The second panel from MGC 2026 is live! Eugene Jarvis and Ed Fries talk about their experiences in the business 25 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eciD... Stories about the new arcade, the Xbox, and gaming preservation!

The president of the development company, Produce!, was the planner on R-Type. bsky.app/profile/vgde...

At the link: A programmer on the unreleased MSX version of Ghosts 'n Goblins bsky.app/profile/tyr1...

I am delighted to report that there were official Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt fax cover sheets used at Tengen. The originals must be a holy grail for the Awesome Possum collectors in your life.

Slam 'N Jam '96 featuring Magic & Kareem Source: Next Generation 16 (April 1996) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #playstation #sega

For those that couldn't catch us at Midwest Gaming Classic, I made sure to get the panel up quickly! youtu.be/SDnNTQWcc68 Headed by @katewillaert.bsky.social, @theycreateworlds.bsky.social, @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social, and myself talk about the important early arcade games of the 1970s.

Video of the unreleased overseas version of Macross VF-X 2, from the game's director/planner. Seems to have been finished. x.com/iuchi_244/st...

SEGASaturn_3-5-97 : 5s

This 1991 Electronic Boutique brochure includes some classic standalone handhelds, including Nintendo's Game & Watch Super Mario Bros and Simpsons & Turtles handhelds: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/c7e09a97-6012-49fe-99fd-71c63605e254

Jumping Flash 2 vs. the Space Shuttle? This 1996 U.S. print ad in Intelligent Gamer suggests you can 'achieve a safe, unnatural high' via the cult PlayStation game.

Motivetime gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.p...

The Man Behind the Atari Jaguar: John Mathieson Interview www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Xp...

Your indifference will not stop Hot-B Mania. Steel Empire is $1.49 until May 9 on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/563260/S...

サスケVSコマンダは、ギャラクシアン以降のシューティングの中でも新しいスタイルを確立した意欲作だと思う。独力で戦えという将軍の無茶振りとボスの効率悪そうな攻撃も良い… #SasukeVsCommander #SNK #Tose #1980 www.youtube.com/watch?v=75kk...

An alpha of the cancelled FMV racer: MegaRace (Amiga CD32) has been found and added to Games That Weren't, thanks to Dave Arcadian. However, we've not been able to yet get it running just yet - maybe someone can? More details + download: www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/10/mega...

At E3 2002 Ubisoft had Moto Racer Advance tucked waaaay in the back of its booth, but it was a headliner for me. One of the GBA's early and most impressive"super scaler" games...that draw distance alone! Gameplay's a little heavy but the devs (Adeline/Delphine) pushed 60 FPS *and* link support.

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Former Coleco CEO Arnold Greenberg passed away on March 19, 2025 at 91. Under his tenure, the company launched the Telstar, the ColecoVision, the Adam computer and the Cabbage Patch Kids. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... Via @theycreateworlds.bsky.social

Wardner no Mori Special turns 35 today! Box art by the late Kensuke Suzuki / 鈴木健介, AKA Hiroshi Kajiyama / 梶山浩 vgdensetsu.net/kensukesuzuki/

Actually found something kinda weird. It's a PS1 CD-R, "Arcade Party Pak" scribbled on it, but it boots to this menu. Some of the games (Gorf, Satan's Hollow) don't load at all, Smash TV doesn't have music. None of the collections Digital Eclipse did for PS1 would have this many games on it.

Links for Sega CD Source: Mega Play Vol. 5, No. 5 (October/November 1994) Scan Source: Sega Retro #retrogaming #sega

K.C. Munchkin & the Magnavox Odyssey² console Source: Electronic Games 2 (March 1982) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogames #retrogaming

Comments from the main programmer. Nintendo approved an earlier version with bugs. A sequel was in development. web.archive.org/web/20150223... bsky.app/profile/bgho...

Asmik's US launch powered by Home Data bsky.app/profile/game...

Klax & other Tengen games Source: GamePro 15 (October 1990) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #atari #nintendo

A LaserDisc rip of Taito's 1984 arcade game Cosmos Circuit. The MSX version has been archived for years but to my knowledge this is the first known footage of the arcade original. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAd5... (A Domesday Duplicator rip will follow)

NFL Pro League Football & All-American College Football Source: Electronic Entertainment 24 (December 1995) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #dosgaming

Puss N Boots: Pero's Great Adventure Source: GamePro 15 (October 1990) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #nintendo

Did not realize King Salmon (Genesis) has credits.

Was there another print run of Star Odyssey with a cardboard box? www.ebay.com/itm/15606369...

New on GDRI2: The Definitive History of Hot-B gdri.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Stylish Nintendo 64 controller images? You'll be wanting the VGHF Library-archived Nintendo E3 1997 CD-ROM, then: https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/99c1b25c-257f-4cd6-ba61-5acf71061ad5

Capcom's 1988 'takes home the arcade challenge!' sales brochure - https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/23d9b329-d054-4a0e-92af-4f3b30d829cf - was hyping the rise of the NES, forecasting $1 billion in retail game sales by the end of the year.

Part I of a profile on the arcade game company GGI arcade-terra-incognita.blogspot.com/2026/04/ggi-...

I was hoping this would be some sort of K-Razy Antiks knockoff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDVK...

Antstream recently added seven golf games including Actua Golf (aka VR Golf) and Chip Shot: Super Pro Golf, the first Intellivision game on the service.

Official Sega Genesis Seal of Quality: 17 companies have earned the right to display this seal. Source: GamePro 15 (October 1990) Scan Source: RetroMags #retrogaming #sega

The mighty Alammo of AlammoFM on YT has just dropped OMEGADRIVE on @itch.io - an interactive #MegaDrive VGM player! Extremely impressive despite only being in beta - definitely one to keep an eye (and ear) on. Now go and explore some MD #chiptunes! delacannon.itch.io/omegadrive

Ore! Tomba grip strength tester / Promotional material / Whoopee Camp / 1997

Panasonic 3DO VHS Promo From 1993 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWw0...

TOSE has demolished its Nagaokakyo Development Center (est. 2009) which once housed 85 staff on several floors and an adjacent building it owned in Kyoto to make way for a new six-floor office complex that will open January of 2028. Link: t.co/B7OLS4yQHs

Historian Alex Smith (author and host of They Create Worlds) joins us for the latest Video Game History Hour podcast to challenge the prevailing “Genesis does what Nintendon’t” narrative in the early '90s: https://gamehistory.org/episode-154-sega-in-the-90s-an-economic-post-mortem/

アルファ電子1984年頃の広告。ひとつの発想が技術を生み、その技術が新たな発想を創る。技術ポエムがいい感じだ… #AlphaDenshi #1984

Bob Jacob wanted to put Hollywood into a game box and nearly pulled it off. Defender of the Crown, Wings, Rocket Ranger, and a football game that quietly inspired EA Sports, all from a studio that lasted five years. youtu.be/EN43CmoJpyc #Cinemaware #DefenderOfTheCrown #RetroGaming #GamingHistory

Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago / Konami Amusement of America gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.p...

Ecseco gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.p...

New on GDRI2: The Definitive History of Hot-B gdri.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago / Konami Amusement of America gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.p...