IkariDC
@ikaridc.bsky.social
In need of the Room of Spirit and Time to play, watch, read and listen to all the games, movies, series, anime, manga and music that I like.
Reposted by IkariDC
as announced by online Sega history zine Beep21: Hideki Sato, the "father of Sega hardware" who stewarded the design of Sega's home consoles from the SG-1000 through to the Dreamcast & presided over the company from 2001~3, passed away on Feb.13 aged 77 🇯🇵
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
X Cancelled | Verifying your request
xcancel.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
as announced by online Sega history zine Beep21: Hideki Sato, the "father of Sega hardware" who stewarded the design of Sega's home consoles from the SG-1000 through to the Dreamcast & presided over the company from 2001~3, passed away on Feb.13 aged 77 🇯🇵
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Reposted by IkariDC
Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo!, a 40th-anniv Goemon comp with 13 games spanning FC/SFC/GB, out July 2
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo!, a 40th-anniv Goemon comp with 13 games spanning FC/SFC/GB, out July 2
Reposted by IkariDC
the district court case between ex-Konami composer Motoaki Furukawa and Pixel Co.ltd's Hidekuni Sasaki concerning the undelivered crowdfunded game Steam Pilots has reached a verdict, as summarised by Sasaki (and then me) https://mastodon.social/@gosokkyu/115981259478341478
tl;dr: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
tl;dr: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
the district court case between ex-Konami composer Motoaki Furukawa and Pixel Co.ltd's Hidekuni Sasaki concerning the undelivered crowdfunded game Steam Pilots has reached a verdict, as summarised by Sasaki (and then me) https://mastodon.social/@gosokkyu/115981259478341478
tl;dr: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
tl;dr: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reposted by IkariDC
In April 1990, the Koshiros founded Ancient to work with Sega on Sonic and Streets of Rage 2. But Ayano Koshiro continued to collaborate with former colleagues on titles such as Actraiser, Gage and Lunar.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro4/
Dispo en VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro4/
Dispo en VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
In April 1990, the Koshiros founded Ancient to work with Sega on Sonic and Streets of Rage 2. But Ayano Koshiro continued to collaborate with former colleagues on titles such as Actraiser, Gage and Lunar.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro4/
Dispo en VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro4/
Dispo en VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
Reposted by IkariDC
Speaking of Kazuyuki Hoshino, he recently said that he designed the NiGHTS logo:
"In my logo, only the “i” is lowercase.
It represents a tiny “love” (pronounced [aɪ] in Japanese) just starting to bloom between Elliot and Claris — a small love story."
xcancel.com/KazuyukiHosh...
"In my logo, only the “i” is lowercase.
It represents a tiny “love” (pronounced [aɪ] in Japanese) just starting to bloom between Elliot and Claris — a small love story."
xcancel.com/KazuyukiHosh...
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Speaking of Kazuyuki Hoshino, he recently said that he designed the NiGHTS logo:
"In my logo, only the “i” is lowercase.
It represents a tiny “love” (pronounced [aɪ] in Japanese) just starting to bloom between Elliot and Claris — a small love story."
xcancel.com/KazuyukiHosh...
"In my logo, only the “i” is lowercase.
It represents a tiny “love” (pronounced [aɪ] in Japanese) just starting to bloom between Elliot and Claris — a small love story."
xcancel.com/KazuyukiHosh...
Reposted by IkariDC
I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know that Mana (Yay) had a regular column in short-lived game magazine Jugemu! But I've begun atoning for this mistake by translating his article from the final installment of the magazine with Koichi Sugiyama (Boo)
www.onemillionpower.com/manas-illuso...
www.onemillionpower.com/manas-illuso...
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know that Mana (Yay) had a regular column in short-lived game magazine Jugemu! But I've begun atoning for this mistake by translating his article from the final installment of the magazine with Koichi Sugiyama (Boo)
www.onemillionpower.com/manas-illuso...
www.onemillionpower.com/manas-illuso...
Reposted by IkariDC
Speaking of Katsuhiro Harada, Mitsuo Kodama recently stated (without naming him) that Tomonobu Itagaki publicly criticised Daraku Tenshi, as he did with Tekken at the same time. While I can understand the logic behind doing this with Tekken, given the popularity of the series, 1/2
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Speaking of Katsuhiro Harada, Mitsuo Kodama recently stated (without naming him) that Tomonobu Itagaki publicly criticised Daraku Tenshi, as he did with Tekken at the same time. While I can understand the logic behind doing this with Tekken, given the popularity of the series, 1/2
Reposted by IkariDC
Automaton spoke to producer Riichiro Yamada on the new Virtua Fighter (why now?) automaton-media.com/articles/int... 🇯🇵 mostly same ol same ol, but they do mention the slow-mo moments seen in the proof-of-concept video have been decided against for the actual game, and that...
『バーチャファイター』新作『New VIRTUA FIGHTER』Projectの肝は「リアル」ではなく「リアリティ」。ひたすら模索する、ゲームらしさとリアリティの境界線 - AUTOMATON
『New VIRTUA FIGHTER』Projectのプロデューサーである山田理一郎氏にインタビューを実施した。本稿では「ゲームらしさ」と「リアリティ」のバランスをどうとっていくのか、といった点を伺った。
automaton-media.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Automaton spoke to producer Riichiro Yamada on the new Virtua Fighter (why now?) automaton-media.com/articles/int... 🇯🇵 mostly same ol same ol, but they do mention the slow-mo moments seen in the proof-of-concept video have been decided against for the actual game, and that...
Reposted by IkariDC
Street Fighter 2010 rejected cover proposal by Greg Winters:
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Street Fighter 2010 rejected cover proposal by Greg Winters:
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...
Reposted by IkariDC
On this episode of Scrolling Down the Belt, you and the Captain DO make it happen! Captain Commando, that is! Oh right, there's also Robo Army too. Though to be fair...you DO get to transform into a car!
youtu.be/89dVn9ppuck
youtu.be/89dVn9ppuck
Captain Commando & Robo Army: Brawling in the Shadow of Metro City | Scrolling Down the Belt 45
YouTube video by One Million Power
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On this episode of Scrolling Down the Belt, you and the Captain DO make it happen! Captain Commando, that is! Oh right, there's also Robo Army too. Though to be fair...you DO get to transform into a car!
youtu.be/89dVn9ppuck
youtu.be/89dVn9ppuck
Reposted by IkariDC
If you were wondering how much Baki influenced Capcom and SNK (as well as Ancient for Streets of Rage 2 and Namco for Tekken)
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/eikichi_1994...
xcancel.com/Mr65522620/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/eikichi_1994...
xcancel.com/Mr65522620/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you were wondering how much Baki influenced Capcom and SNK (as well as Ancient for Streets of Rage 2 and Namco for Tekken)
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/eikichi_1994...
xcancel.com/Mr65522620/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/eikichi_1994...
xcancel.com/Mr65522620/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
Reposted by IkariDC
STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
Reposted by IkariDC
I've been a little busy and scattered but I pulled together a very quick post from the older posts we made here about the #Nintendo Museum's #Zelda exhibit and the thoughts about the "new" art discoveries a few of us had: historyofhyrule.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Nintendo Museum's Zelda Art and Updates From the Past Few Months
First, real quick: I keep forgetting to update here but Bluesky , the gallery , and Archive.org have all been getting pretty frequent updat...
historyofhyrule.blogspot.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I've been a little busy and scattered but I pulled together a very quick post from the older posts we made here about the #Nintendo Museum's #Zelda exhibit and the thoughts about the "new" art discoveries a few of us had: historyofhyrule.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
Reposted by IkariDC
Feena from the title screen of every version of Ancient Ys Vanished - The Omen:
November 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Feena from the title screen of every version of Ancient Ys Vanished - The Omen:
Reposted by IkariDC
I'm doing a little test with a page of sprites and backgrounds, with the names of the graphic designers who worked on each one. And I'm starting with Muscle Bomber / Saturday Night Slam Masters.
vgdensetsu.net/musclebomber/
1/3
vgdensetsu.net/musclebomber/
1/3
October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm doing a little test with a page of sprites and backgrounds, with the names of the graphic designers who worked on each one. And I'm starting with Muscle Bomber / Saturday Night Slam Masters.
vgdensetsu.net/musclebomber/
1/3
vgdensetsu.net/musclebomber/
1/3
Reposted by IkariDC
out-of-nowhere news from Cave: they'll soon be opening DANMAKU, an official Cave storefront in Shibuya, and they've put out the call for people interested in part-time work 🇯🇵
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
out-of-nowhere news from Cave: they'll soon be opening DANMAKU, an official Cave storefront in Shibuya, and they've put out the call for people interested in part-time work 🇯🇵
Reposted by IkariDC
Kuroko's stage in Samurai Shodown 2 features art copied straight from the The Evil Dead film's Necronomicon Ex-Mortis book
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Kuroko's stage in Samurai Shodown 2 features art copied straight from the The Evil Dead film's Necronomicon Ex-Mortis book
Reposted by IkariDC
I hope your Spider Sense is tingling, because this episode of Scrolling Down the Belt is all about Spider-Man's Sega arcade beat 'em up debut! And also...the weird sequel to Irem's Kung-Fu that never left Japan! youtu.be/Zkx0OQh5u0Y
Spider-Man & Spartan X 2: Marvel vs. Mediocre | Scrolling Down the Belt 44
YouTube video by One Million Power
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I hope your Spider Sense is tingling, because this episode of Scrolling Down the Belt is all about Spider-Man's Sega arcade beat 'em up debut! And also...the weird sequel to Irem's Kung-Fu that never left Japan! youtu.be/Zkx0OQh5u0Y
Reposted by IkariDC
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Mark III:
Rieko Kodama, Part IV: Alex Kidd in Miracle World or the birth of a Master System icon (+ Double Target/Quartet, Miracle Warriors and The Black Onyx)
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama4/
dispo en VF
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamav...
Rieko Kodama, Part IV: Alex Kidd in Miracle World or the birth of a Master System icon (+ Double Target/Quartet, Miracle Warriors and The Black Onyx)
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama4/
dispo en VF
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamav...
October 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Mark III:
Rieko Kodama, Part IV: Alex Kidd in Miracle World or the birth of a Master System icon (+ Double Target/Quartet, Miracle Warriors and The Black Onyx)
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama4/
dispo en VF
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamav...
Rieko Kodama, Part IV: Alex Kidd in Miracle World or the birth of a Master System icon (+ Double Target/Quartet, Miracle Warriors and The Black Onyx)
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama4/
dispo en VF
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamav...
Reposted by IkariDC
from a recent event commemorating what would've been Kenji Eno's 55th bday, a roundtable interview with 4 former WARP devs: Tomohiro Miyazaki, Hideki Sudo, Naoya Sato and a fella by the name of Fumito Ueda www.4gamer.net/games/999/G9... 🇯🇵
can't go over the whole thing atm, but one related story:
can't go over the whole thing atm, but one related story:
［インタビュー］発売から29年。鬼才・飯野賢治が作った「エネミー・ゼロ」の壮絶な制作現場や裏話を上田文人ら元WARPメンバーが語る
1996年に発売された「エネミー・ゼロ」は，“敵が見えない”“音だけを頼りに敵を倒す”という斬新なシステムや，プラットフォーム変更などでゲーム史に強烈なインパクトを残した。故・飯野賢治氏が率いるWA…
www.4gamer.net
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
from a recent event commemorating what would've been Kenji Eno's 55th bday, a roundtable interview with 4 former WARP devs: Tomohiro Miyazaki, Hideki Sudo, Naoya Sato and a fella by the name of Fumito Ueda www.4gamer.net/games/999/G9... 🇯🇵
can't go over the whole thing atm, but one related story:
can't go over the whole thing atm, but one related story:
Reposted by IkariDC
Gradius composer Miki Higashino recently said that she did not compose the game's boss theme and don't know who did it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKh3...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKh3...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
Gradius (グラディウス)(Arcade) BGM - Aircraft Carrier (Extended)
YouTube video by Angry Garbanzo
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Gradius composer Miki Higashino recently said that she did not compose the game's boss theme and don't know who did it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKh3...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKh3...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
xcancel.com/mkhgsnoffici...
Reposted by IkariDC
out now: ZOMBIES ATTACK / 丧尸兵团 测试, the latest game from Liao Kai/LKKGAME, the CN dev behind GanaBlade, G-WARRIOR, Red Blue Cells, etc store.steampowered.com/app/3757240/... this one's a specific homage to the FC/NES version of Konami's Green Beret/Rush'n Attack www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcK...
Zombies Attack PV2 / 丧尸兵团 PV2
YouTube video by LKKGAME
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
out now: ZOMBIES ATTACK / 丧尸兵团 测试, the latest game from Liao Kai/LKKGAME, the CN dev behind GanaBlade, G-WARRIOR, Red Blue Cells, etc store.steampowered.com/app/3757240/... this one's a specific homage to the FC/NES version of Konami's Green Beret/Rush'n Attack www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcK...
Reposted by IkariDC
City Connection's Psikyo ports will be leaving Steam on October 31 psikyo-portal.com/notice_25101... the console versions will remain available (for now, at least)
it wasn't heavily advertised by either party but CC sold Psikyo successor studio Zerodiv to Edia earlier this year
it wasn't heavily advertised by either party but CC sold Psikyo successor studio Zerodiv to Edia earlier this year
PSIKYO PORTAL
[Notice] End of Sales for Psikyo Titles on Steam
psikyo-portal.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
City Connection's Psikyo ports will be leaving Steam on October 31 psikyo-portal.com/notice_25101... the console versions will remain available (for now, at least)
it wasn't heavily advertised by either party but CC sold Psikyo successor studio Zerodiv to Edia earlier this year
it wasn't heavily advertised by either party but CC sold Psikyo successor studio Zerodiv to Edia earlier this year
Reposted by IkariDC
🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site