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SEGADriven.com

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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 1:15 PM

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West Mansion: The Splatterhouse Homepage

@west-mansion.bsky.social

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

November 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM

GoldS_TCRF

@golds-tcrf.bsky.social

If you buy Midnight Landing on Arcade Archives this week, you'll receive a Biorhythm calculator at no extra cost! You can use it to measure your humors or whatever, I don't know. I'm not from the 70s.

(Original find by Phil Bennett - see article for details)

tcrf.net/Midnight_Lan...

Have you ever seen a biorhythm chart before? No? Well, imagine a rectangular graph, wider than it is tall, with many vertical lines and a single blue horizontal line running through the middle. Values at the bottom of the graph range from 1 to 31. There's a vertical yellow line going through the 20th. There are three sinusoidal waves weaving through the graph: A red "Body" line, a green "Feeling" line, and a blue "Intellect" line. Text at the top reads "JUL 2022 BIORHYTHM" because that's when I added the article to TCRF. Oh, and there's a birthday below that: "24 AUG 1953". Can you guess the significance of that date? Anyway, that's what's in the picture. Enjoy landing planes at midnight.

October 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM

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armadylo

@armadylo.bsky.social

Today I'm releasing an early prototype of Nintendo's "Joy Mech Fight" (FC), from over a year before its release! This build, then named "Battle Battle League" (FDS), was created for the 1992 Nintendo-Dentsu Game Seminar. Links are below!

hiddenpalace.org/Battle_Battl...

September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM

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Play History

@playhistory.bsky.social

It's finally here!

archive.org/details/the-...

The errata of The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent. Took me a few years (cough) but its many errors are now compiled for your perusal.

I will update this, so let me know of any errors you spot.

August 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM

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Bo

@bbayles.bsky.social

I swear this is a real screen in the 2002 E.T. game for PlayStation.

32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Under the microscope: E.T. Interplanetary Mission (PlayStation)

In which the beloved movie alien condemns terrorism in very colorful terms

32bits.substack.com

August 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Games That Weren't

@gamesthatwerent.com

Something very special today from GTW - several #SNES prototype builds of Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday (from 1993–1994), including 6 unseen subgames (PORKATHLON!), early sprites, and loads of content cut from the final release. Plenty to discover!

www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/pork...

July 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM

GoldS_TCRF

@golds-tcrf.bsky.social

Getting into the groove of making articles again. Here's one for Strategy X, which was released on Arcade Archives a few weeks back. Includes version differences with the older Stern set, an unused enemy, and evidence for a possible older Konami set buried in Stern's version.

tcrf.net/Strategy_X

Picture of the starting area of Strategy X (Konami set). There's a large cyan arrow pointing upwards with the text, "GO AHEAD !!" below the arrow. Hopefully this is pointing at the TCRF link.

July 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM

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Video Game History Foundation

@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

Introducing our newest collection: The Craig Stitt art and design papers!

Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.

Read more:

Introducing the Craig Stitt papers | Video Game History Foundation

Presenting our newest library collection from Sega and Insomniac artist Craig Stitt.

gamehistory.org

June 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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Gaming Alexandria

@gamingalexandria.bsky.social

About 5 years ago I started scanning Play Meter and have finished all of what I currently have on hand. 392 issues are now preserved on the Internet Archive and the magazines themselves have been sent to @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social for their library. archive.org/search?query...

June 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM

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ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ

@sudden-desu.net

Got a few interesting things for you today. First, a late prototype of Heavy Nova for the Sega Mega CD.

It does not boot, however... (thread)

archive.org/details/heav...

Heavy Nova (Prototype 19911102) : Micronet : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Heavy Nova (Prototype 19911102) for Sega Mega CDNote that this does not boot on hardware or emulator due to using preproduction security code.The Archival...

archive.org

June 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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GoldS_TCRF

@golds-tcrf.bsky.social

(TCRF-Adjacent Content??)

Finally talking about something I've been working on for about 2-and-a-half years: Scans of 134 drafts from 100 episodes of The Simpsons, covering Seasons 1 to 16 (mostly the first 6). This was a big time sink. Hope you'll enjoy them.
#Simpsons

archive.org/details/@gol...

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". Transcription follows:
"INT. COURTROOM - NEXT DAY
The courtroom is BUZZING with excitement. The jury box is
empty and everyone in the courtroom is watching the door to
the room where the jury members are sequestered. Finally,
the door opens and the jury files in.
HUTZ: (TO HOMER) Here they come. Keep your
fingers crossed.
BURNS: Cross my fingers, Smithers.
JUDGE: Has the jury reached a verdict?
FOREMAN: We have, your honor. After carefully
weighing the facts and taking into
account the defendant's obnoxious
behavior, we find for the plaintiff, in
the amount of ten million dollars.
HOMER: Who's the plaintiff?
HUTZ: You are!
HOMER: I'm rich! I'm rich!
The courtroom erupts into PANDEMONIUM. Papers are thrown
in the air. The spectators are CHEERING. The Simpsons are
hugging each other. A HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND comes
marching in PLAYING SOMETHING BY SOUSA. Burns stares
straight ahead, looking thunderstruck. "

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "The Telltale Head". Transcription follows:
DOLPH: Simpson, you dip.
Dolph drops the rock and runs off.
BART: I can't believe I have to guard this
stupid thing for a whole year.
JEBEDIAH (BACK ON HIS SHOULDERS): Dip. Hahaha. That's a good one.
Bart is stunned to see the statue still talking to him.
BART: Oh no.
JEBEDIAH (CONT'D): Come on, Simpson. Step lively. 0h,
while you're at it, there's a piece of
gum on my bear. Get rid of it.
Speaking of which, did I ever tell you
about the time I killed a bear with by
bare hands?
Bart GROANS
JEBEDIAH (CONT'D): It was early in the morning. I was
hungry. I looked around to see if
there was any game I could kill. I
thought there might be some deer or
squirrels nearby. Well, I was in for a
very big surprise, let me tell you
right now. All of a sudden there on my
left I see this angry grizzly. He is
looking at me like I'm his lunch.
PULL BACK as we leave Bart listening to the statue."

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II". Transcription follows:
"INT. MOE’S TAVERN
Marge enters.
MARGE: Homer?
The Robot and Homer both turn.
ROBOT / HOMER
Marge. / (GUTTURAL NOISE)
The Robot indicates that Marge should sit on his lap.
Homer extends his arms and puckers his lips. Realizing
what the other is doing, they turn angrily and GROWL at
each other. Homer slugs the Robot. The Robot grabs Homer
and they start rolling around on the floor.
MARGE: Homer, no! It was just flirting!
EXT. MOE’S TAVERN
WIGGUM: (THRU BULLHORN) Attention Robot
Perpetrator! This is Police Chief
Wiggum! I order you to come out with
your... oh, there you are.
At that moment, the Robot and Homer SMASH through the wall
of the Tavern, onto the sidewalk.
Marge follows them out through the hole in the wall. She
sees all the raised guns.
MARGE: Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!
WIGGUM: Ignore the woman. Ready, aim...
Burns and Smithers rush up.
BURNS: Stop! Don’t kill my baby."

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare". Transcription follows:
"He tosses the coffee out the window.
SIDESHOW BOB: (MUFFLED SCREAMS)
EXT. STREET - DAY
The car passes a sign reading "PORCUPINE CROSSING".
SIDESHOW BOB (O. S.) (CONT'D): Yarrrrrrrgh!
EXT. SIMPSON CONVERTIBLE ~- ROAD - LATER
A truck labelled "SULFURIC ACID" has overturned. Strong
fumes are coming up out of the sewer. The truck DRIVER is
standing, looking at the truck, scratching his head dimly.
The Simpsons drive through the spill.
SIDESHOW BOB: (STIFLED SCREAMS AND COUGHING)
CLOSE UP
of a road sign that reads "MOLTEN LAVA - NEXT 16 MILES." A
WIDE SHOT reveals a series of active volcanos in the
background. A pterodactyl flies by. Molten lava runs over
stretches of road. The Simpsons’ convertible passes over
it.
SIDESHOW BOB: (MOANS) I hate lava.
The Simpsons convertible passes a sign the reads
"CHINCHILLA CROSSING."
SIDESHOW BOB (CONT’D): (SOOTHED) Ahhh...
We hear small, angry, high-pitched rodent ATTACKING NOISES.
SIDESHOW BOB (CONT’D): (MUFFLED SCREAMS)"

June 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM

GoldS_TCRF

@golds-tcrf.bsky.social

(TCRF-Adjacent Content??)

Finally talking about something I've been working on for about 2-and-a-half years: Scans of 134 drafts from 100 episodes of The Simpsons, covering Seasons 1 to 16 (mostly the first 6). This was a big time sink. Hope you'll enjoy them.
#Simpsons

archive.org/details/@gol...

June 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM

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Games That Weren't

@gamesthatwerent.com

We've today uncovered 7 #NES prototype builds of The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (1993 Ocean)- including an early version with cut content and different room layouts. A fascinating glimpse at the game in development.

www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/05/the-...

May 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM

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Video Game History Foundation

@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

For this piece, @drewgmackie.bsky.social requested documents from the Capcom v. Data East lawsuit from the National Archives in the US... and donated his copies to our library! Thanks Drew!

archive.gamehistory.org/item/937b31e...

A testimony from Laurie Thornton, public relations manager for Capcom USA.

May 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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ohfivepro.bsky.social

@ohfivepro.bsky.social

jaia.jp/aou%e3%83%8b...
Every issue of the All Japan Amusement Operators Association AOU Newsletter published between 1986 & 2004 has been officially scanned & uploaded

Definitely one for the arcade archivist / history types that follow me

AOUニュースアーカイブ | JAIA | 一般社団法人日本アミューズメント産業協会

JAIAの前身組織である、AOU（全日本アミューズメント施設営業者協会連合会）の発行していたAOUニュースのアーカイブができました。創刊号から2004年までのデータを先行して公開いたします。

jaia.jp

May 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM

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Gaming Hell

@sarahssowertty.bsky.social

A clean video of Taito's 1993 futuristic arcade racing game VERTEXER has been uploaded to YouTube, showing a single course. The visual effects are a little eye-straining and flashy, so be warned!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P85...

【資料映像】VERTEXER "PLANET COURSE"

YouTube video by higenekodo

www.youtube.com

May 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM

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ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ

@sudden-desu.net

Here you go, Bluesky, you get the notification a day earlier than twitter:
New article up! Let's take a look at Capcom's Alien vs Predator for the CPS2 hardware and the slew of debug tools hidden inside.
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/alien-...

April 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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GDRI

@gdri.bsky.social

From Video Game Ephemera: Battletoads NES Rare Pre-Release Beta Footage www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlzy...

Battletoads NES Rare Pre-Release Beta Footage

YouTube video by VideoGameEphemera

www.youtube.com

April 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM

GoldS_TCRF

@golds-tcrf.bsky.social

Seems like the most appropriate day to post this:
In Dragon Unit / Castle of Dragon (article to come) if you hold 2P Start and then insert 2 coins, the second player - usually a palette swap - will instead be a lady knight with unique sprites. This only works if the game's license is set to Athena.

A screenshot of Dragon Unit / Castle of Dragon in which both players are in the Vs Fight arena that shows up after starting a 2P game. The first player, the one in blue, has just been defeated by the second player, the one in red. Instead of the standard palette-swap of the usual male knight, 2P is instead a female knight with her own set of sprites. Text at the top says "CHALLENGE STAGE! VS FIGHT!"

A gameplay screenshot from Castle of Dragon / Dragon Unit from the start of the first stage. The first player is the standard blue knight, while the second player is again using the female knight, who has more armor in this screenshot but is still missing her helmet and leggings.

March 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM

GoldS_TCRF

@golds-tcrf.bsky.social

This is a week late, but here's a TCRF article on Dead Connection that I made a few years back. Notable finds include a big debug menu, scrapped 4P support, a location test screen, hidden cameos from Zak and Mel of Pu-Li-Ru-La fame, and a mess of unused destructibles.
tcrf.net/Dead_Connect...

Screenshot of a "Screen Character Test" debug tool from Dead Connection. On the left is a bitmap of a brown-suited man with a brown hat. He looks pretty peeved.

The player select screen from Dead Connection with Philip (with one "l") and James selected, but the cursors say 3P and 4P? Wuh?!?

A location test screen from Dead Connection. The background is a sepia tone version of the standard Game Over backdrop. The usual Taito location test copy is displayed, which reads as follows:
"THANK YOU FOR PLAYING UP TO THIS STAGE. YOU ARE A VERY GOOD PLAYER. AREN'T YOU? BECAUSE THIS GAME IS NOW UNDER LOCATION TEST, WE ARE VERY SORRY NOT TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT STAGE OF THE GAME. WE ARE TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THIS AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SOMETIME AND SOMEPLACE."

The high score screen, with the top two names being "JIR" and "KAT". The severed heads of Pu-Li-Ru-La's player characters, Mel (Girl, blue hat) and Zak (Boy, pink hat), adorn the bottom-left corner of the screen.

March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM

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The Cutting Room Floor

@tcrf.net

There's a hidden question in SimAnt, should you force it to show a message for losing the tutorial:

tcrf.net/SimAnt_(SNES...

SimAnt (SNES) screenshot: "All red colonies have been destroyed. Why are you here?"

March 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM

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Gaming Hell

@sarahssowertty.bsky.social

I've made a bit of a big addition to my Arcade Archives spreadsheet- a list of Taito and Namco arcade games that shows what collections they've been in and which ones have Arcade Archives releases. I hope you find it useful!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ARCADE ARCHIVES

docs.google.com

February 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ

@sudden-desu.net

New article up! It only took 6 years but... the translation of the Tōki Denshō - Angel Eyes development diary is finally up! Go have a look at the constant trouble this game faced while in the shadow of Dead or Alive...

🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/touki-...