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Ren Fuchsfein
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Hiya, I'm Ren! 🦊🏳️‍🌈
He/They, 33, Autistic, Gay, Lovable Dorkfox from Southwest Germany

Oldschool Gamer, Electronic Music, English & Scottish Folk Enthusiast
Gaming, language, music trivia, nature photography, politics free zone
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Ren Fuchsfein @fuchsfein.bsky.social · Sep 13
- Places To Find Me 🦊 -

Retro Gaming Channel + Kraftwerk Concert Archive:
www.youtube.com/@Fuchsfein
English & Scottish Traditional Music Archive (Child Ballads):
www.youtube.com/@Liederfuchs
Furaffinity (Nature Photography + Nerd Fox Stuff):
www.furaffinity.net/user/renfuch...
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darayner.itch.io/crash-bandic...

Today I’m releasing Crash Bandicoot Twisted demo, a fan game/prototype for the GBA. Download the ROM or play it in the browser. #pixelart #crashbandicoot #gba
Crash Bandicoot Twisted by Darayner
Game Boy Advance fan mini-remake
darayner.itch.io
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
For years I wondered what the dead boss in Monster Party for NES was meant to be.

The manual says it's a giant spider. Except it's not. It looks like a lizard.

Well, today I stumbled upon this: bogleech.com/halloween/ha...

The 1980s Gegebo Majuu (ゲゲボ魔獣) toy figurines by Bandai.
Monster Party - A 1989 NES game released in the US by Bandai and developed by Shinsei. It has a whole host of strange boss fights which don't make much sense until you learn that they were meant to be parodies of famous pop culture, movie and folklore monsters. For the US release most of the monster sprites got replaced, possibly to stay clear of any risk of copyright infringement on popular IPs. Inexplicably the Japanese Famicom release with the monster parodies intact ended up being cancelled, leaving the US release as the only version known to the world until a Japanese sample cartridge was preserved and released to the public by MrMark0673 on 3 July 2014. In hindsight I'd say the US release is actually the more interesting game thanks to its additional quirkiness and lack of explanation behind the monster designs. The Famicom version feels a little more mundane in comparison but isn't short of bizarre creature designs either. Monster Party became a cult classic due to its strangeness and surprising amounts of blood for an 80s Nintendo game
December 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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I apologise for filling your timeline with Waluigi.

Look at a cute fox instead. 🦊
It's a fox
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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This can't be real. There's no way this is real. Why!?

I just read about Waluigi's Foot Fault aka Waluigi's Toenail Clipping Party, a now lost media gross out flash game used to promote Waluigi and Mario Tennis in September 2000.

It reads like a bad April Fool's joke. A cursed piece of lost media.
This is all you need to know about Waluigi's Toenail Clipping Party. You don't need to see the "gameplay" picture.
December 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
Here's a fun little folk tune. 🦊🎵

Over the River to Charlie (aka Weevily Wheat) sung by Ray Heatherton (The Merry Mailman) in the 1950s.

You wouldn't think it but this American children's song likely sprung from the ashes of a Scottish Jacobite song about Bonnie Prince Charlie.
December 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I often get appreciative comments from relatives of traditional singers whose songs I shared on my folk music channel.

Sometimes not even the singers' families have been given copies of these field recordings. For shame.

I want to make such historic recordings available to everyone without effort.
A wonderful comment I got from a friend of the Moran family in reply to my uploads of Child Ballads & Folk Songs sung by Thomas Moran, a farmer of Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland. Recorded by Séamus Ennis for the BBC between 1952 and 1954. Thomas Moran of Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland was one of the most prolific and inspiring traditional ballad singers I've ever had the pleasure of listening listen to. I've shared all the recordings I have of his singing on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/thomas-moran-of-mohill-folk-songs
December 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Legendary Rare designer Gregg Mayles has posted the full Stop 'N' Swop document for Banjo-Tooie! This includes plans for Donkey Kong as a playable character in Banjo-Tooie's multiplayer, how the Ice Key would be passed from Banjo-Kazooie to Donkey Kong 64 to Tooie (and beyond!), and much, much more.
DK Vine • News • Gregg Mayles Reveals Donkey Kong Was Planned for Banjo-Tooie Multiplayer via Stop 'N' Swop
We finally know the original purpose of the Ice Key, Gold DK Bust, and other treasures in Banjo-Tooie.
www.dkvine.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Here's another game I picked up. Look Outside by Francis Coulombe aka FrankieSmileShow.

A survival horror RPG. Survive 15 days in an apartment complex where people turn into monsters.

I'm a fan of RPGs in unusual settings. It blends horror and humour with a cool art style and fantastic soundtrack.
Gameplay Screenshot of Look Outside by Francis Coulombe aka FrankieSmileShow Exploring one of the apartments. You're always on a scavenger hunt for supplies. Not everyone in the complex is an enemy, you'll meet friends and foes alike. Gameplay Screenshot of Look Outside by Francis Coulombe aka FrankieSmileShow The characters and their designs made me fall in love with Look Outside. It manages to be unsettling and oddly adorable at the same time. Sometimes you're given a choice of talking your way out of a fight, Undertale style. I haven't finished my first run yet but I wouldn't be surprised if there are multiple endings which depend on certain dialogue and moral choices you made throughout the game. Gameplay Screenshot of Look Outside by Francis Coulombe aka FrankieSmileShow One of the game's strange creatures. Figuring out the best way to fight each enemy is a huge part of the game's appeal. The survival horror aspect limits your ability to save. Making each trip outside your own apartment a risk versus reward affair where you explore new places, gather supplies, interact with NPCs and try to survive the strange monsters that room the complex. If you die you lose progress which can be frustrating, but also immensely satisfying when you did particularly well on an exploration journey. It's very comparable to oldschool Resident Evil where you could only save at typewriters and had to plan each trip carefully. It's classic survival horror gameplay in an RPG setting. Gameplay Screenshot of Look Outside by Francis Coulombe aka FrankieSmileShow I decided not to show any of the more unsettling enemy designs in my screenshots, but they do exist. There's a healthy mix of both scary and adorable creature designs. The game's art style and character designs are a highlight for me, they're pretty unique and memorable. A few encounters even managed to genuinely startle me which I can't say I've ever experienced in a role playing game before.
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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An early title screen (left) for Phantasy Star II (MD) compared to its final release (right). Besides the similar but nude single woman, the same planets are there, but a nice portrait of Alis/Arisa(?) disappeared for the final title screen.
early title screen (left) for Phantasy Star II (MD) compared to its final release (right). Besides the similar but nude single woman, the planets are there, but a portrait of Alis/Arisa(?) is visible in the early title screen
December 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Allegedly Ubisoft got hacked. The hackers managed to copy terabytes of game source code going back as far as 1990.

I know hackers want money. They have no altruistic motives...

But am I a bad person for dreaming of old Rayman, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six or Prince of Persia code and assets leaking?
December 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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I treated myself to 4 new games for Christmas.

Gradius Origins (Love the series, excited for Salamander 3)
Ufouria: The Saga 2 (Cute sequel to Famicom Hebereke by Sunsoft)
BROK the InvestiGator (Gators are cool, point & click / beat em up mix)
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (It's hilarious and fun)
Gradius Origins (Love the series, excited for Salamander 3) Ufouria: The Saga 2 (Cute sequel to Famicom Hebereke by Sunsoft) BROK the InvestiGator (Gators are cool, point & click / beat em up mix) Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (It's hilarious and fun)
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
I made another noodle gratin because I enjoyed the one at Christmas eve so much. 🦊♥️

I always forget about gratins / casseroles. It's something I rarely make, but I like them and they're perfect for winter time.

I use Mozzarella cheese. I love strong cheeses, but on a hot dish I prefer mild cheese.
I made another noodle gratin because I enjoyed the one at Christmas eve so much. 🦊♥️ I always forget about gratins / casseroles. It's something I rarely make, but I like them and they're perfect for winter time. I use Mozzarella cheese. I love strong cheeses, but on a hot dish I prefer mild cheese.
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
The cancelled Resident Evil GBC Prototype has a built in save state feature. Pause the game & turn off the console. Next time you power it on it'll resume where you left.

In the earliest build the feature is unstable. I managed to unlock all doors by resuming a paused game. The music also glitches.
The feature is called "Interrupt Save" on the Pause Screen. It took me a moment to understand what it does. In the later builds it appears quite reliable from my limited testing. Only the music glitches slightly when resuming, but the feature works. In the earliest build the feature is unstable. I managed to unlock all doors by resuming a paused game. It set the flags for every door/puzzle to complete.
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
I'm going on a walk. I sit in the house too much over the holidays and the weather is beautiful.

It'll be good for me. I don't mind cold winter weather, but I love the sunshine! 🦊💛🎵
Sunny day oh happy day it almost feels like that morning in may Cold as the night yet bright in the light It's quite nice, such a day of sun and surprise
December 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
The same gentleman who sent me a box of Kraftwerk live cassette tapes surprised me with a bunch of nice concert photos and related trinkets from the 90s.

I won't show all of them but I picked a few favourites.

Genova Italy 1990
Glasgow Scotland 1991
Norwich England 1992
Tribal Gathering Luton 1997
Ralf Hütter & Henning Schmitz at Tribal Gathering Luton 1997. Tribal or Musique Non Stop on the left, Pocket Calculator on the right. Photos from Glasgow 1991 with Fernando Abrantes, Norwich 1992 and The Man Machine at Tribal Gathering Luton 1997. Concert Photos and a Ticket from Genova Italy 1990. The Computer World photo of Ralf on the left appeared in the Aktivität Fanzine back in the day. Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, Fritz Hilpert, Florian Schneider. Herr Ralfi und Herr Karl at one of those elusive Pre-Mix concerts. Concert ticket for The Docks Hamburg Germany 1991 signed by Henning Schmitz and Radioactivity / Radioaktivität and The Robots / Die Roboter Promo Pictures from a French TV appearance in Paris in 1978.
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41Q...
The Flintstones (Genesis) - Unused Song 2
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The jump in storage capacity from Nintendo 64 cartridges to GameCube discs allowed the developers to be astonishingly generous with the storage in comparison. A Super Mario Sunshine cutscene of a single image fading in and out is larger than the entirety of Super Mario 64.
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Kraftwerk live cassettes from the old days of tape trading I got from a gentleman in the UK. Got a box of tapes, among them a few gems. Tokyo 1981 FM, Utrecht '81 FM, Hammersmith Palais '81, Santa Monica '81, Liverpool '81 21st, Grassina 1990.

They've been digitised and will be shared on YouTube. 🎵
Kraftwerk live concert cassette tapes. These were taped at concerts or off the radio by fans. There was a healthy tape trading scene, particularly with live bootlegs of popular artists. People made copies and shared them with other fans. Artists often turned a blind eye on it as long as recordings weren't sold commercially, some even encouraged their fans to tape shows, Grateful Dead comes to mind. With the digital age and internet file sharing this has pretty much died out. But not all of the old analogue tapes have been preserved and made available digitally. It's always a pleasant surprise when fans sell off their tape collections and when I saw Kraftwerk I had to jump at the chance and bought them.
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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hiddenpalace.org is preparing a prototype release for Christmas.

I don't know what it'll be but I'm excited for it! 🦊🎄🎁

Video game prototypes are one of my biggest nerd interests. Ever since I was a kid I loved version comparisons, discovering unused game stuff and playing around with debug menus.
December 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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I had a really, really enjoyable Christmas this year. And I wish everyone reading this the same.

Christmas eve with my grandparents was nice. Talking to friends made me so happy. And today was spent resting.

It's cold outside, but I'm staying warm. I'm playing videogames wrapped up in a blanket. 🦊
Kirby's Dream Land 2, Donkey Kong '94 and Duck Tales for the Nintendo Game Boy There's a Super Game Boy cartridge in the background
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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archive.org
Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.

✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
fuchsfein.bsky.social
Kraftwerk - Я Твой Слуга Я Твой Работник ("I'm your servant, I'm your worker")
2xLP Live in Munich Germany
Circus Krone 12 June 1981

Another vintage Kraftwerk bootleg. This one is from 1982. It's on orange coloured vinyl but black vinyl with the same cover art also exists.
Kraftwerk - Я Твой Слуга Я Твой Работник ("I'm your servant, I'm your worker") 2xLP Live in Munich Germany Circus Krone 12 June 1981
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I like Tiny Tim (the singer with the high falsetto voice). He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of old 78rpm records and even recorded covers of several obscure ones.

He's one of the people now gone I wish I could've talked to. It would've been interesting.
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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romhacking.net updated their TOS so that in a situation where, if you do not want your work hosted by their site, and someone uploads it anyway

the site owner, nightcrawler, personally requires you to send him photos of yourself, and he "may" retain them for as long as he likes :)

archive.ph/0B750
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December 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM