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But is it as hard as the soundtrack to Super Drift Out, a game which has a dedicated option setting to switch between "Normal" and "Hard" BGM?

Got denied service by my psychiatrist today due to supposedly not having an appointment, despite me successfully calling the clinic and claiming an appointment several days prior. And people may wonder why I absolutely do not trust other people with mundane tasks in everyday life.

A bit bizarre that Pilot Brothers 3 and later 3D sequels run in ScummVM while two original games don't, but I guess newer games share their game engine with a larger number of other titles.

A bit surprising, given that all three versions of Joe Montana Football (IBM PC, Master System/Game Gear, Genesis) are completely different games created by three different development studios.

Screenshot of the video game Joe Montana Football for IBM PC. JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL™ (c) Copyright 1990 Sega of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Sound and Music Matt Berardo Russell Lieblich Pete Mokris

I like the music in Joe Montana Football for Sega Genesis, but unfortunately the composers in that game are uncredited. Turns out that the IBM PC (DOS) version of the game uses the same music compositions and composers are actually credited right on the title screen along with other developers.

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Something completely unpredictable has happened. I've started to enjoy playing American football video games.

Always be skeptical of people who use the term "Sega of Japan" when talking about video game history.

Can't connect to Pinball FX servers for several days. I'm starting to suspect Roskomnadzor breaking random Internet connections as usual. Everything to protect innocent citizens from evil pinball extremists dedicated to destroying Russia's traditional values™ through public pinball leader boards.

Oh yeah, there's an MSU-1 hack for Super Smash T.V. which replaces music with the original arcade soundtrack. Beam Software did an amazing job with their SNES conversion, but many of Jon Hey's music flourishes were unfortunately not replicated there.

Playing the playtest demo of RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike, it's fascinating how in this game you either lose or utterly break the game with no survivors, with no in-between outcome possible.

Jung Freud cosplaying as Arle Nadja.

Does IrfanView use a different library for opening Photo CD (.pcd) files in 4 Base/16 Base resolutions from the one used for smaller image resolutions? Is there a reason for that?

シャトルをソ連っぽくしました。

Model of a Buran-class spacecraft on the left and a Space Shuttle spacecraft on the right. Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Baikonur_(36728407423).jpg

Great art, but I'd like to point out that the spaceship sprite in Tetris is most likely based on a Soviet Buran-class spacecraft, not an American Space Shuttle. They have very different side booster rockets. Buran fits better with the Russian theme of Tetris as well.

Namco: we are glad to present you a new game designed by Game Studio!
*Everybody in the audience bows down in respect.*

Got some play time out of my New Nintendo 3DS XL after some time and, wow, what an ergonomics nightmare is this thing. I like Its numerous improvements over the original 3DS model, but it is pretty much impossible for me to hold the system correctly when actively using its D-pad.

An evil antisocial idea: make your SNES homebrew constantly make calls to the ST018 co-processor as a means of copy protection, so that your game can only be played on emulators and no reproduction cartridges could ever be created without cracking the game.

Screenshot of "Apple // Bejeweled" for Apple II computer.

Apple // Bejeweled (2016) is the real deal. Plays really good on an old computer platform with game rules faithful to the original. #AppleII

This is Sergio of the Napoli Angels baseball team. Everything his bat touches turns into a home run. The real MVP.

Baseball Stars 2 (1992, Arcade and Neo Geo AES) #neogeo

Qix is an American game though and Taito America officially used "kicks" pronunciation.

Screenshot of a 1994 video game Hotel Mario for CD-i multimedia players. Mario is standing on the edge of a platform, facing a three story column of Wigglers moving in the same direction, completely impossible to avoid or defeat.

Hotel Mario for Philips CD-i is actually a pretty decent game, despite the infamy surrounding it and the whole CD-i ecosystem, but from time to time it just stuns you with some absolute nonsense like this:

A screenshot of a demonstration program running on an Atari 400/800 home computer from 1979, saying "I CAN HELP YOU WITH DOZENS OF YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES" in very large letters.

Atari 400/800 home computer is desperate for your affection. #atari8bit

Why does the BlueSky app now default to the notifications tab whenever you launch the app? I don't want to be constantly reminded that I am lonely and nobody ever reads whatever I shout into the void. There's no apparent option to revert this. #bluesky

Screenshot of the 1988 arcade game Tetris, released by Sega in Japan, showcasing a background graphic issue visible to the left of the play area.

I hope that some day game roms used by MAME for Sega's 1988 Tetris arcade game get redumped, so that the missing background tiles issue visible in one particular stage can be resolved. The missing tiles are only relevant to set 3 and set 4 variants of the game running on System 16A hardware.

Title screen of Ms. Candyman for Bally Professional Arcade home gaming console.

Screenshot of Ms. Candyman.

Screenshot of Ms. Candyman.

Screenshot of Ms. Candyman.

Ms. Candyman (1983) for [Bally] Astrocade is honestly one of the coolest little games I've seen, yet it is completely unknown to 99% of retro gamers. Fast action, unique enemy graphics, funny death animations, constant color changes, etc. It is very polished, despite being an indie game of its era.

Glad to learn that Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64 lets you play single player portion of the game with the only controller being plugged into the fourth slot.

Title screen of The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe for Philips CD-i.

Section of the credits for The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe for Philips CD-i, listing musicians who have played music recorded for the disc.

Did you know that Paul Romero, the acclaimed composer behind the music of Heroes of Might & Magic game series, had previously performed music on the infamous "The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe" compact disc for the Philips CD-i?

Finally reached the final car class in Project Gotham Racing 2 on Original Xbox after a long pause. Looking at the race list, it would be cool if the game had a final Cone Challenge set on the whole Nürburgring track, giving an opportunity to earn over one million Kudos all at once. 😄

Smooth Noodle Maps by Devo is a great album. It's unfortunate that it got buried by critics in 1990.