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We hope you all enjoyed our 12 Days of Hit Save holiday event! Here's a recap of the what we were able to accomplish:
Here's a quick aspect ratio correction of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's recent find! Here's hoping the full tape turns up one day!
January 17, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Here's a quick aspect ratio correction of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's recent find! Here's hoping the full tape turns up one day!
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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
The crowdfunding campaign for @gametank.zone's open-source 8-bit video game console is live now! Check out our YouTube channel to see the interview we did with Clyde and learn more about what it takes to develop a retro console in the modern era! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtP...
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The crowdfunding campaign for @gametank.zone's open-source 8-bit video game console is live now! Check out our YouTube channel to see the interview we did with Clyde and learn more about what it takes to develop a retro console in the modern era! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtP...
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Crowd Supply Launch Announcement
YouTube video by GameTank
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Putting this feature together, I kept thinking back to this wonderful talk that @amandafarough.ca held at @indiedevday.bsky.social 2024 about game preservation and the important work of her and colleagues at the wonderful @hitsave.org. I learned a lot from it! mobilesyrup.com/2024/10/04/v...
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Putting this feature together, I kept thinking back to this wonderful talk that @amandafarough.ca held at @indiedevday.bsky.social 2024 about game preservation and the important work of her and colleagues at the wonderful @hitsave.org. I learned a lot from it! mobilesyrup.com/2024/10/04/v...
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You can use the new URL retrogamecabling.com starting today!
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
You can use the new URL retrogamecabling.com starting today!
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
Have a retro gaming setup but struggling to map out the mess of cables? Our director @jonasrosland.bsky.social just launched a webapp designed to plan out pathways for composite, S-video, component, SCART, VGA, and HDMI! Give it a try and feel free to leave feedback! retrogamecabling.onrender.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Have a retro gaming setup but struggling to map out the mess of cables? Our director @jonasrosland.bsky.social just launched a webapp designed to plan out pathways for composite, S-video, component, SCART, VGA, and HDMI! Give it a try and feel free to leave feedback! retrogamecabling.onrender.com
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Today in the @hitsave.org archive, press materials for Baten Kaitos, Skies of Arcadia, Solatorobo, Sonic 06, Sonic Colour, Sonic Generations, Sonic Mania, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, and Super Mario RPG. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Today in the @hitsave.org archive, press materials for Baten Kaitos, Skies of Arcadia, Solatorobo, Sonic 06, Sonic Colour, Sonic Generations, Sonic Mania, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, and Super Mario RPG. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
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Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
We hope you all enjoyed our 12 Days of Hit Save holiday event! Here's a recap of the what we were able to accomplish:
January 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
We hope you all enjoyed our 12 Days of Hit Save holiday event! Here's a recap of the what we were able to accomplish:
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Your 3D scanned keshi today is the Unicorn enemy from Ghosts 'n Goblins!
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Your 3D scanned keshi today is the Unicorn enemy from Ghosts 'n Goblins!
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
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"Point-and-click" started as a camera phrase that was adopted by authors to refer to using a mouse. Suddenly in August 1989 two different magazines described two different games as a "point-and-click adventure."
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"Point-and-click" started as a camera phrase that was adopted by authors to refer to using a mouse. Suddenly in August 1989 two different magazines described two different games as a "point-and-click adventure."
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A few people have said my latest videos are the first time they ever heard the term "platform adventure," which admittedly used to be a lot more common than it is today. But it got me thinking about where these various adventure spin-off terms came from. Here's a thread. 🧵
The journey begins! You might think of this alternate history a bit like an inverted castle to @jparish.bsky.social's Metroidvania Works.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zE...
Did A Teenager Create Castlevania Before Konami? | MetroidMania (Phantomas 2 / Vampire (1986))
YouTube video by Critical Kate (of A Critical Hit!)
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A few people have said my latest videos are the first time they ever heard the term "platform adventure," which admittedly used to be a lot more common than it is today. But it got me thinking about where these various adventure spin-off terms came from. Here's a thread. 🧵
At long last, it's the final day of the 12 Days of Hit Save, and the last present in the pile is a trailer for Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray! Watch the full trailer below!
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
At long last, it's the final day of the 12 Days of Hit Save, and the last present in the pile is a trailer for Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray! Watch the full trailer below!
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heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
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The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
It's Day 11, everyone, and today we're battling evil Nazi forces with a trailer for the Xbox port of Return to Castle Wolfenstein!
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It's Day 11, everyone, and today we're battling evil Nazi forces with a trailer for the Xbox port of Return to Castle Wolfenstein!
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Thank you so much for the shoutout!
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
January 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Thank you so much for the shoutout!
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
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There's definitely some differences from the final game. The combo counter looks different (the final game doesn't leave your previous hit count on screen like that), the boss health bar is backwards (normally the black bit is on the right side) and some of the voice clips are different.
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
There's definitely some differences from the final game. The combo counter looks different (the final game doesn't leave your previous hit count on screen like that), the boss health bar is backwards (normally the black bit is on the right side) and some of the voice clips are different.
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Murai's voice clips also differ here compared to retail, sounds kinda like fiend form from way later in the game.
The inferno art had this circle on hand that seemed different (not super sure)
The vfx for the fiend's digging looked lower res but maybe that's the just video quality
The inferno art had this circle on hand that seemed different (not super sure)
The vfx for the fiend's digging looked lower res but maybe that's the just video quality
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Murai's voice clips also differ here compared to retail, sounds kinda like fiend form from way later in the game.
The inferno art had this circle on hand that seemed different (not super sure)
The vfx for the fiend's digging looked lower res but maybe that's the just video quality
The inferno art had this circle on hand that seemed different (not super sure)
The vfx for the fiend's digging looked lower res but maybe that's the just video quality
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P sure it is cause:
-The health bar color is off vs retail game on both ryu (starting at monestary) and murai.
-The forward stab OTG's here but doesn't on retail I don't think
-The way ryu revived looked like the talisman but without the animation entirely
-The nunchuck seemingly does more damage
-The health bar color is off vs retail game on both ryu (starting at monestary) and murai.
-The forward stab OTG's here but doesn't on retail I don't think
-The way ryu revived looked like the talisman but without the animation entirely
-The nunchuck seemingly does more damage
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 PM
P sure it is cause:
-The health bar color is off vs retail game on both ryu (starting at monestary) and murai.
-The forward stab OTG's here but doesn't on retail I don't think
-The way ryu revived looked like the talisman but without the animation entirely
-The nunchuck seemingly does more damage
-The health bar color is off vs retail game on both ryu (starting at monestary) and murai.
-The forward stab OTG's here but doesn't on retail I don't think
-The way ryu revived looked like the talisman but without the animation entirely
-The nunchuck seemingly does more damage
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And of course there's the colorful cast of characters @gamingalexandria.bsky.social
This year, Hubz celebrated TEN YEARS of doing this - what a guy.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
I have always loved helping it grow and shaping it into a wonderful, welcoming place.
This year, Hubz celebrated TEN YEARS of doing this - what a guy.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
I have always loved helping it grow and shaping it into a wonderful, welcoming place.
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
And of course there's the colorful cast of characters @gamingalexandria.bsky.social
This year, Hubz celebrated TEN YEARS of doing this - what a guy.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
I have always loved helping it grow and shaping it into a wonderful, welcoming place.
This year, Hubz celebrated TEN YEARS of doing this - what a guy.
www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
I have always loved helping it grow and shaping it into a wonderful, welcoming place.
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The professional nexus for video game history is undoubtedly @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
archive.gamehistory.org
We work with them on so many things and it's always a delight to see that's coming up from the crew. Support them if you can to be close to the action!
archive.gamehistory.org
We work with them on so many things and it's always a delight to see that's coming up from the crew. Support them if you can to be close to the action!
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The professional nexus for video game history is undoubtedly @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
archive.gamehistory.org
We work with them on so many things and it's always a delight to see that's coming up from the crew. Support them if you can to be close to the action!
archive.gamehistory.org
We work with them on so many things and it's always a delight to see that's coming up from the crew. Support them if you can to be close to the action!
Happy Day 10, everyone! Today our community unwrapped a gift that seems bland at first, but could end up being very special: a Tecmo tape holding Ninja Gaiden (2004) footage...dated October 2002! That predates release by a year and a half, meaning this could be beta footage! Watch the video below!
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Happy Day 10, everyone! Today our community unwrapped a gift that seems bland at first, but could end up being very special: a Tecmo tape holding Ninja Gaiden (2004) footage...dated October 2002! That predates release by a year and a half, meaning this could be beta footage! Watch the video below!
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Today in the @hitsave.org archive, press materials for San Francisco Rush 2049, Sea of Thieves, Shadow of the Colossus, Shadow the Hedgehog, SMT Strange Journey, Silent Hill 2-4, SimCity 4, and Sin & Punishment Star Successor. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
January 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Today in the @hitsave.org archive, press materials for San Francisco Rush 2049, Sea of Thieves, Shadow of the Colossus, Shadow the Hedgehog, SMT Strange Journey, Silent Hill 2-4, SimCity 4, and Sin & Punishment Star Successor. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material