January 01, 2026 #NeoGeo #PocketHoroscope

Sad to hear that Stewart Cheifet passed away. Computer Chronicles is an incredible 400 episode time capsule capturing the evolution of the tech/computing industry. Check out @lgr-yt.bsky.social's watch alongs if you need a fun on-ramp to the show obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...

Got to witness a mini soap opera at the tire shop today. Woman comes in and asks if [redacted] is working. Employee says no and the woman rushes out angrily texting and then peels out of the parking lot.

Someone on iomega's marketing team was *screaming* for help

Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...

Everyone wanted the red ring. I just wanted to hear Urshurr. Happy holidays!

If you wanna be one of the last 30 people to sign up for @readonlymemo.com before I do a giveaway to celebrate hitting 3,000 subscribers, now's the time 👀👀 readonlymemo.com#/portal/sign...

Hmmm... my workshop space or 4 linked Daytona USA sit-down cabinets

Sure @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social just released 144 Sega Channel ROMS but the hits keep coming with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's live stream today! I know some of the things we think are in this lot and it'll be fun to see the data out in the wild.

Well, shit. Going to have to find a way to visit one last time before they close

How amazing is this? VGHF - found a never-before-seen NES prototype - obtained the rights - finished the game using period-accurate tools - is releasing it physically through iam8bit as a charity fundraiser.

Incredible stories shared at the Byte Shop 50th Anniversary from people who were there at the time like Paul Terrell, Lee Felsenstein, Steve Leininger, and Steve Wozniak. Cool artifacts and projects on display as well. Happy 50th Byte Shop!

A treat for helping us reach the goal for our annual fundraiser: We've redigitized the MaxiVision Power Video Challenge, an infomercial for an unlicensed NES multicart, featuring WWF superstars in the WORLD GAME FEDERATION Read more: gamehistory.org/maxivision-p...

Godzilla 70th celebration in Japantown. Byte Shop 50th in San Jose. Alameda antiques fair on Sunday. D&D session, Werewolf party, and a board game night. Prepping for a pretty pretty pretty nerdy weekend

I find these Bob Zed MAME update videos so satisfying. Fuck yeah rando chess computer or slot machine is now emulated. That and exposure to platforms that I have never seen before youtu.be/WvsfFixLCsY?...

Had to do some repairs on my AlphaSmart Neo 2 and figured I’d try out Un Kyu Lee‘s 3D printed Typewriter Transformation Kit. Used that Mac Classic-colored filament and really happy with the results!

Neighbor is moving and now we unexpectedly own their power washer. Is this how the game starts?

Went on a bird walk at Lake Merritt. When we were walking though the community garden a woman was harvesting sunchokes and when I commented on how good they looked she gave me a bag of them to take home. Community gardens rule!

Apologies for the tease but picked up a pretty big lot of game stuff today, some of which I've been trying to shake loose for 15+ years. Nothing earth shattering but rare nonetheless. Getting it over to @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social so that we can properly document and share what we are allowed to!

I had heard about the rapid increase in RAM prices but apparently the market is so volatile that Central Computers stopped printing price tags

did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/

Got one of my LaserActives back from some @zaxour.bsky.social love and decided to set up a stack of uncommon consoles into the rack. Time for some FMV background shooters and Merlin Racing!

I’m hoping we have a tight enough scene that if someone spots this stuff for sale we can catch these shitheads

Thanks to a generous donation, we've completed our digitized collection of E3 directories from 1995–2006. Every booth, every company, every map. 2400 pages. archive.gamehistory.org/folder/53778...

The more projects I get off the bench backlog the more I realize I like fixing some of these things more than I like owning them. Might have to get a table at the Electronics Flea Market when it spins up again next year to unload stuff

Am I doing this right?

I'll never forget baggage claim at SFO after that E3 where literally a dozen of these came tumbling onto the conveyor belt

This is amazing restoration work and I'm so appreciative of @polymatt.bsky.social's skill and attention to detail. S/O to @bambulabglobal.bsky.social for sponsoring!

Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.

I just want to put this out into the universe. If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.

Early morning at the Alameda Flea Market. Picked up this Space Duel poster that I need to find more about. I was already interested in the ComputerMate floppy organizer and when I picked it up it was heavier than expected. So for $5 I now own the organizer and someone's C64 pirate/legit collection

Sour Patch Kids dethroned as most popular this year by newcomer Shin Ramyun!

Lol trick or treater's parents were dressed as 6 and 7 because "We're trying to make it jump the shark as quickly as possible"

Maybe this is some kind of psy op to get Americans into cricket

If/when they hit inning 20 they pivot to 1:1 hand-to-hand player matchups. Much like Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection releasing on October 30th

Googling Toronto productivity prop bets

I don't have a dog in this hunt but super long overtimes do bring back fond memories like the 1995 ALDS where Tony Pena ended it with a walk-off at 2am or 2000 Flyers/Penguins where they were shooting the puck into the stands so they could buy time to sharpen skates and wolf down slices of pizza

Honestly the consistency of the patina is quite impressive

The last time I recapped a PC LT I swore I'd never do it again. Somewhat comforting to know that even a subject matter expert found it to be a pain!

I was tempted by this laserdisc that appeared to just be level-by-level Space Harrier gameplay footage just to see how it was captured. Not $200 tempted apparently

Man I went from "I don't need another 3D printer" to ordering an H2D with dual AMS2s so fast... It just takes one enabling evangelist

This is a 100% do not miss panel at PRGE! First-hand account of the lead up to and launch of the NES in the US from a small and scrappy team when nobody knew about Nintendo. So proud of the work that @frankcifaldi.bsky.social has done to bring our panelists together today!

@papapishu.bsky.social You are here with us at Portland Retro in spirit

Fun Day -1 setup yesterday at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Some vendors with some really unique stuff. Looking forward to seeing friends this weekend!

The Untitled (How Does It Feel) music video is basically an overscan tutorial for video editors of the era. R.I.P.

Though of this time capsule of a music video earlier tonight Martha Quinn Martha Martha Quinn... youtu.be/XJKCkPxMu9Y?...

Been messing around with the retrobrite process this weekend and have had some okay results. I also realized I took almost no pictures other than this NES Advantage in-progress

Cool things happening thanks to @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social ‘s Street Fighter: The Movie: The Arcade Game CPS1/2 harness! Now I can easily swap in the board for a quick fix instead of re-wiring the cabinet github.com/nateo87/Stre...