Ollie

I was fully jumpscared by the anime Tetris pieces being blasted into my eyeballs

Having now tried the Virtual Boy emulation on Switch I’m still of the mind that there’s no more comfy way to play VB games than on a hacked 3DS, by virtue of the original hardware and anything recreating it forcing you to assume the posture of one of those rolling ball robots from The Phantom Menace

Shout-out to the salad from Knights of the Round

たけしの挑戦状 (nova/taito, famicom, 1986)

finally trying out one of these yakuza games

Recovering from a rough night after another presentation with no updates on Deep Down. Hang in there my fellow Deep Downers, Capcom will give us something any day now...

DARIUS GAIDEN

DARIUS GAIDEN

Epic Hero #1, Ocean Hunt (1982/1983) In the April 1984 edition of Imagine magazine, intended mostly for tabletop gaming, Mike Costello (editor of Wargame News and Warmachine) started a column devoted to home computer gaming. Many read…

in which All the Adventures returns to England with Epic Hero #1: Ocean Hunt

containing a bloodthirsty merchant

an extremely bad pun leading to an existential crisis

a brief history of the Colour Genie

and a mostly unknown yet prolific author, Marc Leduc

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REAL SOUND: KAZE NO REGRET

REAL SOUND: KAZE NO REGRET

Densha de GO is fun but with the controller it’s really special. I picked up an N64 one to play with the fan translation, it’s intuitive and satisfying and looks goofy which has made it a massive hit at parties or whenever anyone comes over. Everyone wants a go as soon as they lay eyes on it!

I think my walk home would struggle if ported to Switch 2

Saw some great reflections on my walk home. The next gen is truly here…

from Hamster's stream, some photos of the Cool Boarders team at UEP Systems circa '96, which was 6 devs at most (not counting outsourced helpers)—all but one of em came fresh out of school with zero practical experience, but somehow managed to make Cool Boarders from scratch in ~6 months

I played a little bit of it last year and really loved how it looked and felt. Have been meaning to go back ever since, soon hopefully!

jp game developer in the 90's: so we're making a bass fishing game

composer: oh hell yeah i got you [adds "drop the bass" sample]

jp game developer: no no like the fish

composer: what fish?

Attack of the Friday Monsters! (Millennium Kitchen/Aquria, 2013) – exp. Written by

From the exp. archive, one of the very best Nintendo 3DS games, tragically inaccessible now. Attack of the Friday Monsters! (Millennium Kitchen/Aquria, 2013): expzine.com/2014/10/29/a...

New Golf Simulation: Pebble Beach No Hatou on Super Famicom.

New Golf Simulation: Pebble Beach No Hatou on Super Famicom.

New Golf Simulation: Pebble Beach No Hatou on Super Famicom.

New Golf Simulation: Pebble Beach No Hatou on Super Famicom.

Good morning from the outrageously beautiful SFC Pebble Beach artwork. 🙋‍♂️

This is canon Metroid

the boys are back in town

british videogames are called stuff like flimbo's quest, fat worm blows a sparky, thingy and the doodahs, and my name is uncle groucho you win a fat cigar

Rolling Thunder (Namco, 1986) - exp. As cool, and as brutal, as it ever was.

Unlocked! I look at Namco's brutal, cool spy shooter Rolling Thunder, and discuss what it, and many other games, owe to SpartanX/Kung-Fu Master.

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YouTube video by 100 Yen Life Gamecenter Spotlight #1 - Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game

In this inaugural episode of Gamecenter Spotlight, we take a look at "Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game," one of the many unique games you can find at Gamecenter! Stay tuned for further episodes, and follow our brand new YouTube channel @100YenLife!

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A 1986 Japanese guide on how to program using the Family BASIC software for the Famicom features many cute illustrations of Mario and Pauline (known as "Lady" in Japan at the time).

The simple comedy of the Dig Dug music only ever playing while you're moving gives me life

Never before have my heart and mind come to blows so heavily over a Yahoo Japan auction auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o...

NO FUCKING WAY

Screenshot from the Japanese release of Galaga '88, showing the bonus stage opening subtitle, "THAT'S GALACTIC DANCIN'"

Prefer crow/swallow friendship-based WonderSwan puzzle games? I've got you covered!

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wait i forgot nintendo also had us attaching this wrist strap and using its nub as a thumb stylus 😆😆