The Neo Geo MVS-U4 (Japanese edition) from SNK. A thing of beauty… #SNK #NeoGeo #Design #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

There’s a bunch of new articles up on the Forgotten Worlds website. Check the thread below for links👇 1️⃣ The rise and fall of EGM magazine 2️⃣ An interview with Sega’s Al Nilsen 3️⃣ Japanese graphic design (via Beep! Magazine) #Sega #PhantasyStar #Design #Aesthetic #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

ToeJam & Earl. Very jammin' #Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #90s #Design #RetroGaming

Anyway, here’s the R-9A2 Delta from R-Type (Final)2… #Shmup #STG #Irem #Rtype ☀️🌴

Here’s some Ryukenden III: Yomi no Hakobune promo art. AKA Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom. Released for the Famicom / NES in 1991… 🥷 #Tecmo #Nintendo #Famicom #NES #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

The way layouts changed in video game magazines throughout the 90s doesn’t get enough attention. Read more 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/egm-to-1up #VideoGames #Design #Sega #Nintendo #EGM #RetroGaming #Shmups #STG ☀️🌴

Y2K Edge had the best magazine covers… #Nintendo #Sega #Y2K #Dreamcast #N64 #Playstation #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

Decided to revisit some old friends… #Shmup #STG #Sega #SegaSaturn #Taito #Konami ☀️🌴

New article is live! How the arrival of the internet and 1up.com doomed EGM magazine. I reached out to magazine alumni @sewart.bsky.social for his inside take on the Y2K era. Read more 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/egm-to-1up #EGM #Sega #Playstation #GameCube #Xbox #Y2K ☀️🌴

Edmond Honda… Street Fighter promo art via Capcom. #Capcom #StreetFighter #SF2 #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

The Atari Lynx had just a weird and interesting software library for a handheld… almost like an 80s greatest hits package. #Atari #AtariLynx #RetroGames ☀️🌴

Sengoku for the Neo Geo. Released in 1991... Oh, and the ¥48,800 yen for the system is about $750 USD in today’s money. #NeoGeo #SNK #RetroGaming #Japan 🌴☺️

The 5th (and final) batch of magazines has gone out the door. Thanks everyone... Also, are you team Saturn or team Dreamcast? #Sega #Dreamcast #SegaSaturn #Fanzines #Zines #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

I’ve never forgiven EGM for their OutRun 2 review scores… 👀 Also, OutRun 3 is late… 🚘 #Sega #AM2 #OutRun #EGM #RetroGaming

Did you know I’ve got a starter pack of awesome people who make awesome video game books and magazines?

Sega launched the Saturn in 1994. It would be their most popular console in Japan and outsell the Nintendo 64… #Sega #SegaSaturn #Nintendo #N64 #90s #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

Huzzah! I’ve never played Final Fantasy Tactics before. Been looking forward to this. ⚔️🛡️ #FinalFantasy #SRPG

Someone was selling a bunch of GamePro back issues for cheap on EBay. I couldn’t resist… #GamePro #VideoGames #RetroGaming #90s #Sonic #StreetFighter #MortalKombat

Mega Man promo from the NES / Famicom era… #Capcom #MegaMan #NES #Nintendo #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

Is Back to Nature the best Harvest Moon game? #HarvestMoon #CosyGames #Sony #PlayStation #Natsume #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

#crt #photography #SNK

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 One of the fruits of the 'Mega RPG Project' initiated by Sega in mid=1994 to bring more RPGs to Sega systems. Shining Force CD was one of two M-CD releases to fall under the short-lived incentive's banner.

Super Aleste. AKA Space Megaforce. Super Nintendo review in Super Play magazine… Does anyone use the word ‘super’ these days? #Shmup #STG #SuperNintendo #SNES #SuperPlay #RetroGaming

Work has commenced on the next two issues of Forgotten Worlds. Here’s a teaser for #7 and some vague clues about its central themes… #Showa #Aesthetic #Japan #zines #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

This is the Electronic Arts I grew up with… Dev teams were small enough to get individual acknowledgment on the box art. #ElectronicArts #EA #16bit #Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis 🌴☀️

Fist of the North Star box art for the Famicom 👊 #Nintendo #Famicom #Art #Design #NES #BoxArt 🌴☀️

Thrilled to announce the release of scans for the entire run of Technopolis! Read about the history of this Japanese computer gaming magazine written by @ftb1979.bsky.social and download/view the scans. Enjoy and please RT to help spread the word. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/t...

Before Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori hit the bigtime with the Pokemon series they used to publish a video game zine called Game Freak. A couple of issue from the mid 80s have appeared on Ebay, but you'll need deep pockets... eBay links below 👇 #Pokemon #GameFreak #zines #Fanzine #Nintendo

Terry Bogard looking a bit gaunt in this magazine feature about Fatal Fury on the Mega Drive… #NeoGeo #SNK #FatalFury 💪

I’ve never watched a single episode of Sailor Moon, but I think the aesthetic is neat… 🌙 #Aesthetic #Vaporwave

After 35 Years, Sunsoft's PC Engine 'City Hunter' Game Is Being Revived For Modern Platforms. (Repost)

Great to see the Shinobi series back up in lights… 🥷 #Sega #Shinobi #MegaDrive #RetroGaming #LizardCube 🌴☀️

This or that… Regional box art variations could give you whiplash back in the day. Here’s Trouble Shooter / Battlemania for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive… #Shmup #STG #Art #Design #Sega #BoxArt #MegaDrive 🌴☀️

Test Drive by Accolade. Out now for ‘IBM compatibles’… and available in EGA mode. This takes me back. 🚘🌴☀️

Trouble Shooter for the Sega Genesis received a 5•star review in GamePro magazine… Aka Battlemania for the Mega Drive. #Shmup #STG #Sega #SegaGeneis #MegaDrive #GamePro #Japan #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

Fatal Fury 2 for the Neo Geo… #NeoGeo #SNK #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

Another one… batch 4 is going out the door today. The old poodle is supervising. Forgotten Worlds issue six is officially sold out. Thanks to everyone for the ongoing support 🙏 #Fanzines #zines #VideoGames #RetroGaming #Sega #poodles 🌴☀️

Super Mario Land for the Gameboy. UK print ad… #GameBoy #Nintendo #SuperMarioBros #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

Darius by Taito… Completely reworked for the Amiga. And not for the better… #Amiga #Taito #Darius #Shmup #STG #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

PC Engine Super CD•ROM2 add-on kinda looks like a robot head if you squint hard enough… #PCengine #NEC #TurboGrafx #IndustrialDesign #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

…And, we’re done! Forgotten Worlds six has officially sold out. A huge thank you to everyone who bought a copy, shared a post, visited the site, and supported the latest issue. 🙏

Castlevania for the NES reviewed in CVG magazine. This was early 1989, before Mean Machines was launched as a standalone publication. You may recognise the reviewer’s name… #Konami #Castlevania #NES #Nintendo #CVG #RetroGaming 🧛

Six year ago today Sega launched an answer to Nintendo's NES Classic: The Genesis Mini. I feel like the mini-console boom has ended, and that's a shame because I love these things! #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16

FYI. Mathew’s .exp game zines are amazing and you should pick up the whole series before they sell out again.

I’m down to the final copy of Forgotten Worlds issue six. Who’s gonna grab it before this issue sells out? 👀 👉 forgotten-worlds.myshopify.com/products/for...

An example of early NES marketing in the UK… one of the reasons Sega was able to build such a commanding lead with the Master System 👀 #Nintendo #NES #Sega #MasterSystem #SuperMarioBros #8bit 🌴☀️

The new Earnest Evans Collection brings together three really average games from Wolf Team… El Viento, Earnest Evans and Anett Futatabi. And I can’t resist its 90s import market vibes… #Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #MegaCD #RetroGaming 🌴☀️

I can still remember exactly where I was when I bought this magazine back in 1991-ish… which is a weird thing to remember so vividly 🤷🏻‍♂️ #SuperMarioBros #Nintendo #SuperNintendo 🌴☀️

I laugh, but it was better than the PC I had at the time… #RetroComputers #PCgaming #Amstrad 🌴☀️

The Game Worlds exhibit at @acmimuseum.bsky.social kicks off today. So if you’re in Melbourne make sure you check it out. Also, I wrote an article for their website about video games and physical spaces… www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...