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There were definitely some great games that came before it! My favs are Suikoden, Policenauts, Popolocrois, and Wild Arms, to list a few.

(FWIW, I’m pretty much always thinking of game release dates in terms of the Japanese timeline, which looks a bit different from North America)

With Metroid Prime 4 dropping mere hours before we recorded, we went for the next best thing: a bunch of games from the late 90s! Tune in for talk of Analogue 3D, Viewpoint 2064, 2D gaming on the PS1, and more—plus some current-century stuff like Ball x Pit and Lumines Arise. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

YouTube video by Basement Brothers Last Armageddon - Could this be the most player-unfriendly RPG of the 1980s? (PC-88 Paradise)

I love Last Armageddon (the PC Engine version, anyway), so @basementbrothers.bsky.social’s latest PC-88 Paradise entry was a fun watch! Big recommend!

(I also got some sadistic joy out of forcing him to play the unforgiving PC original via my Patreon dollars)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=L03a...

神絵！

[PCエンジン]
マジカルチェイス
#パルソフト #ドット絵 #pixelart

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Extremely proud and honored to have been part of the 8-4 team on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment as an English Translation Producer and Editor! Huge huge thank you to Nintendo, @thehalpnetwork.bsky.social, and all our incredible voice actors for helping us bring this story to life!

PCエンジン
#ドット絵

PCエンジンHuCardの起動不具合の原因と対策を考える : 雑木林のなかで 前回ご紹介した通りにPCエンジンDUOの音声不具合は上手く修理できたので気持ち良く遊んでいたところ、なんと、ゲームが起動しないHuCardがあることに気がつきました。症状の特定と修理手順カートリッジ式のゲームで良くある症状として電極の接点不良が考えられます。この場合

Never had one spontaneously go bad, but I have several that did this (or something similar) from the get-go upon purchase these past few years, despite no obvious visual issues.

FWIW, this person seems to have had something similar happen:
zatukibayashi.blog.jp/archives/pce...

ワルキューレ全集ですって！！

soulsov tomorrow?

❤️❤️❤️

[PCエンジン]
リンダキューブ
#NECホームエレクトロニクス #ドット絵 #pixelart

They’re doing more than most of the dudes I see!

Clutch your digiballs and sharpen your sickles as we dive into Silent Hill f, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Digimon Story Time Stranger, Mario Galaxy 1&2, a bunch of obscure Alfa System games, the latest news, and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

MKLK will feature almost three hours of exclusive video interviews created in collaboration with documentarians Area 5. Plus an additional hour of archival, historical, and behind-the-scenes video segments, including some material that has never been officially released.

8-4 logo...in a box.

Somehow our little company turns 20 years old today. Time is weird! Thanks and <3 to everyone who has supported us over the years~

There’s always Linda Cubed

I really can’t believe how deep the lore well goes here. There was so much planning behind the world of Gunparade, and the vast majority of it—while hinted at and clearly intentional—isn’t even explained anywhere in the game itself.

Yet the game still manages to stand completely on its own.

I by some amazing coincidence finished playing Gunparade March (two playthroughs, including the true ending) on the exact 25th anniversary of its release.

Absolutely incredible piece of art. The last time I played something with this level of lore depth was the Nier series.

(Also VERY buggy…)

It’s our favorite time of year: Tokyo Game Show! A cavalcade of special guests pop through to talk about everything we saw at day 1 of the show, including Marvel Tokon, Onimusha, RE9, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Age of Imprisonment, Ghost of Yotei, Dragon Quest 1&2, and lots more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

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Battle beyond the Underworld in our bewitching sequel to the godlike roguelike. Go Kill Time!

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Whoa, The Legendary Axe fan art from snakepixel! Not expecting that. It's true - enemy designs from old games have an unhinged "spark" and I love seeing a skilled redraw.

I always thought the auto-charging strength meter in this and Astyanax/The Lord of King (great name) was interesting, too.

Earthion is so great 🥲
Totally worth the wait these past couple years

Whoa

Earthion is launching September 18! 🎉
Nintendo Switch, PS4/5, and Xbox One/Series X|S, with the Steam version already available.
A brand-new side-scrolling shooter that captures the golden age of late-80s to early-90s arcade shmups.
Dive in and enjoy!

But you pretty much HAVE to use a guide, mostly just to avoid the game-breaking bugs… 😅

Yeah, it’s essentially a totally different game with the same story. Right Stuff weirdly even reused the PC Engine cutscenes, so they end up looking really out of place. I’ve only played the first bit of the PS1 version myself, but from what I’ve played/seen, I‘d still recommend the PCE version.

YouTube video by ざんぎUME PC Engin CD ROM2 アルナムの牙 獣族十二神徒伝説 OP

It’s a crying shame that Alnam no Kiba—the RPG that he not only did character designs for but outright directed and wrote—is such a buggy mess. The skeleton of an excellent game is there! It just needed the programming to be ironed out before release…

m.youtube.com/watch?v=uiw_...

YouTube video by 木村明広 アトルシャン編【エンゲージ オブ メモリーズ -暗黒の竜-】冒頭デモ『再会と悲劇』

I love that Akihiro Kimura is still quietly making his Emerald Dragon sequels:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=InwA...

finally