Somewhere it's still #caturday, and somewhere, someone, somehow will relate to this energy.

It wasn’t offered nationwide, but they’ve done a Resident Evil event before. news.capcomusa.com/lets/browse/...

Rare SNSP Final Checker from #Nintendo UJI Plant #Kyoto.

Just got this in the mail today from @americanredcross.bsky.social PAC-MAN socks you say? I gotta say, the Red Cross has had some cool video game tie-ins (with Tetris last year). Now I’m wondering if they could team up with Capcom for some Resident Evil giveaways?

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In the sidelines of the beginner course in SEGA's 'Scud Race' you'll find a unique piece of artwork of Sonic with peach legs. We've extracted the texture directly so we can get a closer look.

Night Striker Gear, a long-coming sequel to Taito's classic sprite scaling cyberpunk rail shooter, brilliantly updated for the 21st century. www.hardcoregaming101.net/night-strike...

I was front row center for this amazing panel and now you get to watch it too. Probably one of the best panels ever given at a retro gaming show. Felt like the culmination of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social's life's work:

Random: I'm surprised TV boom boxes aren't popular these days, like this AIWA branded one with TV tuner that accepts a coaxial TV antenna. Great for a lenghty power outage in a weather disaster without having to rely on a phone. In the 80's/90's every Japanese electronics maker released one.

CrossFire for the Famicom was released in Japan 35 years ago (11/2/1990). It's kinda like Contra. Still not sure if it was developed by A.I or Sanritsu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKQZ...

What I'm listening to today: "jazz jungle mix at Japanese rice field", Takuya Nakamura The composer of Virtua Fighter and Lumines goes out in an actual rice field with a Pioneer deck and trumpet and spins D&B with occasional trumpet solos. Unbelievably charming www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvr...

I'm still wondering what happened to the lit-up logo on the ceiling at the former SEGA Funabori game center in Tokyo.

This doesn't surprise me given the fact Square moved offices (at least) five times since its original PSX development. Development also took place in Tokyo and LA.

Tis' the season for some Crazy Games and a can of Hassy. Thanks for the kind words! #Illbleed #BlueStinger #イルブリード #ブルースティンガー

Hamster Corp. has a t-shirt store on Amazon?! Yes, it appears they do.

The Tokuma Publishing catalogue from 1993 states that over a million Dragon Quest IV guides were sold in Japan.

Shocked that the Dodger Stadium organist hasn’t played the Mute City theme from F-Zero, but I give them points for playing the Zelda riff just now.

Morio Kishimoto, director of Team Sonic, was an NMK alumni. He worked on a lot of shmups there, including Gunnail, Macross, Rapid Hero, and Desert War. Desert War was NMK's last video game, and sometime after Kishimoto went to Sammy. Guess who Sammy merged with years later?

Regarding the Psikyo titles delisting on STEAM: The "Psikyo Shooting Library" PS4 physical discs are still available online at WalMart in the USA. Vol.1 is $28.49. Vol 2. is $22.12. Clear River Games online store is selling Vol. 1 and 2 as a bundle for $29.00 (!), but DHL shipping is expensive.

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...

Very rare accessory just in. The N64 Biosensor! Compatible with Tetris 64 the Biosensor measures your heart rate and gameplay is affected based on that feedback.

Taito's planning to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Crown 602, Japan's first domestically-made crane game—they've opened the call for testimonials/info from ppl who might've played it, & are offering a ¥100k reward to whoever can help em locate an actual machine www.taito.co.jp/mob/topics/4... 🇯🇵

The gaming Christmas ornaments are in, and it looks like the same as last year?

square, game studio, japan, excerpts from a staff recruitment ad (1996) archive.org/details/logi...

First in-game credit for me, well sort of, my name is in the art book for IREM Collection Vol. 1 and 2 from ININ Games. A lot of compiling art, enemy descriptions and other historical items for all the games.

Save the Games returns next year to The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY! More info to come, but save the date! July 29 and 30, 2026!

Had to break up two teenagers from getting into a fight in front of a supermarket this evening. I talked and calmed them down. All of this while unsuccessfully trying to locate orange and yellow colored sugar for Halloween cookie decorating (for my Mom). Did not expect this to happen. Weird day. 😑

The Strong is hosting their annual Play Ball fundraiser this week, and with it, the auction! These are items donated specifically for the fundraiser. Lots of great items available, including signed Atari hardware, Defender poster, @shawnlayden.bsky.social signed PS1, and more! strongmu2025.ggo.bid

Yup, this early U.S. River City Ransom ad in EGM Issue 2 (Summer 1989) dispensed with any screenshots or other info, in favor of a novelty approach...

Anyone know if the Japan (CERO-rated) physical release of Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol. 1 & 2 has optional English selection menus?

Crazed monster designs from legendary Keita Amemiya's Tao no Tsuki movie, I still need to watch stuff like this (maybe it is on Amazon Prime Movies JP...kind of doubt it but I will check)

Sharing high res version of the IREM motor bike / translations in alt text, I actually can't seem to find a wikipedia page for either the 89 or 1990 version of the 8 hour road race?? (there is just one page with all of the years and first place winners)

ペニー 商会 (Penny Shokai) introduced the first capsule toy machines to Japan in 1965. They were imported from the US. Now know just as Penny, the firm is still in the business, as a unit of Takara Tomy. www.penny.co.jp

Mid-90’s anime fandom stuff from a box I have in storage. This was when Hollywood was trying to figure out what anime was, if they should acquire it, and the rest were putting out VHS tapes thinking “Where do we market this?!”. In the meantime, we all freaked out when TBS and TNT aired some of it.

I was so into the symphony score I heard in the Dragon Warrior anime dub I wrote to the music head at Saban in 1993 and asked for the catalog #’s of the CD’s they used for their final mix. He replied. Turns out Saban used the DQ Symphonic Suites from the first four games in their Dragon Warrior dub.

On October 20, 1985, the Mark III was released in Japan. A little anecdote from Yosuke Okunari: shipments of the Master System and Saturn in North America were nearly identical. xcancel.com/okunari/stat...

Yoko Shimomura apparently contributed to this Capcom/Hudson entry of Buster Bros., according to the staff credits (along with a few others on the Capcom sound team).

If you're having fun at Pinball Expo this year or just love pinball in general, be sure to check out our 3-part history of Sega's time in the industry. This comprehensive deep dive covers Japan, Spain, and the U.S. from 1973-1999. www.sega-16.com/2025/06/hist...

Someone unloaded a bunch of Krofft TV show memorabilia at a store near me a week ago. Some serious Saturday morning memories here.

Annual reminder that someone needs to license the Dragon Quest anime from 1989. Two seasons - 43 episodes. Rintaro directed 15 of them. NAS (Nihon Ad Systems) would most likely be the licensor to start negotiations: www.nasinc.co.jp/jp/ #Toriyama

"Welcome to Hudson Soft in Sapporo, Japan" (1997). ICYMI I joined @jparish.bsky.social @hg101.bsky.social and Jimmy Cooney to discuss how Hudson Soft came to bee (get it?) on this @retronauts.bsky.social podcast. Sign up & listen here (podcast for $5.00 patrons): www.patreon.com/posts/140271...

#FairUseFriday 🤓 Fair use plays a critical role in advancing research and scholarship! Fair use has been key in building online databases, previewing research materials before purchasing, and gaining access to archival content. Re:Create member @arl.org has more: www.arl.org/know-your-co...

Rest in Peace Tomonobu Itagaki. (1967-2025)

The 34th AM Show, held on Sept. 12-14, 1996, had major representation by Sega. It's booth was one of the largest at an expo that had strong showings from Namco and Capcom. Alongside a row of VF3 cabinets, a high-end promo video of the game was on display and drew huge and constant crowds.

"When did Kenji Eno start playing the role of "Creator Kenji Eno," and when did he stop? Insights from the Kenji Eno 55th birthday live talk [Who was Kenji Eno?]" www.gamespark.jp/article/2025...

NHK in Japan aired a TV special titled "The Mavericks' Game Console Revolution ~An Electronics Manufacturer's Move into a New Era~" as part of its "New Project X: Challengers" series. Unfortunately I can not access it in the U.S., but it's one to look out for. Link: www.web.nhk/tv/pl/series...

Made it to Syracuse for @retrogamecon.bsky.social

August 25th, 2001: On the final day of the very last Nintendo Space World event, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi showed up casually dressed, but was recognized and then asked for autographs. Here were the lucky receipients. Via: Nintendo Dream Vol.62 (November 2001).

Left: Video System Company founder Koji Furukawa (1988) Right: Yoshihiro Maeda of Video System publicity lets you know you're not getting into the development department. In fact, I don't think we ever got to see the development department. Was there ever a Video System corporate brochure?

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/