For #OSThursday... It's Karnovember after all, so let's kick it off with the theme of the nuclear man, the fighter. No enemy can put a stop to justice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpxM...

The stream went well. Cyberstorm is a funny old game. www.twitch.tv/tepidsnake/c...

Tonight on the Gaming Hell Stream, it's Arcade Location Test Night again- this time, fighting and competitive games that went unreleased! Cyberstorm, Tattoo Assassins and more!! www.twitch.tv/tepidsnake

Holy shit, this week's Arcade Archives release is TOKYO WARS www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Xr...

My Night Striker Gear article's now available for everyone to read! "It’s flashy and exciting and looks as at home on my PC as any other game released in 2025." kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/04/n...

Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/

One odd thing I've noticed going through unreleased arcade fighting games that have publicly-available dumps- it's mostly American games like Cyberstorm and Tattoo Assassins. The only big Japanese ones I can think of are Kenju and Force Five, am I being silly and forgetting some?

The other three questions and the entry form do indeed show up in subsequent issues as promised, but it doesn't seem like they ever announced a winner. As for the game itself... Bell Fruit thought they destroyed all the cabinets after the location test, but... www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/s...

Doing some research on prototype arcade fighting games, and of course I had to dig up one of my favourite stories- Rise of the Robots. There was a prominent, three-issue competition in Games World: The Magazine to win a cabinet! Here's the first issue with it. segaretro.org/File:Games_W...

New week, new article! Come on over to my Ko-fi and read about my struggles with and eventual love for Squaresoft's PlayStation shmup, Einhänder! ko-fi.com/post/Einhand...

"...just enough awful, unwanted clarity to notice mouths contorted in pain. Limbs stretched and twisted in unnatural ways. The anguish. The rot." Everyone can now read my article on Project Zero/Zero/Fatal Frame! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/03/z...

Doing some research on prototype arcade fighting games, and of course I had to dig up one of my favourite stories- Rise of the Robots. There was a prominent, three-issue competition in Games World: The Magazine to win a cabinet! Here's the first issue with it. segaretro.org/File:Games_W...

As it’s now officially #karnovember, here’s my contribution: instruction manual scans for the Neo Geo CD version of Fighter’s History Dynamite/Karnov’s Revenge -in Japanese and English! rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/FHD... rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/KRc...

can't even remember the last FC dump as monumental as this one... the ROM's backed up here, btw splatterhouse.kontek.net/new.html

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STOP THE PRESSES. The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one. Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon. @hg101.bsky.social

The stream went well. Got the Haunted Castle Revisited 1CC and the Rondo of Blood deathless! Dracula's got nothing on *checks notes* a girl with bird friends. www.twitch.tv/tepidsnake/c...

Tonight on the Gaming Hell Stream, before the season is over, we've got some unfinished Dracula-killing business- let's get a 1CC on Haunted Castle Revisited and a no-death on Castlevania: Rondo of Blood! www.twitch.tv/tepidsnake

This week's Arcade Archives release is Scion, Seibu Kaihatsu's 1984 vertical shmup (on a horizontal monitor). Blast your way through the layers of the city with your missiles to save the innocents! Dreamwidth post! tepidsnake.dreamwidth.org/29981.html

In 1991, a manga artist released a Famicom game (his only game!) with such a singular vision that it's survived multiple financial failures and obscurity. The game is Metal Slader Glory, and the artist is @yoshimiru-hoshi.bsky.social! Listen to our discussion of him here: rss.com/podcasts/sec...

This is not a drill. The Nichibutsu DACHOLER shirt, made famous by the game's amazing flyer, is real. An ostritch... What an adventure! (UK) www.amazon.co.uk/HAMSTER-Corp... (US) www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX7ZDDGB

For #OSThursday... It's so close to Hallowe'en, so there's only one choice, right? From Manabu Namiki's Deathsmiles OST, this track sets the tone for the game perfectly from the very first stage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvnE...

Stickers! 🐰

Tonight on the Gaming Hell Stream, it's a double feature! Two, that's right, two arcade games (and a bonus third!) for the price of one- DYNAMITE COP and ZOMBIE REVENGE! www.twitch.tv/tepidsnake

BEST GIRL* HAS ARRIVED *Ultra Sword and Fairy secret: They're all the best girl~

Found an absolute treasure last night, a website preserving some Dreamcast-era official websites and VMU save file downloads. kamui.cool Let's take a brief look at the Zombie Revenge website, as there's a few interesting things here!

Got a brand new article here on Taito/M2's Night Striker Gear! What a game :D ko-fi.com/post/Night-S...

It's been almost a year since our Darkstalkers zine... not sure if I've posted the extended print version of my piece here.

I recently came across this pack of 1,200+ fonts, loved it, got in contact with the creators and I can now offer a 90% off (!) coupon for all Kenney friends!✨ itch.io/s/160768/fri...

"The aim of these fights is to convey that electric feeling of being part of a band of heroes taking on monsters and ne’er-do-wells in dangerous places, rather than have me pondering chances to hit..." I do enjoy RoLW's fancy fights (new article!): kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/10/27/r...

Hope you're feeling brave this Monday morning, because I've just published an article on PlayStation 2 horror classic Zero/Fatal Frame/Project Zero! ko-fi.com/post/Zero-Ha...

🎃 reposting spooky art for halloween season 🎃 Morrigan & Lilith (2020) #art

🪀"No photos, please! How about an autograph?"🪀 Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to Bridget! #GGST #Bridget #Birthday

Watanabe drew & animated the three charas & the cat mascot; their work on the high school girl Tomomi was specifically inspired by Range Murata's illustrations for Power Instinct/Goketsuji Ichizoku afterwards, they also designed 12 charas for an all-girl DECO fighting game that never eventuated

gamespark published an interview with animator Akio Watanabe (Higurashi, Grisaia, Nurse Witch Komugi, etc) on their work on Janken Game Acchi Muite Hoi!, the obscure 1996 Data East arcade game that randomly went viral on youtube a couple months back www.gamespark.jp/article/2025... 🇯🇵

Surprisingly, the Japanese Virtual Console manuals for the Neo Geo games released on the Wii are still on SNK's website. This can be useful for things like profiles and stats of characters from fighting games or proper story summaries! game.snk-corp.co.jp/event/virtua...

This week's Arcade Archives release is Midnight Landing, Taito's 1987 flight sim. Welcome to Taito Airlines! It's the dead of night and only the runway lights can lead you to a safe landing, so be careful! Dreamwidth post! tepidsnake.dreamwidth.org/29324.html

And for everyone else… It’s Fantasy Maiden Wars day! Want to hear about the new SRW/Touhou SRPG? Click this way! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/10/24/f...

Right, new article time! Ko-fi supporters have this piece on the bright and bubbly PCE adventure Galaxy Fraulein Yuma to enjoy! ko-fi.com/post/Galaxy-...

Some gameplay tips for Midnight Landing if you’re curious about the ACA release!

This week's Arcade Archives release is Midnight Landing, Taito's 1987 flight sim. Welcome to Taito Airlines! It's the dead of night and only the runway lights can lead you to a safe landing, so be careful! Dreamwidth post! tepidsnake.dreamwidth.org/29324.html

Arcade Archives sale time! This time, it's 10 Neo Geo games, 50% off on PSN, Xbox and Switch Samurai Shodown Shock Troopers The King of Fighters '94 Neo Turf Masters Fatal Fury 2 Art of Fighting 3 Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy Riding Hero Metal Slug 4 Ghost Pilots Play Shock Troopers if you haven't!

For #OSThursday... The entire Nitroplus Blasterz soundtrack is an all-time favourite honestly, but I wanted to pick a slightly less obvious one- this is the theme of Mora from Vampirdzhija Vjedogonia, the vampire hunter. Love the mix of piano and heavy guitar here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJbg...

Tonight, it's the 300th Gaming Hell Stream! Why have we been streaming for this long?! So we're playing soul-scorching fighting games on PS3, including these two and a secret third game...!! www.twitch.tv/tepidsnake

The Steam Store page for Night Striker Gear, the M2-developed follow-up to Taito's 1989 chase-view shooter is up. This was originally a Japan-only pre-order bonus for Operation Night Strikers but is now available stand-alone and worldwide. Take off, INTER-GRAY! store.steampowered.com/app/3290390/...

Ooh, this week's Arcade Archives pick is a good one- Taito's Midnight Landing, their first arcade flight sim! A clever way of getting around having to render too much in 3D, just use the lights to guide the way! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qb...

attn @sarahssowertty.bsky.social et al: Druaga series superfan & ACA adviser GIL of druaga.to recently shared their recollections of the feature phone version of Quest of Ki, which include off-screen footage (short clips of the intro, st59 & ending from st60) note.com/tod/n/n9e9b9... 🇯🇵

Lilith transforming between her outfits as a birthday gift for @tepidsnake.bsky.social ~!

"Be curious, be kind." A constant deluge of games and demos makes it easy to be reflexively cynical, missing out on heaps of treasures in the process. I need to be better. (Also including some fun Steam Next Fest picks too! Gogogo!) kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/10/20/m...