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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 03/03/2026

Retro hardware fans, this one’s for you! The expanded and revised edition of the 𝐏𝐂 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 & 𝐏𝐂-𝐅𝐗 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 digs deep into NEC’s iconic (and sometimes overlooked) consoles. Updated from 2019, expect software listings, hardware breakdowns, historical context, and gorgeous screenshots.

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The Video Game Library Newsletter - Vol. #041

MYTHOS: Final Fantasy XVI is out!! Plus 30+ other amazing books hitting shelves this week. And a TON of cataloguing.

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Weekend Project: Translate the Windows 95 version of A-Train 1 into English, introduce scaled graphics so it can be enjoyed on modern monitors, make map editor easily accessible. Available now at github.com/maspling/a-t... if anyone is curious about the start of the long running series.

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Someone mentioned that no-one had scanned the A-Train 6 manual for PS2. Since the game is notoriously hard to wrap your head around (with no in-game tutorial), I decided to scan it! Outside of my normal PC Engine work, but hey, it's Artdink! archive.org/details/a-tr...

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A6 A-Train 6 PS2 Manual : Artdink : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Playstation 2 manual, Scanned in 300DPI:A6: A-Train 6Region PALEnglish versionSLES-51716

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I wanted to play some #PSOBB on #Ephinea, and had some trouble configuring wine/proton (Linux) to get it to run, so I made a flatpak to make the process easier. Hopefully it can be helpful for others in the same situation (should work on both desktops and steamdecks!) github.com/maspling/eph...

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

now that megaman 12 has a release date we can finally confirm that clarissa explains it all takes place in the year 2027

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davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · 14/12/2025

people don't want an agentic os they want to do this

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.

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GDRI @gdri.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Sunsoft's City Hunter game for the PC Engine returns in 2026, in multiple languages. An early game developed by Flight-Plan (Summon Night). www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYc...

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Revival Edition City Hunter Game Teaser Trailer (US)

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

PC-Engine's Kato-chan Ken-chan, played by Kato-Chan! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMol...

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Back from Japan, ended up picking up some PC engine games, but also ihatovo monogatari, moon and some artdink stuff!

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online.
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery.
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Went into the local surugaya looking for more PC Engine games, but yet again I get enticed by the artdink games :D

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Dungeonbuster @dungeonbuster.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Record of Lodoss War (1992) | RPG | PC Engine CD | Humming Bird Soft Released only in Japan, this take on the famous fantasy epic featured an intro closely following the one used in the 1990 anime adaptation featuring the theme song, Adesso e Fortuna, sung by Sherry!

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

If you've ever wondered what the connection is between the erotic mahjong game series Super Real Mahjong and the summer holiday game series Boku no Natsuyasumi, here's a short article about Asako Kumura / 玖村麻子: vgdensetsu.net/asakokumura/

Super Real Mahjon Special cover illustrated by Asako Kumura: 3 young women in Chinese dresses, each holding a fan, sit on air conditioners.

An illustration of 3 young women making pastries

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David Shadoff @dshadoff.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I just learned about a site with previously-unpublished cheat codes (joypad sequences) for PC Engine games ! (Japanese language) One of these (Tekipaki Working Love) will help me examine a new bug in MiSTer's PC Engine core. Owner is Twitter user yamada_arthur makainyumon.web.fc2.com/cheat/

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mausimus.bsky.social @mausimus.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

ShaderGlass 1.0 has been released! Big update! 🚨 Apply shaders to any app on your desktop: gaming, pixel art and video. 📺 Free and open source! Links in reply.

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Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 19/01/2025

Accidentally stumbled on a YouTube channel with a ton of super-obscure Japanese video game commercials from the 80s and 90s, like this one for Hudson's early PC Engine JRPG Susano-o Densetsu

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凄ノ王伝説CM　PCエンジン　ハドソン

YouTube video by とあるRETROGAME支部四箇田

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

@sonoota.bsky.social I just played the new MASH VP update where SEETHE / SO87 is featured, and I just wanted to share this highlight with you of my first reaction when I heared it in the song list. The track is amazing! www.twitch.tv/videos/23498...

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SEETHE!!! - yugge on Twitch

yugge went live on Twitch. Catch up on their MASH VP! Re:VISION VOD now.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

j.b. harold murder club, turbografx cd (1991) archive.org/details/tgxc...

a depiction of a narrow alley that has become a crime scene as it has the chalk outline of a body drawn on the ground and a knife is lying on the ground close by. there are some windows on the buildings either side, a ladder up the side of one building and a set of steps and a door not far from the body.

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EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My NEW #GameBoy game is out NOW 🍻 SEQUENCE is an addictive number puzzle game. Seriously.. I couldn't stop playing it while developing it. Pick it up for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Analogue Pocket -> thalamusdigital.itch.io/sequence-gam... Help a dev out - Mash the RT !:) #GBStudio #GBDK2020

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JP Wentz @jpengine.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

NEC wishes you a happy holiday season! (A very thoughtful co-worker recently gave me this Bazarre de Gozarre plush!)

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Can't underestimate how much the new sound engine helps. I've gotten new records across the board!

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Post a random game in your collection, here on Saturday

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Axtorm, maker of the awesome rhythm game Mashup:VP! RE:VISION, made by and feature former BEMANI devs and artists like Naoki Maeda, TAG, Slake, DJ Simon, Akira Yamaoka etc. are now on Bluesky. If you love rhythm games, check it out and give them a follow. I'm personally a big fan!

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MASH VP! Re:VISION on Steam

[Fusion, synthesis, coalescence][MASH VP! Re:VISION] is a next generation music game with exciting 2 column gameplay! Featuring new tracks composed by hugely popular music game artists, choose your fa...

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Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Every 1996 Weekly Famitsu has been scanned and uploaded! Such a great year with lots of PSX! Please RT and spread the word and post any cool things you find in these! Going to be taking a break for a bit after scanning all these 😅 Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/magazine-...

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RockmanCosmo @rockmancosmo.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A Willcom keitai has been dumped for the first time, and along with it, a trial version of #PuyoPuyo Zurashi! Cuebus dumped a WX33K via a custom chip adapter, and this game was one of its preloads! Never released outside of Japan, you arrange the puyos in a grid to make chains.

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

If you like game documentaries like No Clip, I urge you to follow BK: www.youtube.com/@bkingfilm Dude is doing in-depth documentaries in China & Taiwan, on stuff like OPUS, Asterigos, Wandering Sword, Yi Xian, Sands of Salzaar, Afterimage, HeLuo Studio and the Phantom Blade series. All subtitled!

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導演BK Game Documentaries

Game Documentaries 專注遊戲紀錄片 Podcast

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Continuing my PC Engine Manual scanning sessions. The manual for ふしぎの海のナディア/Fushigi no Umi no Nadia is now scanned and available at Internet Archive (archive.org/details/fush...) as well as NEC Retro (necretro.org/Fushigi_no_U...) Scanned in 1200 DPI, PDF available in 150/300/1200 DPI.

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Puyo Puyo CD PC Engine manual scanned and available at Internet Archive ( archive.org/details/puyo... ) as well as NEC Retro ( necretro.org/Puyo_Puyo_CD ). Scanned at 1200DPI, PDF available in 1200 / 300 / 150 DPI.

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

LOOM PC Engine Manual and Media is scanned and uploaded to Internet Archive (archive.org/details/loom...) as well as NEC Retro (necretro.org/Loom) Raws are available in 1200 DPI, pdf in 1200, 300 and 150 DPI.

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Tengai Makyou II for the PC-Engine CD was one of the most expensive video games ever made when it was released, featuring incredible production values for 1992. Its creation was considered such an achievement that a TV drama was produced that depicted the game's development. 🧵

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Updated pcemanuals.org with recent manuals provided from NEC Retro's amazing contributer Akane. Resulting in 15 new game manuals being available and 4 of the previously available manuals getting improvements!

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

📢 Indiedevs, you can now add Bluesky social links to your Steam page!

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Mare @notherpuppet.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

And if you don’t know, now you know! 🚫GenAI on Bluesky 🦋☁️

Reply from Bluesky’s Team:
“Hi there,
You recently wrote to us with questions regarding AI training on Twitter.
Here are some details we would like to share:
• A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we have heard their concerns with other platforms training on their data
• We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.
• Bluesky does use AI internally to assist in content moderation, or in the discover algorithm to serve you posts. None of these are GenAI systems trained on users’ content.

Bluesky Moderation Team”

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Bancho ZX @banchozx.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

// Hyaku Monogatari ~Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi~ | 百物語～ほんとにあった怖い話～ // PC Engine // Intro 🎵 Kagome Kagome | かごめかごめ 🎧 Checkout the full intro with headphones for spooky ASMR. ⚠️Flashing Full: youtu.be/i1ztTvh0WvE

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Game Boy Scene @gameboyscene.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Made a #GameBoy "Blue Sky Starter Pack" with devs, artists, reviews, and related accounts Easy way to find Game Boy people to follow And a feed tab with posts from all profiles in list Find at url below or in "Starter Packs" tab of @gameboyscene.bsky.social profile go.bsky.app/3QV2ZFS

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🏳️‍⚧️Jet Set Willært (Critical Kate) @katewillaert.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Okay, I threw together a quick Starter Pack of Gaming History & Preservation for the new arrivals. Pls signal boost (and let me know who I inevitably forgot). go.bsky.app/KCnJY1w

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

pcemanuals.org updated with Jackall Sasaki's recent scans. Now available: - ブルファイトリングの覇者 - 死霊戦線 WAR OF THE DEAD (Better quality) - 超絶倫人ベラボーマン - サイバーナイト - フォーメーション　サッカー　ヒューマンカップ’９０ - スピンペア - 虎への道 - ダブルリング - プロ野球ワールドスタジアム'91 - TVスポーツ・フットボール - 熱血高校ドッジボール部 PCサッカー編 - PC原人3 - フォーメーションサッカーオンJリーグ

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

If you care about games you have bought remaining playable after a publisher delist them and you are an EU citizen, please check out www.stopkillinggames.com/eci for how you can join the Citizens' Initiative to make sure the issue gets looked at by the European Commission.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 17/03/2024

If you're at all interested in demonschool or what necrosoft games is up to, bluesky is gonna be our main point of communication from now on. So if you'd kindly follow @necrosoftgames.com that would be a nice helpful thing!

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Another week, another set of manuals scanned! Now available: A.III. (A Ressha De Ikou 3 / Let's Take the A Train 3) Bomberman '93 Cosmic Fantasy 2 Kawa no Nushi Tsuri Shizenha And first unlicenced game (Games Express): CD Bishoujo Pachinko Kyuuma Yon Shimai

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Five more PC Engine scans released, PDF in 300DPI, Raws in 1200DPI. Available through pcemanuals.org , Internet Archive and NEC Retro! Manuals: Hatris, World Jockey, Human Sports Festival, Super CD-ROM² Taiken Soft-shuu, Prince of Persia.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 07/11/2023

Mech Warrior DOS vs PC-98 versions. really perfectly encapsulates the US vs Japanese aesthetic in the 80s/90s.

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

New Scan up. A bit different this time. It's a scan of CD-ROM Magazine Ultrabox Issue 4s Manual. Not a game, but also something that I feel would be left on the wayside if I didnt get to it! archive.org/details/ultr...

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Why should I play/read a narrative that nobody bothered to write???

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Some stats from the PCE Manual Project current state. Still more than half of the PC Engine lineup is still missing, so a quite a bit to go!

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Yugge @yugge.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Updated the PC Manuals Project with link to all manuals listed on NEC Retro (Big kudos to users Akane and Asagoth that contributed most of those). If anyone know about manuals listed as missing in the document at a publicly available place, please send me a mail or DM! (info: pcemanuals.org )

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