DeciderVT

World Trade Center Towers

ELECTRICIAN
SYNAPSE/KOTOBUKI SYSTEM 1986
FAMICOM DISK SYSTEM

Clock Tower
'Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'
PlayStation

Sigh. Of course Nintendo are locking the NES and Game Boy games behind the NSO subscription.

That boy star named RISTAR doing a pull-up

RISTAR
SEGA 1995
SEGA GENESIS

So happy that this seems to have turned out well. Earmarked for my Christmas holiday game this year.

Can't really remember much of BotW's soundtrack at all.

Regardless, I'd be interested in domestically released CDs of classic soundtracks I'd actually play instead of overpriced vinyl. Was more than happy to leave that format behind the first time.

New Patreon Postcard art! Detana!! TwinBee by @kaibuzetta.bsky.social

Only TWO more sleeps until #StrayChildren is out on Nintendo Switch and Steam!

We hope you're excited to get sucked into our world!

Wishlist it now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...

Yep. Beautiful slow burn of a story that focused on the people instead of the mechs. Loved the way the investigators were piecing everything together in the background.

That might explain why Ninja Scroll was doing the rounds among my friends on VHS. Patlabor... possibly my favourite film in the genre!

Yeah, same. I mainly like the films or series on their own merits, rather than being a fan of the genre. Tend to prefer the older stuff too.

The body horror in Akira completely blew my mind back then and I recall feeling queasy afterwards. I'd never seen anything like it, especially in animation.

Surprised to see some PSVita UI in Everybody's Golf on PS5. That datetime display looks very familiar.

Oh, curious about what was on terrestrial TV back then! I only remember that Akira screening and not much follow-up. Even the Ghibli films were buried in the late night schedules over on Sky, which seems unthinkable now.

Several things:

1. Super Play's reporting introducing me to what anime actually was
2. The BBC's screening of Akira in 1994
3. Getting cable TV in 1996 and taping Tenchu Muyo from the Sci-Fi Channel overnight
4. Seeing Porco Rosso late at night on Sky Movies before Ghibli was well-known in the UK

Box art for the Japanese version of Phantasy Star, featuring the 4 main characters.

The making of Phantasy Star, or how a female duo managed to break the mould and go beyond. An opportunity to learn a little about Chieko Aoki, one of the first female directors in the Japanese video game industry.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama5/
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Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illusion of Gaia on Super Famicom.

One of the greatest pieces of 90s box art today, perfect to cheer up a cold autumn Monday. 🥲

25 years

What's funny is that I was using Imgur to host hidden albums for my sales posts on forums. Because of their tantrum I now can't even access the account that hosts my own, original photos without using a VPN. I'd also be highly unlikely to use their service if it ever became available again.

This section of Silent Hill may be the most effective horror-craft I've yet experienced.

I'm over 40 and I still occasionally have a recurring nightmare where I'm lost and/or trapped in a school. The developers successfully turned my nightmare into a video game level.

#crt #retrogaming #silenthill

🫶
- Illusion of Gaia (SNES)

They're not wrong about Sim City. (Well, apart from that Mega Man reference...)

Really love that unabashedly enthusiastic style that a lot of games writing had back then.

Glad to hear. Good luck to the little one.

Fingers crossed, hope you get good news!

How is he doing today?

Straight on the wishlist.

if a Heaven did exist & it was tailored to the individual, mine would just be my consciousness inserted into the seminal 1999 Dreamcast game Shenmue

He's a cute little grump. The way abscesses can just appear so rapidly must be very confusing for them. Hope he'll be a bit better tomorrow!

Sorry to hear he's not on the road to recovery just yet. Good luck.

What's happened to the big Toaplan x Psikyo bundle on Steam? I know Psikyo are delisting their games but that's not until the end of the month.