Oh look it me

The map that came with Zelda in 1987 didn’t reach Japan until 1994. Never thought to compare them until today but other than the size and better image quality on game visuals, they’re very similar

Imagine making this logo and thinking it was suitable for a product. The 90s were a wild time

Miyamoto should've done more interviews in 1989 because this is like reading a wizard talk. This snippet distills why playing games in another language has always been so appealing to me. (And also reminds me why Tunic is such a masterpiece.)

Did the second quest as well, this time in English. Been a while and forgot where a couple dungeons were so re-finding them was pretty fun. Zelda II next?

What’s going on with this weird ghosting thing here - is it an emulation issue on NSO?

Nothing quite like the feeling of playing a brand new Resident Evil game for the first time

Digging the vibes on this one, probably more than any other in recent memory

So is Japanese RE9 censored again?

My Pokémons, let me show you them (Happy 30th Pokémon!)

Newly free this week, @jparish.bsky.social @feitclub.bsky.social & @johntv.bsky.social embody Power, Wisdom, and Courage in daring to discuss The Legend of Zelda for its 40th anniversary retronauts.com/article/2482...

32 and blizzarding in NY, meanwhile it’s 72 and sunny in Tokyo…

Oh, Canada.

Today was the perfect day for another playthrough. Still stands up, 40 years later. Truly one of the best games ever made ❤️

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Friday, February 21, 1986. 40 years ago this very minute (it’s a little past noon here in Japan), people were discovering Zelda’s secrets for the first time.

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Happy 40th, Legend of Zelda~ (and Famicom Disk System!)

I was fortunate enough to buy my FDS brand new in 1997 from a small mom ‘n pop shop near Akihabara that had them in stock. It came with two free games - Ice Hockey and Excitebike. Mostly used it to play the Japanese versions of Zelda, Zelda 2, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Doki Doki Panic, and a few others.

Happy 40th, Legend of Zelda~ (and Famicom Disk System!)

Feeling a bit ill after 15 mins of Virtual Boy lol

Two other things: 1) you can’t take video while playing the VB app (boo), and 2) when you quit the app, you have to touch the screen to close it.

Messed around with VB for an hour or so. Wario Land is definitely the best of the launch titles, but Galactic Pinball is solid, Teleroboxer isn’t bad, and Red Alarm is…interesting, I’d say. Innsmouth didn’t feel great but need to give it more time. Tetris is not fun. Haven’t tried Golf yet.

Brand new footage of the Virtual Boy debut in 1995. It would have been cool to include these non-interactive demos in the Switch release! People love squinting at the Super Mario one!

After about 10 mins both ways I have to say I think the cardboard guy is the way to go. Being able to hold the Switch to your face is a way more comfy way to play

LOL, Virtual Boy screenshots not so exciting…

One week early for our Patreon subscribers: a podcasting triforce of @jparish.bsky.social @feitclub.bsky.social & @johntv.bsky.social celebrate 40 years of The Legend of Zelda Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/150880...

Ready for tomorrow (tonight, maybe? does it launch at midnight?)

Shutaro Iida, director of Bloodstained and long-time Castlevania team member, passed away on 2/10. Honored to have met him, and incredibly sad for his family and his team. RIP x.com/curryhermit/...

Unusual to see text bugs in a DQ game but DQ7R has several, mostly involving equipment and items. From pulling wrong singular/plural forms to straight up displaying wrong descriptions (like showing the sage’s stone description when it should be showing salvation stone). Who did the QA on this? :/

I'm working on an adapter to use an unmodified VB controller on Switch. Once the VB update is released, I'll get back to work on this. bsky.app/profile/turf...

Sad this thing isn’t part of the VB set for NSO!

The only way the final line would be better is it ended with the words “and she cannot scream”

It´s pretty much the same size. But stuff like the blinder seems to be built differently.

Surprise -- our next game is out TOMORROW! We're celebrating the landmark release of the original Rayman with some surprising new features. Really excited for you to see what the team's done with this one.

Happy Jawsday to you all. Looks like the @limitedrungames.com digital version of Jaws: Retro Edition is up (someone even sent me a nice note about it!), so let me start your day by telling you that the Enhanced Edition included as part of the reissue kicks ass. (I'm biased, though; I designed it)

Congratulations to HADES II for winning the #DICEAwards Action Game of the Year! @supergiantgames.bsky.social

V excited for the Ghost Babel announcement. Don’t care too much about the two free bonus games that come with it but MGGB is an all-timer

Got some good stuff to check out thanks to a coworker with a nice VB stash

Did what might be considered unthinkable today and opened up a brand new Virtual Boy to get some practice in before next week’s VB NSO launch. We’ll talk about it on the next 8-4 Play

Announcing Chicory: A Musical Tale! Releasing March 7th~ I'm delighted to collaborate with @resonantunion.bsky.social, Wishes Unlimited, and a host of talented collaborators on a 32-track arrange album releasing across four discs. It's a real dream project & I can't wait to reveal more!!

Capcom exhibit at Creative Museum was incredibly cool - absolutely worth checking out if you’re in Tokyo daicapcomten.jp/en/index.html

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

Ninja Gaiden II had maybe the most badass intro of any NES game. Such an amazing experience for 1990

Will sleep on the weekend

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C’mon Hamster bros what are you waiting for

That was a strong Direct. Lots of stuff I’m interested in 💙

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