I wrote a list feature about my favourite - and objectively the greatest - videogame genre of all time. Honestly, it was agonising to keep to just 20!

Old post! A modern Metroidvania for classic systems: Let’s explore Life On Mars for MSX and Mega Drive… gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/l...

This week’s new arrivals…

Got some beer with customised cans for Christmas!

Unlocked for all: It's Christmas Eve, so gather round a roaring IBM PC and enjoy the warmth of Sierra On-Line's A Computer Christmas:

I fancied a game of Penguin Adventure then fell in a hole and look who was in there! Great timing.

Best Of 2025: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game.

It’s that time of year again. Merry Christmas to all Nightopians!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, from Compile and their numerous holiday-themed editions of Disc Station, such as #8 and #19. Each comes with one or two festive themes, mini-games or tunes, along with their regular trial versions of games, like Aleste 2🎄 #chosting

It’s new comic day and I bought this Christmas issue of TMNT. Absolutely delighted to see Casey Jones never removes his mask, even when he’s been in the bath.

remember to scare children into believing in santa so we won't have to fight the frost gigas again this year

Been playing a little of this this week and it's exceptional. Big Sega Saturn energy, superb music and a cracking shooter. The score attack mode is intense and the Christmas themed event is amazing. You can shoot presents to make coins burst out and it starts out by saying COMMENCING FESTIVITIES.

New blog! The Outfoxies is a laugh riot in multiplayer but if you never play it alone you might miss its biggest surprise... gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/t...

Good piece here about a really interesting game

New blog! The Outfoxies is a laugh riot in multiplayer but if you never play it alone you might miss its biggest surprise... gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/t...

Tomorrow...

Too real

One new arrival this week. Let’s see what next week brings!

Tomorrow...

The older I get, the more I think Rocky IV might be a masterpiece. Someone please give me a big pile of money so I can write a book about it.

Edge gave Metroid a 4/10? Someone needs to play some actually bad games and get some perspective!

Honestly assumed that Modretro news story was from a parody site; and what’s crazier is the body text reads like one!

How cool is this?! I received a brand new and limited MSX game as a Christmas gift from a friend in Spain!

even in this toxic hellscape of a year, we can still enjoy the original Christmas Nights website nights.sega.jp/nights1/cont...

Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover! www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 Down, down to a world of whimsical picture-puzzle adventure on PC Engine CDROM-ROM. Cyan's HyperCard adventure, The Manhole, lays further groundwork for Myst and its popularity in Japan. So popular, in fact, that Myst was a Saturn launch title. 📖: Famicom Tsūshin, April 1991

How does Ernie Hudson look younger than he did in The Crow 30 years ago???

Has The Outfoxies taken over from The Ooze as the main character of Bluesky?

IT’S HAPPENING!

My Steam and PlayStation wrap-ups. I mostly use Steam for work and PS5 for weekly multiplayer sessions with a mate. Blue Prince stands out though… That one consumed me for a few days!

New on Gaming Hell - Sonic the Fighters (Sega AM2, 1996) gaminghell.co.uk/SonicTheFigh... COME ON, MR. SONIC

Look out honey, cause I’m using technology!

Old post! Some love for the PC-88 version of Popful Mail and the nature of import friendliness. gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/p...

How appropriate that it’s a pointless clone

Old post! Some love for the PC-88 version of Popful Mail and the nature of import friendliness. gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/p...

Working Designs, yeesh

Some original illustrations from Jaleco games on display at an event organised to celebrate the 20th anniversary of City Connection (the company, not the game). x.com/hashtag/%E3%... x.com/hashtag/CC20... x.com/search?q=%E3...

This week’s new arrivals… These are both research for a thing I hope to be live before the end of the year.

Oh yes, I did indeed win the annual @gamerepublic.bsky.social games quiz last night!

Wouldn’t normally share these here but I’m feeling pretty smug about this one… #GuessTheGame #1307 🎮 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ #ExtraordinaryGuesser GuessThe.Game/p/1307

No returning characters was a bold and exciting move back then, and it paved the way for a great series tradition of rotating cast members. Kamiya was right to be selfish!

Amazing to live in 2025 and still see old gaming hardware you’ve never heard of. This looks delightful!

ANGELINE ERA IS NOW OUT ON STEAM!!! In this 3D ACTION ADVENTURE GAME... 🔍Every level is hidden in plain sight… 🗺️… so chart your own path through the world! ⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places… 👼 and a soul-shattering story! PLAY TODAY! BUMPSLASH TIME! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

Jesus Christ okay I will

Professional Wrestling is truly the greatest of sports.

Harmful Park was my first shmup 1CC What was yours?

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe includes a calendar that goes all the way to the year 3000. Ironically, this reaches much further than typical modern computer and smartphone calendars. As such, even now Super Mario Bros. Deluxe remains a good option to keep track of far future dates.

New blog post! Taking a look at Raizing's first game, Sorcer Striker, and the Toaplan hardware that powered it. I hope you enjoy! nicole.express/2025/sorcers...

Old post! Let’s kick off the holiday season with an unexpectedly festive shoot-‘em-up… gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/d...