Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialmaud @peloriemate.net · 15hi got so many people calling this tweet fakeposting back when i made it but since this is bluesky and things have less reach on here im just going to post the photo 224172274541
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialNAP (WVGCW Ren'Py Guy) @nap1400.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Big news for F-Zero GX (credit to bstest4he on twitter): we have found cheat codes to unlock everything in the game, including the elusive gold parts that were previously JP-arcade event locked! Though there are a couple of caveats. 15487198
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialateam @dreamcastforever.com · 09/10/2026I wrote a post explaining exactly why the Dreamcast will prompt you for the date/time even with a healthy battery, which has puzzled many of us for years! It's not your battery: the Dreamcast's hidden 30-day clock check dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewto... 10264105
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialHyrule Interviews @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Linktober 8: Triforce Miyamoto on where Link's name came from, and the original vision for the Triforce, 2012. Source: Hyrule Interviews (trans. from Gamekult) #Zelda, #Linktober #TheLegendofZeldaQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Translation-... 1228
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialGames That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 07/10/2026Quake Advance, Randy Linden's impressive 2002 Game Boy Advance experiment, featuring fully 3D environments, enemies, lighting effects and more. The prototype was eventually recovered from Randy's own flash cartridge and preserved in 2022. www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/10/quake/ 417347
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialDarío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I still see a lot of confusion about what decompilation, recompilation and ports are and what level of effort is involved in each type of project. It's important that people understand the difference, as recompilation took a drastically different meaning that when it was originally introduced. 4730337
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialVitor Vilela @hackervilela.sneslab.net · 03/10/2026Here is Top Gear 2, running the way it always should have. Same race, original vs SA-1, taking turns. Watch what happens every time it swaps. The SA-1 chip is frying here!! But it holds 60 FPS, tunnels and mountains included. 98025
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialHyrule Interviews @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Kondo on where he usually begins soundtracks, and his first piece for Mario, 1991. Source: Shmuplations #SuperMarioBrosQuote #KondoQuote shmuplations.com/supermariowo... 1216
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialWobbling Pixels @wobbling-pixels.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mike dropped another game changer feature for the Retrotink 4k/6x! N64 Auto Deblur and improved sampling detection We can have just one N64 & Saturn analog profile that auto switches between all console supported resolutions at the sharpest output! Next profiles update soon!👀 2266
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialFrank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I had never seen this Game Boy model that came on an action figure card backing, it makes me happy to look at. Man, remember consumer electronics? 271054226
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good selection of three dimensional lads from the game, including a few famous interlopers 0188
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.social Jonathan Leung (VGMaps.com / YT: JonLeung1) @vgmaps.bsky.social · 09/07/2026In Super Metroid (Super NES), there are multiple demos if you idle on the title screen. If you've finished the game, a new demo shows advanced techniques, including a Charge Beam/Power Bomb combo and the healing Crystal Flash, but doesn't explain how to do them. Do you know these secret abilities? 34910
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialThe Hidden Palace @handle.invalid · 20/09/2026A really cool find from Discord member gageiro: A custom Mega CD BIOS made especially for Sonic Team's creative director Kazuyuki Hoshino! Check it out in action below! 8728289
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialSEGA City @segacity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Did you know there was a special demo of 'Daytona USA Deluxe' on PC? You can only play Dinosaur Canyon, but more obviously - the demo is riddled with Skittles advertisements! 14712
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialJohn Andersen @johnandersen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The former classy Rongo Rongo Ginza game center. This place feels like you could just sit down and order a cup of coffee with your game.☕ Via: Jugemu Magazine - August 1995. 192
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialBenjamin Soulé @benjaminsoule.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I made a game for #pico1k ! Just click to jump on a lilypad, but time it well! :) you play here : benjamin-soul.itch.io/lily-leap #gamedev #pico8 632364
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialLGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Probably the best Windows 9x defrag simulation I've seen thus far! defrag98.com It's a more legit simulation than I've seen before. So each time you load this up you get a new virtual drive that's differently fragmented, rather than just playing back a preset animationdefrag98.comWindows 98 Disk Defrag SimulatorThe classic Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter, free in your browser. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive 1998. 14430126
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialSupper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In Mario Kart Wii, asphalt is slightly shiny, reflecting a band of light ahead of the player. This is implemented cleverly by leveraging something that the Wii is already doing, allowing it to not need to use any sort of additional lighting or post-processing. 222033385
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialWobbling Pixels @wobbling-pixels.bsky.social · 15/09/2026(1/5) Retrotink 6x NTSC & PAL 1080p & 1440p profiles update 2026-09-15 👉Retrotink 6x users - download link & installation instructions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 👉Retrotink 4K users - download link & installation instructions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... More info in the next posts👇 2268
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialNintendo Patents Watch @ninpatentswatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Scratching my head over influencers calling OOT Link “AI” and Epona “yassified”. It seems stemming from a lack of art critique vocabulary or limited frame of reference outside of pop culture. Apart from OOT being a pun on ceramic ocarina, Aonuma said that the visual is to evoke nostalgia (懐かしさ). 1/ 20696204
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialThe Amityville Jordan (1979) @jackal27.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Takaya Imamura, who worked at Nintendo for 32+ years, believes that the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake’s art is primarily thanks to Shigeru Miyamoto’s love of Ningyōgeki (Japanese Marionettes). credit to @drechin_ on twitter for making an excellent thread on this 181931691
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialThe 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... 8387162
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.social〽️ax krieger wants to port YOUR indie game to switch! @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026this trip was my first time to a gameworks, so naturally i looked around for any remaining sega theming imagine my surprise when i looked at the moulding above the doors and found that kage-maru, jacky bryant, and jeffry mcwild watch over the streets of downtown seattle to this day! 415540
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialLGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is amazing! SimCopter had a great soundtrack by Jerry Martin but the game’s files were highly compressed. So LucasVB got in touch with Mr. Martin and he was able to find most of the original high quality tracks! Awesome to hear “Hangar” in such clarity after 30 years archive.org/details/SimC...archive.orgSimCopter original soundtrack (high quality)SimCopter is a somewhat obscure game released in 1996 by Maxis, the studio behind the SimCity and The Sims franchises.In the game, the player controls a helicopter pilot in various missions across a c... 21744243
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialThighMonster @thighmonster.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Here is how I did the fake mirror matcap effect with a copied mesh with the normals transferred by data transfer modifier. I still might tweak the shape to fix the corners. I forgot to mention in the last post that the dimension limit was 64x64. #gamedev #goldsrc #blender 66310
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialSupper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There is a secret code in Donkey Kong 64 that will only play a funny noise, and nothing else. Standing next to a torch in K. Lumsy's room and pressing C-Up, D-Down, C-Left, D-Right, C-Down, D-Up, C-Right and D-Left will make a burp sound... and that's it. There are no other effects. 211911481
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialWobbling Pixels @wobbling-pixels.bsky.social · 19/08/2026(1/2) Retrotink 4K PRO & CE - NTSC & PAL profiles update 2026-08-19 👉First download and update firmware: retrotink-llc.github.io/firmware/4k-... (Yes it's safe to update) 👉Profiles download: drive.google.com/drive/folder... ❗️Follow the instructions on how to update profiles. Have fun! 3419
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialhilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 19/08/2026Pave Paradise, and put up Car Parks soon!! 🚨 Car Park Capital launches into Early Access on October 9! store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/... Watch the brand new trailer, share it with friends, and wishlist! Big thank you for all the support over the years! 🙏 13455152
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialReonu @reonu.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I've been working on this for over a year: I'm remaking all of Ocarina of Time's prerenders in 3D, trying to match the N64 style rather than the 3DS one. The provisional name is OoT unJPEG. It will be distributed as both a romhack that runs on real N64 hardware and a mod for Zelda 64 Recompiled. 552415925
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialChristian Whitehead @cfwhitehead.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It is now 9 years since Sonic Mania came out 😱... another trivia nugget: at one point we had a screen that showed you the animals that were inside the Heavies giving them their personalities! It didn't make the cut (maybe didn't comply with brand guidelines or there wasn't enough time IDK) 5733031116
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialSasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Shedding Bloody Tears with Sharp X68000 x MT-32.🎶 It's neat getting to see all channels and instruments firing away on Munt32's wee display screen and the in-game equalizer. 217847
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialretrodotcards.com @retrodotcards.com · 12/08/2026GB-Link USB v2's crowdfunding campaign is now live. This is a cool device that let's you do GB and GBA link-cable shenanigans from a web browser (PC or phone). Multiplayer matches, load e-reader cards and more. www.crowdsupply.com/gblink/gblin...crowdsupply.comGB-Link USB V2A USB-to-Game-Boy Link adapter that brings retro multiplayer online through your browser 411830
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialBrendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I wrote a post comparing Quakeguy 1996 to remastered Quakeguy 2021 blendogames.com/news/post/20... 28019
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialSupper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 11/08/2026In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, each Shine Sprite can be collected twice because the icon of it appearing is not merely visual, but literally another Shine Sprite. This provides a cautionary tale to developers about never implementing a visual effect as a copy of the object itself. 232910621
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialJohn Andersen @johnandersen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The second floor in the Nintendo Tokyo/Kanda office was once called Jack & The Beanstalk. It was even seen on a lobby sign in an issue of 64Dream in 1997. What was it? A lost 64DD game or the team behind Pokemon Snap? Unseen64 wrote an article about it here: www.unseen64.net/2010/10/29/j... 042
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialTangoBunny @tangopunk.com · 08/08/2026It's out! A full English patch for Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon for the Game Boy. Not just English translated, but an expanded charms script, the ability to access the developer debug stage select, and a brand new infinite-health and level skip cheat. www.patreon.com/Tang... 5289122
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialCatherine @whitequark.org · 07/08/2026so i reverse-engineered the code that draws InstallShield's famous background gradient and text and reimplemented gist.github.com/whitequark/2... 10748217
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialfinalcake @finalcake.com · 06/08/2026Fun fact: Skullomania's super, Skullo Dream, has a secret where if you correctly do a sequence of inputs during the super, the animation slightly changes and he shoots a laser at the end. It doesn't do any more damage, it just looks cool. You also get a special KO screen if you kill with it! 416063
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialArvy @arvy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Had the silliest idea: Quake Minesweeper for Windows 95 1637869
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialKaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I just learned today that the slow-mo path reveal effect in #SuperMario World was, in fact, not an artistic choice (at least not exclusively) But in fact, actual slowdown! With the power of @hackervilela.sneslab.net's SA-1 patch this becomes rather apparent #retrogaming #Mario #SNES #romhacking 1438
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialSupper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Donkey Kong 64 makes extremely efficient usage of in-engine coloration to cut down on the number of textures. Entire vibrant and colorful areas are created at runtime from a single texture just by artfully tinting it. 283245702
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialJohn Andersen @johnandersen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A 1996 SQUARE recruitment ad featuring various tidy workstations at their Tokyo Arco Tower offices. A lot of Macintosh Quadra 700's, a Quadra 800/Workgroup Server 80, Digital Celebris GL-5133-ST's, (SGI) Indigo2. Looks like someone was a fan of Fatal Fury Special and Macross 7. 181
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialJoe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 16/07/2026done this before but now can't find it, so... posting this so i can find it again from an old remedy talk. max payne level design scale. his house before and after they realised you can't just build shit at real-life scale and expect it to work as a level. i am always pulling this out for folks 1232773
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialHunter R. @hunter-r.com · 27/06/2026Somehow, launching a random soccer game by Konami ends up triggering a special debug mode in the Japanese+ version of Animal Crossing... but, how does this work? Join me as we dive into this neat exploit in a brand new video, now live on my YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy! ⚽️ youtu.be/9-dvmJTm0R0youtu.be 39842
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialJay Tholen @jaytholen.net · 09/07/2026Hypnospace Outlaw fans: We want to put on a show with a full band and the original OST artists including The Chowder Man, Barnaby, Fre3zer, Basidia, and possibly Seepage and Klyfta. If you'd attend, PLEASE fill out this form with your city. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comWould you attend a live Hypnospace Outlaw concert?Hello! Would you want to experience the music of Hypnospace Outlaw, live? I'm Jay Tholen, the creator of Hypnospace Outlaw, and along with Mike Rose from our publishing label No More Robots, we're c... 713496
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialWobbling Pixels @wobbling-pixels.bsky.social · 08/07/2026With the new Retrotink 4K PRO feature we can "dial-in" horiz. blur to blend dithering without adding too much blur or rely on Composite. Ideally suited for finer dithering patterns to display transparency or blend color dithering. Enable scanlines and it looks even better! 🔥👀 1356
Reposted by @turbulenttea36.bsky.socialRobertDaleSmith @robertdalesmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Stumbled on undocumented support for the GameCube keyboard within Enter the Matrix. 093
![PEOPLE:
- Shigeru Miyamoto, age 59. Producer & Co-Director of The Legend of Zelda (1986).
QUOTE:
Q: And where does Link’s name come from?
Miyamoto: It’s not a very well-known story, but back then, when we started designing The Legend of Zelda, we imagined the fragments of the Triforce as electronic chips! It was meant to be a video game that would take place both in the past and the future.
Because the hero was linking together both eras, we called him “Link”, after the English word. But in the end, Link never went to the future and it remained a heroic fantasy game. We can even say there’s absolutely nothing futuristic in the game! [laugh]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreibrksp2csey636gjklaqbutbm4cdi6ejrqnztds4werjbwv7rps2a)
![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,
FvckAsha&Phil](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:po7ah7hj6vrkwaaxfn5llljz/bafkreidt5lakqg7nmfnpz7xrhnz7dsewatp5d3fzs647elkz74tsdiskf4)
