I have a deep and abiding appreciation for every game developer who makes the credits accessible from the title screen. You make my work in game history so much easier.

29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!

got reminded how fucking good the intro to Return to Zork is. just a suckerpunch of a transition

gaming magazines used to be so true........

Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...

Lazy Sunday afternoon I've got no mind to worry Run Aseprite and click away

one of the funniest pranks ever played on my generation was the myth that japanese games were way harder than the US versions we got. total switcharoo. we were getting slapped upside the fucking head with rebalances explicitly designed to make you cuss out the Blockbuster clerk.

"Hey Gamedoggers!" Electronics Boutique ad, Electronic Gaming Monthly February 1992

Remembering the Luigi spaghetti incident of 2002

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Researching an upcoming video, and it's incredible to see how deep into the life of the PlayStation/N64/Saturn era games were being released on the Mega Drive and SNES. Here in the UK, we had Mega Drive games being released in 1997 (the US saw a game released in 1998!), & 2 SNES games in 1998!

sound on. I’m still laughing

Sorry to SpacedockPost on Sojourn, but just want to signal boost this unfortunate situation. The game and DLCs are heavily discounted on GOG so grab em if you've ever wanted to. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock was my first gig with a major sci-fi IP and a fond memory for me. Very sad outcome. -Dan

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion..." What Elite co-creator Ian Bell once described as his second-greatest technical achievement: porting it over to the NES. 📺: Elite, Imagineer, 1991

Indie game where you play as this guy rolling around on your tiger jetskis on the lake doing sickass extreme sports tricks, flipping through a full 360 in the air as the tigers ragdoll uncontrollably in every direction.

Lionhead's secret best game, The Movies, turns twenty today. I wrote about why I think it's so special and under-appreciated. It's abandonware, btw, so you can download this free from archive.org or whatever. www.eurogamer.net/lionheads-se...

I have made a reasonable facsimile of this sprite paper (US letter size). Please feel free to use.

been thinking about Tecmo's specialized map paper highlighted in the Ninja Gaiden dev commentary posted at @shmuplations.bsky.social. need to get or somehow make pads of these. shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/

my roommate made me make this, saying it would be hilarious

When you go into a film-licence Game Boy title expecting not much more than the usual action-platformer fare, and it instead slaps you about the face with a first-person adventure game with light RPG elements. "Hah, take that! I'm cut from a different cloth!" 📺: DragonHeart, Torus Games, 1996

With the loneliness epidemic on the rise, we could use the Nintendo 3DS's StreetPass feature and the sense of togetherness it fostered more than ever. @faroukk.bsky.social on the decline of physical community in gaming:

Latest distraction from meaningful work: figuring out what makes BeOS icons look like BeOS icons and how to draw pixel art in that style

Better uses of your money than buying GTA6 and supporting Rockstar's union busting: - Buying a copy of James Pond 3 - Buying a friend a copy of James Pond 3 - Commissioning James Pond 3 fanart for yourself - Commissioning James Pond 3 fanart for me. Ideally he should be hanging out with The Oo

GP Advance was a 3D GBA racing game in development at Italian studio Prograph in 2003. Marketed as having "Psx-level graphics", using an in-house engine, the game featured up to 45k polygons on screen, running smoothly. In the end, no publisher could be found and the game was cancelled.

I really hope someone's checking in on Dienne Kawende, 27.

The development studio for 'X2: Wolverine’s Revenge' - Bruntwood Hall, Cheadle, Manchester (2002). This is where we developed the game - on the top floor, formerly the servant's quarters. I'm at the back popping up my head to see what's going on. That arched window is where we are located - top left

Good morning 😊 Yes, Sir Clive hated that the Spectrum was popular because of the games and a C5 could never go this fast, but I had a lot of fun making this tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum 👍 Animation made in Blender, sountrack made in Studio one #zxspectrum #retrogaming #8bitgaming

I have scanned and uploaded the extremely rare Nintendo company guide from 2000: archive.org/details/nint... This is my first attempt at archiving my collection so I expect the quality will improve as my process does

It’s FunFactor Fuuuuuuuuuuuesday! (Don’t look at your calendar *sprays water bottle* bad cat!) On this @funfactorpod.com episode, we dive into Next Generation 31 with a surprise appearance from Sid Meier, and a look at one of the PlayStation’s most hyped action platformers: Dylan Cuthbert’s Blasto.

Ranking classic video game boomerangs #1 - The Goonies 2 by Konami Pros: Can be thrown in every direction. Immense reach & speed. Destroys enemies before they become a problem. Cons: Floating skulls will steal it. You'll have to go back and get another if they do. Rank: S #retrogaming

LEGO TROMBONE RIKER (and some other stuff) www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...

My favorite example of late 90s video game ad edginess will always be the one for Digimon World. A bunch of elementary schoolers that enjoyed watching Fox Kids in the morning were greeted with "CAUTION: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO SUCK AT VIDEO GAMES"

Yume Nikki PS1. Demo out NOW! It contains two dream worlds to explore. You can run it on a real PlayStation 1. This is a fan game. I put a lot of love and care into it. I hope you enjoy it. #yumenikki #ps1 #psx #gamedev #homebrew

The Sega Saturn had everything. It even had a game for people who like old ladies a bit too much

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

50 Years - 1976 Death Race by Exidy. The infamous car-crashing game that sparked some of the first evaluation of the content of video games. @retrohistories.bsky.social had much to say on this topic a few years ago, but perhaps there's yet more to say... gamehistory.org/media-vs-dea...

Couldn't find details of the BeOS 256-colour palette online (which is distinct from both the Windows and Mac 256-colour palettes) so — sampled from a gif of the icon editor in the BeOS R3 user guide — here it is: lospec.com/palette-list/beos-...

NEW VIDEO: In 1996 Kenneth Branagh released an epic 4 hour version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In 1997 it got an official videogame adaptation that fell into deep obscurity. Until now.

Every content creator starting out: Maybe if I do enough good work, my impostor syndrome will go away. Legendary artist with a 30+ year career familiar to every adult gamer in the UK:

losing my mind at tiger electronics pierce brosnan james bond's posture for shooting backwards

Absolutely fascinating video on space sims made before 1986; keep in mind it's almost 3 hours long. 📽️ youtu.be/z46EJUAIdTM?...

Gameplay from the 1980 arcade game, New York! New York! One of the earliest appearances of the city. What makes it New York? Well, you're looking at it. It does have some good, ear-scratching sound effects 🔊 Sigma is actually a Japanese developer, only in operation until 1992. #chosting

Google truly is getting dumber

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland box art got heavily cropped because of “overly distracting horse” automaton-media.com/en/news/atel...

6 years to the day since I released this video about gaming 'firsts' and the bias of history. Probably the most atypical video I ever made, both visually and as a call to action on something I deeply believe. Never got much traction, but it's probably my favourite work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoj

35 years ago today Electronic Arts released John Madden Football on the Sega Genesis, kicking off one of the most important and enduring franchises of all time. #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16