Stuff like this is why PlayStation-era Squaresoft might be my favorite game company. That's one hell of a lineup, covering all sorts of genres. I think the only game there that didn't draw me in was SaGa Frontier, and even that was interesting enough for me to play through Emelia's arc.
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Stuff like this is why PlayStation-era Squaresoft might be my favorite game company. That's one hell of a lineup, covering all sorts of genres. I think the only game there that didn't draw me in was SaGa Frontier, and even that was interesting enough for me to play through Emelia's arc.
I really like how the Galactic Warriors promotional art gives off the same vibe as a mid-1980s robot toy you got cheap at the drugstore and didn't recognize as an anime mecha until you found it mixed in with your old Transformers twenty years later.
This week's Arcade Archives release is Konami's 1985 robot fighting game Galactic Warriors🤖
#ギャラクティックウォーリアーズ
#アーケードアーカイブス
#アケアカ
#ギャラクティックウォーリアーズ
#アーケードアーカイブス
#アケアカ
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I really like how the Galactic Warriors promotional art gives off the same vibe as a mid-1980s robot toy you got cheap at the drugstore and didn't recognize as an anime mecha until you found it mixed in with your old Transformers twenty years later.
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worth noting disc 130 actually has MORE & much earlier concept art for Mega Man Legends, including multiple pieces with untranslated artist comments.
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/117ac...
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/117ac...
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
worth noting disc 130 actually has MORE & much earlier concept art for Mega Man Legends, including multiple pieces with untranslated artist comments.
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/117ac...
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/117ac...
"Get OUTFOXIES or get OUT," I say to an arcade that's actually just a storage closet at a hotel which hasn't had a game room since 2006 and never updated their Yahoo entry's list of amenities.
If it does not happen at some time I will buy a hat & then eat it
Dweeb will appear on our screens in the future. I am sure of it🙏
Dweeb will appear on our screens in the future. I am sure of it🙏
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Get OUTFOXIES or get OUT," I say to an arcade that's actually just a storage closet at a hotel which hasn't had a game room since 2006 and never updated their Yahoo entry's list of amenities.
Mole Mania is a game that speaks more and more to me the older I get.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Mole Mania is a game that speaks more and more to me the older I get.
Technically Nintendo has Tetris Attack's original version on their online service (as Panel de Pon) but it doesn’t have the various Yoshi's Island characters, and that means it doesn't have this adorably disinterested yellow Yoshi.
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Technically Nintendo has Tetris Attack's original version on their online service (as Panel de Pon) but it doesn’t have the various Yoshi's Island characters, and that means it doesn't have this adorably disinterested yellow Yoshi.
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Can everyone please wish a happy 35th birthday to our definitely not insain but slightly evilly reprogrammed toothy overlord Cyber-Lip, who 1st appeared on the Neo Geo MVS back on November 7th 1990🎂
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Can everyone please wish a happy 35th birthday to our definitely not insain but slightly evilly reprogrammed toothy overlord Cyber-Lip, who 1st appeared on the Neo Geo MVS back on November 7th 1990🎂
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New blog post time!
This week's game is Strahl (aka Triad Stone), an interactive movie about a guy's journey to become king and change the world. This one's far more forgiving than other games like it and you get a lot of chances to change the story (48 endings!), so it's quite a pleasant ride:
This week's game is Strahl (aka Triad Stone), an interactive movie about a guy's journey to become king and change the world. This one's far more forgiving than other games like it and you get a lot of chances to change the story (48 endings!), so it's quite a pleasant ride:
Strahl
With the way it is now, Strahl is an incredibly chill time. It reminds me of the days where anime was a new novelty and my friends and I would scrounge up whatever VHSes and DVDs we could find of s…
ephemeralenigmascom.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New blog post time!
This week's game is Strahl (aka Triad Stone), an interactive movie about a guy's journey to become king and change the world. This one's far more forgiving than other games like it and you get a lot of chances to change the story (48 endings!), so it's quite a pleasant ride:
This week's game is Strahl (aka Triad Stone), an interactive movie about a guy's journey to become king and change the world. This one's far more forgiving than other games like it and you get a lot of chances to change the story (48 endings!), so it's quite a pleasant ride:
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BATTLE MANIA DAIGINJŌ
VIC TOKAI 1993
MEGA DRIVE
VIC TOKAI 1993
MEGA DRIVE
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
BATTLE MANIA DAIGINJŌ
VIC TOKAI 1993
MEGA DRIVE
VIC TOKAI 1993
MEGA DRIVE
Damn, these unreleased games just keep coming. Dark Empires looks pretty cool, too!
Maybe this is all some secret competition to share previously canceled games. Anyone have Mariner's Run/Sea Dog or Shogun Maeda/Kabuto?
Maybe this is all some secret competition to share previously canceled games. Anyone have Mariner's Run/Sea Dog or Shogun Maeda/Kabuto?
Unreleased Sega Technical Institute RTS ‘Dark Empires’ Dumped and Preserved www.segadriven.com/2025/11/unre... #SegaTechicalInstitute #MegaDrive #DarkEmpires #SegaGenesis #Sega #SegaDriven #Gaming #RTS
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Damn, these unreleased games just keep coming. Dark Empires looks pretty cool, too!
Maybe this is all some secret competition to share previously canceled games. Anyone have Mariner's Run/Sea Dog or Shogun Maeda/Kabuto?
Maybe this is all some secret competition to share previously canceled games. Anyone have Mariner's Run/Sea Dog or Shogun Maeda/Kabuto?
First the Splatterhouse RPG and now a Mega Drive port of Virtual Lab? What's next? Distopia? Ultimate Journey? Super Dog Booby?
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
First the Splatterhouse RPG and now a Mega Drive port of Virtual Lab? What's next? Distopia? Ultimate Journey? Super Dog Booby?
How Do You Talk To An Angel Cop
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
How Do You Talk To An Angel Cop
Such was Woundwort's monument.
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Such was Woundwort's monument.
Wow, what a game that was.
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wow, what a game that was.
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can't even remember the last FC dump as monumental as this one... the ROM's backed up here, btw splatterhouse.kontek.net/new.html
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
can't even remember the last FC dump as monumental as this one... the ROM's backed up here, btw splatterhouse.kontek.net/new.html
This rules. I tried it out just a little and I love how even the townspeople look a bit deranged.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This rules. I tried it out just a little and I love how even the townspeople look a bit deranged.
This is full of great stuff, from the Blade Runner reference to the president's ideas ("Americans love kanji!") to the origins of the "Gaiden" thing.
Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
Ninja Gaiden – Developer Commentary (2023) - shmuplations.com
Taken from a string of social media posts shared in 2023, these comments from director Hideo Yoshizawa recount the making of Tecmo's classic side-scrolling action game, Ninja Gaiden.
shmuplations.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is full of great stuff, from the Blade Runner reference to the president's ideas ("Americans love kanji!") to the origins of the "Gaiden" thing.
Reposted by Todd Ciolek
note the legals: LRG's using Japan's arbitration system for orphaned games to reissue Little Samson—if you can demonstrate that you've made a genuine effort to contact/identify a potential rights owner to no avail, you can legally commercialise an old game by paying royalties to the JP govt, which…
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
note the legals: LRG's using Japan's arbitration system for orphaned games to reissue Little Samson—if you can demonstrate that you've made a genuine effort to contact/identify a potential rights owner to no avail, you can legally commercialise an old game by paying royalties to the JP govt, which…
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I'm proud to share that I've 3D scanned a complete set of Mysterious Mario Bros. keshi (怪奇マリオブラザーズ), a line of 10 keshi gomu rubber figures depicting monstrous-looking versions of characters from the original Super Mario Bros.
Read more and download the figures here:
archive.org/details/kesh...
Read more and download the figures here:
archive.org/details/kesh...
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm proud to share that I've 3D scanned a complete set of Mysterious Mario Bros. keshi (怪奇マリオブラザーズ), a line of 10 keshi gomu rubber figures depicting monstrous-looking versions of characters from the original Super Mario Bros.
Read more and download the figures here:
archive.org/details/kesh...
Read more and download the figures here:
archive.org/details/kesh...
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Nice!!
btw I heard they were going to make one based on Garou but "RockBoard" was taken
btw I heard they were going to make one based on Garou but "RockBoard" was taken
The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise - English translation is now available!
Enjoy this KOF board game with lots of references to the series, in English for the first time in 25 years!
Download: www.marcrobledo.com/neo-geo-pock...
#KingOfFighters #NeoGeoPocket #KingOfFighters
Enjoy this KOF board game with lots of references to the series, in English for the first time in 25 years!
Download: www.marcrobledo.com/neo-geo-pock...
#KingOfFighters #NeoGeoPocket #KingOfFighters
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Nice!!
btw I heard they were going to make one based on Garou but "RockBoard" was taken
btw I heard they were going to make one based on Garou but "RockBoard" was taken
My favorite thing about What A Dummy is that the dummy reappeared in the short-lived 2003 sitcom the Pitts, in which he tormented the titular Pitt family until they got a beaver to devour him. Can ALF or Scorch or the rabbit from Unhappily Ever After claim that sort of crossover?
BONUS EPISODE! We chat about What A Dummy from 1990 starring a young, Stephen Dorff. What do you get when you drop a sentient, wisecracking ventriloquist dummy into a standard family sitcom? Listen now and find out in this treat for the spooky season. rememberthatshow.transistor.fm/episodes/rem...
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My favorite thing about What A Dummy is that the dummy reappeared in the short-lived 2003 sitcom the Pitts, in which he tormented the titular Pitt family until they got a beaver to devour him. Can ALF or Scorch or the rabbit from Unhappily Ever After claim that sort of crossover?
All we need now is the poorly received Wii game, plus that Toshinden anime with a Basic Instinct scene as well as a climactic battle where our heroes win by doing other people's moves.
Edia to port Battle Arena Toshinden 1/2/3 to modern platforms www.gematsu.com/2025/10/edia...
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
All we need now is the poorly received Wii game, plus that Toshinden anime with a Basic Instinct scene as well as a climactic battle where our heroes win by doing other people's moves.
That new Katamari Damacy game looks great!
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That new Katamari Damacy game looks great!
Reposted by Todd Ciolek
All they have to do is say "this was directed by the Ikaruga guy" and this will sell itself internationally
4gamer got some comments via email from Hiroshi Iuchi & M2 prez Naoki Horii on Night Striker Gear www.4gamer.net/games/879/G0... 🇯🇵 I may tl it in full later but for now, one tidbit: Iuchi wonders how they might promote this game overseas, as they've learned Night Striker doesn't have much intl cache
［インタビュー］オリジナルへの敬意と現代的アップデート。エムツーの開発陣に訊く，新作「ナイトストライカーGEAR」誕生の背景
1989年にタイトーがリリースした「ナイトストライカー」の精神を現代に蘇らせる新作，それが本日発売となる「ナイトストライカーGEAR」だ。今回，本作を手がけるエムツーの堀井直樹氏，井内ひろし氏にメー…
www.4gamer.net
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
All they have to do is say "this was directed by the Ikaruga guy" and this will sell itself internationally
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It’s Terranigma’s 30th anniversary 🌱
And I am beyond happy to report that Square-Enix has publicly acknowledged the anniversary of Quintet’s masterpiece for the very first time. #天地創造30th
And I am beyond happy to report that Square-Enix has publicly acknowledged the anniversary of Quintet’s masterpiece for the very first time. #天地創造30th
October 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It’s Terranigma’s 30th anniversary 🌱
And I am beyond happy to report that Square-Enix has publicly acknowledged the anniversary of Quintet’s masterpiece for the very first time. #天地創造30th
And I am beyond happy to report that Square-Enix has publicly acknowledged the anniversary of Quintet’s masterpiece for the very first time. #天地創造30th