The 1989-12 issue of MSX Magazine has a preview of Disc Station Special #4, showing this picture of Aleste Gaiden. It's not in the released game.

Today I learned that you can change the theme in Synth Saurus Ver.2.0 (MSX2) by holding the F1 or F2 key while selecting a tool:

The girls from the PS1 game, Douga de Puzzle da! Puppukupuu (1995, Argent):

Worse Things Happen at Sea (1984, ZX Spectrum) vs. Sailor's Delight (1987, MSX). Two very similar games by two completely different devs.

Surf City (CD-i, 1994) is a really cool interactive musical by Philips Sidewalk Studio, with music by Jan & Dean, The Beach Boy, The Ventures, Jerry Cole & His Spacemen. The animation quality in this is excellent!!

hi, i played the newzealand story untold adventure on steam, the remake of taito's 1988 classic arcade platformer, it's very bad!! i was gonna save this for a stream but it's too much of a downer so here's a thread of things that are bad about it

Illustrations from the Japanese MSX manual of Q*Bert (1986, Konami). These ones were a bitch to clean up, as the manual was printed on this weird paper that had diagonal lines EVERYWHERE. Anyway, thanks to @bitsofbas.bsky.social for the original raw scans. (: i.imgur.com/EKens6L.png

Patrako from Cleopatra Fortune (Arcade) did an oopsie. This animation happens when you get a combo of 6 or higher.

Cleopatra Fortune (Arcade, 1995):

Back-Track! This TRS-80 Color Computer maze game has some nice looking 3D visuals from 1983: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jorZ... I thought for a moment that this was a homebrew game that someone made for an old system in recent years, but no, it was a commercial game back in the 80s.

Before Super Nintendo and its Mode 7, we got scaling on the TRS-80 Color Computer back in 1980! There's some nice roaring and weeping sounds too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8cc...

War at Home (Windows, 2001) is one funny FMV rail shooter from Iran. It's clear that the developers and actors had fun making it. Just take a look at this failure clip, where the player gets shot by one of the enemies.

This strut from the Amstrad CPC/GX4000 game, Batman: The Movie, cracks me up:

The Rodland girls Tam and Rit from Soldam (Game Boy):

There's some cool looking screens in Pachinko Monogatari: Pachi-slot Moaru Deyo!! (Super Famicom):

High-res front cover scan of 'Tashiro Masashi no Princess ga Ippai' for the MSX2. This game was also ported to the Famicom. Big thanks to @bitsofbas.bsky.social for the raw scan! Masashi Tashiro has many princesses, indeed. i.imgur.com/gMZOgFD.jpeg

Princess portraits from Tashiro Masashi no Princess ga Ippai:

There exist a PC-88 version of Back to the Future action game, developed by Makoto Ichinoseki and published by Pony Canyon, which is lost media. If anyone has or finds this, please dump it.

The information desk lady from Casino Games (1989, Master System):

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Cutscene images from Moeru! Onii-san (Famicom) and Circus Caper (NES):

Actual unaltered screenshots from Circus Caper (NES). (:

Cleaned up illustrations from Moeru! Onii-san (Famicom). This game got changed in the West as Circus Caper (NES). i.imgur.com/NRaKbbB.png

Games changed for the West: Moeru! Onii-San (Famicom) vs. Circus Caper (NES)

We took a look at Rod Land way way back in 2017, but @mp83.bsky.social sent some corrections and new information for the article. Check it out! sudden-desu.net/entry/rod-la...

The 38 Million barrier in Silver Bullet has been broken by top player MP83 (@mp83.bsky.social), currently #1 worldwide! 🏆 Check out the incredible replay here:

Woody Poco MSX2 @mp83.bsky.social twitch.tv/themp83

[1/2] Does anyone know who now owns the rights to Midnight Raiders (1994, Sega CD)? It's a live-action, full-motion action game developed by Stargate Productions, directed by Sam Nicholson, and produced by Tony Cabalu. The music was composed by Mars Lasar.

Doki Doki Penguin Land series overview (excluding the mobile phone releases and "Sega Ages Memorial Selection Vol. 2" for the Saturn, which contains the first game). i.imgur.com/10sc5Ki.png

I've played Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000/MSX/Arcade) many, many times in my lifetime and I've never had this happen before. Does anyone know what the trigger is to have the mole appear from the window like that? I'm having troubles trying to recreate this.

@lgr-yt.bsky.social Just so you know, I've uploaded all 24 Pocket Playcard Games to Internet Archive, with original publisher's blessing: archive.org/details/pock... Bringing this up to you since these things were mentioned on one of your unboxing videos some years back.

In the early 2000s RH Plastcenter Oy (now known as Plastcenter Nordic Oy) published 24 unique Windows games in Finland. They came on credit card shaped CDs called Pocket Playcard Game. They're now all downloadable for free with the original publisher's blessing: archive.org/details/pock...

A drawing I did back in 2014 when trying to do a deathless playthrough of VVVVVV and failing constantly at The Gravitron minigame part.

Here's one of the ending images from the MSX2 version of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, which I colorized back in 2006 (the original image was sepia toned).

Found these old forum banners I made for Ancient Land of Ys message board back in 2006 and 2011, teaching people the correct way to spell Ys. They're still useful today as there's bunch of people still misspelling it. 😅

There's some interesting looking stat bars in Milano's Odd Job Collection. 😅

Aw man 😞 Rest in peace Mr Cheifet, host of Computer Chronicles: obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei... What a legend. His work in both presenting and preserving the early days of computer history has been (and will continue to be) deeply appreciated! My condolences to his family and friends.

Here's another "Ys Online: The Call of Solum" related thing I archived -- the physical Japanese release known as Ys Online Premium Package: archive.org/details/ys_o... It's a silly thing to archive since the game is long dead, but preservation is preservation. 😅

Back in 2009-2012, when I was playing Ys Online: The Call of Solum on European, Japanese, and Taiwanese servers, I took 1000+ screenshots. I've now made these public: archive.org/details/mp83...

Here's the final screenshot I took from Ys Online: The Call of Solum, when the last remaining Taiwanese server was shutdown. I miss you, game.

Heh, I wonder what games these title screens from Family Games II (CD-i, 1995) are referencing. 😄

Interesting language selection screen from the Captain Alphabet mini-game from Family Games I (CD-i, 1994):

I enjoyed The Girl from Gunma Kai on Steam so much that I had to get a physical copy of the game. I don't mind that if it's an older version of the game. A physical copy is a physical copy. (:

So, I've had these never-before-seen concept art and other things from Ys Online: The Call of Solum, an MMORPG that ran from 2007 to 2012, for over a decade now. Might as well upload and archive them online: archive.org/details/ys_o...

Illustrations of Adol Christin, Eresian female, Kimoan female, and Afrocan female from Ys Online: The Call of Solum (2007-2012): imgur.com/a/tNuMQky

Key art for the Japanese version of Ys Online: The Call of Solum (Windows, 2007-2012): i.imgur.com/YyuTU9F.jpeg

Illustrations from King Kong 2 (MSX2, 1986) manual: i.imgur.com/hE1zlZG.png

This rarest Japanese Eggerland/Adventures of Lolo game release has now been fully scanned and archived online: archive.org/details/egge...

Illustrations from Heisei Tensai Bakabon (Famicom, 1991) manual: i.imgur.com/dKdKlzn.png

I love the Eggerland/Adventure of Lolo series. ♥️ If only HAL Laboratory would release a new entry in the series. Even an Eggerland/Lolo collection would be great.