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Screenshot: A "do you want to quit?" screen from a Korean game. The screen is presented as a playing card, with two raccoon dogs dressed as jesters - one facing up, and one inverted. The one on top holds a "yes" button, and the one on bottom holds a "no" button.

Ilgobmali Neoguliui Hangeulgyosil (Arisu Media, Windows, 1999)

Screenshot: an image of a fantasy-style woman holding a sci-fi tool in front of a logo which reads "Spellgram".

Spellgram: Rasen no Kokuin (Bandai, Mac, unreleased, planned for 1995)

Screenshot: a CGI scene depicting a first-person view of a spaceship cockpit. In the distance, through the ship screen, is a space station with a large sign reading "welcome".

Spellgram: Rasen no Kokuin (Bandai, Mac, unreleased, planned for 1995)

Glitched screenshot of a Japanese quiz game with completely incorrect colours

America Odan Ultra Quiz 2 (Fujitsu Personal Computer Systems, Mac/Windows, 1995)

Screenshot: a 64-colour pixel art image of a hallway. It's seen from a far angle, leading to a slightly wistful feeling. No people are visible.

Virtual Valerie: Director's Cut (Reactor, Mac, 1992)

Screenshot showing the Sailor Scouts in front of an abstract background.

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: CD-ROM Genga-shuu (Kodansha, Mac, 1994)

Screenshot: a surreal CGI scene of basic geometric shapes inside a CGI shelf. They're all red. A grid is overlaid on top.

BlindRom v0.9 The Prototype (The Blind Trust, Mac, 1993)

Screenshot: a cartoon telephone, with the keys each showing a different animal.

Small Stories for Sleepless Nights (Fun Project/Amuse, Mac, 1993)

Screenshot: a cartoon cat and a cartoon rabbit leaping through the stars.

Small Stories for Sleepless Nights (Fun Project/Amuse, Mac, 1993)

Philips Freeland Studios logo (as seen in Wuzzo Goes on Holiday, CD-i, 1992)

Horoscope: Seiyou Senseijutsu (Crosstalk/Japan Interactive Media, CD-i, 1994)

Horoscope: Seiyou Senseijutsu (Crosstalk/Japan Interactive Media, CD-i, 1994)

Blippo+ (YACHT/Telefantasy Studios/Dustin Mierau/Panic, Playdate, 2025)

Blippo+ (YACHT/Telefantasy Studios/Noble Robot/Panic, Playdate, 2025)

Screenshot of digital art: three overlapping letters which have been coloured in gradient strips.

Ape Odyssey 2001 (Gento Matsumoto/Saru Brunei, Mac, 1992)

Screenshot: an encyclopedia-style CD-ROM showing a mysterious image of the iwato kagura dance in a misty forest grove.

Fukuoka-Go-Round (Neuromagic/Fukuhaku Sogo Printing, Mac/Windows, 1995)

Screenshot: a TV showing an old-fashioned black and white cartoon, with a cartoon remote in the foreground.

Stay Tooned! (Funnybone Interactive/Sierra, Mac/Windows, 1996)

Game screenshot: a soft pastel painting depicting two people in a hot air balloon above a surreal-looking planet.

Cellofania (Tonkinhouse, Mac/Windows, 1994)

Screenshot: a strange-looking cartoon figure bursts out of a primitive CGI closet.

Magic Gambo (Cyber Arts, Mac/Windows, 1995)

Screenshot: a crowd of people gathers at a traditional Japanese fishmonger.

Cyber Soldier Sharaku (Inspire/Japan Interactive Media, CD-i, 1993)

Screenshot: two characters stand on an old-fashioned bridge in front of a sunset. Both are anthropomorphic dogs, and both are wearing traditional Edo-era kimono. The shorter character is clutching a brush while looking emotional and leaning forward slightly.

Cyber Soldier Sharaku (Inspire/Japan Interactive Media, CD-i, 1993)

Screenshot: ukiyo-e portrait of an anthropomorphic dog woman. Parody of Sharaku's ukiyo-e print of Segawa Kikujurō III as Oshizu, Wife of Tanabe.

Cyber Soldier Sharaku (Inspire/Japan Interactive Media, CD-i, 1993)

Cartoon-style screenshot of a man standing in front of a vignetted view of a tree.

Station: Shiki o Tabisuru (Mitsuo Isaka, Mac, 1994)

Ink painting of a small cat with a red cape in front of a large abstract bull.

Classical Cats (Mitsuhiro Amada/IBM, Mac, 1995)

The Legend of Eden 2 (Shadow Entertainment/Afoon, Windows, 1996)

Screenshot: a door labelled "Dancer's Room", with a large "Do Not Enter" warning in front of it.

X Japan Virtual Shock 001 (i2 Project/Sega, Saturn, 1995)

Screenshot: first-person perspective inside a truck looking out over a town. The town is an unrealistically-filtered photo mixed with CGI elements.

Crosscountry BC (Ingenuity Works, Mac/Windows, 2004)

Screenshot: a cartoon image of a family on a hike near the top of a mountain.

Krill Place (Makio Matsumura/Cocos/IPA, Mac/Windows, 1995)

Screenshot: CGI takes on Muttley and Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races, in front of a surreal psychedelic background.

Wacky Races (Future Pirates/Daiko, Mac/Windows/3DO, 1994)

Screenshot: a surreal Y2K-style CGI image of a space-age resort with two frog statues.

Ultra Resort Keroncuel (MediaCraft/Toshiba-EMI, Mac/Windows, 1997)