🚨 Free book giveaway contest 📙 Win a free copy of Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 2. To enter, tell us which of Link's items you'd like to have in real life. Contest ends Sunday October 12th. Reskeets appreciated. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... #retrogaming 💌

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We don’t have the technology to remove the “new episode” thing after watching a show on a streaming service? (I.e. make them dynamic instead of a static image that swaps out after x days.)

'Viewtiful Joe' was released 22 years ago today on October 7th, 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube! It's a side-scrolling action game where you use 'VFX' to give Joe powers like slow-mo or mach speed, and it's just bursting with style. Give it a try! It's an actual gem. HENSHIN-A-GO-GO-BABY!🎥

Final Fantasy Tactics // PlayStation // JVC AV-27D201 via component

youtu.be/iQm0uPTF4zw?... ✨Starfriends✨ Co-created by a buddy of mine, @garrett.bsky.social

Silksong is the gift that keeps on giving. Currently on Act 3.

Last call for pre-orders as Video Game Maps: SNES vol 3 is heading to the printer soon. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid...

What are some of your favorite video game books? (Don't worry, we won't be offended if they aren't from us.)

I want my Burger King drive through AI to sound like the Combine from Half Life2. @getplayedpod.bsky.social

The Legendary Axe concept mockup. Been a while since I made one of these. Research was tough. I have no connection to the game or the turbografx-16 whatsoever, but the final boss being a weird and unsettling merger of confused cavemen held together by an eldric mass was captivating. #pixelart #ドット絵

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra... Early congrats to @garrett.bsky.social

i drew a ff7 doodles

A reminder that we run a LOT of freelance, and pay $300-$500ish (depending on work/size). We'll take pitches from anyone! BUT: please please PLEASE think about what you're pitching. It needs to be the kind of story we would want to run.

The Adventure of Link: Famicom Winning Strategy Cards, 1987. Scans by @historyofhyrule.com. Layouts by us.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen - Official Guidebook, 1990.

When we hit 7k followers we will do another giveaway contest. I think we can all use some free stuff right now. 2025, amirite? 💌 #retrogaming

There was something really special about how 8-bit games would be enhanced by hand-drawn art found in guides and magazines. Pictured here is a segment from Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen - Official Guidebook, 1990, detailing a mountain village.

Who wants a free t-shirt? Featuring Crono from everyone’s favorite time traveling SNES game. To enter, tell us your favorite cookie 🍪. Reposts appreciated! Art by Duke Hoover. We have multiple sizes to select from. Ends Sunday at 7pm PT. U.S. only. 💌 retrogamebooks.com/products/cro...

The bundle is almost sold out, so grab it while you can. While this is a pre-order, we have a finite amount of the bonus items that come with the bundle. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid...

🚨 The pre-order for Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 3 is up! retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... From the colorful landscapes of Secret of Mana to the depths of Super Metroid, this book showcases the stunning artwork that captured the imagination of gamers around the world. *Credits in thread*

The Sai (weapon) Wikipedia page makes no mention of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Raphael — this feels very wrong. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_(we...

We will have a fun announcement to make soon. It’s not Silksong-level excitement, but very cool nonetheless. 😅

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Check out what just arrived in the mail: Malasombra is a modern NES game that was funded on Kickstarter. I’m excited to check it out as soon as Silksong releases its silky grip. #nes @4mhzes.bsky.social

I can’t purchase Silksong on PS5 despite it being the number 1 trending game. I heard there are Steam issues as well. 🥺

What is your favorite version of the movie where people get stuck in another world/simulation and have to find their way home? Examples: Tron Jumanji Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Last Action Hero Pleasantville Spirited Away Groundhogs Day Palm Springs Inception Stay Tuned The Wizard of Oz

AI “art” advocates like to boast that it’s allowing those without the skills to create art, as a positive, as if there aren’t already tons of incredibly talented, real artists out there struggling to make a living. Doesn’t that just make things even worse for the “classic” artist?

Well this sucks. Meanwhile, Konami is like “gooooood, gooooood” in Palpatine voice. www.rockpapershotgun.com/xboxs-cancel...

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Does anyone else ever say “thank you,” out loud, to one-self, with no one else around, when a trivial thing goes right after a string of unfortunate situations?

Multiple retro TMNT video game references in my son’s TMNT comic. (More in thread.)

A Castlevania ticket game is neat, I guess — a new video game would be much cooler…

This was a ton of fun. Until this episode I hadn’t played Yoshi’s Story since it originally released so long ago.

Four days until release! Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on 4th September. Release times: 7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST Game price: USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300

I’ve been an eBay member for a quarter century. How old you feeling today?

I picked up Cyberpunk today and then suddenly remembered Silksong drops in a few days. I think I’ll put this one aside for now.

I want to play a brand new X-Files game for the PS5. Please and thank you. P.S. Back in the day I only had about 10 minutes with the PS2 game to check it out and recall being highly impressed with how good it looked (for the time, of course).

Somehow I’ve never played Eternal Darkness (GameCube) and it seems like something I’d enjoy. Does it hold up pretty well?

I need to know. This still haunts me.

Famicom Picture Book: The Legend of Zelda, 1986. Scans by @historyofhyrule.com | Layouts by Retro Game Books.

There should be a competition-style TV show called The Bokka Games with special guest judge @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp. Challenges include carrying incredibly heavy loads of packages across dangerous mountain passes and setting up gear to make repeat routes more accessible.

A “brand new” tv we bought off Amazon had someone’s Netflix account logged into it. So, perhaps, not new?

New life goal: Being a hologram in a @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp game.

Promo ends in just a few days. 💌

If I could only experience one smell for the rest of my life it would be grapefruit.

On this day in 1991 the SNES launched in North America. To celebrate, take $5 off Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 2 with promo code LAUNCH. retrogamebooks.com/discount/LAU... Sale ends Aug 31, 2025.

Instead of mayo (or in addition to), mix a packet of In-N-Out spread with your canned tuna. Thank me later.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "Hyrule was on the road to ruin..." Layout and retouching by Retro Game Books. Scans by @historyofhyrule.com. #zelda