ozidual
@ozidual.bsky.social
I did translation hacks, fixes, and re-releases for the N64. Games: OoT/MQ, Majoras Mask, Shiren 2, Getter Love, Doshin, SimCity 64, 40 Winks, Glover, SSSV, etc. Now I do scanning, type-ins, and game preservation with Gaming Alexandria
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This week’s issue of Famitsu (No. 1924) releasing on Thursday, November 20th features Kirby Air Riders! Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight appear on the cover! ⭐️
This issue includes an illustration card of the cover and features a 40 page story about the game! 🥹
This issue includes an illustration card of the cover and features a 40 page story about the game! 🥹
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This week’s issue of Famitsu (No. 1924) releasing on Thursday, November 20th features Kirby Air Riders! Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight appear on the cover! ⭐️
This issue includes an illustration card of the cover and features a 40 page story about the game! 🥹
This issue includes an illustration card of the cover and features a 40 page story about the game! 🥹
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Up in the @hitsave.org archives today: Ridge Racer (no, the other one), Ridge Racer (no, the OTHER other one), Ridge Racer 2 (also the other one), R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, Ridge Racer V, Ridge Racer 6, Ridge Racer 7, and Ridge Racer 3D. Oh and Noby Noby Boy. Enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Up in the @hitsave.org archives today: Ridge Racer (no, the other one), Ridge Racer (no, the OTHER other one), Ridge Racer 2 (also the other one), R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, Ridge Racer V, Ridge Racer 6, Ridge Racer 7, and Ridge Racer 3D. Oh and Noby Noby Boy. Enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
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To keep things organized I made another account where I'm going to post some of the non-Zelda scans I make. Because I collect for Zelda I end up with a lot of rarer stuff from the 80's and I'm finding out that people have been looking for it: bsky.app/profile/its-...
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
To keep things organized I made another account where I'm going to post some of the non-Zelda scans I make. Because I collect for Zelda I end up with a lot of rarer stuff from the 80's and I'm finding out that people have been looking for it: bsky.app/profile/its-...
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For an excellent Glover listen, please consult @bb.wavelengths.online and @stephenhilger.bsky.social at:
Into the Aether, A Lowkey Glover Podcast
pca.st/blevm7kx
Into the Aether, A Lowkey Glover Podcast
pca.st/blevm7kx
Glover | Bonus
pca.st
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For an excellent Glover listen, please consult @bb.wavelengths.online and @stephenhilger.bsky.social at:
Into the Aether, A Lowkey Glover Podcast
pca.st/blevm7kx
Into the Aether, A Lowkey Glover Podcast
pca.st/blevm7kx
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Happy Birthday to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo game designer who created Mario and The Legend of Zelda. In a 1986 interview, he stated he was a big fan of Namco games Xevious and The Tower of Druaga. He designed the game Pac-Man Vs.
Photos from the children’s book “The Stars of Famicom Games” (1989).
Photos from the children’s book “The Stars of Famicom Games” (1989).
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Happy Birthday to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo game designer who created Mario and The Legend of Zelda. In a 1986 interview, he stated he was a big fan of Namco games Xevious and The Tower of Druaga. He designed the game Pac-Man Vs.
Photos from the children’s book “The Stars of Famicom Games” (1989).
Photos from the children’s book “The Stars of Famicom Games” (1989).
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As part of the 30th anniversary of the series, Android and iOS ports of Shiren 6 were announced. mysterydungeonwiki.com/wiki/Meta:Sh...
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
/ Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island, also referred to as Shiren 6, is the latest game in the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series, and the first completely new trad...
mysterydungeonwiki.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As part of the 30th anniversary of the series, Android and iOS ports of Shiren 6 were announced. mysterydungeonwiki.com/wiki/Meta:Sh...
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Yeah, this one is notable for having a small assembly routine that updates the PPU scroll register so that the background scrolls as you fly through space. Nifty hi-score name entry, too.
I do wonder where they found out about these hardware registers back then 🤔
I do wonder where they found out about these hardware registers back then 🤔
Nice one @ximwix.net ! There aren’t many “series” in type-ins, and it’s always fun to see how the author progresses as a programmer and how they fit them together. For Star Dust, you take off from a planet in 1, and have space battles in 2 and 5. 3 and 4 still need to be typed up.
Star Dust II type in game by Star Dust II for Nintendo Family BASIC has been preserved by @ximwix.net. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/s...
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yeah, this one is notable for having a small assembly routine that updates the PPU scroll register so that the background scrolls as you fly through space. Nifty hi-score name entry, too.
I do wonder where they found out about these hardware registers back then 🤔
I do wonder where they found out about these hardware registers back then 🤔
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People think documentation is hard. "Documenting a lot" has legit been career advancing for me
One trick:
If you're writing down an answer to someone in an email or an IM, paste that this into a page
Just do it. Copy-paste. A little cleanup if you're feeling ambitious. Bam, documentation.
People think documentation is hard. "Documenting a lot" has legit been career advancing for me
One trick:
If you're writing down an answer to someone in an email or an IM, paste that this into a page
Just do it. Copy-paste. A little cleanup if you're feeling ambitious. Bam, documentation.
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
look
People think documentation is hard. "Documenting a lot" has legit been career advancing for me
One trick:
If you're writing down an answer to someone in an email or an IM, paste that this into a page
Just do it. Copy-paste. A little cleanup if you're feeling ambitious. Bam, documentation.
People think documentation is hard. "Documenting a lot" has legit been career advancing for me
One trick:
If you're writing down an answer to someone in an email or an IM, paste that this into a page
Just do it. Copy-paste. A little cleanup if you're feeling ambitious. Bam, documentation.
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Rolan's Curse 2's Zelda-like formula did a solid job on upgrading from the first with a party of characters, an automap, and a more detailed world while keeping up with the action. A solid dungeon crawler that did its best to improve on the past while providing hours of comfy fun on the go!
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Rolan's Curse 2's Zelda-like formula did a solid job on upgrading from the first with a party of characters, an automap, and a more detailed world while keeping up with the action. A solid dungeon crawler that did its best to improve on the past while providing hours of comfy fun on the go!
Nice one @ximwix.net ! There aren’t many “series” in type-ins, and it’s always fun to see how the author progresses as a programmer and how they fit them together. For Star Dust, you take off from a planet in 1, and have space battles in 2 and 5. 3 and 4 still need to be typed up.
Star Dust II type in game by Star Dust II for Nintendo Family BASIC has been preserved by @ximwix.net. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/s...
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Nice one @ximwix.net ! There aren’t many “series” in type-ins, and it’s always fun to see how the author progresses as a programmer and how they fit them together. For Star Dust, you take off from a planet in 1, and have space battles in 2 and 5. 3 and 4 still need to be typed up.
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I'm happy EarthBound fans are still making a million cool things for other fans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm happy EarthBound fans are still making a million cool things for other fans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_nJ... (MOTHER Direct) #earthbound
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If you like my scans, please consider throwing a couple bucks my way on ko-fi.com/detchibe or at patreon.com/TheStacksCA
Since 2023 I have been funding this endeavour almost entirely myself, and with upcoming changes to my life in 2026, that will no longer be (as) feasible
Since 2023 I have been funding this endeavour almost entirely myself, and with upcoming changes to my life in 2026, that will no longer be (as) feasible
The Stacks | Patreon
Archival scans and games writing
patreon.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you like my scans, please consider throwing a couple bucks my way on ko-fi.com/detchibe or at patreon.com/TheStacksCA
Since 2023 I have been funding this endeavour almost entirely myself, and with upcoming changes to my life in 2026, that will no longer be (as) feasible
Since 2023 I have been funding this endeavour almost entirely myself, and with upcoming changes to my life in 2026, that will no longer be (as) feasible
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Gaming Alexandria is a huge deal in game culture preservation. Incredible organization. Probably the single most important group this side of the VGHF
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Gaming Alexandria is a huge deal in game culture preservation. Incredible organization. Probably the single most important group this side of the VGHF
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
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And by extension, my most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has ever read, asked for, donated to, shared, or cited one of my scans! It keeps me going and I appreciate it more than you know, and it truly keeps me going! It has given my life new purpose, GA (& you!) are foundational to where I am now 💛
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And by extension, my most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has ever read, asked for, donated to, shared, or cited one of my scans! It keeps me going and I appreciate it more than you know, and it truly keeps me going! It has given my life new purpose, GA (& you!) are foundational to where I am now 💛
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@ozidual.bsky.social, who is an amazing scanner and archivist, just finished scanning this rare Family Computer Special, vol 4, and let me know there was a little bit of Zelda content in it that I didn't know about, including a small 4 panel comic ❤️ archive.org/details/fami...
Family Computer Special Volume 4 (600dpi) : Tokuma Shoten : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Family Computer Special Volume 4 scanned in at 600DPI with a Fujitsu fi-7460 and cover scanned in at 800dpi on on an Epson V550.PDF in Adobe Acrobat. CBZ...
archive.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@ozidual.bsky.social, who is an amazing scanner and archivist, just finished scanning this rare Family Computer Special, vol 4, and let me know there was a little bit of Zelda content in it that I didn't know about, including a small 4 panel comic ❤️ archive.org/details/fami...
If you have nostalgia for gaming in the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 00s, whether it’s for console, arcade, or PC, check out Gaming Alexandria! Our focus for the past 10 years has been preserving mostly Japanese media creating a treasure trove of games, game dev, advertising and artwork.
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you have nostalgia for gaming in the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 00s, whether it’s for console, arcade, or PC, check out Gaming Alexandria! Our focus for the past 10 years has been preserving mostly Japanese media creating a treasure trove of games, game dev, advertising and artwork.
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My thoughts on Gaming Alexandria and what it means to me! Enormous thanks to Hubz et al. for being so welcoming!!!
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My thoughts on Gaming Alexandria and what it means to me! Enormous thanks to Hubz et al. for being so welcoming!!!
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I've been stitching together the 2400dpi scans I made from the 1987 #Nintendo wall calendar. It's slow going BUT I did get the art for Super #Mario 2 repaired & cleaned!
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've been stitching together the 2400dpi scans I made from the 1987 #Nintendo wall calendar. It's slow going BUT I did get the art for Super #Mario 2 repaired & cleaned!
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
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We've found plenty of keitai freeware games, but "Super Merio" has shown up on multiple devices. As the name suggests, it's a Mario clone. Released in 2001, it's one of the earliest pieces of keitai freeware that we've preserved. It has two sequels (?) and even a spinoff called "Dr. Merio."
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We've found plenty of keitai freeware games, but "Super Merio" has shown up on multiple devices. As the name suggests, it's a Mario clone. Released in 2001, it's one of the earliest pieces of keitai freeware that we've preserved. It has two sequels (?) and even a spinoff called "Dr. Merio."
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Hello sports fans
We're the Video Game History Foundation, a non-profit that's helping preserve the history of video games.
This year, we launched our digital video game history library!
We're the Video Game History Foundation, a non-profit that's helping preserve the history of video games.
This year, we launched our digital video game history library!
Video Game History Foundation
Video games matter. The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games.
gamehistory.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Hello sports fans
We're the Video Game History Foundation, a non-profit that's helping preserve the history of video games.
This year, we launched our digital video game history library!
We're the Video Game History Foundation, a non-profit that's helping preserve the history of video games.
This year, we launched our digital video game history library!
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Latest pickups from Japan to scan etc. First up is a bunch of boxed games, including the arguably rarest Super Cassette Vision game Pole Position II! And another undumped Gundam RX78 cart. Not many left of these to preserve thankfully. (1/3)
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Latest pickups from Japan to scan etc. First up is a bunch of boxed games, including the arguably rarest Super Cassette Vision game Pole Position II! And another undumped Gundam RX78 cart. Not many left of these to preserve thankfully. (1/3)
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Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
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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-...