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Brian Hargrove

@turfmasta.bsky.social

NeoGeo guy and part of Enhance. NeoBiosMasta NeoSaveMasta neogeofanclub.com

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How I arrived on Bluesky

04.03.2026 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1824    ๐Ÿ” 518    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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That reminds me, have you ever seen this SNK token? I picked it up last year on YJP. Weird logo and IDK what Concorde is. Same design on both sides. May be totally unrelated to arcade SNK ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

03.03.2026 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Awesome, congrats!! ๐Ÿ™Œ Can't wait to check it out!

03.03.2026 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That reminds me, have you ever seen this SNK token? I picked it up last year on YJP. Weird logo and IDK what Concorde is. Same design on both sides. May be totally unrelated to arcade SNK ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

03.03.2026 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Analogue Pocket Extender for Game Boy Advance e-Reader - Brian Hargrove's Ko-fi Shop Want to use your GBA e-Reader on your Analogue Pocket? This project extends the cartridge slot to allow the e-reader to fit properly. The extender h...

I put up another batch of Analogue Pocket e-Reader extenders. Will start shipping in the next couple of days.

ko-fi.com/s/285cf729a2

02.03.2026 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
It's Finally Here โ€” MiSTer Floppy Brings Real Floppy Drives to the MiSTer Minimig FPGA Core
YouTube video by RobSmithDev It's Finally Here โ€” MiSTer Floppy Brings Real Floppy Drives to the MiSTer Minimig FPGA Core

Itโ€™s finally here! #MiSTer Floppy brings real floppy disks, #SCP and #IPF support to the #Minimig FPGA core! ๐Ÿ’พ
youtu.be/kN8TCz7Z0n8

01.03.2026 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

lol noooo, I'm only making the black version this time.

02.03.2026 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Analogue Pocket Extender for Game Boy Advance e-Reader - Brian Hargrove's Ko-fi Shop Want to use your GBA e-Reader on your Analogue Pocket? This project extends the cartridge slot to allow the e-reader to fit properly. The extender h...

I put up another batch of Analogue Pocket e-Reader extenders. Will start shipping in the next couple of days.

ko-fi.com/s/285cf729a2

02.03.2026 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
02.03.2026 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ใ€10/13ใƒป19ๆ™‚ใ‚ˆใ‚Šๅ…ฌ้–‹็”Ÿ้…ไฟก๏ผใ€‘NEOGEOใƒˆใƒผใ‚ฏRound1(๏ผ‘ๅ›ž็›ฎ)ๅ…ƒSNKใ‚ฐใƒฉใƒ•ใ‚ฃใƒƒใ‚ฏJ.MIKAMIๅ‡บๆผ”๏ผใƒใ‚ชใ‚ธใ‚ช้–‹็™บใƒˆใƒผใ‚ฏ๏ผ†ใƒใ‚ชใ‚ธใ‚ชๅฎŸๆฉŸใ‚ฒใƒผใƒ ใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ค๏ผˆMAX90ๅˆ†ใฎใƒˆใƒผใ‚ฏ๏ผ‰
YouTube video by GAME IMPACT ใ€10/13ใƒป19ๆ™‚ใ‚ˆใ‚Šๅ…ฌ้–‹็”Ÿ้…ไฟก๏ผใ€‘NEOGEOใƒˆใƒผใ‚ฏRound1(๏ผ‘ๅ›ž็›ฎ)ๅ…ƒSNKใ‚ฐใƒฉใƒ•ใ‚ฃใƒƒใ‚ฏJ.MIKAMIๅ‡บๆผ”๏ผใƒใ‚ชใ‚ธใ‚ช้–‹็™บใƒˆใƒผใ‚ฏ๏ผ†ใƒใ‚ชใ‚ธใ‚ชๅฎŸๆฉŸใ‚ฒใƒผใƒ ใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ค๏ผˆMAX90ๅˆ†ใฎใƒˆใƒผใ‚ฏ๏ผ‰

In 2024, Masashi Mikami gave a lecture in which he discussed his years at SNK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Cj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGY...
According to him, Shinkiro was also involved in game development when he started at SNK; for example, he did playtesting on Soccer Brawl.
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01.03.2026 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heyyyy! Yep Iโ€™m building more this weekend and will probably have them up on my kofi page tomorrow.

01.03.2026 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey! Yep I have about 30 of them I need to assemble. Iโ€™ll try to get to that this weekend and put them up for sale on Monday.

27.02.2026 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Photos that aged badly

27.02.2026 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I ever find a local person willing to scan mine, I'll send it your way!

25.02.2026 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As promised, here is a thread on Blazing Star (Yumekobo, 1998), sometimes presented as the third episode in Aicom's shmup trilogy (after Viewpoint and Pulstar) according to its director, Wildran.
First, a brief overview of the aborted Pulstar 2 project:
bsky.app/profile/vgde...
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25.02.2026 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@davidjaumandreu.bsky.social Hey David! I sent ya a message on X ๐Ÿ˜…

25.02.2026 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heyyyyyy my @stinkyox.bsky.social Llamasoft Collection LE set came in today! ๐Ÿ™Œ

25.02.2026 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Viewpoint box art by former SNK in-house artist Naohisa Yamaguchi, AKA NaoQ

Viewpoint box art by former SNK in-house artist Naohisa Yamaguchi, AKA NaoQ

Viewpoint (NeoGeo, 1992), a thread
The first game developed by Wildran at Aicom was A.B.Cop, an arcade game produced by Sega, on which he worked as a programmer. He then joined the development team for Gun-Dec/Vice: Project Doom (Famicom, 1991) as a sub-planner - he designed the car chase stage
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24.02.2026 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
file found in the NeoGeo CD version of Pulstar
"PULSTAR 2! (Working Title)
Coming soon! (Maybe)
This game is 330 MB. (Maybe)"

file found in the NeoGeo CD version of Pulstar "PULSTAR 2! (Working Title) Coming soon! (Maybe) This game is 330 MB. (Maybe)"

Blazing Star title screen

Blazing Star title screen

According to Wildran, Pulstar 2 and Blazing Star were two different projects. As early as 1995 (the year Pulstar was released), Pulstar 2 had already been (more or less) announced in the NeoGeo CD version of Pulstar and graphics had been created, but the Pulstar 2 project was rejected by SNK
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24.02.2026 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Someone bought it!?

23.02.2026 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A store with a sign that says โ€œADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNSโ€

A store with a sign that says โ€œADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNSโ€

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

21.02.2026 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7432    ๐Ÿ” 2279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 113

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘€

21.02.2026 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Awaysis on Steam The ultimate dungeon brawler. A revolutionary, physics-fueled throwdown where youโ€™ll jump, slide, and collide on your adventure to restore peace to the Awaysis - an ancient floating relic under attack...

Ready for a fresh take on action games? Ever wish the emergent depth of physics-sim games could have a bit more oomph and Nintendo-like response? We built custom engine tools within UE5 to forge a new way to play action games, give it a spin for yourself! store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...

21.02.2026 03:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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snk ใƒใ‚ชใ‚ธใ‚ชใ€€ไบ’ๆ›ๆ€งใ€€ใ‚ณใƒณใƒˆใƒญใƒผใƒฉใƒผ2ๅ€‹ไป˜ใ - ใ‚ตใ‚คใ‚ฏใƒซใƒ’ใƒƒใƒˆ snk ใƒใ‚ชใ‚ธใ‚ชใ€€ไบ’ๆ›ๆ€งใ€€ใ‚ณใƒณใƒˆใƒญใƒผใƒฉใƒผ2ๅ€‹ไป˜ใใ‚’ใ‚ตใ‚คใ‚ฏใƒซใƒ’ใƒƒใƒˆใงใŠๅพ—ใซ่ณผๅ…ฅ๏ผใƒกใƒซใ‚ซใƒชShopsใฏใ€ใ‚ขใ‚ฆใƒˆใƒฌใƒƒใƒˆๅ“ใ€่จณใ‚ใ‚Šๅ•†ๅ“ใ‹ใ‚‰ไบบๆฐ—ๅฎš็•ชใ‚ขใ‚คใƒ†ใƒ ใพใงๅ–ใ‚Šๆƒใˆใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ใ‚ฏใƒฌใ‚ธใƒƒใƒˆใ‚ซใƒผใƒ‰ใ€ใ‚ณใƒณใƒ“ใƒ‹ใ€้Š€่กŒATMใงใฎๆ”ฏๆ‰•ใ„ใซๅฏพๅฟœใ€‚ใŠ่ฒทใ„็‰ฉใ‚’ใŠๆฅฝใ—ใฟใใ ใ•ใ„ใ€‚

This amazing mod can be yours!!

jp.mercari.com/shops/produc...

21.02.2026 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"we have Neo Geo at home."

20.02.2026 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0