Something a little different with this Neo Geo scan: SNK’s 1994 CD "soft catalog": rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/SC94/1... Wolfgang Krauser has blonde hair on the front cover, but it has more oddities than that! A thread:

Rushing Beat Shura: The Eternal Conf​lict - English Translation (SNES) Added

Today we have a very special interview with legendary composers Michiru Yamane and Yoko Shimomura exploring, in unprecedented depth, their classical music roots and formative influences. shmuplations.com/yamaneshimom...

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...

First up, we have a Phantasy Star IV interview from 1993, from the World of Phantasy Star book (which has somehow remained untranslated all these years). There are some interesting comments on how the characters were created, and IV's relationship to II and III.

Gaming Hell is 18 years old today!! So, let's look at a Famicom / NES game I really wanted to like, Magical Doropie / The Krion Conquest (VIC Tokai, 1990) gaminghell.co.uk/MagicalDorop... DOROPIE'S NAME IS MAGIC

@ohfivepro.bsky.social would you know anything about this? Samurai Shodown IV, sometimes I get credits after I beat the game, sometimes I don't: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkEG... www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Nf... Can't find any info mentioning it online. Only had it happen on AES version.

For our final translation this month, we have a nostalgic interview with Noriyoshi Ohba and Rieko Kodama from 2001! The pair chat about their history at Sega, looking back at the developments of Altered Beast, Shinobi, Phantasy Star IV, and more. shmuplations.com/ohbakodama/

Did you know that when Gouketsuji Ichizoku for the SNES was brought over to the US as Power Instinct, Atlus removed all the story and ending cutscenes? Well, now you can check out the original Japanese endings completely in English. www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/b/g... Thanks to Cavery210 & Niz.

The Newness is On! New sprites of the Combatribes and... if yooou can believe it, it's a Moon Child once again! scrollboss.illmosis.net/blog/?p=3837

Learn about the making of Phantasy Star Online in this lengthy developer interview from 2002! It's a wide-ranging discussion that covers the game design, characters, story, and much more. shmuplations.com/pso/

Blast away and go, go, go with this Metal Slug 1 English Neo Geo manual scan! Just in time for the game’s 30th anniversary… it’s the terrible twosome’s rollicking assault! rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/MS1...

This week we have an exciting new Paper Mario interview from the 11/00 edition of Famitsu 64! Director Ryota Kawade and Hiroyasu Sasano share their favorite characters and scenes, and reveal cut content and alternate battle systems. shmuplations.com/papermario/

New SNES Endings! Japanese vs butchered endings 3: Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula vs Cyber Spin. US version removed the entire story mode and cutscenes. Japanese version has multiple endings. US: www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/b/c... Japan: www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/b/s...

Phantasy Star II celebrates its 37th anniversary today, and we have two great interviews covering its development. This one comes from The World of Phantasy Star; my favorite detail is how the fiendishly complex dungeons were the result of a tryharding new employee. shmuplations.com/phantasystar...

In this humorous Mega Man Legends interview from 2/98, Keiji Inafune shares the inspiration behind Tron's design, the challenges of finding the right difficulty, and other mecha-centric anecdotes. shmuplations.com/rockmandash/

Learn about Cyberbots' character and mecha design in this vintage interview from 1998! This was part of a mecha-themed interview series conducted by Oh My Goddess! manga artist Kosuke Fujishima for GameJin magazine. shmuplations.com/cyberbots/

There's a PlayStation demo CD with a restricted build of *Ridge Racer*. It's from 3 weeks before the final, making it some of the earliest PlayStation software. I patched out the limits to enable full access. There are lots of differences! 32bits.substack.com/p/extending-...

Today I'm starting a new weekly tradition called "Saturday Shmuplations" to highlight some of the greatest hits from our archive of over 500 translated interviews. The weekend is the perfect time to relax and revisit these long-form, deep-dive slices of gaming history!

Attention all Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness fans! With thanks to @shmuplations.bsky.social you can now enjoy English story mode translations of the console exclusive characters. Have closed captions turned on. First up, Shade: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lue...

Attention all Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness fans! With thanks to @shmuplations.bsky.social you can now enjoy English story mode translations of the console exclusive characters. Have closed captions turned on. First up, Shade: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lue...

My Bomberman site updated with some guff after who knows how long. Want to read about the behind-the-scenes on the Bomberman Jetters anime? How about the minute differences between four unique ports of NES Bomberman? If not, that's all I got, sorry. randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/bomb/

[lifeline] it is complete. the lifeline archive is up and public!! please please please go check it out!! it has a ton of cool stuff about everyone's favorite Voice Action Adventure for PlayStation 2 heyoperator.neocities.org

Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

Did you know there's a 3rd Fighter's History exclusive to the SNES and only released in Japan? You can now enjoy its multiple endings completely in English thanks to Niz (he transcribes Japanese instruction manuals here setsumei.cloudfree.jp/index.html) www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/b/f...

According to Akira Nishitani, Bill Bull from Final Fight was based on former Capcom USA VP of Sales & MarketingBill Craven. xcancel.com/game7650/sta...

This week's Arcade Archives release is RAVE RACER. 31 years since its arcade debut, Namco's 3D racing sequel comes with two brand new courses, a slipstream mechanic, smooth drifting and a soundtrack of nothing but hot jams. Dreamwidth post! tepidsnake.dreamwidth.org/38146.html

learning about this new-fangled capcom arcade system from the guy from the street fighter 1 stage www.youtube.com/watch?v=m029...

For our final translation this month, we have a vintage interview with Masanobu Endo and Shigesato Itoi from 1985, shortly after Endo departed Namco and founded Game Studio. This is a "friendly banter" style interview with lots of witty, provocative assertions from Itoi. shmuplations.com/endoitoi/

For some reason, the price of the Earnest Evans Collection has recently increased on Switch and PS5. The PS4 and Steam versions haven't had their prices changed yet, the Steam version is even currently 20% off.

Taito's ultra-violent rail shooter Space Gun has two alternate titles hiding in the game's data- Annihilator and Creatures Shock. tcrf.net/Space_Gun_(A... The tweets linked on TCRF sadly no longer exist, but at least they were paraphrased- Space Gun was only meant as a tentative name, but it stuck!

Back to our shmup roots, this week we have a super in-depth Esprade interview with art director Junya Inoue! I've wanted to do this one for a long time and it didn't disappoint: tons of fascinating lore on the characters and world design. Plus concept art! shmuplations.com/esprade/

The few select people who have played the underrated Phantom 2040 (SNES/Genesis) can finally rest because I figured out the game's over 20 ending variations and how to trigger them. I made a FAQ which will hopefully help millions of present and future gamers gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/5863...

Street Fighter Alpha 2 comic by Terazou, from a 1996 Comic Gamest compilation.

I don't normally post when the YouTube archive of my stream goes up, but I think this one is maybe worth a look! I talk for 5 hours about undumped, non-existent and lost arcade games, and despite some tech glitches I don't think I did a bad job~ Sources, too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0aB...

Finally, we translated this fun collection of Magic Sword developer commentary from 1990. The real star here is the enemy concept art, accompanied by lore that should deepen the enjoyment of your next playthrough or 1CC attempt. shmuplations.com/magicsword/

As usual, I was remiss in updating the wider world about our December work, which I'd like to take a moment to do here. The big star was this in-depth Yuji Horii interview from 2000, which covers the early development of Dragon Quest and his PC and game journalism work. shmuplations.com/yujihorii/

For the first time in 2026, THE NEWNESS IS ON! New sprites based on Super Mario Bros, Mega Man, Valis, and Nutroll added to the galleries and screenshot makers! www.scrollboss.illmosis.net/blog/?p=3778

Hack, slice, dice and Julien fry your way to victory with this AI-free English manual scan of SNK’s Samurai Shodown II, for Neo Geo CD! The SNK English editor got their hands on this one... rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/SS2...

Earnest Evans Collection is now up on the UK Nintendo store. £15.99. Don't buy it if you only have a Switch 2. I like the image they used of Annet on the store page. What's she thinking? "Yeah, most of the games I'm in aren't the best...sigh".

Earnest Evans Collection launches January 16 in the west Earnest Evans Collection will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on January 16 in the west for $19.99, publisher Limited Run Games announced. Physical edition pre-orders will open via Limited Run Games on…

"The man with seven scars is approaching South (ern Cross) Town"

After months of work TF4KProject is finally ready to share lost pieces of Transformers media. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Cosmic Rust," they released 8 deleted scenes with audio provided by us where we had it. youtu.be/UrjXXqg4eXM?...

Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover! www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...

New on Gaming Hell - Sonic the Fighters (Sega AM2, 1996) gaminghell.co.uk/SonicTheFigh... COME ON, MR. SONIC

On the ScrollBoss site for December 2025: Final Fight-themed site update with some all-new pixel art and a Sprite Showcase video with animations and displays. The Wrap-Up 2025 update: a recap with some new things added + a toy section update with new action figure pics.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQ2... Just uploaded whats probably my longest video yet. DO YOU LIKE PIXELLATED KILLIN'?

Did you know that the Japanese version of Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere (Playstation) has 5 different anime-styled endings that were cut from the international versions? You can see them all right here (plus the secret ending): www.vgmuseum.com/end/psx/c/ac...

As it’s now officially #karnovember, here’s my contribution: instruction manual scans for the Neo Geo CD version of Fighter’s History Dynamite/Karnov’s Revenge -in Japanese and English! rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/FHD... rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/KRc...

As it’s now officially #karnovember, here’s my contribution: instruction manual scans for the Neo Geo CD version of Fighter’s History Dynamite/Karnov’s Revenge -in Japanese and English! rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/FHD... rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/KRc...