Nostalgist's Archive

You missed the of the time multiplayer though. That was something I played quite often that year at launch, was around the end of my sophomore year of high-school too.

It is indeed, that good.

Cover for Darkened Skye on Gamecube.

Friends, why do you crave the Harry Potter in the Fort Night when you could just play Darkened Skye for Gamecube. Consider:

- Also third person
- Also features magic
- Also has weird brand synergy
- Not propping up the world's most notorious transphobe
- You get to use a Gamecube controller (rad)

Cartoonish drawings of Link and Zelda each holding a Triforce above their heads

I love them so much <3

Currently re-cleaning up the art from the 1986 Million Publishing guide archive.org/details/guid... now that I made 2400dpi scans.

It has some of the cutest enemy art for the series.

Hmm, my Hucard copy of PC Genjin 2 (Bonk's Revenge) is suddenly not working even with cleaning. Just garbage tiles on screen...that's concerning. Has anyone had any failures with PC Engine Hucards before?

YouTube video by Bob's Reviews Dreo Atom One - Awesome Small Heater

I needed an oscillating heater for a small room and figured since I have a second YouTube channel now, f$*k it, why not review it: youtu.be/vMOPxpp27w0
(I really DID like it a lot though, which is why I'm sharing)

A crt tv screenie of the side-on 2D fighting game with Wing Gundam getting ready to block a scythe attack from Deathscythe. All against a backdrop of a docks and fighting atop a flattop carrier.

Anime in Video Games: Shin Kidō Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Duel. Released in 1996 for the Super Famicom and developed by Natsume.

Top-notch 16-bit After Colony tournament fighter action!

Here it is! This has been in the works for 5ish years (we recorded 10 episodes back in 2020 that were never edited and released) and it’s great finally see it all happen. Look for bi-weekly episodes!

I never really had an opinion about FN until now and thats because I really only ever played it with 1 or 2 friends. But if this is true I’m fine with never playing it again and uninstalling it from my Switch because screw supporting JK Rowling and screw the push this tainted franchise is getting.

In the Super Mario Galaxy games, all areas have parallel versions loaded based on the current mission or state of the plot, called "scenarios". Starship Mario in Super Mario Galaxy 2 has a special scenario for the cutscenes playing after getting a Grand Star, so instead of taking place in the regular version of the area, they can be thought as taking place in a dedicated "cutscene dimension". Here, a group of objects is loaded that each contains the script for one of the cutscenes. The objects are invisible in-game, but create an L shape when viewed in a model editor. Note that while we do not know how the programmers saw the objects in their own editor while making the game, the coordinates of the objects make an L shape, so it would have been a floating L regardless of how the individual objects looked. Source: @HEYimHeroic

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, the cutscenes on Starship Mario are controlled by a giant floating L in a special cutscene dimension.

First episode of the DF Retro Super Show is out! This is our new retro focused podcast that will sit alongside DF Direct Weekly with episodes hitting twice a month! First one focuses on the launch of PlayStation 2. Be sure to give it a look!

This is a great way to get your homebrew demo noticed, and an excellent way for Homebrew devs to join in the MiSTer FPGA community!

I just want to put this out into the universe.

If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.

@zarithya.online

FACEBALL ON A POKEMON MINI!!

(Update the post was removed)

Yes, I sent it to you when it was posted. I'll dig it up.

Mortal Kombat fans and collectors — this is your chance to own history! Up for auction are new original artworks by John Tobias, signed collectibles, and rare items you will not find anywhere else.

All in support of the Raiden Science Foundation!

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I gotta know what the music sounds like on this.

Really basic proof-of-concept showing some font and text replacement for the new Splatterworld NES prototype

Proof of concept; seems easy enough at least! Gotta go to bed but I can start on proper text extraction tomorrow.

@stopskeletons.bsky.social

STOP THE PRESSES.

The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.

Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.

@hg101.bsky.social

A child with a blue officers uniform clutches an Atari Lynx that's been modified for the film production.

The same child with a blue officer's uniform clutches a clearly more visible Atari Lynx.

Oh hello there, oddly modified Atari Lynx from Child's Play 3 from 1991.

US Renditions! A name familiar to elder otaku. Japanese animation home video order forms, all videos only $34.95. Black Magic M-66, Dominion Tank Police, Appleseed, and Gunbuster feature. Literal translations are promised.

From the pages of the Anime Con '91 Reference Guide, one of the things in our collection I treasure the most: the latest in home video from US Renditions.

Literal translations - you'll see translation vs localization often debated throughout the 90s.

Still best to avoid as QUbyte is another shell company for Piko.

Rebuilding the Prototype Xbox https://youtu.be/0OMP8JvGWNY Tito from Macho Nacho Productions just posted an epic video, covering the re-building of the original Xbox "X" all-metal prototype.  This is truly a video every Xbox fan ...

This is an absolutely EPIC video from @machonachomedia.bsky.social! I think this is my favorite video and project Tito's ever done. He and the other awesome teammates really nailed this one. Links to the video and all the contributors are in the post: www.retrorgb.com/rebuilding-t...

Fun fact that just blew my mind a bit: there are currently more episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh than One Piece:

Season 0: 27
Duel Monsters: 224
Capsule Monsters: 12
GX: 180
5Ds: 155
Zexal: 148
Arc-V: 148
VRAINS: 120
Sevens: 92
Go Rush: 151
Chronicles: 5 and counting

Total: 1,262 (and 4 films)

@ikusaone.bsky.social

The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

That is not the takeaway here.