Here's an old Japanese ad for Epoch's 1982 Dracula House handheld game. "Pull back the mysterious veil now!" The gameplay actually looks really awesome for it's time: youtube.com/watch?v=Iwp3g9…. And there is apparently a version that's playable on MAME#gamehistoryry 👁‍🗨

Here's a few snippets from a 1992 Japanese article covering US game news. What an fascinating time! * #Nintendo's huge booth at the `91 CES * A real-time video conversation with #Mario * The more colorful game mags in the States * NOA to purchase Seattle Mariners #gamehistory👁‍🗨

Did you know that #DKC is know as SUPER DONKEY KONG in Japan? There are different translations for the sequels too: 🍌Diddy's Kong Quest = "Dixie & Diddy" 🍌Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! = "The Mysterious Kremis Island" They dropped the SUPER for "DK Tropical Freeze" #gamehistory

7月1日は『ツインファミコン』の発売39周年。シャープから発売されたファミコンとディスクシステムが一体化されたハード。後期型のコントローラーには連射ボタンが標準搭載された。

MmmMm...I know what I want for dinner! Kraft's #SuperMario Bros. Macaroni & Cheese (from 1994)! An adventure in every bowl! #gamehistory

Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu confirmed he worked on the music for Fantasy Life i. That's a big surprise!

Here's some official artwork from #SuperMario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) that I put together in one image. Besides #Wario, not many of these other enemies have survived the test of time... #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

I could really go for some of this right now. #SuperMario Coffee, released alongside the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka The Lost Levels) around 1986. Mild blend. #mario #RetroGaming #gamehistory #japan

Before it was changed to #StarFox Adventures for the #Gamecube, Rare's epic 3D-adventure was called Dinosaur Planet and was originally planned for the #N64. This was the last game Rare would develop for Nintendo as they were bought my Microsoft in 2002. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

The #Xbox Games Showcase is starting soon and I'm as excited as Bill Gates was in this 2001 Japanese Xbox ad.

A few pages from the 1990 Super Contra game manual for the Japanese Famicom. Almost all Famicom manuals had at least one extra color to make them pop a little bit (such as turquoise here). The NES manual for Super C is only black and white with much less art. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️ #contra

The Japanese #N64 box art for #BanjoKazooie ("Banjo & Kazooie's Great Adventure"). Banjo doesn't hold the same nostalgic place in JPN hearts that he does for many Westerners, but the game was well-enough received. The commercial is top-notch: youtube.com/watch?v=kg0m_f…#gamehistoryry 👁️‍🗨️

Here's #DonkeyKong "Rub-Off Cards" from the bygone days of yesteryear (1982). These kind of scratch cards were sold in the US throughout the 80's and featured various characters (for about 25 cents). This pack included some stickers and a tasteless stick of bubble gum #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Instructions on how to get unlimited free credits in Donkey Kong using a drinking straw (1983)🥤 #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Yeah yeah I know Sega published it, but I still never thought I'd ever see a Japanese manga for Two Point Museum. But here we are.

"SHIT!" -Mario The soundtrack album notes for the Japanese 1986 #SuperMario Bros. anime movie - The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach - includes hilarious images of Mario shouting "SHIT!" and other interesting scenarios (see the 2nd pic)! Gettcha hurry now! #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Unfortunately the most interesting thing about this week's Famitsu is the cover art. The Switch 2 coverage inside felt very sterile.

A totally radical #SuperMario folder that fit nicely inside every cool kid’s Trapper Keeper in classrooms across America in the late 80’s. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

1982 Japanese ads for #Nintendo 's "one-two punch" #Popeye arcade cabinets.👊✊ There were stand-up cabinets, as well as cocktail table versions. No price listed - only the physical dimensions and info about power consumption. Whatever they cost was well worth it at the time! #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

A rare #SuperMarioBros tricycle from #Japan! Plays the Mario Bros. theme song at the press of a button. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️ #nostalgia #RetroGaming

Early concept screens of Final Fantasy Tactics from 1996, when the game was a RTS more closely modeled after Ogre Battle. Uploaded to X by Yasumi Matsuno last year.

Here is a small example of the art styles that could be found in an 1993 edition of " #SuperMario 4-Panel Manga." Check out this brutal #Mario vs. #Luigi brawl (with "stomp kicks" and "cape attacks"), and see the Bros. give Power Ballon presents to #PrincessPeach! #gamehistory 👁‍🗨

Check out all of the glorious crap that we used to get day one when a console launched. #Dreamcast #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Miyamoto-san demonstrating how to properly #MarioKart - 1P time trial mode⏱️ - Yellow #N64 controller 🍌 - Early 1980's TV 📺 - Chair turned away from screen 🙃 - Guitar fretboard necktie 🎸 #gamehistory 👁‍🗨

The whimsical box and cartridge art for the original Japanese versions of Link's Awakening (1993) and Link's Awakening DX (1998) #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

1986 magazine ad for #SuperMario Bros popsicles. Peach 🍑, strawberry 🍓, and milk 🥛flavors. This ad featured a summer promotion where you had a chance to win one of 10 prizes (including a Joyball controller) by cutting off Super Mushrooms from the wrappers and mailing them in #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Here's some official artwork from #SuperMario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) that I put together in one image. Besides #Wario, not many of these other enemies have survived the test of time... #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

The 1986 Famicom Disk System manual for #Castlevania is BEAUTIFUL and has really fun drawings of Simon Belmont all throughout. I combined some in one image for easy viewing. The NES manual is a disgrace. Doesn't mention Simon's name or story, and has no pics of him. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

"Disks full of dreams" Here is a stunning original Famicom Disk System promotional poster for #Metroid from 1986. The backside has the above quote and features Disk-kun (the adorable Disk System mascot) showcasing some other game titles. #gamehistory 👁‍🗨 #famicom

Here's a Famicom Disk System poster for the Japanese release of #KidIcarus in Dec 1986. The flipside has great drawings of Palutena and all the baddies. Only new Disks were sold launch day. You had to wait a few days longer if you wanted to use a Disk Writer kiosk. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

These N-Control Avenger adapters for PS3 and Xbox360 controllers are the scariest looking accessories ever created.🕷️😱 They were designed to reduce the time it takes to press down buttons by altering their position so you always have your thumb on the analog stick. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Before it was changed to #StarFox Adventures for the #Gamecube, Rare's epic 3D-adventure was called Dinosaur Planet and was originally planned for the #N64. This was the last game Rare would develop for Nintendo as they were bought my Microsoft in 2002. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

A couple rare 1992 Japanese ads for the great #GameBoy classic, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins! #gamehistory 👁‍🗨

1986 magazine ad for #SuperMario Bros popsicles. Peach 🍑, strawberry 🍓, and milk 🥛flavors. This ad featured a summer promotion where you had a chance to win one of 10 prizes (including a Joyball controller) by cutting off Super Mushrooms from the wrappers and mailing them in 💌

Seriously...where the hell is he? Bethesda Softworks, of Elder Scrolls and Fallout series fame, developed this "Where's Waldo?" (aka "Where's Wally?") game for the NES in 1991. Considered by many to have the worst graphics and gameplay of any NES game. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Cyclops #Mario carrying an attaché case full of Famicom cartridges in this awesome mid-80’s Japanese advertisement. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Some programmers could have been spared a lifetime of pain and torment from goombas if they played this as a kid.. #SuperMarioBros & Friends: When I Grow Up, a 1992 computer coloring book for MS-DOS, let players learn the truth about jobs though a variety of pictures. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Check out the great artwork of #SamusAran on the 1986 Japanese strategy guide for #Metroid!! #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

"SHIT!" -Mario The soundtrack album notes for the Japanese 1986 #SuperMario Bros. anime movie - The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach - includes hilarious images of Mario shouting "SHIT!" and other interesting scenarios (see the 2nd pic)! Gettcha hurry now! #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

The original title for Fish Dude is "Uoozu", which is a fishy Japanese pun on the word "Wars".🐟 The game content is the same, but this is a good example of how JPN box art often got redone to try and resonate with and appeal more to (in this case) American audiences. #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

The original #SuperMario Bros. manual has some really fun artwork. Check out Mario’s old-school swagger as he flings fireballs. And look at those eyes when he gets a Super Star! #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

Style guides and the philosophy behind the logo from a 1999 Dreamcast Press Kit. The logo represents an uplifting community, optimistic and chill. Guidelines are presented on what to do if you can't fit in the swirl, and elsewhere, it's stated firmly that red is *not* to be used as a background.

Cool find today! Some Nintendo menko cards! They're kind of like pogs. I'll scan them later!

As we get closer to the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, a quick reminder that numbered video game console generations are meaningless and really don't serve a purpose especially these days. Switch 2 is in 9th? 10th? Do you actually know what these numbers mean or just take Wikipedia at face value?

A shockingly violent "Assault and Batteries" depiction in #Nintendo Power magazine (2000) warning against putting batteries in your #GameBoy Color backwards. #gamehistory

Here's an early prototype of the #Nintendo AVS (Advanced Video System). Before Nintendo settled on the NES design, they were actually thinking of entering the US market with a full home computer to avoid being labeled a "video game console" due to the stigma #Atari left. #gamehistory

Check out all of the glorious crap that we used to get day one when a console launched. #Dreamcast #gamehistory 👁️‍🗨️

One of the "Dream-mates" girls (official title), dressed in Dreamcast-logo orange, showing off how the #Dreamcast 's new online 'Dream Passport' service worked at the limited-time 'Dream On!' pop-up shop experience in Shibuya, Tokyo, in the summer of 1999. #gamehistory

"LINK must find the road back to the kingdom of Hyrule. Only one tunnel leads to the road, but which one? Help LINK along on his quest." Source: retromags.com/files/file/467…#gamehistoryry

Five years ago, I wrote about how AI-generated synthetic media threatens to overwhelm the historical record of our era with fabricated artifacts and events, triggering an age of "post-history." Given new developments with Google Veo 3, it's still relevant today www.fastcompany.com/90549441/how...