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Hi from bedgell and dibbs! This is our account for Gaming For Ages - a fun retro YouTube channel led by @dibbsahoy and @grigorigs celebrating wonderful games and the vibrant community. If that’s what you’re into then you’re in the right place!

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 5d

Weirdly for a film with limited game tie-ins, the NES got TWO versions of Ghostbusters 2!!

Activision’s shoddy game was massively eclipsed by a wholly different title from Hal Laboratory - and cracking it is too!

See the full story in our new vid!

tinyurl.com/GFAGhost

Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 6h

Sonic 1 HAS to be in with a shout as best GG game

It’s just a piece of platforming perfection with awesome tunes and loads of charm.

And yes, it’s better than the Master System game.

Don’t hate me, I don’t make the rules

#8bitSunday

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 10h

Best game on the Game Gear?

G G Shinobi has GOT to be in with a shout right?!

That soundtrack!! Those moves!! That bloody last level!!

#8bitSunday

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 10h

Love that!!

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🄷🄸🄿🄿🄸🄴🄵🄻🄸🄿 @hippieflip.bsky.social · 18h

Classic :o Lets go... 😆

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 22h

Sixty seconds!!

That’s all you need to get a quick hit of Radiant Silvergun

youtube.com/shorts/qGN6Y...

Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 22h

You can’t have the finest shmup of the generation and not put it on this list!

Radiant Silvergun is peak Treasure - perfecting a genre with pin point programming and clever spins of their own!

And I’d argue… this version’s never been bettered!

Ta to @A1ex85_ on Twitter for the nudge!

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 22h

Some of the best 3rd party content was on Saturn and PlayStation

But while PS sometimes bettered SEGA’s machine, it wasn’t all one way

The perfect version of Grandia is on Saturn - and it’s as awesome today as it was then!

(Thanks Retro Martin for the shout!)

#SaturnDay

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 23h

Saturday night is movie night!

So get your goggles round some Ghostbusters with our latest vid!

tinyurl.com/GFAGhost

Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 1d

Saturn’s so full of surprises - and tucked away in the Japanese library are so many hidden gems!

Elevator Action Returns has no right to be as good as it is! Clever, pacey, action-packed… such a simple idea but just brilliant executed!

#SaturnDay

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 1d

Dead or Alive has to get Team Ninja a serious nod for best 3rd party game on Saturn!

SEGA doing a Model 2 port is one thing, but for Tecmo to do such a cracking job is quite another!

#SaturnDay

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 1d

Aah yeah they quite possibly were in the UK too - Guardian Heroes I’m pretty sure was. And Treasure worked super closely with them - but still independently developed so would count it. Both amazing games - just haven’t lost a single inch of their playability in nearly thirty years!

Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 1d

I never saw Saturn Bomberman coming!

I loved the earlier games but guessed (wrongly!) the franchise wouldn’t survive into the next generation

But wow I’m glad it did! Absolutely unbeatable in multiplayer with loads of ideas and endless fun!

#SaturnDay

tinyurl.com/GFABomb

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 1d

Capcom was so good to the Saturn - and its fighters were such a part of why I loved it! - that they don’t even feel like a 3rd party!

Street Fighter Alpha 2 has to be in the running though!

#SaturnDay

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the best 3rd-party game for SEGA Saturn?!

A 🧵 to build over the day (feel free to join in!!)

Guardian Heroes?!

#SaturnDay

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 2d

What arcade can you just not resist?!?

Any time, any place, you’ve just gotta play it?!

#ArcadeFriday

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 2d

Mortal Konstipation!

So Real
Shit Hurts

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ZerooOOooO👻🎃 @zerolifex00.bsky.social · 2d

What about "So Real It Shits!"?

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 2d

Pleased to say we’ve been able to fix the obvious typo in this Mortal Kombat flyer

#ArcadeFlyer

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 2d

Of course on #ArcadeFriday we gotta wonder if Ghostbusters ever made it to the coin-op?!

Well, yes and no!!

Data East’s The Real Ghostbusters does get the branding and gives you a proton pack - but that’s it! Cos it’s a reskin of a JP run’n’gun called Meikyuu Hunter G!

CHEEKY!

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 3d

I was so excited for Dreamcast pre-launch - but mainly my hype was focused on Sonic Adventure

I had no idea how good it was going to get!

I got my DC after Soul Calibur launched and could not BELIEVE how good it was!!

#DreamcastThursday

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 3d

Aah man totally agree, that’s just how I feel - it IS a bit janky, so in truth I know it’s not amazing. But like a lot of GB games I’m quite forgiving of some jank as it’s got charm and is quite fun! Game Boy just seems to get away with it!!

Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 3d

Yo!

Can I get a freakin’ stick to what made the original brilliant and not screw it up over here?!?

#DreamcastThursday

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 4d

You never know!!! That’d be a brilliant link cos I think in the other direction they had to get a pac man license. That’d be such a crazy tie up!!

Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 4d

Activision made its first games in 1980 - churning out Atari 2600 titles

But it was the 1982 releases - including Chopper Command and the seminal Pitfall! - that established the brand

Ghostbusters (see below!) was by the same guy as Pitfall! by the way! (David Crane)

#WhensDay

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Gaming For Ages - 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎! @gamingforages.bsky.social · 4d

The whole ‘two versions of the same game’ thing’ is so fascinating!

So let’s have a look at HAL Laboratory and Activision who made the twin Ghostbusters 2 titles!

First up, HAL who began in 1980 making games for Vic 20 like these two puppies!

#WhensDay