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Game Console Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. Complete disassembly and installation guides for most game consoles manufactured since 1986.

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I never got to play it but StarTropics is extremely special regarding its manual. The game comes with a letter and there's a hidden message with a code in it required to progress the game that is only revealed when you dip the letter in water.
The VC port on the Wii also had a cute animation for it!

probably the funniest twitter image that has ever existed.

"Dezaemon" was released by ATHENA in 1991 for an 8-bit home console.It is a game creation tool that allows you to produce your very own original shooting gam... Console Archives Dezaemon - YouTube

tomorrow's Console Archives drop: the original Famicom version of the STG-maker tool Dezaemon

afaik they're not offering any means of sharing your creations: a bummer for this game, obviously, but it also bodes ill for the already-confirmed reissue of the much-more-capable Dezaemon+ (PS)

the Dezaemon series—not the OG, necessarily, but the later and more versatile entries—were influential in the come-up of many notable JP devs: not just modern STG devs like HEY (Mecha Ritz) and RAYNEX (Grand Cross ReNOVATION), but other accomplished indies incl. KEIZO (Astlibra) & Pixel (Cave Story)

the biggest name one can trace back to OG Dezaemon is Vanillaware alum Shigatake, whose recent acclaimed indie STG Devil Blade is rooted in successive Deza creations that date back to '93

OG https://shigatake.sakura.ne.jp/deza/pb/pb.html

2015 ver https://shigatake.sakura.ne.jp/deza/dbfc/dbfc.html

DEVIL BLADE REBOOT on Steam An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!

Shigatake's maintained a page of all their Deza games, incl. Devil Blade for Dezaemon+ & Devil Blade 2 for Dezaemon 2; they've also written quite a bit about Deza on their fanbox

icymi, check out Devil Blade Reboot: a great modern STG in its own right, with a retro mode based on the PS version

Moonlight Duelists by Kayin (After Dark) Academic Dueling and Erotic Violence

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MY (honorary) ENTRY FOR THE #ryonajam IS UP and.. hopefully working in Windows, Linux and Mac!

I keep joking to 'not play this', and the content, especially at the end, is REALLY rough, but I'm also proud of what I managed to do in a few months

The whole 'Highguard was secretly a Tencent project' thing pisses me off. It's gonna make everyone paranoid.

This is WILDLY different from what happened with Dave The Diver, which never claimed to be indie, had the devs state it was corporate, and award shows still wanted to call it indie anyway.

We hope you enjoy the Dosa Divas demo that's out now on Steam and if you do please leave a review and wishlist! If you're fans of Expedition 33, Sea of Stars, Mario RPG, Octopath, Thirsty Suitors, this is for you.

good news fellas: the entire original "Jumping Onto White Base" fits into the max video length on here, enjoy it in its original 240p video quality.

桑原Pです。ご支援よろしくお願いいたします。｜サウザンドゲームズ｜pixivFANBOX こんにちは、桑原Pです。 今日はサウザンドゲームズの設立記念日だ！　もう十年以上たったんだ。早いな～。 と、喜んでいたけど…… 冷静に考えてみると、この二年間は私個人の収入がありませんでした。 （ゲームの売上や専門学校の講師料も、すべて開発費用に使っています） これはヤバイ……。 貯金も残り少なく、このまま...

a sobering update from Toshimichi Kuwahara, president of Thousand Games (QUESTER series, Synaptic Drive, Indie Game Web Only event planners, etc): they've not drawn an income for the past 2yrs, and they're turning to fanbox for support in what may very well be their last year of operation

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84 A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” Continue reading...

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84

『.hack』まさかの完全新作が発表！！バンダイナムコエンターテインメントからの許諾を得て、企画・開発・発売までをCC2が担当、純度100％なサイバーコネクトツーの自社作品に
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260216v

icymi, this game's also coming to Switch 2, PS5 & PC, and given how much content's in the loctest version, one would presume it'll be released quite soon

Izuna, the unemployed ninja herself, is also playable... there's supposedly a new Izuna game coming, too, but it's been ~2yrs since the announce

the APM3 arcade version of Cotton Rock With You, the upcoming sequel to Cotton Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy, will be going on location from Feb.25~Mar.3 @ HEY & Mar.4~10 @ Mikado https://www.success-corp.co.jp/topics/20260216/45093/ 🇯🇵 the loc build will include 8 characters & 10 stages

2001年から2003年までセガ代表取締役社長を務められた佐藤秀樹さんが逝去されました。

2001年から2003年までセガ代表取締役社長を務められた佐藤秀樹さんが逝去されました。ご遺族、ご友人、関係者の皆様に謹んで哀悼の意を表します。アーケード用アミューズメント機器の開発から始まり、SG-1000、SC-3000から、メガドライブ、セガサターン、ドリームキャストとファンの皆様に愛される革新的な家庭用ゲーム機を世に生み出し、セガの礎を築かれるとともに、ゲーム業界にも多大な貢献をされたその功績に、従業員一同深く感謝するとともに心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。

I get not liking Suda 51/Grasshopper’s games but it’s hard to play Romeo Is A Dead Man and not feel a little embarrassed by the lack of ambition and creativity in a lot of games just visually.

Would really love for the universe to stop depriving us of people who bring immeasurable joy to our lives and start weeding out the ones who generate only misery

IGA's openly said as much; they even timed the announcement of Bloodstained around Shutaro's availability, as they got roped into working on MGSV after IGA had left

Shutaro's inheritance of the CV DNA came not just from IGA but also another key figure on SOTN & Rondo, Toshihiro Furukawa

as announced via their sns acct: Shutaro Iida ("Curry The Kid"), director of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night & a key figure on Castlevania's Aria of Sorrow, the DS trilogy & Harmony of Despair, among other games, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on February 10

R.I.P.

Shutaro had been diagnosed in September of 2024 and went public with their diagnosis, while also stepping down from the director's chair on the upcoming Bloodstained sequel

he'd been making comments about wanting to live to see JoJo pt.6 & so on, but people presumed or just hoped he was being glib

Shuturo's contributions to Castlevania (which also include game design assistance on Curse of Darkness) ran the gamut from general game/system design to programming player-characters, enemies, stage gimmicks, level design and even storywriting—they, as much as anyone, were the soul of the "IGAvania"

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Still thinking about this quote.

Amazing MGS4 rerelease countdown page created by @nitroid.bsky.social inspired by the game's install screen.

mgs4.site

👑 What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? 👑

I made a game. It's a visual novel, it's not even 1h long, it's FREE.

Please welcome "this game will end in 205 clicks." 👑😈✨

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The History of Sega Console Hardware - shmuplations.com This wonderful retrospective of Sega console hardware was originally featured in the November 1998 issue of Famitsu DC, and later recompiled for Sega Consumer History. It is narrated by Hideki Sato, a longtime company man who helmed Sega’s console R&D during the 16-bit era, and later became President in 2002. The history begins with a general narrative centered around the Dreamcast (which was brand new in 1998), followed by a console-by-console breakdown.

this translated early-'00s feature offers a broad overview from Hideki Sato on each of Sega's home consoles and the circumstances behind the creation of each system
https://shmuplations.com/segahistory/

Terra Cresta, Ninja-kun, Seicross & Wolf Fang should be fine; Gekioh did get a loc in its day but should be fine even without it

L'Empereur has a NES version but would be a pain without it

Drug Store would be tough

Dezaemon (game maker, not a game per se) might be ok once you memorise the menus