Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎!
@gamingforages.bsky.social
Hi from bedgell and dibbs! This is our account for Gaming For Ages - a fun retro YouTube channel led by @dibbsahoy and @grigorigs celebrating wonderful games and the vibrant community. If that’s what you’re into then you’re in the right place!
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Can you love a game you’ve always hated?!
Ridge Racer’s always been a bizarre mystery to me - an ugly, stodgy mess that somehow people mention in the same breath as Daytona!
Can playing it for 30 straight days convince me it’s actually decent?!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
Ridge Racer’s always been a bizarre mystery to me - an ugly, stodgy mess that somehow people mention in the same breath as Daytona!
Can playing it for 30 straight days convince me it’s actually decent?!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
This is Maxi's stage from the Dreamcast port of Soulcalibur with the amazing, bombastic, fantastic orchestral majesty of Across Stormy Seas!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Thank you for your attention to this matter!
youtube.com/shorts/CJ9ou...
SoulCalibur (Dreamcast) - Across Stormy Seas (Harbor of Souls - Maxi) #retrogaming
YouTube video by Gaming_For_Ages
youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This is Maxi's stage from the Dreamcast port of Soulcalibur with the amazing, bombastic, fantastic orchestral majesty of Across Stormy Seas!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
youtube.com/shorts/CJ9ou...
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
youtube.com/shorts/CJ9ou...
New Top 10 Multiplayer!
What have we missed / got completely wrong?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2/Guardian Heroes
7. Power Stone
8. Halo Combat Evolved
9. SoulCalibur
10. Death Tank Zwei
What have we missed / got completely wrong?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2/Guardian Heroes
7. Power Stone
8. Halo Combat Evolved
9. SoulCalibur
10. Death Tank Zwei
February 18, 2026 at 12:26 PM
New Top 10 Multiplayer!
What have we missed / got completely wrong?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2/Guardian Heroes
7. Power Stone
8. Halo Combat Evolved
9. SoulCalibur
10. Death Tank Zwei
What have we missed / got completely wrong?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2/Guardian Heroes
7. Power Stone
8. Halo Combat Evolved
9. SoulCalibur
10. Death Tank Zwei
This is the unbelievably good Bloom And Harvest - the epic music from Xianghua’s Emperor’s Garden stage on SoulCalibur on Dreamcast!
Enjoy!
youtube.com/shorts/ObSTf...
Enjoy!
youtube.com/shorts/ObSTf...
SoulCalibur (Dreamcast) - Bloom And Harvest (Emperor's Garden - Xianghua) #retrogaming
YouTube video by Gaming_For_Ages
youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This is the unbelievably good Bloom And Harvest - the epic music from Xianghua’s Emperor’s Garden stage on SoulCalibur on Dreamcast!
Enjoy!
youtube.com/shorts/ObSTf...
Enjoy!
youtube.com/shorts/ObSTf...
Some new excellent additions from @whyalwaysjamesy.bsky.social !
Can you name a better multiplayer?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2
7. Power Stone
8. Soul Calibur
9. Chu Chu Rocket
10. Death Tank Zwei
Can you name a better multiplayer?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2
7. Power Stone
8. Soul Calibur
9. Chu Chu Rocket
10. Death Tank Zwei
February 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Some new excellent additions from @whyalwaysjamesy.bsky.social !
Can you name a better multiplayer?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2
7. Power Stone
8. Soul Calibur
9. Chu Chu Rocket
10. Death Tank Zwei
Can you name a better multiplayer?!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Micro Machines 2
6. Streets of Rage 2
7. Power Stone
8. Soul Calibur
9. Chu Chu Rocket
10. Death Tank Zwei
Reposted by Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎!
Off the top of my head...
1 Soul Calibur (I or II)
2 Micro Machines 2
3 Chu Chu Rocket
4 Speedball 2
5 TimeSplitters 2
6 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
7 SWOS
8 WWF No Mercy
9 Driver 2 (Cops & Robbers)
10 Pokemon Red/Blue
1 Soul Calibur (I or II)
2 Micro Machines 2
3 Chu Chu Rocket
4 Speedball 2
5 TimeSplitters 2
6 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
7 SWOS
8 WWF No Mercy
9 Driver 2 (Cops & Robbers)
10 Pokemon Red/Blue
February 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Off the top of my head...
1 Soul Calibur (I or II)
2 Micro Machines 2
3 Chu Chu Rocket
4 Speedball 2
5 TimeSplitters 2
6 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
7 SWOS
8 WWF No Mercy
9 Driver 2 (Cops & Robbers)
10 Pokemon Red/Blue
1 Soul Calibur (I or II)
2 Micro Machines 2
3 Chu Chu Rocket
4 Speedball 2
5 TimeSplitters 2
6 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
7 SWOS
8 WWF No Mercy
9 Driver 2 (Cops & Robbers)
10 Pokemon Red/Blue
Interim update!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Power Stone
7. Toejam and Earl
8. Death Tank Zwei
9. (Reluctantly!) Mario Kart 64
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Power Stone
7. Toejam and Earl
8. Death Tank Zwei
9. (Reluctantly!) Mario Kart 64
Top 10 retro multiplayer games!
I’m doing a list and want your suggestions!
Here’s a rough Top 5 to get us started…
Add your favourites below and i’ll put em all in order!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Power Stone
5. Death Tank Zwei
I’m doing a list and want your suggestions!
Here’s a rough Top 5 to get us started…
Add your favourites below and i’ll put em all in order!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Power Stone
5. Death Tank Zwei
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Interim update!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Power Stone
7. Toejam and Earl
8. Death Tank Zwei
9. (Reluctantly!) Mario Kart 64
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Goldeneye
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Power Stone
7. Toejam and Earl
8. Death Tank Zwei
9. (Reluctantly!) Mario Kart 64
Top 10 retro multiplayer games!
I’m doing a list and want your suggestions!
Here’s a rough Top 5 to get us started…
Add your favourites below and i’ll put em all in order!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Power Stone
5. Death Tank Zwei
I’m doing a list and want your suggestions!
Here’s a rough Top 5 to get us started…
Add your favourites below and i’ll put em all in order!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Power Stone
5. Death Tank Zwei
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Top 10 retro multiplayer games!
I’m doing a list and want your suggestions!
Here’s a rough Top 5 to get us started…
Add your favourites below and i’ll put em all in order!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Power Stone
5. Death Tank Zwei
I’m doing a list and want your suggestions!
Here’s a rough Top 5 to get us started…
Add your favourites below and i’ll put em all in order!!
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Saturn Bomberman
3. Super Mario Kart
4. Power Stone
5. Death Tank Zwei
Now THIS is how to do an intro!!
What a TUNE from SoulCalibur on Dreamcast!
Go grab a cup of tea and settle in for the ride!
tinyurl.com/GFA-Soulcali...
👆👆 More SC here!! 👆👆
What a TUNE from SoulCalibur on Dreamcast!
Go grab a cup of tea and settle in for the ride!
tinyurl.com/GFA-Soulcali...
👆👆 More SC here!! 👆👆
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Now THIS is how to do an intro!!
What a TUNE from SoulCalibur on Dreamcast!
Go grab a cup of tea and settle in for the ride!
tinyurl.com/GFA-Soulcali...
👆👆 More SC here!! 👆👆
What a TUNE from SoulCalibur on Dreamcast!
Go grab a cup of tea and settle in for the ride!
tinyurl.com/GFA-Soulcali...
👆👆 More SC here!! 👆👆
This is what treasure looks like!
Y’know, I wouldn’t call myself a collector but I massively get the power of holding a physical copy of a game you love ❤️
Three decades of gaming memories in one place ❤️
Y’know, I wouldn’t call myself a collector but I massively get the power of holding a physical copy of a game you love ❤️
Three decades of gaming memories in one place ❤️
February 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This is what treasure looks like!
Y’know, I wouldn’t call myself a collector but I massively get the power of holding a physical copy of a game you love ❤️
Three decades of gaming memories in one place ❤️
Y’know, I wouldn’t call myself a collector but I massively get the power of holding a physical copy of a game you love ❤️
Three decades of gaming memories in one place ❤️
Reposted by Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎!
DAYTONA USA MUSIC : The King of Speed (1994)
YouTube video by garfieldandfriends2
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Although the PAL Game Gear boxes can still look pretty special too!!
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Although the PAL Game Gear boxes can still look pretty special too!!
The one blessing of not growing up in Japan is I would have been absolutely PENNILESS buying up these unbelievably cute Game Gear boxes!
Just… look at it!! Irresistible!!
Just… look at it!! Irresistible!!
February 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The one blessing of not growing up in Japan is I would have been absolutely PENNILESS buying up these unbelievably cute Game Gear boxes!
Just… look at it!! Irresistible!!
Just… look at it!! Irresistible!!
Reposted by Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎!
Agreed! Makes me question how many of the PS1 Ridge Racer apologetics actually played the arcade games, particularly those who play in 3rd person and don't see anything wrong with it compared to Rave Racer (first one to offer 3rd person in the arcade & released in the same year in the west: 1995) 🤔
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Agreed! Makes me question how many of the PS1 Ridge Racer apologetics actually played the arcade games, particularly those who play in 3rd person and don't see anything wrong with it compared to Rave Racer (first one to offer 3rd person in the arcade & released in the same year in the west: 1995) 🤔
Many credit Saturn Daytona’s frame rate for handing Ridge Racer an easy win with mid-90s gamers
Maybe
For most fans of the arcade, Daytona’s gameplay was enough. For new gamers picking between the 2, maybe they were put off before they played it
I know what I cared about most
Maybe
For most fans of the arcade, Daytona’s gameplay was enough. For new gamers picking between the 2, maybe they were put off before they played it
I know what I cared about most
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Many credit Saturn Daytona’s frame rate for handing Ridge Racer an easy win with mid-90s gamers
Maybe
For most fans of the arcade, Daytona’s gameplay was enough. For new gamers picking between the 2, maybe they were put off before they played it
I know what I cared about most
Maybe
For most fans of the arcade, Daytona’s gameplay was enough. For new gamers picking between the 2, maybe they were put off before they played it
I know what I cared about most
It’s been quite a ride debating Ridge Racer with the fans!
I’ve spent a month trying to unlock their love for it - and to see if i can enjoy a game I’ve always dismissed!
I’ve had a surprising journey, that’s for sure…
Find it all in our latest vid!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
I’ve spent a month trying to unlock their love for it - and to see if i can enjoy a game I’ve always dismissed!
I’ve had a surprising journey, that’s for sure…
Find it all in our latest vid!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 PM
It’s been quite a ride debating Ridge Racer with the fans!
I’ve spent a month trying to unlock their love for it - and to see if i can enjoy a game I’ve always dismissed!
I’ve had a surprising journey, that’s for sure…
Find it all in our latest vid!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
I’ve spent a month trying to unlock their love for it - and to see if i can enjoy a game I’ve always dismissed!
I’ve had a surprising journey, that’s for sure…
Find it all in our latest vid!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
Nothing beats arcade light gun games!
The huge screens, the ridiculous recoil, two player co-op standing side by side! Console versions have been cracking but the big action needs the big scale!!
The huge screens, the ridiculous recoil, two player co-op standing side by side! Console versions have been cracking but the big action needs the big scale!!
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Nothing beats arcade light gun games!
The huge screens, the ridiculous recoil, two player co-op standing side by side! Console versions have been cracking but the big action needs the big scale!!
The huge screens, the ridiculous recoil, two player co-op standing side by side! Console versions have been cracking but the big action needs the big scale!!
Funny, a lot of us called out that the new Shinobi pulled in some Castlevania elements
And now - visually at least, but seemingly also in gameplay - Belmont’s Revenge looks to have massive echoes of AoV!
I’m gonna come out and say that’s a good thing!
youtu.be/3k9Yy-o6tpo?...
And now - visually at least, but seemingly also in gameplay - Belmont’s Revenge looks to have massive echoes of AoV!
I’m gonna come out and say that’s a good thing!
youtu.be/3k9Yy-o6tpo?...
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Funny, a lot of us called out that the new Shinobi pulled in some Castlevania elements
And now - visually at least, but seemingly also in gameplay - Belmont’s Revenge looks to have massive echoes of AoV!
I’m gonna come out and say that’s a good thing!
youtu.be/3k9Yy-o6tpo?...
And now - visually at least, but seemingly also in gameplay - Belmont’s Revenge looks to have massive echoes of AoV!
I’m gonna come out and say that’s a good thing!
youtu.be/3k9Yy-o6tpo?...
Reposted by Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎!
Games where the original DID meh but the sequel kicked off!!
Thunder Force
Technically two kickoffs, here.
Pt 1 was all overheard,
Pt 2 was half overhead/half-side scrolling,
and Pt 3 was all side scrolling.
Thunder Force
Technically two kickoffs, here.
Pt 1 was all overheard,
Pt 2 was half overhead/half-side scrolling,
and Pt 3 was all side scrolling.
February 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Games where the original DID meh but the sequel kicked off!!
Thunder Force
Technically two kickoffs, here.
Pt 1 was all overheard,
Pt 2 was half overhead/half-side scrolling,
and Pt 3 was all side scrolling.
Thunder Force
Technically two kickoffs, here.
Pt 1 was all overheard,
Pt 2 was half overhead/half-side scrolling,
and Pt 3 was all side scrolling.
Can you love a game you’ve always hated?!
Ridge Racer’s always been a bizarre mystery to me - an ugly, stodgy mess that somehow people mention in the same breath as Daytona!
Can playing it for 30 straight days convince me it’s actually decent?!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
Ridge Racer’s always been a bizarre mystery to me - an ugly, stodgy mess that somehow people mention in the same breath as Daytona!
Can playing it for 30 straight days convince me it’s actually decent?!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Can you love a game you’ve always hated?!
Ridge Racer’s always been a bizarre mystery to me - an ugly, stodgy mess that somehow people mention in the same breath as Daytona!
Can playing it for 30 straight days convince me it’s actually decent?!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
Ridge Racer’s always been a bizarre mystery to me - an ugly, stodgy mess that somehow people mention in the same breath as Daytona!
Can playing it for 30 straight days convince me it’s actually decent?!
tinyurl.com/GFA-RidgeRacer
Games where the original was unbelievably meh and you had to wait a million years for the sequel(s) to get any good (😉)
Ridge Racer!!
Ridge Racer!!
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Games where the original was unbelievably meh and you had to wait a million years for the sequel(s) to get any good (😉)
Ridge Racer!!
Ridge Racer!!
Games where the original was amazingly meh but the sequel kicked off!!
Street Fighter!!
Street Fighter!!
February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Games where the original was amazingly meh but the sequel kicked off!!
Street Fighter!!
Street Fighter!!
Games where the original DID meh but the sequel kicked off!!
Mega Man!!
Mega Man!!
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Games where the original DID meh but the sequel kicked off!!
Mega Man!!
Mega Man!!
Games where the original was meh and it kicked on the sequel…
Road Rash!!
I know a lot of you love the OG but come on, you need a bit of Wild Thing in your life!!
Road Rash!!
I know a lot of you love the OG but come on, you need a bit of Wild Thing in your life!!
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Games where the original was meh and it kicked on the sequel…
Road Rash!!
I know a lot of you love the OG but come on, you need a bit of Wild Thing in your life!!
Road Rash!!
I know a lot of you love the OG but come on, you need a bit of Wild Thing in your life!!
Here’s a #MegaDriveMonday challenge for ya…
Name me one PS5 or Xbox game with cover art as gorgeous as this!
(I’ll even give you some suggestions to get you going! But hint… you can’t!)
Name me one PS5 or Xbox game with cover art as gorgeous as this!
(I’ll even give you some suggestions to get you going! But hint… you can’t!)
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Here’s a #MegaDriveMonday challenge for ya…
Name me one PS5 or Xbox game with cover art as gorgeous as this!
(I’ll even give you some suggestions to get you going! But hint… you can’t!)
Name me one PS5 or Xbox game with cover art as gorgeous as this!
(I’ll even give you some suggestions to get you going! But hint… you can’t!)
Reposted by Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎!
If you see this, post a pic of a Game Gear game you love ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
If you see this, post a pic of a Game Gear game you love ❤️