I had a fantastic talk w/ John Szczepaniak, badass author of "The Untold Story of Japanese Game Developer" books: a one-of-a-kind endeavor that'll never be repeated. Please share his story! Game-mag BS, Kojima, interviewing 80+ JP devs in 90 days! gamesdonelegit.com/found-in-fan...

@hg101.bsky.social Did you get the Gradius deluxe thing, either US or JP? The poster is smaller than I hoped , but it's cloth which is pretty sweet and versatile .

One of the days I've yearned for has arrived ... I have a Rock n Roll event that I can put my arcade Moonwalker and Revolution X in the quote !! #RevolutionXIsInEffect #DontGiveUp!! #Woooooooo

@hg101.bsky.social Hey do you know anything about the Monster World IV fan transaction VS the official one from the Wii VC? I just got a cart and have to figure out which translation to transfer onto it

@hg101.bsky.social also, what would you suggest for really relaxing videogame experiences? I have a biz conference asking for a relaxation area, and I have some VR experiences obv but I'm not sure about non-typical-videogame relaxing experiences. Like stuff you can pick up and admire scenery/music

@hg101.bsky.social you must know someone who would like a MSX Ys II for cheap - - ebay.us/m/W9ebuj

I always assumed / hazily remembered that System 16 games were basically the Genesis port with better color or longer stages or something. Werewolf Hadoukens?!? Blood-curdling-scream samples?? S16 is a treasure trove of SEGA greatness!

SD Snatcher figures by Toru Saegusa / 三枝徹: xcancel.com/Saegusa61587... xcancel.com/Saegusa61587... xcancel.com/Saegusa61587... xcancel.com/Saegusa61587... xcancel.com/Saegusa61587...

@priceofreason.bsky.social hey man! Hope you've been well. I'm finally playing SamshoRPG, got my CDZ battery saving finally! I enjoyed seeing "townies" in here, haha, I feel less silly about sneaking that term into my "WD style" patch now lol

Hybrid Front - English translation (GEN) Added

A New Fan Project Aims To Translate Taito's PS2 Remake Of 'Ys V' Into English. (Repost)

The Long Awaited Fan Translation For Sega's Turn-Based Strategy Sim 'The Hybrid Front' Is Finally Here.

"You may have lost your past, but you've got a future ahead of you yet." Ready your fists for a robot punching adventure! Belzerion (3DO) English patch is here! Translation/Hacking - @snowyaria.bsky.social Image editing - @nichetopic.bsky.social Download the patch here! github.com/Eight-Mansio...

You Can Now Play This Sunsoft Famicom Disk System Game In English For The First Time. (Repost)

Belzerion - English Patch (3DO) Added

It's time to pump this starter pack up again. Trying to help gamers on Bluesky find their people. And you can help by: 1. Following the cool gamers in this pack. 2. Reposting the link so other people can discover them. and/or 3. Letting me know who else should be added! go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj

Terranigma and Dragon Quest exhibition with works by Kamui Fujiwara-san at Artspace, Tokyo.

Love Creepy Games? Then You'll Want To Check Out This Newly-Translated Kusoge "Classic" For The PS1.

Apollo Smile, the voice actress for #SpaceChannel5's Ulala, was known as the "Live Action Anime Girl" in the 90s and hosted anime week for the Sci Fi Channel. She is a talented singer, dancer, and voice actress! She's irl Ulala! She's so groovy! #SEGA

New blog post time! This week's game is Götzendiener, a PC Engine CD game with lofty ambitions and curious execution. This isn't what you'd expect to get from the likes of Gainax and Studio Alex and it's very undercooked, but there's an artistically inspired, unique experience beneath it all:

Me and @retrogamingpappa.bsky.social did a big interview with Peter Liepa, the creator of Boulder Dash. We could have shortened it a lot for readability's sake, but you never know what seemingly minor details future historians would want to see. So here it is:

Out of town for a funeral, but there are Switch 2's everywhere. I hate buying systems at launch and I hate Mario Kart lol but that's how it goes when videogames are also your businesses! My little girls might like Kart now that they're older at least!

Pinball Grafiti for the #SEGA Saturn is so bizarre. It's a visual novel RPG pinball game. It has only three real-time 3D tables and you travel all over the US to challenge players and compete in tourneys. I lost every single match. The physics feel great tho. I just suck.

A Rare Manga Spin-Off To One Of Hideo Kojima's Greatest Games Is Being Preserved Online By Fans.

This is excellence from Gene, even by his high standards. Of all the things to credit and admire Miyamoto for, incidentally — a long list! — I hope to have even a fraction of the joy he presents in every photograph. I hope that he comes off as cheerful and positive in person as he does in print.

Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation:1 Added

After nearly a decade, Phantasy Star Generation:1 for #PS2 got updated to Version 3.00 for the English patch! Done by FlamePurge ▫️ Released 5/25/25 ▫️ Full Retranslation From Ground Up ▫️ Dialogue Is As Accurate And Natural As Possible ▫️ More Info in README.txt

I actually like when a misguided egomaniacs , like this guy saying AAA videogames should be even more expensive , RTs the people who agree with him, because it gives me more people to mute, in addition to the OP.

Always honoured to have my humble efforts showcased in the press!

I'm usually not this kind of person , but it REALLY bothers me Ys III doesn't have a spine card . It just looks so, so WRONG .

Also newly available: Hurt Me Plenty, a guide to first person shooters from 2003 - 2010 www.bitmapbooks.com/products/hur...

I've been playing JB Harold Blue Chicago Blues! Its a FMV 90s Noir murder mystery for the #SEGA Saturn! It's JPN exclusive but there's a ENG patch. The actors are all speaking English too. It almost gives me Twin Peak vibes without the surrealism.

Pretty random but I thought this was a Star Destroyer on our kids' Hershey's

(1) I have long wanted to translate this 1997 interview with Keita Amemiya concerning the production of Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari. I did my best to maintain the format in which it is presented in Enix's 1997 artbook "Picture Imagination Book". archive.org/details/keit...

Whoever told you that the CD-i had nothing to offer was lying . Seriously though I've spent less than 30 minutes with this and the games are 10x more fun than the Jaguar for instance . They're not great but they're playable , and some are unique experiences for the time!

@hg101.bsky.social didn't the CD-i first come out in like '93?? Why would the default clock start at O 1989??

Japan's Game Preservation Society Is Safe For Now, And It's All Thanks To You. (Image: @gamepresintl) (Repost)

The best thing about a new old console is experiencing a brand bootup screen

Yessss. Another shit console I can love and cherish for the rest of my days that I've always been curious about . And box

@hg101.bsky.social Was Time Twist released as separate parts 1 and 2 ? Or do people on eBay split them up for no reason ?

My fav 64 game by far and the type of game that makes me love the experience of great videogames ;) Love this writeup!! @kimimi.bsky.social Are these emu or hardware screencaps? I like default 64 hardware for 3-D but for 2-D I hate the fog & I can't get rid of on WPJ2 even w/ Everdrive codes

Thanks to @x-pert74.bsky.social for letting me know that there's an English script for the PC Engine version of Popful Mail‼️ I looked into the game and was able to edit the text. There's still technical hurdles to go over if we want to insert the full English translation. (which ill explain👇)

I did a piano tutorial for Dragon Warrior III and I Alefgard Overworld themes! I did the DQ3 SFC arrangement , & the Switch re-remake is the same . Was really fun to figure out ! Also more complex and interesting than I figured too . youtu.be/kogqeHK0yUc?...

Also, if you enjoyed this and are looking for some more articles on monkey-related video games, you might also enjoy this interview we did recently with Satoshi Okano about developing Sega's Samba De Amigo. @sjmtaelus.bsky.social gave us a hand with that one. www.timeextension.com/features/the...

Hiromasa Iwasaki (@hiroiwasaki.bsky.social) wrote an English language biography of Roe R. Adams III, the scenario writer of Ultima IV, and his overlooked contributions to game history docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Some of the Sega Ssturn equipment used for the never-released version of Descent from the Volition donation to The Strong.

@hg101.bsky.social Do you know if the 2nd world of DQ3 was a big secret even after the game came out? My Fami guide doesn't even mention it. a SFC guide I found online doesn't either! It's funny cos Nintendo Power spoils all DW3, all the way to the last battle, so ive known w/o ever playing it lol

Gojin Senki - English Translation Added