SpriteCell
@spritecell.bsky.social
Making charts and graphs of video game data, and archiving video game history.
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The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive, SpriteCell
The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive is an archive of interviews, appearances, writings, and other recordings of Shigeru Miyamoto, all summarized.
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I've added the latest Nintendo investor Q&A to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive.
What's the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive? It's a collection of every interview, speech, and piece of writing by Shigeru Miyamoto that I can possibly find, with over 700 entries in English.
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What's the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive? It's a collection of every interview, speech, and piece of writing by Shigeru Miyamoto that I can possibly find, with over 700 entries in English.
spritecell.com/bp10-shigeru...
By unanimous vote at SpriteCell offices, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is the Console Game of the Year.
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
By unanimous vote at SpriteCell offices, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is the Console Game of the Year.
Another KXAS report, this time about a father who was looking for an online guide to a Zelda game (likely Ocarina of Time) for his daughter, and found one that had a banner ad for a porn site.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Another KXAS report, this time about a father who was looking for an online guide to a Zelda game (likely Ocarina of Time) for his daughter, and found one that had a banner ad for a porn site.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
A KXAS report on an ad for the "Cartridge Club of America" that appeared in TV Guide, which never sent the Atari games people paid for. Originally aired December 27, 1982.
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A KXAS report on an ad for the "Cartridge Club of America" that appeared in TV Guide, which never sent the Atari games people paid for. Originally aired December 27, 1982.
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
I dug up a couple old clips from Forth Worth's KXAS that deal with video games, thanks to texashistory.unt.edu.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
December 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I dug up a couple old clips from Forth Worth's KXAS that deal with video games, thanks to texashistory.unt.edu.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
100% Pascal Sensei: Kanpeki Paint Bombers is a 3DS game by Konami, based on a children's manga about a dumb mole teacher.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
December 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
100% Pascal Sensei: Kanpeki Paint Bombers is a 3DS game by Konami, based on a children's manga about a dumb mole teacher.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
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Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling?
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
The History Of The Word "Metroidvania" And How It Spread
YouTube video by Critical Kate (of A Critical Hit!)
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December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling?
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
We don't get a lot of data about the gender breakdown of specific games, so I wanted to graph the ratio of female to male players for games released on Sega Channel.
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We don't get a lot of data about the gender breakdown of specific games, so I wanted to graph the ratio of female to male players for games released on Sega Channel.
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
The Video Game Catalog and Circular Ad Archive has been updated for 2025.
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
The Video Game Catalog and Circular Ad Archive
An archive of ads for video games from catalogs, circulars, and newspapers. Includes stores such as Toys 'R Us, Sears, Best Buy, Target, GameStop, and more.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Video Game Catalog and Circular Ad Archive has been updated for 2025.
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
Didn't play all that much PlayStation 4 this year, but The Caligula Effect 2 was a pleasant surprise.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Didn't play all that much PlayStation 4 this year, but The Caligula Effect 2 was a pleasant surprise.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
Do you remember the video game Mario?
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Do you remember the video game Mario?
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
Spent a couple hours gathering data and making a graph to post here before deciding it wasn't worth it. I do this several times a year.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Spent a couple hours gathering data and making a graph to post here before deciding it wasn't worth it. I do this several times a year.
This doesn't advertise any electronic games so it doesn't qualify for the Catalog and Circular Ad Archive, but I wanted to share this illustration of Pac-Man in the process of trying to swallow a ghost who is desperately trying to escape.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This doesn't advertise any electronic games so it doesn't qualify for the Catalog and Circular Ad Archive, but I wanted to share this illustration of Pac-Man in the process of trying to swallow a ghost who is desperately trying to escape.
The JRPG Magazine Review Archive has been updated!
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
JRPG Magazine Review Archive
A collection of hundreds of JRPG reviews from video game magazines.
spritecell.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The JRPG Magazine Review Archive has been updated!
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
What does it say about the state of gaming history education that the first google search result for the very common question "Why is it called Final Fantasy?" is an eight year old thread on Brave Exvius subreddit with 0 net upvotes, filled with bickering and arguments and replies from years later?
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
What does it say about the state of gaming history education that the first google search result for the very common question "Why is it called Final Fantasy?" is an eight year old thread on Brave Exvius subreddit with 0 net upvotes, filled with bickering and arguments and replies from years later?
After going really hard on PvP during the bonus week I now have the 537th most achievement points in Guild Wars 2, on the North American server.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
After going really hard on PvP during the bonus week I now have the 537th most achievement points in Guild Wars 2, on the North American server.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
I hope there's an update on Catly at the Game Awards this year.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I hope there's an update on Catly at the Game Awards this year.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
I recorded a whole lot of data about games nominated for Game Awards in order to try to predict 2025's winners.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I recorded a whole lot of data about games nominated for Game Awards in order to try to predict 2025's winners.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I love adding new, obscure games to the JRPG Magazine Review Archive and the next update will include Square Enix's iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. Possibly the only review of the game in print.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I love adding new, obscure games to the JRPG Magazine Review Archive and the next update will include Square Enix's iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. Possibly the only review of the game in print.
PLAY issue 55 has six interviews interviews a row. Here are Keiji Inafune, Koji Igarashi, Takashi Tezuka, and Tomonobu Itagaki's.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
PLAY issue 55 has six interviews interviews a row. Here are Keiji Inafune, Koji Igarashi, Takashi Tezuka, and Tomonobu Itagaki's.
I'm always interested in lists of video game genres and seeing what is counted and what's split. The January 2000 issue of GamesMaster has a fairly standard set of nine, though no music or educational genre. Shmups could charitably include all shooters. The Legend of Zelda is the prime RPG example.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm always interested in lists of video game genres and seeing what is counted and what's split. The January 2000 issue of GamesMaster has a fairly standard set of nine, though no music or educational genre. Shmups could charitably include all shooters. The Legend of Zelda is the prime RPG example.
A rather angry review of the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII from someone who doesn't seem to like RPGs that is still somehow scored a 71.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A rather angry review of the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII from someone who doesn't seem to like RPGs that is still somehow scored a 71.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
Made a few updates to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive that I had been putting off to work excessively on the Konami game project.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Made a few updates to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive that I had been putting off to work excessively on the Konami game project.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
Today is not the anniversary of the release of Chameleon.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today is not the anniversary of the release of Chameleon.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
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Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Every Konami Game
Travel through Konami's entire history with a look at what kinds of games Konami has made and how that has changed over time.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Tomorrow I will publish the Konami game project, complete with the game about the real vocal group made up of four anonymous dentists.
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Tomorrow I will publish the Konami game project, complete with the game about the real vocal group made up of four anonymous dentists.