Conquered this on easy yesterday, let's try normal or hard today! 👇

One last try at this. Forgot how hard this game's final bosses were. 👇

Alright, we're over at the green place today. If you want a chance to say "I was there" for the first stream, now's your chance. (No, we're not leaving Twitch, but I want to dabble today). kick.com/zophar

It's time for South Park… The Stick of Truth. Oh dear.

This company is really the worst. The Lunar “Althena’s Treasure Box”? That got delayed twice and took 7 months to arrive? That’s the tiny sliver of cardboard protection between the box and it. Good thing I sliced super gingerly. You suck, GungHo.

A slot has opened up last minute for Jankuary II... so at 11:00PM... I take the plunge. Action 52. And now.... the cheetahmen. F.

In 1 hour.... my jank begins.

Lots of jankiness happening out there today!

Tonight, Jankuary II kicks off at 10:00PM EST with a 2-hour warmup, and the official launch at midnight. Don't miss this 9-day long crapfest - trust me!! 👇

My hot take... we're headed for another video game crash like the one in the early 1980s if this direction continues. Here's what Best Buy's gaming section looked like in 2002. Compare it with what you see when you go into one now - or GameStop, or Target. The excitement's gone.

Ring the New Year in right. Just 4 days left. You know what to do. Random Night Trap victim thinks you should apply for Jankuary, so what are you waiting for?! Make it happen, cap'ns. jankuary.com <== apply here

Have a very happy and healthy New Year, mortals & immortals! And remember - emulation forever!

Time for Lucky #7 subathon.

No one has ever janked as hard as @gamersuplink.bsky.social. You owe it to him to join us. Maybe he'll replace the Cheetahman as the mascot next year! ;)

1 week to go until applications close. Be sure to look at the schedule first so you know what slots/games are taken before you apply. Don't wait, slots are starting to fill in rapidly now!

Merry Christmas from the Lord of Darkness.

I've processed the first batch of Jankuary II applications and 32 streamers have been approved so far. 12 days left to sign up!

Forced Raid Trains on Twitch are a bad look. I can't tell you how many times people have come to me in private to tell me how much they would have loved to be a part of such-and-such event, but the idea of being forced to raid someone you may never have met sours them. Avoid it!

I got the job.

Not again!

It's time. You may not have asked for it, but we delivered it anyway.

Everyone a reminder that the guest host for Advent-ure tonight is our friend @zophar.bsky.social! Head over to Zophar1 on Twitch at 9PM EST to see which new game will be unveiled for Night 20... 🎁🚪👀

Time for the annual "tier rank every game I beat on stream in 2025"! twitch.tv/zophar1

More of this, now.👇

I am humbled and grateful to be a part of the Retro community, and I honestly don't know what I'd do without you all. Thank you so much, and I hope there are many more years of retro streaming ahead for us!

Now that Breath of Fire II is finally done with, we shall move on to more obscure role playing greatness. How about this one - where there’s no such thing as MP?

Arighty, the interview with bleem! & bleemcast! legend Randy Linden has been completed! Now for the real work - the editing. More to come!

We have a lot more work to do, but we're getting there, slowly but surely. 68 pounds down, almost halfway there!

If you love speedrunning and Castlevania games, you need to check out Arctic's newest history of speedrunning video all around Castlevania II. I may or may not make a cameo in this one too. ;)

We're going to give the latest prototype version of 2025 SNES Doom and the new Rumble controller from the legendary @randallinden.bsky.social a go tonight (bug fixes / enhancements since the summer version) - see you at 9:00PM EST! youtube.com/live/MuvTFWN...

Another day, another Reddit mod that is allergic to fun. Oh high master of /r/speedrun, what rule do you think I violated with this post?

We've had a giant surge of support over the last 24 hours, thank you so much! We're only 302 subscribers away from the big 1,000, which will enable ad-supported monetization. As content creation is my primary source of income now - getting to the goal will really help me out! 👇

29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!

What's your opinion of reddit? Seems that anytime I make a post on many of the gaming-related subreddits, there's always at least 1 reply that seems designed to launch... well, back in the 1990s, we called them "flame wars". The funny thing is... a lot of the time, it's the moderators themselves!

Alright, for anyone crazy enough to speedrun this hot trash, we now have a leaderboard for Bram Stoker's Dracula. This is just a sample of the pain you can expect.

It's done. I never have to play this impossible game ever again.

Just 4 and a half hours away. I swear, we're going to beat Super Ghouls and Ghosts today, even if it melts my brain by the end. At least I'll go out with a bang!

Got a lot of people asking about this, so tonight (10/30) at 9:00PM - on the live channel - we make it happen. 👇

The @zsknight.bsky.social interview has been an amazing success and I want to thank you all for the support! Go check out his new game, Retro Endurance 8-Bit! Also I've also updated our membership offerings over on the main YouTube channel for those wishing to support me. 👇

It is time. The long-awaited ZSNES interview is here. I hope you all enjoy! 👇

Complete! The ZSNES creator interview runs > 90 minutes & is full of some very interesting conversation, including how to pronounce ZSNES, the idea behind the snow, the lead programmer's favorite video games of all time, and so much more! Wednesday, 10.22.25, 8:00PM Eastern. 👇

More of this, now.

@melpomene.bsky.social 's 2nd stream on Twitch, ever. Come support! www.twitch.tv/melpomenean

Being laid off stinks. That said - I have free time now! I think it's time to finally finish editing my interview with ZSKnight (one half of the original developer team of ZSNES in the 1990s). Let you all know when it's done, should be this week, and I hope you all enjoy.

Block 5-1 and onwards.

Can we beat Dracula? youtube.com/live/uFV3S1Q...

I totally should not be doing this... youtube.com/live/VKAhMTe...

Noice!

Let's do this tonight.

Week 1 of being unemployed (if you don't count Twitch self-employment). Feels weird.