From the VGHF's Mark Flitman collection (https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/205c628c-5d0a-4de8-a5a5-782f31706ac0), here's 1994 internal Acclaim data on the (U.S.?) sales of their (many!) Simpsons games. Looks like Bart's Nightmare on SNES did the best....

Sega had a huge lineup for the 1990 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Moonwalker, Phantasy Star II, and Golden Axe were some of the gems on display. Images: Beep! MD.

Display showcasing some books about video games. Japan has thousands of books like these just waiting to be translated.

from Hamster's stream, some photos of the Cool Boarders team at UEP Systems circa '96, which was 6 devs at most (not counting outsourced helpers)—all but one of em came fresh out of school with zero practical experience, but somehow managed to make Cool Boarders from scratch in ~6 months

A must-watch.

reminded of how Data East's Dragon Gun has boss backgrounds that are currently unemulated because... it's literal MPEG video being decoded by hardware on-board.

“No. No. I will not give in and buy these I already have a game backlog <looks at price> oh wait yes I will buy these.”

I went to the Capcom exhibition today; they had a number of original planning docs for SFII, Final Fight and Rockman. The SFII stages looked like they were stored 'gatefolded' since there was some writing visible in the back, eg. Bison/Balrog's stage had written "USA: Tyson"...🤯

Japanese TV commercials for: Bomberman Land (PSX/Dec 2000) Bomberman Kart (PS2/Dec 2001)

1994: A month before the PlayStation launch in Japan. Sony plays a marketing video. Shells of the SEGA Mega Drive and the Super Famicom are laying in the dust. An ERROR message appears as Nintendo's Super Famicom is scanned. Sony unveils its literal game plan. Full TBS News video in reply (1/2).

Forget Winter Storm Gianna. Let's talk Giana Sisters and its remake from Black Forest Games. This news report from 2014 goes into details about its history and sequel. Featuring Level Designer Stefan Schmitz, composer Chris Huelsbeck and the studio co-founders. Watch here: www.dw.com/en/the-comeb...

10 minutes of unedited February 1988 Japanese TV news footage of Dragon Quest III release day in Shinjuku. The long lines outside stores and the cold weather! What's even more profound are the YouTube comments of those that remember their Mom or Dad buying it for them. Link: youtu.be/sLnXaSEcwzU?...

A glimpse of a Hi-Tech Land SEGA game center in Akihabara from 1993, one that would be rebranded to a bright-red Club SEGA and then just SEGA Akihabara before it was sold off and rebranded to GIGO in 2022. Check out more of 90's Akihabara here Via Vintage Rider: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQz...

The Sharp X68000 may have been the single most defining game system ever. Being Japan only, it’s an unsung hero and so are the incredible pioneers behind its ground breaking games. Chief among them Kotori Yoshimura (@urdcat.bsky.social), who made the first Japanese polygonal game and so much more!

I found the locations on the SFC Dragonfly in-development maps where some magazine screenshots were taken, so how about some Mode 7 pixel mockups?

Blank Reg and the Big Time TV bus, a Max Headroom series staple of underground TV programming.

Max Headroom behind-the-scenes photos from the 1987 sci-fi/cyberpunk TV series, with Matt Frewer, Amanda Pays, W. Morgan Sheppard and Chris Young. The first two are from the episode "Grossberg's Return". The others show how the View-Phone shots were done utilizing a close-up with a video camera.

It's over! The retro game floors in Nara's legendary CUE arcade are history. Buncha locals showed up to play until midnight. For the final 15 minutes me and another dude jumped on the two Tetris The Grandmaster machines and tore it up until they kicked us out, and we rode our dad bikes home.

A 1999 visit to the Atlus office in Tokyo featuring Atlus R&D 1 director and producer Kouji Okada. We get a look at a cutscene being made for Maken X on the SEGA Dreamcast. A DC dev kit and a SGI Visual workstation is seen. Via Dreamcast Express Vol 3 and おじチャンネルのレトロゲーム博物館: youtu.be/IGD_jWreMPs?...

Rest in peace Catherine O’Hara. We lost one of the greats. I totally remember this clip of her character Lola Heatherton, the over-the-top singer, unhinged about her love life, comedically lashing out, all on display for the audience.

Digging through parts this morning and I found these Hudson HuC6201 chips again. I kinda want to frame them.

My favorite annual announcement from Koei Tecmo is when they ask their fans not to send their favorite video game character or staff members a real valentines day gift to their head office, which leads to fans being upset at them because they take it personally.

Here's a quick look at the 'Video Boy' — a tool, made by Intelligent Systems, for viewing Virtual Boy games on a TV/monitor. Used to record video and screenshots. ➡️ hcs64.com/video-boy-vue/

Aicom was established in 1979. (Famicom Hisshoubon, 1989/9/14)

The upcoming Retrocade by @resolutiongames.bsky.social looks like a very promising collection of classic games on iOS via Apple Arcade. Games like Bubble Bobble, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Haunted Castle (Castlevania), Galaga, Frogger, Track & Field, and Space Invaders. apps.apple.com/us/app/retro...

輸入ゲーム機大幅値下げの広告を見て当時のニクソンショックと変動相場の影響を知る…。それまで1ドル360円だったのが70年代後半には半額にまでなっていた…当時の業者はなかなか大変そうだな…(アミューズメント産業誌1972年7月号広告より) #KillerShark #SEGA #1972

The Strong is honored to announce the acquisition of the Curt Vendel Atari Collection. Curt was a pioneer in video game preservation. The collection contains retail material, schematics, documentation, prototypes, and more. www.museumofplay.org/press-releas...

Society needs to bring back that Pee-wee's Playhouse aesthetic. People don't go out anymore? Give them a reason to visit places. Make them look cool.

Shooting Gameside interview with Nichibutsu's Hisakazu Kobayashi. Planner on the unreleased Mega Drive game, Terra Cresta: Second Mission. A Mark III version of Terra Cresta was in development. Confirms Terra Cresta II was developed by Make Software. archive.org/details/Shoo...

Random: A lot of candy cabs in Meta's campus game room.😐 Via: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2pv...

The Galaxian 3 at Fun World, NH is reportedly operational again, having had one of its LaserDisc players replaced. Go play it while it still works (I hear they're open over the long weekend.)

This is a group photo of several key people from Cing shortly after the release of Another Code (Trace Memory) in 2005. This includes Taisuke Kanasaki (Director and Character Designer), Takuya Miyagawa (Producer), and Rika Suzuki (Scenario Writer and Game Designer).

Who doesn’t like more books about PlayStation games? Here’s a 4 book set, over 1300+ pages, hardcover with a slipcase. I’m a backer, y’all should check it out and consider it too! www.kickstarter.com/projects/209...

I want to highlight one of my favorite items in our digital archive: Shiny Entertainment put out an excessively detailed press kit for MDK with photos of every team member, their office space, developer diaries, concept art, and more archive.gamehistory.org/folder/224e3...

Some new scans for you to start off your 2026, including another Sega company profile. 👇 In this thread 👇

Save the Games 2.0 Call for Papers is open! The symposium will be held at The Strong in Rochester, NY on July 29 and 30. The deadline for submissions if February 20, 2026! www.museumofplay.org/save-the-gam...

A development room inside SIMS Co., Ltd. circa late 1991. SIMS was established in June 1991 as a joint venture between Sega and former former Representative Director and President of Sanritsu Electric, Mamoru Shigeta. Sega held a 67% interest, and Shigeta had the rest. Image: MD Fan.

This all starts today!

this is kind of a wild ask but does anyone know how to get in touch with former Atari and Activision programmer Matthew Hubbard?

With David Rosen's death, bad information about Sega as a company is starting to re-emerge across the internet. I will try to give a very condensed version of the Sega corporate shenanigans here as to clear some of the air. 🧵

Are you at MAGFest? Want to try some preserved keitai games? You're in luck! Come to the Museum/LAN Room and look for @unabandonware.bsky.social's table with 20+ Japanese feature phones! Unabandonware is one of the foremost keitai game preservationists, and she'd love to tell you all about them!

Anybody going to MAGfest? I'll be giving a talk on Saturday at 2:30pm in Panels 5, titled "Fun with Hardware Logic: A DIY TTL Primer"! I'll be teaching the basics of digital logic electronics, showing some examples, and hopefully recruiting the next generation of hardware weirdos!

David Rosen, one of the founders of SEGA, passed away on December 25th, 2025 at the age of 95. His leadership brought us countless arcade and home console games from Japan, he was a true trailblazer and innovator. Rest in peace to an absolute gaming legend. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...

alex kidd: high-tech world, screenshot, sega master system (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/8366/al...

Clockwork Aquario for TWO DOLLARS? Everybody buy it. Also Cannon Dancer, Air Twister, Shadow of the Ninja Reborn, a bunch of Cottons...there's a lot of good stuff for cheap.

The PlayStation 2 Anthology book set I had a hand in proofreading is now available from Geeks-Line Publishing. 1200+ pages of PS2 history, its hardware origins, tons of accessories, reviews of 4,380 games, unreleased titles! Spread the word! More info: www.geeksline-publishing.com/our-books/78...

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.

Happy New Year everyone!!!!🎉🥳🎊

Must stop watching Unsolved Mysteries reruns. 😩#NewYearsResolution