Frank Cifaldi
@frankcifaldi.bsky.social
I made GameHistory.org and you can too
The Godfather (1972)
Looking for something to watch while you wind down? We got you.
Here's 7 hours of Cancelled Video Games:
youtu.be/dgMI67ElQ7w
Here's 7 hours of Cancelled Video Games:
youtu.be/dgMI67ElQ7w
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The Godfather (1972)
I have this weird habit where I white balance images that come across my timeline, it's a nervous tic, it's like my digital fidget toy
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I have this weird habit where I white balance images that come across my timeline, it's a nervous tic, it's like my digital fidget toy
Why are there three Kirbys, The Wall Street Journal
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Why are there three Kirbys, The Wall Street Journal
Woke up still thinking about Trump's buddy Tom Brady walking up on stage and waving to the crowd while Green Day joyously performed "American Idiot" behind him, scrubbed of its current anti-MAGA lyrics, presumably pocketing their huge NFL paychecks instead of donating to help. It's just so PUNK!
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Woke up still thinking about Trump's buddy Tom Brady walking up on stage and waving to the crowd while Green Day joyously performed "American Idiot" behind him, scrubbed of its current anti-MAGA lyrics, presumably pocketing their huge NFL paychecks instead of donating to help. It's just so PUNK!
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This is extremely work in progress and part of a HUGE undertaking, but I wanted to share some "proof of life" for getting Game Informer magazine's original screenshot captures from way back in 1993 recovered off of digital backup tapes. If they had any lost builds, we might be able to recover images
February 7, 2026 at 1:44 AM
This is extremely work in progress and part of a HUGE undertaking, but I wanted to share some "proof of life" for getting Game Informer magazine's original screenshot captures from way back in 1993 recovered off of digital backup tapes. If they had any lost builds, we might be able to recover images
Ah it's time for my every-two-years, exactly-one-month subscription to Peacock. I hope they buy something nice with my $10
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Ah it's time for my every-two-years, exactly-one-month subscription to Peacock. I hope they buy something nice with my $10
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give 'em your subs! they pay me!
Your subscriber dollars at work: Aftermath has a new regular contributor and monthly columnist. Welcome @adashtra.bsky.social and @jmrivera.bsky.social to our regular rotation of writers!
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February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
give 'em your subs! they pay me!
These aren't new to the internet or anything but I just dug out these Mother 3 screenshots from 1997, I heard Bluesky likes Mother 3
February 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
These aren't new to the internet or anything but I just dug out these Mother 3 screenshots from 1997, I heard Bluesky likes Mother 3
I've got the original gigantic Konami horse render you've been asking about, freshly digitized from a press kit
February 4, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I've got the original gigantic Konami horse render you've been asking about, freshly digitized from a press kit
So the good news is that we won that mysterious promotional Toonstruck VHS on eBay. The bad news is that the tape inside is labeled MAGIC TAPE and has some off the air recordings of The Simpsons and wrestling
February 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
So the good news is that we won that mysterious promotional Toonstruck VHS on eBay. The bad news is that the tape inside is labeled MAGIC TAPE and has some off the air recordings of The Simpsons and wrestling
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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January 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hi, please give what you can
I was asked to see if we had anything showing the StarFox demo animation that Nintendo had when it debuted the Virtual Boy at E3 1995. We do, but it cuts out really quickly, and the jump cut to the confused man is making me giggle.
January 31, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I was asked to see if we had anything showing the StarFox demo animation that Nintendo had when it debuted the Virtual Boy at E3 1995. We do, but it cuts out really quickly, and the jump cut to the confused man is making me giggle.
Restless at work for a bit, give me a game title that was announced but never came out from, let's say 1993-1999, and I'll dig into some of our unprocessed material to see if we can shed any new light on it.
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Restless at work for a bit, give me a game title that was announced but never came out from, let's say 1993-1999, and I'll dig into some of our unprocessed material to see if we can shed any new light on it.
If you give Mario a happy meal he glitches out and gets weird, that's why you never see a McDonald's in a mainline game
January 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
If you give Mario a happy meal he glitches out and gets weird, that's why you never see a McDonald's in a mainline game
I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.
Someone dorkier than me please ID the artist so I can spend the rest of my life trying to find the original art for Superman Raisins
Superman Raisins (1982-1986): Snack-sized boxes of raisins, bearing the image and likeness of the Man of Steel, who could be seen on every box dumping a presumably gargantuan barrel of football-sized raisins onto a seemingly endless raisin horde, located in an empty, peach-colored void
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Someone dorkier than me please ID the artist so I can spend the rest of my life trying to find the original art for Superman Raisins
This game was crazy, they were like cars sliding around on the ice into each other. Jersey colors were Invisible Snow Camo vs. Loud Safety Vest. They had to stop throwing the ball because no one could see it.
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This game was crazy, they were like cars sliding around on the ice into each other. Jersey colors were Invisible Snow Camo vs. Loud Safety Vest. They had to stop throwing the ball because no one could see it.
PS1 Beavis and Butt-Head are here to make your day better
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
PS1 Beavis and Butt-Head are here to make your day better
I didn't know he lived in Vermont, crazy
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I didn't know he lived in Vermont, crazy
If game jams are still a thing there should be one where every game starts with this screenshot
bar games, screenshot, dos (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/5618/ba...
January 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If game jams are still a thing there should be one where every game starts with this screenshot
Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
Some days at work you digitize long-lost video game ROMs like you're a video game Indiana Jones and other days you babysit a video tape of someone playing "Blasto" by Sony Interactive Studios America for the PlayStation home video game console
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Some days at work you digitize long-lost video game ROMs like you're a video game Indiana Jones and other days you babysit a video tape of someone playing "Blasto" by Sony Interactive Studios America for the PlayStation home video game console
When shit is bad I seek art with uncompromising beauty, like these screenshots of "KONG KING" recently posted on the bootleg games Discord
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
When shit is bad I seek art with uncompromising beauty, like these screenshots of "KONG KING" recently posted on the bootleg games Discord