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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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Tiny Toons was one of my fave Konami games - on both systems!

But it was crazy how different they were!

Find out why Konami did it - and what made em great!! - in our new vid!!

tinyurl.com/Tiny-Toons
Tiny Toons was one of my fave Konami games - on both systems!

But it was crazy how different they were!

Find out why Konami did it - and what made em great!! - in our new vid!!

tinyurl.com/Tiny-Toons
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Konami were the MASTERS of the multi format game!!

SNES and Mega Drive got rich offerings for every franchise with brilliant - but totally different! - games on each machine (and others!!)

And sometimes Europe got bonus changes 😂😂

#TwoForTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here’s a sad story about Jurassic Park

I really wanted the Mega Drive game as I’d heard the SNES one was crap.

But my step-dad - for the first and only time he ever bought me a Christmas present himself! - got me the SNES one thinking they were the same

😫

#TwoForTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Imagine a time when different consoles actually had different games!!

It’s a huge reason why 90s gaming was such a rich time - and these mismatched pairs make a perfect #TwoForTuesday!!

Aladdin stands out as it also had different bloody developers! (And MD was better!!)
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
By 1991 Mega Drive was getting SERIOUSLY good!!

There are loads to pick from but the biggest is in no doubt - it was the year of Sonic!

#MegaDriveMonday
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Course, if you did want a shmup in 1990 you weren’t hard done by!!

(Though it might be cheaper to invent a time machine and go buy MUSHA Aleste in 1990 than to try get it today!!)

#MegaDriveMonday
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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It was indeed the first.

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[セガハード大百科] メガドライブ対応ソフトウェア(ソフトライセンシー発売)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
By 1990, Mega Drive was getting bloody tasty!!

Wonder Boy III was an arcade back in ‘88 and was also ported to the PC Engine CD - I mainly wanted to include so we didn’t have too many shmups in the thread as they were PLENTIFUL back then!

#MegaDriveMonday
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thunder Force II wasn’t the best game on MD in 1989 - but it was a crucial one as 3rd party releases were slow to arrive!

(Was it the first even?!)

Plus, it means I can use one of my favourite ever adverts showing the ONLY way to promote a shmup!

#MegaDriveMonday
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A game from every year of Mega Drive!

And how can you start 1988 with anything but the craziness of Space Harrier II?!

#MegaDriveMonday
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Konami! Wherever great games are sold!!

Man, I love that 80s confidence - even an ad for a sports game is sold like an action film!!

#8bitSunday
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
ZELDAAAAAAA!!!

Classic 80s advertising meets classic 80s gaming!!

And, side note, no mention of the system name - no wonder everyone just called it “a Nintendo”!

Find the crystals! Rescue the Princess!!

#8bitSunday
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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There are so many...
Japanese exclusives (Dragon Force 2, Shining Force 3 SC2 & SC3, Sakura Wars 1&2, etc.).
Cancelled games (Dungeon Keeper, Diablo, Sonic the Fighters, etc.).
And Mega Drive games without sequels (Alicia Dragoon, Kid Chameleon, Ristar, etc.).

Yoh, who would maybe say this one:
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let’s rewrite history!!

What games should have come to SEGA Saturn?!

Guilty Gear?

DC iteration was ace, it’s a 2D fighter right in Saturn’s sweet spot, and published by Atlus who just 15 short years later would basically BE SEGA!!

It would have looked AWESOME with 4MB!
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Time to put right what once went wrong!

You can have any game on the SEGA Saturn that your little heart desires!

What’ll it be?!

Resident Evil 2?!

#SaturnDay
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Still holds the record down at my local arcade >:3

#arcade #gaming #retro
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Is it cool or weird that John Lewis is selling Star Wars arcade cabinets?!?

John Lewis!!

Where your Nan buys her tea towels?!?
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The 90s were awesome!!

WWF was awesome!!

Arcades and Mega Drive were awesome!!

This video has it all!! Does that make it… awesome?!?

tinyurl.com/WWF90s
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What would you want in your perfect arcade?!

SF2 is in there… What about After Burner??

#ArcadeFriday
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If an arcade opened in your town with a bunch of pristine Street Fighter II cabinets…

… would you go?!

Like the flyer says… Don’t give up! You can always make a comeback!!

#ArcadeFriday
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things I WILL do this year: play a shed load of MvC2 and get good with an arcade stick!!

Things I probably WON’T do this year: unlock all the characters!!

(This is what gaming looked like before DLC! It’s glorious!!)

#DreamcastThursday
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Things I WILL do this year: play through Skies of Arcadia

Things I probably WON’T do this year: get hold of this awesome Skies of Arcadia Dreamcast!!

#DreamcastThursday
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Lady Wrestlers On Mega Drive!

Not only did Asmik bring the pro female circuit to MD, with Cutie Suzuki Ringside Angel, they brought MD gamers to lady wrestling!

The second pic is a promo for a live gaming event in August 1990 featuring Cutie Suzuki herself!

Awesome!

#WhensDay
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Is Call of Duty 4 retro yet?!

I mean, it’s as old today (18 years) as the Game Boy was when COD4 came out - or Golden Axe! Or Revenge of Shinobi!

But it just doesn’t feel… that old?!

#WhensDay
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Let’s get ready to RUUUUUUMBLLE!!!!

It’s absolute pandemonium this week over at GFA Towers where grown men are wearing make up and jumping about in their pants!!

And also we’re playing wrestling games!!

See it all (almost!) in our new vid!!

tinyurl.com/WWF90s
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM