Today's 3D scanned figure is Ninja-Kun from from Ninja-Kun Majō no Bōken on Famicom! This is one of the larger scale figures in Amada's Family Computer Color Pose Doll series. Grab it here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Here is a 3D scan of a keshi gomu rubber board game pawn depicting Sumo Bro from Super Mario World! This comes from Play Figure 20: Super Mario World Game (プレイフィギュア20 スーパーマリオワールドゲーム) a 1991 board game by Bandai. Enjoy! Model file here: archive.org/details/kesh...

The ROM for the unreleased Virtual Boy game Virtual League Baseball 2 has surfaced online. It was planned to be released in 1996 but was ultimately shelved. About 3 decades later and we can now play this once lost game. Play ball!

Today's keshi gomu 3D scan is the Galaga ship from the classic arcade game of the same name! Grab the scan here: archive.org/details/kesh...

I reposted a bunch of games I typed up from books and magazines today. This one is special though. It is literally 11 lines of BASIC code and it is addictively fun. It was created by 田垣勝久. The people who create these are amazing and I feel honored to be able to bring their games to life for others.

Chill out, man! Your 3D scanned keshi today is Chill Penguin from Mega Man X! Download the model file here: archive.org/details/kesh...

It's time for another 3D scanned Pokemon keshi from 1996! Today we have... Flareon! Grab the model file here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Today's 3D scanned keshi is God Bomber, from the unreleased (!) Virtual Boy game Virtual Bomberman! A keshi figure for a game that never came out is pretty unusual, isn't it? In fact, I think this is the only one I've ever encountered! Download the scan here: archive.org/details/kesh...

This passed almost entirely without notice, but the 1978 arcade game Block Fever was preserved for the first time and added to MAME. This was Nintendo's second arcade video game, and as far as I can tell the only Nintendo game that had not previously been preserved www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaWr...

What on earth is this?! It's a creepy version of Blooper from the bizarre and unofficial "Mysterious Mario Bros." (怪奇マリオブラザーズ), a set of ghoulish parodies of Bandai & Amada's Super Mario Bros. keshi, made by Konno Sangyo. This set is very rare! archive.org/details/kesh...

Work continues! Here's a very early glimpse at Croc on #Nintendo #Gameboy color, recovered by Games That Weren't today. Showcasing part of the first level map with much content missing + no enemies. We've also added an early design doc too. www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/croc...

Polsvoice - The Legend of Zelda Bandai, 1986 archive.org/details/kesh...

This week at Games That Weren't, we released a stunning unreleased proto of Indiana Jones 3 for #Commodore64, a #SNES proto of Kick Off, a lost build of Pocket Planet for #GameBoyColor and entries for Pinball Construction Kit #Amiga and Robocop 3 #Amstrad. Links in replies.

Today's 3D scanned keshi figure is the knight from Namco's Japanese arcade classic, Tower of Druaga! Enjoy! archive.org/details/kesh...

@jparish.bsky.social A number of years ago I stumbled on the story behind A Link to the Past's Chris Houlihan Room, including the letter sent to Chris from Nintendo Power. I finally decided to make a video about it all, in case you're interested. youtu.be/SY00ri_a9y4?...

Ever played Oregon Trail online? Or looked up a vanished web site? 💾 👋 On @eff.org 's How to Fix the Internet, Internet Archive's founder, @brewster.kahle.org, shares why preserving our digital memory — and building a “Library of Everything” — is his life’s work. 🎧 www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Gracefully, inevitably, the season descends into the crisp spleandor of Autumn. Tenderly she embraces us, that herald of the coming long night. Soon once more man will sleep and dream, as ever before, of glorious Spring. Today's keshi is Spring Man from Mega Man 7. archive.org/details/kesh...

Harry Stewart (ex-Atari employee who programmed PILOT, WSFN, and other stuff) has died. His daughter sent me his Atari documents. Some of these I scanned years ago when he lent them to me. Others seem to be unpreserved.

You've made it to the middle of the week! Time for a well-deserved nap. Your Pokemon keshi this week is this Snorlax pencil topper from 1996! Download a 3D scan of this figure here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Your 3D scanned keshi today is Nicotine Caffeine from Samurai Shodown II! Grab the 3D model here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Bust out the slap bracelets and Squeezit; We're back, baby!

I did some more research, and this Mario pawn is actually from a different board game than I originally identified! It's NOT from Bowser's Castle Conquest, but rather Party Joy 3: Super Mario Land Game (パーティジョイ3 スーパーマリオランドゲーム)

It's Mario Monday! Here is a 3D scan of a keshi gomu rubber board game pawn depicting Rip Van Fish from Super Mario World. This comes from Play Figure 20: Super Mario World Game (プレイフィギュア20 スーパーマリオワールドゲーム) a 1991 board game by Bandai. Download the stl model here: archive.org/details/kesh...

3D Virtual Australia for the Pioneer LaserActive has been scanned in high resolution. Huge thanks to emceebois for loaning this and to RockLeeVk for transporting it to me. Quite the journey for possibly the rarest thing I've ever gotten to scan. Enjoy! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/3...

Your Pokemon keshi this week is none other than Machamp! This is from a series of Pokemon pencil topper keshi released by Bandai in 1996. Download the 3D scan here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Another peek behind the curtain into the Cyan HQ Vault! 🗝️ Do you recognize these objects? 👀

Your 3D scanned keshi today is Doppe, one of the enemies from Namco's Warpman on Famicom! He's just a little guy! This was a part of the "Namcot Characters" set of keshi from 1986. archive.org/details/kesh...

In the latest Video Game HIstory Hour podcast, we're joined by pioneer game historian Leonard Herman, author of the first comprehensive book chronicling the history of the videogame industry, Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames, and its subsequent series: gamehistory.org/episode-139-...

This is pretty cool. The source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 (Apple II, Commodore PET, etc) from 1978, released under the MIT license. opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

Today's keshi figure is a true video game star. It's Star Man from Mega Man 5!! Download the 3D scanned figure here: archive.org/details/kesh...

25GB Domesday capture uploaded to my Google Drive. Untouched, standard definition, interlaced file output direct from @w0wmd, in .mkv format. Demux it, upload it to the Internet Archive, do whatever you'd like: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Your 3D scanned keshi figure today is Witch from Puyo Puyo! This was a part of Kabaya's Puyo Puyo Ramune series. Download the model here! archive.org/details/kesh...

Thank you for 2,000 follows!! To celebrate, I've 3D scanned a Super Mario RPG playset, from a series called Super Mario Island, released by Bandai in 1996. They were distributed in blind boxes and came with two characters each. This is playset #2 of 5 in the series. archive.org/details/kesh...

Here it is! The never-before-online, part 2, one-shot Ocarina of Time #zelda manga by Toshio Tanigami / 谷上俊夫 from Hyper CoroCoro, September 1999. ハイパーコロコロコミック 夏号. I'm still looking for part 1, which contains the child years. (2400dpi scans currently uploading) #nintendo archive.org/details/zine...

Your 3D scanned keshi today is the dragon Quox from the Namco arcade classic, Tower of Druaga! Download the model file: archive.org/details/kesh...

ahhh AHHHH!!!! I FINALLY HAVE A PAINTED REX KESHI FIGURE 🎉🎉🎉 He's from this old board game set with 19 other keshi. I will be painting them all!! I'm so happy to finally have a piece of OFFICIAL REX MERCH that I got to paint myself 😭💜💜

Your Mega Man keshi this week is Plant Man from Mea Man 6! This is what happends when you take flower power too far. Download the model: archive.org/details/kesh...

It was so much fun speaking with David & Jordan! I can't thank them enough for such a great time. Hear about what I do & catch up on some news: It's a really wonderful podcast with great people. & if you have any questions after listening just ask (I can never remember names when I'm talking, lol)

This week's 3D scanned Pokemon keshi is... Ponyta!! This is another one from the Pokemon pencil topper series Bandai produced all the way back in 1996! Download: archive.org/details/kesh...

Ahhhh Ares has a big update, Mega LD support for Laseractive! Of course I see this before I need to head to bed. 🙃

Your 3D scanned keshi today is a special one! Here we have Kraid from the original Metroid!! This Kraid figure was released in Lotte's 3rd series of Famicom Choco blind boxes. It goes in the dark! Download the model here: archive.org/details/kesh...

Here is a 3D scan of a keshi gomu rubber board game pawn depicting Dino Rhino from Super Mario World! This comes from Play Figure 20: Super Mario World Game (プレイフィギュア20 スーパーマリオワールドゲーム), a 1991 board game by Bandai. Download: archive.org/details/kesh...

By the way, here's a reminder that both of these Ocarina of Time keshi figures can be downloaded from my Keshi Corner archives! archive.org/details/kesh... archive.org/details/kesh...

I just uploaded this beautifully illustrated #Zelda children's book by Imamichi Eiji 今道英治. 1986. Mases & I had gotten smaller scans of this online years ago but my old scanner (& most) don't capture hot pink very well. Translation by @kotofeytilt.bsky.social Here: archive.org/details/fami...

This Ocarina of Time keshi auction photo is what we in the keshi scanning biz like to call "very funny"

Using @mausimus.bsky.social's ShaderGlass gives the Street Fighter keshi video an added sense of period-appropriate CRT authenticity! 🤩

Can't believe it's been a year since I gave my Importance of Game Merchandise Preservation talk at The Strong National Museum of Play. Was an honor and I still hope more collectors can come together to help take this seriously. Enjoy a poorly recorded version below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqx...

Your 3D scanned keshi figure today is a fun one. It's one of the ghosts from Pac-Man! (Which ghost? Paint the figure and decide for yourself!) This comes from the "Namcot Characters" set released in 1986. Download: archive.org/details/kesh...

Your 3D scanned keshi today is King Gojulus from Mega Man 7! Enjoy! archive.org/details/kesh...

A new Satellablog post by Danyl with some new undumped #Satellaview ROMs is live! Find it here: superfamicom.org/blog/2025/08...