some info on these at a later time! 😁

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Decided to finally upgrade my copy of Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio Ni to the collector's edition 🙂 #sega

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Live with Sakura Wars: So Long My Love on twitch Come join the fun! twitch.tv/syn_fritz

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm loving #AlanWake2 so far, props to @remedygames.com, and look out for #ControlResonate to his stores this year!

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

And 10th: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Developed by Sega CS, and released on February 23rd, 1996. This soccer (football to my UK/European friends) management simulation released exclusively in Japan. It is the first in Sega's Let's Make!!/Tsukurou series of management simulations.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Fun fact: the original Greatest Nine game, was led by graphic designer Takaya Segawa. He was new to the company and had only just completed his first game, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, in his second year there.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

7th, 8th & 9th: Greatest Nine '96, '97, '98 Developed by Sega CS1, Greatest Nine is best known for its annual releases and being the Japanese counterpart to the World Series Baseball series here in the West.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

6th: Gekka Mugentan Torico aka Lunacy Developed by System Sacom with SEGA CS1 and Sega Enterprises Ltd. as support, this FMV Adventure game comprised of pre-rendered 3D animation, released on June 28th, 1996.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

5th: Gakkou no Kaidan Developed by Japan Media Programming and Sega CS (they took care of the Production for this game), this would hit shelves on July 14th, 1995. This FMV adventure game is based on the 1995 Japanese horror film of the same name, which roughly translates to "Haunted School".

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

4th: Virtua Fighter Remix Developed by Sega AM1 & AM2, this updated version of VF1 was released on July 14, 1995. Created to address the many flaws of VF1 ( let's be honest, that game released in such a poor state).

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Each member has their own strengths and weaknesses as pertains to playing. As an added bonus, while playing you can perform attacks against your opponent similar to the special attacks in the Sakura Wars series.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

3rd: Hanagumi Taisen Columns Released on March 28th, 1997. Developed by Sega CS2 and Red Company, this spin off of Sakura Wars and Columns. The game plays like you expect Columns to, except you're playing as members of the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

While Japanese fans know it as Gale Racer, US fans know it as Rad Mobile and the first appearance of Sonic the Hedgehog as a rearview mirror ornament, before his June 23, 1991 launch on the Genesis. That aside, I feel the Saturn version is sadly an inferior version of its arcade counterpart.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Next up: Gale Racer. Originally released in the Arcades on October 3rd, 1990 and world wide in February of 1991, and was developed by Sega AM3. This was Sega's first 32-bit game, using Sega's System 32 arcade system board. It arrived on the Saturn on December 2nd, 1994.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Up 1st: Terra Phantastica Released on Dec. 27th, 1996, this Tactical RPG was developed by Chime, released by Sega. It had a unique system of Action Points (AP) and troop formations that affect unit stats and abilities in turn-based combat. Originally it was to be called Fantasy Earth.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

It's been a hot minute since I last did this sooo.... archive update! 😄

The picture shows 10 Japanese, complete in box, Sega Saturn games.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Well, how much chaos can happen when a team of 4 becomes a team of 7? Join us as 'Sonic' Company returns February 15th at 1PM EST/6PM GMT over on Twitch & YouTube!

Promo pic for a Lethal Company Collab stream with Syn Fritz, Frack Deals, SassCannon, Nautical Nova, CiaooDee, Haruki and SparkStar on February 15th at 1PM EST, 6PM GMT.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

So I am wondering, if SEGA released their Mega-CD variant for the TeraDrive like they planned, what would it of looked like? Cause I don't think you could of had it sit on top of the drive with the monitor there.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

As much as I don't want to support Yakuza Kiwani 3... Holy fuck they made a NAOMI emulator for Slash Out to be in the game 😶

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

🗣️🗣️ STREAM ANNOUCEMENT🗣️🗣️ Things are gonna get crazy, spooky and down right fun! Join myself, @nauticalnova.bsky.social, @agarproductiona.bsky.social, & @frackdeals.bsky.social next Monday for a special Lethal Company stream over on Twitch! You won't wanna miss this one!

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Join me tomorrow with some of my fellow SEGA Stream Teammates as we race across worlds together for GOSH, the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. Hope to see you there at Noon EST.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Lastly, we have Sonic Jam! This was the first Sonic Compilation released on June 20th, 1997 and included Sonic 1, 2, 3, as well as Sonic & Knuckles), along with a 3D environment called "Sonic World" that serves as an interactive museum. It even had the spindash for Sonic 1.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

First up is NiGHTS into Dreams for the Sega Saturn. Nights made their debut on July 5th 1996 for the Sega Saturn. NiGHTS would later have a demo released called Christmas NiGHTS as well be ported to the PS2, remade for the Wii, and appear in several spinoffs, including Sonic Racing CrossWorlds.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Guess its means I'm in Twitch's Retro Creators Club! Without SEGA I wouldn't be the retro fan I still am! So, cool things coming to the channel! 😃

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Huh... I wonder what this means for me?👀

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Here comes the long flight home and I got a stop in Boston, so AMA. Ask me anything. Go!

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Me, playing #SonicRacingCrossWorlds, having a good time, and in 1st Place: 😊 Also me, and It's the Final Lap:

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Its time for another horror game, and we're going deep into the PS2 catalog and checking out Kuon for the first time. Come on though for a fun, spooky time! twitch.tv/syn_fritz

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Time to return to the underground this week 😈

Album cover for Twiztid's album Freek Show released on Oct. 31st 2000.

Album cover for ICP's album Bizzar, released on Oct. 31st 2000

Cover for ICP's album Bizzar, released on Oct. 31st, 2000

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Bonus 3: Sonic Adventure 2 Birthday Pack. Released in Japan, only from June 23rd - 24th in 2001. It sold for the same price as just the game (¥5,800). UK also had a limited release of this through the Sega UK online shop back then, but it had no outer sleeve/box.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Bonus 2: Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3, released for the SEGA Dreamcast on Aug. 10th, 2000. This would be the 3rd and final game in the AJPW series, and it almost was ALMOST delayed due to the Exodus of talent to form Pro Wrestling NOAH. Devs scrambled to get the NOAH logo on the case.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Bonus 1: All Japan Pro Wrestling feat. Virtua is a wrestling/fighting game showcasing talent from AJPW, the top wrestling promotion in Japan at the time as well as Wolf Hawkfield and Jeffery from Virtua Fighter. Released for the SEGA Saturn on Oct. 23rd, 1997. Includes a poster with every move.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Sega Rally Championship 1995 was released for the SEGA Saturn on December 29, 1995. When it released in North America and Europe the 1995 was dropped cause it was 1996 when it would release for those regions. Still one of the best racing games to grace a console.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

DecAthlete, or Athlete Kings to my European friends, was released for the Sega Saturn on July 12th 1996. This track and field sports game from SEGA AM3 is still quite fun to play, even for a so-called modern clone of Daley Thompson's Decathlon.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Riglord Saga, released on July 21, 1995 for the Saturn in Japan. When released in North America, it was changed to Mystaria: The Realms of Lore and released on December 27, 1995. It was changed again to Blazing Heroes and re-released in May 1996. Which version do you have?

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Virtual-On: Cyber Toopers, released in January 1996 (or was it December 1995?) for the SEGA Saturn. SEGA AM3 developed this originally for the arcades, but another team of developers from AM3 ported it to the console. One of the best Saturn titles and even better with the twin stick controller!

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Here is Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Demon Compendium Second Collection, released December 23rd, 1997 for the Sega Saturn, a little over a month after Soul Hackers released.

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Here is Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph, released on December 23rd, 1998 for the Sega Saturn. This was the last first party game to be released for the SEGA Saturn as the Dreamcast became the main focus for SEGA... And we know how that story ends... Don't we? 😞

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Up next is Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die. Released for the SEGA Saturn on April 4th, 1998. The game takes place 1 year after the events of the first game. Both this and Sakura Wars 1 have fan translations now, so go play them now!

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SynFritz 🔜 Sonic Expo ATL @synfritz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

First up is Sakura Taisen aka Sakura Wars released for the Sega Saturn on Sept. 27th, 1996. Blending visual novel, dating sim, and tactical RPG elements, RED Entertainment and SEGA created a long standing IP that's still going today. It was planned to be released in the US... But it was cancelled.

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