VGDensetsu
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Hi! I talk about video games (History, illustrations, graphic design, cancelled games, sales figures, etc.)
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· Oct 7
I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/
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Anyone ever seen these prototype SNES boxes or artwork before? F-Zero here is very reminiscent of Stunt Race FX, which wouldn't have come out until 1994 (and both Pilotwings and F-Zero were NA launch titles in 1991). From a Torrance, CA branding company
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Anyone ever seen these prototype SNES boxes or artwork before? F-Zero here is very reminiscent of Stunt Race FX, which wouldn't have come out until 1994 (and both Pilotwings and F-Zero were NA launch titles in 1991). From a Torrance, CA branding company
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Zekuu: Mappy-Land was originally planned for the arcade twice and had a development code. The "Land" in Mappy-Land was a play on Pac-Land. Co-developed with Tose, Hiroshi Ono was the main graphic designer. Ono thought most of stage 1's background was by someone else (Tose). x.com/Area51_zek/s...
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Zekuu: Mappy-Land was originally planned for the arcade twice and had a development code. The "Land" in Mappy-Land was a play on Pac-Land. Co-developed with Tose, Hiroshi Ono was the main graphic designer. Ono thought most of stage 1's background was by someone else (Tose). x.com/Area51_zek/s...
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This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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The original game director for Milano's Odd Job Collection graciously worked together with us to make this re-release happen. He even gave us never-before-seen concept art and development materials that we translated and included in-game!
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The original game director for Milano's Odd Job Collection graciously worked together with us to make this re-release happen. He even gave us never-before-seen concept art and development materials that we translated and included in-game!
There are now over 500 profiles in my website's database. Over the past few months, I have spent a lot of time researching some of the big names in the field of illustration and chara design:
vgdensetsu.net/designers/
vgdensetsu.net/designers/
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
There are now over 500 profiles in my website's database. Over the past few months, I have spent a lot of time researching some of the big names in the field of illustration and chara design:
vgdensetsu.net/designers/
vgdensetsu.net/designers/
I have just added a gallery of illustrations dedicated to the Populous series.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I have just added a gallery of illustrations dedicated to the Populous series.
vgdensetsu.net/populousgall...
vgdensetsu.net/populousgall...
While numerous interviews have been conducted about Sonic 1, half of its developers have rarely been asked about it. Among them is the graphic designer Jina Ishiwatari, who said this in 1997, the year she left Sega:
December 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
While numerous interviews have been conducted about Sonic 1, half of its developers have rarely been asked about it. Among them is the graphic designer Jina Ishiwatari, who said this in 1997, the year she left Sega:
I wonder if Famitsu deliberately chose a photo of a PC Engine GT prototype (the console logo is missing) or if all they had to illustrate their article was a picture taken from an old issue of their magazine.
www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
PCエンジンGTが35周年。据え置き用のPCエンジンのゲームがそのまま遊べたエポックメイキングな携帯ハード。当時憧れの高級マシンだった【今日は何の日？】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
過去のこの日、ゲーム業界に何があったのかを振り返る。1990年（平成2年）12月1日は、PCエンジンGTが発売された日。
www.famitsu.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wonder if Famitsu deliberately chose a photo of a PC Engine GT prototype (the console logo is missing) or if all they had to illustrate their article was a picture taken from an old issue of their magazine.
www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
Hironobu Sakaguchi, George Lucas, and Yoshinori Kitase. Sakaguchi wanted to create a Star Wars MMORPG.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Hironobu Sakaguchi, George Lucas, and Yoshinori Kitase. Sakaguchi wanted to create a Star Wars MMORPG.
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Photo taken during the development of Final Fantasy VII, via Hironobu Sakaguchi.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Photo taken during the development of Final Fantasy VII, via Hironobu Sakaguchi.
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According to his former colleague Didier Chanfray, Laurent Salmeron, one of the founding members of Adeline Software, programmer and designer on Drakkhen and Little Big Adventure 1 and 2, has passed away.
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
Laurent Salmeron - Video Game Credits - MobyGames
Laurent Salmeron has 47 credits on 15 games
www.mobygames.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
According to his former colleague Didier Chanfray, Laurent Salmeron, one of the founding members of Adeline Software, programmer and designer on Drakkhen and Little Big Adventure 1 and 2, has passed away.
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
Harumi Fujita has just discovered that the ROM for the final version of Viewpoint 2064, a game for which she composed the music, is now available. She said she was paid for her work but added that the company went bankrupt (?? Neither Sammy nor Racdym went bankrupt).
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November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Harumi Fujita has just discovered that the ROM for the final version of Viewpoint 2064, a game for which she composed the music, is now available. She said she was paid for her work but added that the company went bankrupt (?? Neither Sammy nor Racdym went bankrupt).
xcancel.com/soundfujita/...
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Here’s some of Kenji Tsuruta art from Gainax’s cancelled Sega Saturn/PC-98 game Shinbatsu I showed during the panel. I do intend to do proper scans of these + the rest of the books at some point
September 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Here’s some of Kenji Tsuruta art from Gainax’s cancelled Sega Saturn/PC-98 game Shinbatsu I showed during the panel. I do intend to do proper scans of these + the rest of the books at some point
Street Fighter 2010 rejected cover proposal by Greg Winters:
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November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Street Fighter 2010 rejected cover proposal by Greg Winters:
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I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
FOUND! Viewpoint 2064 - FINAL VERSION preserved (N64)
YouTube video by Hard4Games
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November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
Not the Croc sequel I was hoping for.
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not the Croc sequel I was hoping for.
While researching this article, I looked at several Japanese companies to find points of comparison. Here is an example of what I found on SNK.
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
While researching this article, I looked at several Japanese companies to find points of comparison. Here is an example of what I found on SNK.
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Unreleased "System Pack" extension to the Sega SC-3000 computer, and a prototype of the SF-7000 super control station disk drive (spotted in a recently scanned 1984 issue of ASCII magazine) www.smspower.org/forums/20690...
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Unreleased "System Pack" extension to the Sega SC-3000 computer, and a prototype of the SF-7000 super control station disk drive (spotted in a recently scanned 1984 issue of ASCII magazine) www.smspower.org/forums/20690...
According to planner Tomichin, Iron Man is not featured in Marvel Vs Capcom 1 because Capcom was unable to obtain the rights to the character (it seems that Acclaim held the exclusive rights at the time). He was therefore replaced by War Machine.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
According to planner Tomichin, Iron Man is not featured in Marvel Vs Capcom 1 because Capcom was unable to obtain the rights to the character (it seems that Acclaim held the exclusive rights at the time). He was therefore replaced by War Machine.
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FTL Games artist David R. Darrow passed away in May 2025. He was known to gamers for illustrating the box art for Dungeon Master as well as for FTL's first game Sundog. He also did extensive work for Hollywood films
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
FTL Games artist David R. Darrow passed away in May 2025. He was known to gamers for illustrating the box art for Dungeon Master as well as for FTL's first game Sundog. He also did extensive work for Hollywood films
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November 20 was Genhead's (Zonk's) birthday, so former Naxat programmer Yoshiharu Takaoka posted some PC Denjin (Air Zonk)-related material. x.com/freeman_HAL/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
November 20 was Genhead's (Zonk's) birthday, so former Naxat programmer Yoshiharu Takaoka posted some PC Denjin (Air Zonk)-related material. x.com/freeman_HAL/...
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Famitsu roundtable with Makoto Nakayama, the founder/president of Jupiter. Talks a little about Iwasaki, where he previously worked. www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
『ピクロス』宮本茂さんからマリオの描き方を直々に伝授された『マリオのピクロス』から30年。開発会社ジュピターの成り立ちはもはやゲーム産業史だった | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
『ピクロス』がSNKやカプコンとコラボする。その名も『ピクロスS SNK Characters edition』と『ピクロスS CAPCOM CLASSICS edition』。そもそも『ピクロス』とは何なのか、開発会社ジュピターの成り立ちから聞いたら返答がすごすぎて笑った。
www.famitsu.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Famitsu roundtable with Makoto Nakayama, the founder/president of Jupiter. Talks a little about Iwasaki, where he previously worked. www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
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as announced by former colleague Koichi Namiki: Hiroshi Kubota (aka "Jimita"), the ex-Sega composer & programmer who wrote the X68000 SMPS sound driver for Mega Drive & personally arranged the BGM for Sonic the Hedgehog & Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, has passed away x.com/k_namickey/s... 🇯🇵
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
並木晃一 4th CD『Still Here, Still Me』 on X: "セガの仲間 久保田浩君が亡くなりました 長く闘病されてましたが残念です 課が違っていたので一緒に仕事した事は 少ないですが https://t.co/AwISj5CLscのアルバムHyper Driveで 野呂一生氏アレンジ SWORD OF VERMILION 新たなる旅へ(PS III） のピアノを弾いてもらいましたね ご冥福をお祈りします https://t.co/oE29LtlJzl" / X
セガの仲間 久保田浩君が亡くなりました 長く闘病されてましたが残念です 課が違っていたので一緒に仕事した事は 少ないですが https://t.co/AwISj5CLscのアルバムHyper Driveで 野呂一生氏アレンジ SWORD OF VERMILION 新たなる旅へ(PS III） のピアノを弾いてもらいましたね ご冥福をお祈りします https://t.co/oE29LtlJzl
x.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
as announced by former colleague Koichi Namiki: Hiroshi Kubota (aka "Jimita"), the ex-Sega composer & programmer who wrote the X68000 SMPS sound driver for Mega Drive & personally arranged the BGM for Sonic the Hedgehog & Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, has passed away x.com/k_namickey/s... 🇯🇵
R.I.P.
R.I.P.