From prototype changes by RQ87 to some lesser known(?) things in the game you might not know about from me Different title screen items are shown on each day of the week Sun - Sakura petals Mon - Maple leaves Tue - Hanafuda cards Wed - Confetti Thu - Snow Fri - Sakurasou flowers Sat - Feathers

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...

New on Neo Geo Wubba Wubba: a list of differences with some prototype Samurai Shodown II footage. Nothing too major, but it seems Nicotine's name was decided late on. rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/SSSp/1...

In the Metal Slug series, did you know that the male and female characters use different handguns? Marco and Tarma use the Murder-50AE whilst Eri and Fio use the 1915 Revolver because of its slender design. From an SNK Supporters Club newsletter I posted on the other site years ago

New on Gaming Hell - OOParts (Success, 1992, never released) www.gaminghell.co.uk/OOParts.html AN OUT-OF-PLACE ARCADE GAME

Next up, a long-running patron request, we have a Ghost in the Shell roundtable interview from 1997 with the Exact and SCE teams. This one focuses on the gameplay and origins of the project, which was actually initiated by Masamune Shirow himself! shmuplations.com/ghostinthesh...

Some useless Earnest Evans trilogy trivia: years ago, I found some unused building sprites in El Viento. They get loaded during the start of the fourth level, but are never seen. Turns out if you die, then use a continue, it'll make the building sprites appear when the level restarts.

Yknow everyone dumps on the Land of Sura arc and everything but no one ever talks about the Jetski arc of FOTNS

@priceofreason.bsky.social Did something cool. He translated the entire Last Blade (NeoGeo) script from scratch and made a cool site with screenshots to house it all (you can also toggle the original SNK translation for easy comparison). moriyamug.neocities.org/lblade/1

Next up is a very special interview between Hideo Kojima and director Shinya Tsukamoto. I don't want to spoil the content but as a huge Tetsuo fan this was one of my favorites. If only that "Flying Tetsuo" collab Kojima jokes about had really come to pass... shmuplations.com/kojimatsukam...

The GRANDMOTHER of all Neo Geo manual scans! Fatal Fury Special is now available in English: rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/FFS...

The ScrollBoss 25th Anniversary Newness is ON! New pixel art for over a dozen characters, with Bionic Commando and Baroness getting more than one new sprite! Krypto's the Superdog is here, too! www.scrollboss.illmosis.net/blog/?p=3643

Go into the dangerous South Town with this English manual scan of the first Neo Geo Art of Fighting. Super attacks, razzing… and the ghost of Bob Marley? Get your haow-kens ready! rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/AOF...

Just uploaded our translations for April! First off, we have an in-depth interview with Yuji Naka from 2000, in which he discusses his otaku origins and the making of Girl's Garden, Phantasy Star, and Sonic. shmuplations.com/yujinaka/

Definitely the final prototype - here it is when Gamest previewed SF1 in 1987 with some other different backgrounds & similar graphical glitches. Later than the emulated proto as Joe's sprite exists, rather than being a black rectangle Thanks to RQ87 for the heads up

Picture of a prototype(?) of Street Fighter (early Ryu sprite + matches set to 3 checks out) but with a background that's not in the final game or the half baked prototype that's been in emulators for decades Anyone seen this before? It doesn't seem to be documented but maybe it's in modern books?

Finally, we have a vintage Street Fighter interview from 1987! The conversation includes comments on the character design, their inspirations, and the challenges of creating the unique pneumatic-button cabinet. shmuplations.com/streetfighter/

This week we have three new translations to share! First up, a Metal Slug 2 interview from 1998 with planners Akio Oyabu and Meeher. They discuss the differences between MS2 and the first game, as well as various aspects of the character and stage design. shmuplations.com/metalslug2/

(1/9) It is with tremendous pride that I announce our v1.0 release of the English translation patch for "Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001" on the SEGA Dreamcast! A lot of polish went into this special release, so read on! DOWNLOAD: github.com/DerekPascare...

A cancelled Konami racer starring Gradius' Vic Viper. Even EGM had doubts of the game being finalized and released.

This is a week late, but here's a TCRF article on Dead Connection that I made a few years back. Notable finds include a big debug menu, scrapped 4P support, a location test screen, hidden cameos from Zak and Mel of Pu-Li-Ru-La fame, and a mess of unused destructibles. tcrf.net/Dead_Connect...

Next we have a lengthy Mario Kart: Double Dash interview from 2003, with Tadashi Sugiyama, Shinya Takahashi, and Kiyoshi Mizuki. After some brief introductions, they discuss course design, the differences between DD and MK64, and more. We'll be publishing part 2 soon! shmuplations.com/doubledash/

First up today is this Sonic Adventure interview from 1998 with Yuji Naka, Takashi Iizuka, and several others. Conducted just after the development wrapped, it's a bit promotional and self-congratulatory in tone, but good design tidbits are peppered throughout. shmuplations.com/sonicadventu...

The Newness is On! all new sprites of Tanya (Guardians of the 'Hood)! update sprites of Adam and "Skate" Hunter from the Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle series! That and more in today's site update: www.scrollboss.illmosis.net/blog/?p=3554

Thunderbirds are GO… back to their original format! As Thunderbirds turns 60, every episode of the classic show comes out on Blu-Ray in high definition, in the original 4:3 format– just as they were meant to be seen & heard– complete with the original mono soundtrack. But that’s not all...

New article up! It only took 6 years but... the translation of the Tōki Denshō - Angel Eyes development diary is finally up! Go have a look at the constant trouble this game faced while in the shadow of Dead or Alive... 🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/touki-...

Available with English VA for the first time—Wolf Team’s (Tales RPG series) 16-bit CD collaborations with Madhouse (Trigun, Cardcaptor Sakura) return! Earnest Evans and Annet Returns will be available for pre-order on Friday, Feb. 7th! Wishlist and learn more today! bit.ly/3Ex3hDL

Thunder Fox is coming to the Arcade Archives! Here's the TCRF article on the game I made like 3 years ago, which has an alternate, radder title, details on debug functions, and many, many alternate and unused graphics. tcrf.net/Thunder_Fox_...

The first ScrollBoss site update of 2025 is up! New sprites of Goemon, Black Widow, Mummy Commando, Wanpyou (Shao-Lin's Road), and Nutroll (my character) were added to the sprite galleries and image generator: www.scrollboss.illmosis.net/blog/?p=3535

Finishing off the Japanese Samurai Shodown series with scans of the second, third and fourth games, along with a manual scan of the Bushido Retsuden RPG game. That’s all of the Neo Geo CD versions scanned now! rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/cd....

Discotek announces Street Fighter: The Animated Series and Darkstalkers USA series coming to Blu-ray

The WrapUp 2024 is on the ScrollBoss site with new scratch-made SFA/SFZ-scale-ish sprites of Cody, Poison & Roxy, Rolento, and Sodom! Plus a year-in-review video with a lot of bonus material! www.scrollboss.illmosis.net/blog/?p=3529

Merry (S)NESMas, everyone! Presenting a collection of NES and SNES prototypes, courtesy of @frankcifaldi.bsky.social of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social, Josh Hamblin of SideQuest Games, and Josh Byerly Tune in tomorrow for our second wave of releases! hiddenpalace.org/News/NESMas_...

Christmas comes to South Town early this year! Here's an English manual scan of the first Neo Geo Fatal Fury game. rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/NG/MS/FF1...

(repost of the MvC twitter stuff!) Alright. So MvC1's soundtrack release from over 20 years ago came with a link to a password protected secret website. Thankfully, the credentials to access the site, as well as the website itself was archived, and BOY is there some interesting stuff in it.

Jp developed arcade games which cannot / have not been 1CC'd on defaults Return of Ishtar - Needs a password or a continue to get an essential magic Cotton - 2nd loop needs a 2nd credit to start Rail Chase, Mechanized Attack, Jurassic Park - Forced damage makes them literally impossible to 1CC

I'm a busy man so I prefer the sub one second death

30 years ago today, SEGA shot itself in the foot by releasing the 32X in America. I've gone over my old 32X Database shrine and made it neater, plus added some more info about the unreleased games. rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/32X/1.html

Weird and Funny Things I've Found in Games Series #1: If you start River City Ransom and don't touch any buttons on the controller, the enemies are largely incapable of damaging you. They'll damage themselves and each other, and run away. youtu.be/9uE_GGKAz4E?...

www.telenet-revive.com/newproject-n... A Wolf Team Collection of Ernest Evans, El Viento & Anett Futatabi appears to be incoming 300+ IQ genius definitely didn't delete the OG post after getting one of the names wrong. I've not played it in 30 years & my brain's gave up for the day🙇🤦‍♂️

So, the original Fire Temple chanting in Ocarina of Time that was removed from re-releases/remakes came from a sampler CD. When that album was identified, I listened to some of it and recognized at least three other samples used in other games.

Whilst making overviews of every Fist of the North Star episode, there were some oddities I noticed during recap or next episode preview scenes. One common difference is the reused footage is often missing lighting effects which were there originally.

Recycling old Twitter material for the new platform: here's the guide I wrote for Fatal Fury Special, explaining basic game mechanics with some character specific tips as well. Also features a move list that's 100% accurate, unlike some other guides out there. drive.google.com/file/d/1H_3a...

To begin my Bluesky career, here is the single worst image of Kenshiro ever made. Seperated at birth?