ICYMI: For the Anamanaguchi and Kero Kero Bonito fans, Polyvinyl is having a $5 sale on their CD's and tapes until June 1st. Many other Polyvinyl artists are part of the sale including Xiu Xiu, American Football & more. Go here: www.polyvinylrecords.com/collections/...

Clearing some of my personal stuff out of my parents' house today. I found a batch of photos I took when I snuck into the Summer CES in 1994 before I was "officially" a part of the industry. Nothing tremendously earthshaking here other than a snapshot of the pre-E3 tradeshow 32 years ago.

Time is almost up for the early bird special! Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Also, if you are planning to grab a hotel room (especially next to the museum), those rooms are going fast.

Design doc for Taito's 1987 arcade game Plump Pop x.com/KansaiTampa4...

Inspired by the SNES TNG game.

In order to successfully pitch the maze-scrolling concept of Jr. Pac-Man, GCC crafted a cardboard prototype designed so pulling on the sides would reveal more of the maze displayed in the center.

A picture of the team behind Sega's 1985 arcade game Ninja Princess. From left to right: Makoto Oshitani, Rieko Kodama, ??, Yoshiki Kawasaki. via @gamingalexandria.bsky.social archive.org/details/beep...

recapping and recalibrating this rear projection CRT set has been a real odyssey

Game designer Wildran recounts that on the Famicom game Gun-Dec/Vice: Project Doom, the programmer was a gruff, somewhat elderly man who worked in a prefab hut set up for him inside the company (Aicom), where he would shut himself away to work. xcancel.com/wildran3/sta... xcancel.com/wildran3/sta...

Design docs for Sega's 1985 arcade game GP World via @gamingalexandria.bsky.social archive.org/details/beep...

Next up we have a neat interview with Takashi Tezuka about the making of Super Mario Bros! This was featured in a newspaper for SMB's 30th Anniversary celebration, so it's mostly softball questions, but Tezuka touches on design aspects of all three Famicom games. shmuplations.com/supermariobr...

An SNK artist in 2005. I wonder if it’s Aki Senno / Tonko, and what project she was working on. youtu.be/DrKiRjeRDVM?...

The president of BeXide used to work for KAZe. bsky.app/profile/gema...

"Making of Light Crusader Sound" with composer Aki Hata. Also pictured: Sound director Katsuhiko Suzuki and sound effect creator Satoshi Murata. (Sega Saturn Magazine April 1995) (Retro CDN)

Still wondering who this portrait guy is in the final boss stage in Dynamite Deka (Sega Ages 2500 remake).

In 1991, 35 years ago, we were pouring our hearts into developing titles for the Mega Drive: "Vazam," "Stage Effect," "Mutant," "Street" (all temporally titles), were cancelled. My heart went out to the designers and planners who had given everything to these projects.

Happy Dogs Bower Buesday (from the next set of GamePro press CDs we're processing)

Looks like there's gonna be an auction of the original Donkey Kong arcade flyer art plus some originals of Game & Watch box art. The items "stayed with an employee after being gifted to them by Nintendo when they closed the company archive," according to the post www.instagram.com/p/DYOQIPYjaL...

I find it interesting that my Microsoft Office 2021 version of Word will no longer allow me to select text. I've tried everything, I've updated the software, updated Win 10, repaired the install, restarted my PC. Nothing works. Then I looked at when support ends: Five months from now. 🤬

Alan Moult can be seen here working on an animation for a baddie used in the videogame Maximum Carnage. Proper old-school lightbox, paper and pencil techniques you don't see very often. Video taken at Software Creations, late 1993, by @chunwah.bsky.social

A Nintendo Famicom version of Fire Trap was slated for release in Japan from K. Amusement Leasing in July/August of 1987. Many remember the arcade version developed by Wood Place and its home computer versions. Via Famimaga Magazine, Feb 20, 1987.

Kazuyuki Kurashima has just shared some concept drawings for Super Mario RPG. Apparently an idea was kicked around for Mario having different transformations and powers, like Circus Mario, Bat Mario, Octopus Mario, and Bug Mario! x.com/kurashimakaz...

Former Coleco CEO Arnold Greenberg passed away on March 19, 2025 at 91. Under his tenure, the company launched the Telstar, the ColecoVision, the Adam computer and the Cabbage Patch Kids. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... Via @theycreateworlds.bsky.social

ran this down a while back, icymi https://mastodon.social/@gosokkyu/114509877524655768 and the post-release Salamander III part, too https://mastodon.social/@gosokkyu/114997626274097533

Put up a YouTube video of a squirrel on the big TV. Cat jumps up to swipe at squirrel. I instead catch a love story told in two photos. #caturday

Looking for company-published game history books, these are hard-to-find. Hudson and Taito need updated editions: *Hudson Instruction Manual ハドソン取扱説明書 *Catching the Waves: Konami's 40-Year History 波頭をとらえて コナミ40年史 *Tecmo 40th Anniversary テクモ40周年 遊びの軌跡 *40th History of Taito Corporation 道ひづくり四十年のあゆみ

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart. Why was this Cartoon Network show cancelled after just one season? The WB/Discovery merger apparently. They need to bring this show back. Just silly fun.

Unannounced Tumblepop remake Tumblepop: Memories rated in Korea The Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea has rated Tumblepop: Memories, an unannounced remake of the 1991-released Data East platform game Tumblepop.

From a distance I feel like I'm seeing Homer Simpson peek over the spine of that last Gradius III design doc binder.

ICYMI: A Denfaminico interview with M2 on bringing Gradius Origins together with KONAMI. Finding design docs and ROM storage boxes around KONAMI, why Gradius IV wasn't included and how they discovered the AM Show version of Gradius III. M2 is awesome. news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/25...

I wish Jim Blashfield could make another music video, his techniques with imagery on film are legendary.

Nagano, Japan: The 1998 Winter Olympic athletes at the Olympic Village could choose from a number of different SEGA arcade games. DecAthlete, Top Skater, SEGA Ski Super G, SEGA Water Ski, Motor Raid, Scud Race. Nintendo 64's were even provided.

Good news Namco Nerds! The full run of NG Namco Community Magazine is now on Rosetta so you can finally view them in English. Big thanks to 765style for funding these transcriptions/translations. github.com/duhubz/Roset...

Some footage of the indie arcade game Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes game from @AstroCrowGames. This competitive racquetball-esque pixelated sports title is aimed at arcade bars and game room enthusiasts. No home version, arcade-exclusive only. More info: www.astrocrow.com

They were on display at GDC, too!

ICYMI: Time Crisis design doc images from NAMCO were on display at the GAIME booth at PAX East 2026. G'AIM'E interviewed the original NAMCO staff involved with Time Crisis (Hirofumi Kami and Shinya Yamada). Read about development, CPU limits, game/character names here www.mygaime.com/post/intervi...

The world needs less data centers and maybe a few more IMAX screens. Bummed there isn't one near me within a reasonable driving distance so I could watch Speed Racer.

Attendees at PAX East 2026 try out Point Blank/Gun Bullet and Time Crisis on the G’AIM’E Lightgun Console from GAIME and Tassei Denki. Bundle prices for the console range from $100 to $200. Steel Gunner 1 & 2 are also included in the Premium and Ultimate bundles. More info at: shop.mygaime.com

truly a man who has wondered if there's beer on the sun

This was a fun Retronauts episode to be a part of. I discussed how some of the biggest gaming companies got their start via music, in particular, jukeboxes. Give it a listen!

Famed fighting game stick company Hori was advertising like this in U.S. magazines back in 1995. (Did they pick a small kid so the joysticks looked huuuuuge?)

This caught my eye in the TOSE history section. It would be interesting for TOSE to discuss some of the historic trends it has experienced both overseas and domestically in Japan. www.tose.co.jp/en/company/h...

A new 10-floor CAPCOM development building in Osaka is now under construction next to CAPCOM headquarters. Construction is slated to be completed in March 2027. That Domino's Pizza next door will get a lot more business and maybe we'll get a new Yo! Noid game.

KONAMI Digital Entertainment opened its new Tokyo R&D base close to Tokyo Big Sight last October. Konami Creative Front Tokyo Bay will serve as a main office with an e-sports studio (which hosted a Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament and Kanae Asaba concert). This new 8-floor facility can house a staff of 2,000.

TOSE has demolished its Nagaokakyo Development Center (est. 2009) which once housed 85 staff on several floors and an adjacent building it owned in Kyoto to make way for a new six-floor office complex that will open January of 2028. Link: t.co/B7OLS4yQHs

"No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console.

Spotted this in my local supermarket, flipped through it quick and looks like a pretty in-depth issue with Nintendo history.

The latest @designroom.site expose: Final Fight Revenge. @mattleone.bsky.social's email blast had me hooked from the get go. Subscribers-only, but the opening salvo is free. Give this guy a subscription, won't you?

Haven't heard much more about this since July. I wonder if PlayStation is still planning to release this?

A look at the game selection screen of Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol.1 at PAX East courtesy of Gravity Co., Ltd. Had a good playthrough of 64th Street: A Detective Story. I noticed previously unannounced titles including Best Bout Boxing, Chameleon, Cisco Heat, Pinbo and Valtric. Release Date: TBA.