Some pictures of the "Flight Simulator" system installed in July 1963 at the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), Chôfu, Japan. It consists of an analog computer, a flight table unit and a moving cockpit unit.

Salut Bluesky. Je cherche un co-voiturage le dimanche 31 mai prochain pour le retour du #HFS 2026 qui se tient à Évreux. Je rentre à Toulouse ou dans ses environs. D'avance merci pour les mises en relation éventuelles. 🙂

One of the important figures in the creation of computer games in the 1960s was Ikeda Toshio.A well-known figure of the JP computing revolution and a Go enthusiast, and one of the contributors to the Computopia project at Fujitsû. He also wrote several articles on the modeling of games on computers

A 1969 Fujitsû's ad using a pic of their "Train Driving Test" (shown during the 1970 Ôsaka Expo) It focuses on the fact that interacting with a computer should be simple enough so even a child could do it, and the importance of software for real time man/machine interaction bsky.app/profile/vgde...

Incroyable pépite à découvrir en intégralité sur le site de l'INA : un document réalisé par Gilles Combet en 1984. On y retrouve Jean Chalopin entre la France, le Japon et les Etats-Unis en train de bosser au bord de sa piscine avec son computer portatif 😅 www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...

Still continuing my journey into the japanese pre-commercial era of video games / simulators / computer games. Japan, 1969. Some images from a driving simulator using real road datas and a Facom 270-30. Thanks to funding from the Ministry of Construction.

De passage à Brignoles dans le Var, le jeudi 9 avril pour une conférence publique www.brignoles.fr/test-agenda-... Avec toi ? (ou avec George Clooney, qui sait ?)

Yoshihisa Kishimoto’s son announced that his father had passed away on April 2. He had co-created series such as Kunio Kun and Double Dragon, directed Road Avenger, The Combatribes, and others. xcancel.com/rpl5t62/stat...

Discord lied. they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company. “facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.

Grand moment de dignité journalistique. C’est un journaliste suisse, malheureusement, ce n’est pas en France qu’on verrait ça.

1973 was the first true Year of Video Games, so let's finally round it up! youtu.be/UO8XekOhpBU Learn about the innovations, expansions, and struggles of arcade and computer games on the latest episode of Play History!

À ne pas louper ! 🗓️Demain 10/02 18-20h heure japonaise à la Maison Franco-Japonaise (+ en ligne) Romain Lebailly et Benoît Bottos interviennent sur le sujet suivant : "Faire l’histoire des salles d’arcade au Japon : machines de jeu, espaces et usages"

At Luna Park in Maebashi, you can find and ride the oldest mokuba (wooden rocking horses) in Japan that are still in operation. They were installed in 1954 in the Mokuban-kan, which has been officially designated as a “Registered Tangible Cultural Property” in 2007. bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/de...

Scans by @thestacks.ca Source : GAMEぴあ Vol. 6 (July 1994), p.110 This excerpt from an article devoted to the release of Super Formation Soccer ’94 WC Edition (1994, Human) makes it possible to gauge the scale of the trauma caused by Japan’s failure to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. ⬇️

「このゲームはココがスゴい!!・トレジャーアイランド編」動画をYouTubeで公開しました。斜め視点による初期のゲームが登場した時代背景を取り上げています! #obslive #TreasureIsland www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAt0...

In April 1990, the Koshiros founded Ancient to work with Sega on Sonic and Streets of Rage 2. But Ayano Koshiro continued to collaborate with former colleagues on titles such as Actraiser, Gage and Lunar. vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro4/ Dispo en VF : vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...

Around 2011, I made a video about ActRaiser. It included a segment from an interview with Nobuo Uematsu in which he explained that the quality of the music and sound in Quintet’s game forced them to completely rethink the sound of Final Fantasy IV. Subtitled in EN : www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2IO...

Petite mise à jour matinale (pas simple de suivre, pff ! ) des plagiats d'Etienne Klein - on atteint les 75 auteurs plagiés. Auteurs plagiés ajoutés : Jean Bricmont, François de Gandt, Ronald Wright et Isabelle Senghers. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

ニチブツ発売のスキーゲーム、背景の一部が壊れる基板の不具合があって残念… タイヨーシステムは日本ゲーム(後のカルチャーブレーン)の別名 #DynamicSki #TaiyoSystem #Nichibutsu #1984 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JQ...

What was Ayano Koshiro's career path between leaving Falcom and founding Ancient? In which I talk about amateur games, Actraiser, The Scheme and its sequel, Ultima III, Tacoris, Basic Magazine, etc. vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro3/ Dispo en VF vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...

Feel free to widely share this curated easy to understand #Satellaview knowledge that I just posted on my blog. I didn't want to overscope it but I spent a lot of time explaining a curated list of games for those who have no idea what the Satellaview is. luigiblood.neocities.org/blog/2026-01...

Former Game Arts and Bits Laboratory programmer Naozumi Honma with a post recounting decades in the game industry. note.com/sirokuma919/...

Scans by @thestacks.ca The 100th issue of Coin Journal contains an article by Kobayashi Ichirô that is unfortunately of little interest. Coin Journal had been excluded from JAMMA in Feb 1983 (a decision taken in Nov 1982), ⬇️

Kawamoto Tamayo es autora de melodías icónicas de videojuegos como 'Commando' (1986), 'Ghouls ’n Ghosts' (1988) o 'RayForce' (1994). Hablamos con ella para repasar su trayectoria y adentrarnos en los entresijos de su trabajo.

En streaming gratuit sur France Télévisions jusqu’au 10 janvier : "Jordan, itinéraire d’un pionnier du jeu vidéo", documentaire de 52 minutes.📽Il retrace mon parcours de la création de jeux vidéo dans les 1980 à mes BD en France aujourd’hui. www.france.tv/documentaire...

#女子バレーボール というストレートなネーミング。ボールが飛び交うシュールなデモといい謎のこだわりを感じる… #Taito #1983 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM_Y...

Some feedback from the Hamster live dedicated to The Outfoxies (1995, Namco). From left to right: - Honda Yoshiyuki (Programmer) - Hijiya Toshiharu (Programmer) - Umeda Masateru (Director) - Motokoide Kôichi (Programmer) - Okamoto Tarô ( Field Design) By email: - Fukuzawa Masahiro (Sound) (1/?)

En 2024, la CNIL sanctionnait les ministères de l'intérieur et de la justice pour les données inexactes conservées. Et désormais ces infos sont potentiellement publiques. www.legifrance.gouv.fr/cnil/id/CNIL...

Earlier this year, former Konami sound designer Yuji Takenouchi was able to get the names of staff who worked on Frogger from a senior colleague. Unfortunately, we still don't know who did the graphics. x.com/TECHNOuchi/s...

I've just realized that I forgot to mention the sources : - scans by @gamingalexandria.bsky.social - archive.org/details/maru... - archive.org/details/maru... I still own the game, and I've always been curious about the スーパーすんげえシューティング mention on the spine and cover. It totally make sense now :)

*\(^o^)/* museedujeuvideo.org/fr *\(^o^)/* #jeuvidéo #culture #histoire #retrogaming cc @assomo5.bsky.social

Like some episodes of the Gradius and Rockman series, Star Parodier on PCE CD was the subject of a design contest for fans. Organized by the magazine Marukatsu PCE and Hudson Soft in 1990, 1857 applicants submitted their ideas.

David Creuze, 41 ans, est traducteur freelance. Il travaillait dans le jeu vidéo, un secteur où l'IA fait des carnages. Il raconte : «J’ai réussi à rester traducteur en me réorientant vers les œuvres littéraires. Ce secteur est plus épargné.» Lire ➡️ bit.ly/4pdHIuJ

Qui sont ces yōkai traversant l'écran durant le supermove d'Akari Ichijō dans The Last Blade 1 et 2 ? Un texte fantôme enfin mis en ligne avec les bonnes photos. www.lafautealamanette.org/post/Are-you...

Ca faisait quelques années que je voulais aborder ce sujet, jusque là très peu traité. J'ai relu un gros paquet d'articles, livres et interviews pour y récolter les bribes qu'on pouvait y trouver mais une grosse partie vient de recherches avec plein de mots clefs différents dans le Twitter japonais.

The working conditions at Sega and in the video game industry in Japan, from 1980 to ~nowadays (with sections on Capcom, SNK, Nintendo, etc.). vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama9 Dispo en VF vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamavf9

This issue includes a very cool article written by Nakafuji Yasunori (中藤保則), known for having served as editor-in-chief of Amusement Sangyō, and also for his book "Cultural History of Amusement Parks" (『遊園地の文化史』) published in 1984. www.cesa.or.jp/genealogy/na...

La semana que viene celebraremos un evento online cruzado entre @historyofgames.bsky.social y @digraspain.bsky.social dedicado a la historia del videojuego en España. Si te interesa, puedes apuntarte como público en este formulario: forms.gle/q1BxGqGVEseV...

Cet article paraît alors que je viens de perdre le projet que je gérais et traduisais en français quotidiennement depuis 8 ans, l'un des jeux les plus joués au monde au passage. Pour réduire les coûts (espère-t-il), l'éditeur passe à l'IA avec post-édition, que mes collègues et moi refusons.

An overview of the status of women in the video game industry in Japan and in Japanese society more generally (+ a focus on the career of Miki Morimoto, the second known woman to have directed a game at Sega) vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama6 dispo en VF vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamavf6

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Images of a giant FC controller, made for the 1985 Hudson Caravan. Built in a hurry and at low cost, only the participants from Fukuoka and its surrounding areas were able to try it out for less than a week before it broke down. ameblo.jp/meijin16shot...

Le script pour Mesen. Part 1: textup.fr/864941Ly Part 2: textup.fr/864940eJ Tous mes autres threads hitbox sont répertorié sur ce vieux billet de blog: upsilandre.over-blog.com/2018/07/sans...

Photo of a video game competition on PC Engines equipped with a CD-ROM² inside a Yamanote Line train (Tôkyô), in 1989. It was held to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of NBS (Nippon Broadcasting System).

Godspeed You! Black Emperor have pulled their entire discography from all major streaming services except for Bandcamp → cons.lv/L3moEY

Trizia Magagnini has confirmed with me (and with Alexander) over the phone that this was a mistake and David Rosen in fact has not died.

I have added a new section to my website: a gallery of company logos with the names of their respective designers. vgdensetsu.net/companylogog...