GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)
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gimme a minute (GSK)
for all the folk on an Emerald Dragon kick rn: series chara designer/illustrator Akihiro Kimura crowdfunded a drama CD that evolved into self-made successor games, starting with this 2022 game https://digitarouge.booth.pm/items/3815905 🇯🇵 & followed by this trio of games released just a few weeks ago
エメドラ続々編３部作 - DIGITA ROUGE - BOOTH
前作のエメドラ続編【エレメンタルドラグーン -2つの光-】のさらに続編となる物語を、３人の視点からそれぞれのドラマとしてゲーム化した作品です。 故に前作【エレメンタルドラグーン -2つの光-】をプレイしていないと理解できない部分がございますので、できれば前作をプレイして頂きたいと存じます。 前作はフリーゲームなので無料でプレイできます。↓下記のリンクページでDLして下さい。 https://digitarouge.booth.pm/items/3815905 バグを見つけたらここのメッセージ機能で報告して下さい（Xでも質問できますが、ネタバレを含む場合はここのメッセージが有用です）。
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January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
for all the folk on an Emerald Dragon kick rn: series chara designer/illustrator Akihiro Kimura crowdfunded a drama CD that evolved into self-made successor games, starting with this 2022 game https://digitarouge.booth.pm/items/3815905 🇯🇵 & followed by this trio of games released just a few weeks ago
Famitsu new years card/message dump is up https://www.famitsu.com/article/202601/61543 🇯🇵 the comments are mostly identical to the stuff that's been trickling out all week, but Sunsoft did offer a teaser for their next revival project...
January 1, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Famitsu new years card/message dump is up https://www.famitsu.com/article/202601/61543 🇯🇵 the comments are mostly identical to the stuff that's been trickling out all week, but Sunsoft did offer a teaser for their next revival project...
what could the Fit Boxing publisher possibly be hinting at
January 1, 2026 at 3:54 AM
what could the Fit Boxing publisher possibly be hinting at
Naito asked ppl not to spoil the credits (maybe they've loosened up now, idk) but the PC8001 version they started with (which has beeper BGM) has em all listed on the splash screen: mostly old micom scene guys, but some names chiptune folk might recognise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uKZSNyS60
Thanks for putting me onto this one I had no idea about it and picked it up right away for the tunes!
January 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Naito asked ppl not to spoil the credits (maybe they've loosened up now, idk) but the PC8001 version they started with (which has beeper BGM) has em all listed on the splash screen: mostly old micom scene guys, but some names chiptune folk might recognise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uKZSNyS60
the PC88 port of XeGrader, the recent Druaga-esque puzzle-STG by Hydlide series creator Tokihiro Naito, is up for sale on booth, ¥3980 https://valgus.booth.pm/items/7812568 🇯🇵 you're getting raw d88 files for use with your emulator of choice
free demo https://valgus.booth.pm/items/7814722 🇯🇵
free demo https://valgus.booth.pm/items/7814722 🇯🇵
XeGrader for PC-8801mkIISR - NAITO Tokihiro's Legacy - BOOTH
XeGrader for PC-8801mkIISR版のダウンロード販売です。購入後の返品は出来ません。必ず事前に体験版で動作確認を行ってから購入してください。体験版は下記からダウンロードできます。この体験版が問題なく動作すれば、その環境では正しく動作すると確認できます。 https://booth.pm/ja/items/7814722 This is the downloadable version of XeGrader for PC-8801mkIISR. Please note that purchases are non-refundable. Before purchasing,
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January 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
the PC88 port of XeGrader, the recent Druaga-esque puzzle-STG by Hydlide series creator Tokihiro Naito, is up for sale on booth, ¥3980 https://valgus.booth.pm/items/7812568 🇯🇵 you're getting raw d88 files for use with your emulator of choice
free demo https://valgus.booth.pm/items/7814722 🇯🇵
free demo https://valgus.booth.pm/items/7814722 🇯🇵
M2 put up a new years video: no reveals, just acknowledgement that it's ShotTriggers' 10th anniversary and that 2026 will be a celebratory year with lots of stuff in the works (including Aleste Branch), but they did elect to feature the Senxin Aleste charas with a certain controller on their ny card
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
M2 put up a new years video: no reveals, just acknowledgement that it's ShotTriggers' 10th anniversary and that 2026 will be a celebratory year with lots of stuff in the works (including Aleste Branch), but they did elect to feature the Senxin Aleste charas with a certain controller on their ny card
tomorrow is now, have at it https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN, the first-ever home version of Examu's 2009/11 arcade fighting game Daemon Bride, will be out on Steam tomorrow—this version features rollback, 16:9 & OG 4:3, playable boss, training mode, etc
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN on Steam
In 2025, the popular arcade game "Demon Bride" is back on Steam! A fighting game depicting the battle between 17 angels and demons. Enjoy high-speed, deep battles with flashy bullets and powerful special moves. In addition, the rollback-compatible net code allows for smooth online battles.
store.steampowered.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
tomorrow is now, have at it https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
aight done for real, I swear
December 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
aight done for real, I swear
another year, another 20+ translated Japanese game developer interviews published by @shmuplations.bsky.social at shmuplations.com —the final updates for the year just went up, so allow me to run down what's been translated over the course of 2025, from most to least recent: (thread)
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December 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
another year, another 20+ translated Japanese game developer interviews published by @shmuplations.bsky.social at shmuplations.com —the final updates for the year just went up, so allow me to run down what's been translated over the course of 2025, from most to least recent: (thread)
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN, the first-ever home version of Examu's 2009/11 arcade fighting game Daemon Bride, will be out on Steam tomorrow—this version features rollback, 16:9 & OG 4:3, playable boss, training mode, etc
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN on Steam
In 2025, the popular arcade game "Demon Bride" is back on Steam! A fighting game depicting the battle between 17 angels and demons. Enjoy high-speed, deep battles with flashy bullets and powerful special moves. In addition, the rollback-compatible net code allows for smooth online battles.
store.steampowered.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN, the first-ever home version of Examu's 2009/11 arcade fighting game Daemon Bride, will be out on Steam tomorrow—this version features rollback, 16:9 & OG 4:3, playable boss, training mode, etc
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3390980/DaemonBrideADDITIONAL_GAIN/
Famitsu published a collection of 2026 aspirations from 171 different game devs https://www.famitsu.com/article/202512/61923?page=2 🇯🇵
right off the rip...Shutaro IIda's keyword is "survival"; his aspiration is to release the new Bloodstained while he's still alive; he wants to live to see Jojo pt.7
right off the rip...Shutaro IIda's keyword is "survival"; his aspiration is to release the new Bloodstained while he's still alive; he wants to live to see Jojo pt.7
ゲームクリエイター171人が語る2026年の抱負。真摯な目標から新作と思しきコメントまで。ゲーム業界の未来はここにある【年末年始特別企画】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ゲームクリエイター171人分の抱負を一挙に掲載する、年末年始の恒例企画。さらに、2026年に注目しているエンターテインメント作品についてもご回答いただいた。今後のゲーム業界の動向を知ることができ、ここにはゲームの“未来”がある
www.famitsu.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Famitsu published a collection of 2026 aspirations from 171 different game devs https://www.famitsu.com/article/202512/61923?page=2 🇯🇵
right off the rip...Shutaro IIda's keyword is "survival"; his aspiration is to release the new Bloodstained while he's still alive; he wants to live to see Jojo pt.7
right off the rip...Shutaro IIda's keyword is "survival"; his aspiration is to release the new Bloodstained while he's still alive; he wants to live to see Jojo pt.7
integer overflow
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
integer overflow
great idea! now, to never get sick, never have my identity compromised, never have my financials frozen, never start a business with "slop" in the name...
2026 or death
2026 or death
Damn, this level of curation is pretty dang impressive. You gotta think about starting your own publishing company or something one of these days.
December 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
great idea! now, to never get sick, never have my identity compromised, never have my financials frozen, never start a business with "slop" in the name...
2026 or death
2026 or death
you can thank the Newgrounds sidebar mascot for that one
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
you can thank the Newgrounds sidebar mascot for that one
Double Dragon Advance (down to 3.49), maybe the last authentic stab at Double Dragon, before everyone involved gave up and allowed it to become indiscriminate brawler gumbo... iirc the emulation's shaky, but what else is new
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/double-dragon-advance-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/double-dragon-advance-switch/
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December 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Double Dragon Advance (down to 3.49), maybe the last authentic stab at Double Dragon, before everyone involved gave up and allowed it to become indiscriminate brawler gumbo... iirc the emulation's shaky, but what else is new
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/double-dragon-advance-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/double-dragon-advance-switch/
I was asked to recommend some cheap Switch games... I've got a minute, so why not: <$5 eShop thread, here ya go
(many of these are curios or "oh yeah, that exists"-type recs, not necessarily wholehearted endorsements—ya gotta have the correct head injury for some of this stuff)
(many of these are curios or "oh yeah, that exists"-type recs, not necessarily wholehearted endorsements—ya gotta have the correct head injury for some of this stuff)
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I was asked to recommend some cheap Switch games... I've got a minute, so why not: <$5 eShop thread, here ya go
(many of these are curios or "oh yeah, that exists"-type recs, not necessarily wholehearted endorsements—ya gotta have the correct head injury for some of this stuff)
(many of these are curios or "oh yeah, that exists"-type recs, not necessarily wholehearted endorsements—ya gotta have the correct head injury for some of this stuff)
4gamer also spoke to 104 fighting game players about 2025: what they achieved, the games/media they liked, other players they're watching & aspirations for 2026 https://www.4gamer.net/games/635/G063504/20251226001/ 🇯🇵 again, just singling out whatever catches my eye
プロシーンで活躍する格闘ゲーマーに聞く，2025年の振り返りと2026年への抱負。今年は大台を突破した計104人が参加
恒例企画「プロシーンで活躍する格闘ゲーマーアンケート」をお届けする。高額賞金大会が多くなり，よりシーン全体が盛り上がりを見せた2025年。ウメハラ選手やときど選手らベテランから，ひなお選手らニューフ…
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December 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
4gamer also spoke to 104 fighting game players about 2025: what they achieved, the games/media they liked, other players they're watching & aspirations for 2026 https://www.4gamer.net/games/635/G063504/20251226001/ 🇯🇵 again, just singling out whatever catches my eye
didn't see this til now but two comments:
Yoko does not have discriminating taste & will twist himself into a pretzel to enjoy anything vaguely STG-like
he even hit yall with the "I ran out of space to talk about Gradius & Nebulasray bc I wrote so much about Cygni"—dude knows he's pushing buttons
Yoko does not have discriminating taste & will twist himself into a pretzel to enjoy anything vaguely STG-like
he even hit yall with the "I ran out of space to talk about Gradius & Nebulasray bc I wrote so much about Cygni"—dude knows he's pushing buttons
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
didn't see this til now but two comments:
Yoko does not have discriminating taste & will twist himself into a pretzel to enjoy anything vaguely STG-like
he even hit yall with the "I ran out of space to talk about Gradius & Nebulasray bc I wrote so much about Cygni"—dude knows he's pushing buttons
Yoko does not have discriminating taste & will twist himself into a pretzel to enjoy anything vaguely STG-like
he even hit yall with the "I ran out of space to talk about Gradius & Nebulasray bc I wrote so much about Cygni"—dude knows he's pushing buttons
4gamer's end-of-year roundup's up: 194 devs sharing their games, media & persons of interest for 2025 & their plans for 2026 https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20251219044/ 🇯🇵 just gonna go through and pick out whatever catches my eye (thread)
4Gamer年末恒例の「ゲーム業界著名人コメント集」企画。194名が2025年を振り返り，新年への決意を語る
毎年恒例の4Gamer年末企画，「ゲーム業界著名人の年末コメント集企画」を今年もお届けします。本企画は，国内外の著名なクリエイターや経営者を幅広く取り上げて，その年に感心させられたタイトルや注目した…
www.4gamer.net
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
4gamer's end-of-year roundup's up: 194 devs sharing their games, media & persons of interest for 2025 & their plans for 2026 https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20251219044/ 🇯🇵 just gonna go through and pick out whatever catches my eye (thread)
I feel like we've passed a double-digit amount of asian mobile devs wearing Psikyo games as a skin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtr9eje33Y
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December 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I feel like we've passed a double-digit amount of asian mobile devs wearing Psikyo games as a skin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtr9eje33Y
jumping on this to add that Shine Post topped denfami's list of user-recommended games of 2025 https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/251226b 🇯🇵 for comparison's sake, the Tokimemo remake didn't even crack the top 30
BREAKING NEWS, GAMERS: I'm not doomed to replay LoveR just yet because I managed to get a multi-language Switch 2 and will now be covering a launch game y'all forgot about: Shine Post, Konami's well-reviewed idol management game. I wasn't expecting to play this for a while, so I'm legit jazzed. 😎
December 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
jumping on this to add that Shine Post topped denfami's list of user-recommended games of 2025 https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/251226b 🇯🇵 for comparison's sake, the Tokimemo remake didn't even crack the top 30
newly-uploaded, edited footage of Shonen Majutsushi Indy / Indy, the Magical Kid, an original Famicom RPG based on the Futabashi gamebook series of the same name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_vsswo5Gc 🇯🇵this footage is from an old dev VHS; the uploader has lots of other dev materials, but no ROM
【FC版『少年魔術師インディ』】プレイ動画01 - YouTube
ファミコン版『少年魔術師インディ』のプレイ動画が録画されたVHSテープが発見されましたので、PCに取り込みました。こちらの映像はその最序盤になります。残念ながらOPやタイトル画面はありません。*■『少年魔術師インディ』とは？*原作の『少年魔術師インディ』シリーズは、1987年に株式会社「双葉社」より発売された、著...
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December 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
newly-uploaded, edited footage of Shonen Majutsushi Indy / Indy, the Magical Kid, an original Famicom RPG based on the Futabashi gamebook series of the same name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_vsswo5Gc 🇯🇵this footage is from an old dev VHS; the uploader has lots of other dev materials, but no ROM
City Connection prez Yoshikawa & director Kei Watanabe on Rushing Beat X https://www.4gamer.net/games/960/G096022/20251202054/ 🇯🇵 the~yr-long delay was caused by them completely redoing the anims & other elements due to negative feedback—not just from fans, but also the OG devs working as supervisors
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
City Connection prez Yoshikawa & director Kei Watanabe on Rushing Beat X https://www.4gamer.net/games/960/G096022/20251202054/ 🇯🇵 the~yr-long delay was caused by them completely redoing the anims & other elements due to negative feedback—not just from fans, but also the OG devs working as supervisors
from this interview with City Connection's Yoshikawa on their '26 plans: they're investigating the cause of commonly-cited bugs (sound issues, enemy placement, effects etc) & intend to fix what they can, and are considering adding OG slowdown https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2025/12/25/160998.html
シティコネクション社長の吉川延宏氏インタビュー！2026年の目標だけでなく、今後20年を見据えたことも聞いてみた | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト
『R-Type Delta: HD Boosted』は処理落ち復活も検討？
www.gamespark.jp
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
from this interview with City Connection's Yoshikawa on their '26 plans: they're investigating the cause of commonly-cited bugs (sound issues, enemy placement, effects etc) & intend to fix what they can, and are considering adding OG slowdown https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2025/12/25/160998.html
Natsume-Atari's rebranding as Winning Entertainment Group in 2026 https://www.winning-ent.co.jp/ this rebrand is is partly due to the confusion that comes with having "Natsume" &/or "Atari" in their name, but also coincides with a tie-up with Tamkeem, the Bahrain Royal Labour Fund. happy holidays!
Winning Entertainment Group株式会社｜ゲーム・遊技機・IP開発のエンタテインメント企業
Winning Entertainment Group株式会社は、ゲーム開発・遊技機開発を軸に、IPプロデュースやグローバル展開を行うエンタテインメント企業です。
www.winning-ent.co.jp
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Natsume-Atari's rebranding as Winning Entertainment Group in 2026 https://www.winning-ent.co.jp/ this rebrand is is partly due to the confusion that comes with having "Natsume" &/or "Atari" in their name, but also coincides with a tie-up with Tamkeem, the Bahrain Royal Labour Fund. happy holidays!