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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 12d

New blog!

Mega Drive's Shadow Dancer saw Shinobi go to the dogs. But don't worry, this pooch is a very good boy indeed...
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Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi – Top dog

Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi is something of a strange outlier in the wider Shinobi lineage. It was the second game in the series to launch on Mega Drive but is not a sequel to Revenge Of S…

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 3h

I’m so glad you picked up on it. I was like, “Did he really just say that?!”

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 3h

“and that’s from your husband” might be the funniest thing I’ve ever heard on a podcast

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe I should never watch it again, just in case

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 4h

That is a shame! FWIW I hated it when I saw it on release, aged 14. It just wasn’t like his earlier films at all. But rewatching it later as an adult, I found it resonated so much more and the other films no longer appealed.

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 12h

This one!

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Zero Zero: Perfect Stop – Feelin’ cranky

For years I’ve heard from various reputable sources just how much fun Taito’s long running train-driving sim Densha De Go (Let’s Go By Train) is, but I’ve never quite believed it. Granted, I’ve nev…

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 13h

Dave, you better not be criticising Cable Guy, I swear to God

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 14h

That’s just good life advice

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 16h

And Saturn, right?

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 16h

I say it how’s it’s written, obviously.

SNEZ

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 18h

Which pronunciation camp are you in?

#gaming #meme #memes #SNES #retro

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, I’m getting punished

IGN @ign.com · 1d

Baby Steps, the literal walking simulator gone viral, has a special cutscene for those who tend to skip cutscenes... that's 28 minutes long.

Baby Steps Punishes Serial Cutscene Skippers With a 28-Minute Long Cutscene

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, and the time it takes to achieve that again… Mortality becomes a problem when you’re 80

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 1d

I say all this having not read the article (boo, I know) but I can't help but feel this is a factor as sad and depressing as it may be.

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how much this is an age/time thing for him (and maybe others). Miller lost years to Fury Road, in part due to the difficulties of practical filmmaking tied to the location choice and high standards. He's now 80 and presumably keen to squeeze a few more movies out much quicker...

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely loved this game on CD32

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 1d

Not too late to change it

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 2d

Is it Simon The Sorcerer?

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 2d

Totally! The other golden rule we had making mags in the internet age was to not use screenshots taken by others (your own screens and PR shots only)

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking as someone who worked in games mags for many years in the UK, we were always advised that “fair use” did not exist. However, common sense does. You can’t really talk about games without showing them, so we took our chances. In the six years I was there, not a single publisher complained.

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 2d

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Weasel Hills C.C. (Hole 19) @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 2d

Some inappropriately creepy golf content - Sente Mini Golf (1986) has DIP switches that add photos of missing children to the attract mode (and to enable a "LOCATED" message per kid). These profiles were replaced with new ones in updated ROMs.

Modern operators seem to leave them on, a lot. 😨

A Reddit post from r/creepygaming by user SuperCamouflageShark - I saw these missing child reports on the attract mode of a Sente Mini-Golf arcade machine recently.

The photo is of a Sente Mini Golf machine, displaying black-and-white photographs of missing children: Tahj Allen Merriman, and Steven Phillip Curtis. Their profiles are filled out in red text.

Another photograph of a different Sente Mini Golf machine, displaying the same photos of missing children.

Sente Mini Golf running under MAME, with the DIP Switches menu showing. DIP switches 3, 4, and 5 configure whether the missing children are displayed in the attract mode, with switches 4 and 5 showing or hiding a "LOCATED" stamp over the respective kid's photo.

Screenshot of Sente Mini Golf running under MAME; this screen shows two different missing children: Malinda Marie Smith and April Rose Yates. For the sake of demonstration I have enabled the "LOCATED" flag on the kid on the right. (DISCLAIMER: I do not have any information on whether April was located or not. This is strictly a demonstration and is not intended as documentation of a real event.)

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Ephemeral Enigmas @ephemeralenigmas.bsky.social · 2d

New blog post time!

This week's game is Zombie Incident, a MSX platformer with a 3DS remake that only uses one button, but adds nonlinearity and RPG-esque wrinkles to spice things up. Said wrinkles don't stop repetition from kicking in eventually, but the ideas sure are neat!

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Zombie Incident

I’m probably being a bit harsh considering the origins of this game and the limitations of the MSX, but I suppose I’m doing that because I truly love the ideas being presented here. I can envision …

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting. I've never heard of the second one. The fact it's made such an impression has instantly put it on my radar.

Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 2d

What if I told you I have written a GIANT article about the whole STS series, including the new one for this month's Retro Gamer?

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 2d

Did you know I wrote a book about the origins of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, console RPGs, and their rise to success in North America?

Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 28d

Aidan Moher's Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is an outstanding exploration of the rise of the genre and how it's shaped popular culture.

Here's my review: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/aidan-moher-...

Review: Fight, Magic, Items by Aidan Moher

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 4d

This broadcast on UK TV when I was a kid, long before I knew what anime was. I absolutely loved it and feel quite lucky it was so readily available.