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Hit Save is a nonprofit dedicated to video game preservation, with specific focuses on fostering community involvement and championing the stories of small developers.
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@hitsave.org
· Jan 6
We hope you all enjoyed our 12 Days of Hit Save holiday event! Here's a recap of the what we were able to accomplish:
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i heard you were looking for an illustration of Olive Oyl using her nintendo famicom, with the tv-net modem peripheral plugged into it, so she can use "daiwa my trade", and make trades on the japanese stock market, with the help of popeye.
well here you go
well here you go
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
i heard you were looking for an illustration of Olive Oyl using her nintendo famicom, with the tv-net modem peripheral plugged into it, so she can use "daiwa my trade", and make trades on the japanese stock market, with the help of popeye.
well here you go
well here you go
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These aren't new to the internet or anything but I just dug out these Mother 3 screenshots from 1997, I heard Bluesky likes Mother 3
February 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
These aren't new to the internet or anything but I just dug out these Mother 3 screenshots from 1997, I heard Bluesky likes Mother 3
Ever wonder what it takes to port a retro game to a modern console? Emulators are just one piece of the pie...or pancake, as it were! Revenue sharing and licensing hell and legal battles, oh my! Listen on as @gamedocs.bsky.social and Bill Litshauer of @implicitconversions.com dive deeper!
Serving Emulators for Breakfast: Bill Litshauer of Implicit Conversions
YouTube video by Hit Save!
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Ever wonder what it takes to port a retro game to a modern console? Emulators are just one piece of the pie...or pancake, as it were! Revenue sharing and licensing hell and legal battles, oh my! Listen on as @gamedocs.bsky.social and Bill Litshauer of @implicitconversions.com dive deeper!
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Imagine my surprise upon discovering my previous transition GoFundMe expired (I was not aware they expired)! So here's a new one. This is a great way to support me if you'd rather make a single donation than sub to a Patreon, and/or want a higher % of the funds to go to me.
gofund.me/79ffdd8df
gofund.me/79ffdd8df
Donate to Help Kate Achieve Her Gender Affirmation Goals, organized by Kate Willaert
Hi, I'm Kate. I'm trans and currently pursuing various gender affirming c… Kate Willaert needs your support for Help Kate Achieve Her Gender Affirmation Goals
gofund.me
January 29, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Imagine my surprise upon discovering my previous transition GoFundMe expired (I was not aware they expired)! So here's a new one. This is a great way to support me if you'd rather make a single donation than sub to a Patreon, and/or want a higher % of the funds to go to me.
gofund.me/79ffdd8df
gofund.me/79ffdd8df
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Restless at work for a bit, give me a game title that was announced but never came out from, let's say 1993-1999, and I'll dig into some of our unprocessed material to see if we can shed any new light on it.
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Restless at work for a bit, give me a game title that was announced but never came out from, let's say 1993-1999, and I'll dig into some of our unprocessed material to see if we can shed any new light on it.
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Up today in the @hitsave.org press materials archives:
All Points Bulletin, Arx Fatalis, Dark Souls II, DOOM IV, Dead Rising 2, Fallout Tactics, MGR: Revengeance, Berserk Musou, Rumble Roses XX, and OutRun: Online Arcade. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
All Points Bulletin, Arx Fatalis, Dark Souls II, DOOM IV, Dead Rising 2, Fallout Tactics, MGR: Revengeance, Berserk Musou, Rumble Roses XX, and OutRun: Online Arcade. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Up today in the @hitsave.org press materials archives:
All Points Bulletin, Arx Fatalis, Dark Souls II, DOOM IV, Dead Rising 2, Fallout Tactics, MGR: Revengeance, Berserk Musou, Rumble Roses XX, and OutRun: Online Arcade. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
All Points Bulletin, Arx Fatalis, Dark Souls II, DOOM IV, Dead Rising 2, Fallout Tactics, MGR: Revengeance, Berserk Musou, Rumble Roses XX, and OutRun: Online Arcade. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
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Today in the @hitsave.org press materials archive, it's all Dead or Alive! Covering 1 through 5 Ultimate. Less volleyball than you'd hope for. Enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
January 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Today in the @hitsave.org press materials archive, it's all Dead or Alive! Covering 1 through 5 Ultimate. Less volleyball than you'd hope for. Enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
Here's a quick aspect ratio correction of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's recent find! Here's hoping the full tape turns up one day!
January 17, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Here's a quick aspect ratio correction of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's recent find! Here's hoping the full tape turns up one day!
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Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
The crowdfunding campaign for @gametank.zone's open-source 8-bit video game console is live now! Check out our YouTube channel to see the interview we did with Clyde and learn more about what it takes to develop a retro console in the modern era! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtP...
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The crowdfunding campaign for @gametank.zone's open-source 8-bit video game console is live now! Check out our YouTube channel to see the interview we did with Clyde and learn more about what it takes to develop a retro console in the modern era! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtP...
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Crowd Supply Launch Announcement
YouTube video by GameTank
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Putting this feature together, I kept thinking back to this wonderful talk that @amandafarough.ca held at @indiedevday.bsky.social 2024 about game preservation and the important work of her and colleagues at the wonderful @hitsave.org. I learned a lot from it! mobilesyrup.com/2024/10/04/v...
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Putting this feature together, I kept thinking back to this wonderful talk that @amandafarough.ca held at @indiedevday.bsky.social 2024 about game preservation and the important work of her and colleagues at the wonderful @hitsave.org. I learned a lot from it! mobilesyrup.com/2024/10/04/v...
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You can use the new URL retrogamecabling.com starting today!
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
You can use the new URL retrogamecabling.com starting today!
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
It still needs work, so please let me know whatbyoud like to see :)
Have a retro gaming setup but struggling to map out the mess of cables? Our director @jonasrosland.bsky.social just launched a webapp designed to plan out pathways for composite, S-video, component, SCART, VGA, and HDMI! Give it a try and feel free to leave feedback! retrogamecabling.onrender.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Have a retro gaming setup but struggling to map out the mess of cables? Our director @jonasrosland.bsky.social just launched a webapp designed to plan out pathways for composite, S-video, component, SCART, VGA, and HDMI! Give it a try and feel free to leave feedback! retrogamecabling.onrender.com
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Today in the @hitsave.org archive, press materials for Baten Kaitos, Skies of Arcadia, Solatorobo, Sonic 06, Sonic Colour, Sonic Generations, Sonic Mania, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, and Super Mario RPG. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Today in the @hitsave.org archive, press materials for Baten Kaitos, Skies of Arcadia, Solatorobo, Sonic 06, Sonic Colour, Sonic Generations, Sonic Mania, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, and Super Mario RPG. Please enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
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Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
We hope you all enjoyed our 12 Days of Hit Save holiday event! Here's a recap of the what we were able to accomplish:
January 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
We hope you all enjoyed our 12 Days of Hit Save holiday event! Here's a recap of the what we were able to accomplish:
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Your 3D scanned keshi today is the Unicorn enemy from Ghosts 'n Goblins!
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Your 3D scanned keshi today is the Unicorn enemy from Ghosts 'n Goblins!
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
This is from a set of 10 keshi figures called Famicom Superheroes Assemble (ファミコンスーパーヒーロー大集合), which Takahashi released in or around 1986.
Download here: archive.org/details/kesh...
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"Point-and-click" started as a camera phrase that was adopted by authors to refer to using a mouse. Suddenly in August 1989 two different magazines described two different games as a "point-and-click adventure."
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"Point-and-click" started as a camera phrase that was adopted by authors to refer to using a mouse. Suddenly in August 1989 two different magazines described two different games as a "point-and-click adventure."
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A few people have said my latest videos are the first time they ever heard the term "platform adventure," which admittedly used to be a lot more common than it is today. But it got me thinking about where these various adventure spin-off terms came from. Here's a thread. 🧵
The journey begins! You might think of this alternate history a bit like an inverted castle to @jparish.bsky.social's Metroidvania Works.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zE...
Did A Teenager Create Castlevania Before Konami? | MetroidMania (Phantomas 2 / Vampire (1986))
YouTube video by Critical Kate (of A Critical Hit!)
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A few people have said my latest videos are the first time they ever heard the term "platform adventure," which admittedly used to be a lot more common than it is today. But it got me thinking about where these various adventure spin-off terms came from. Here's a thread. 🧵
At long last, it's the final day of the 12 Days of Hit Save, and the last present in the pile is a trailer for Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray! Watch the full trailer below!
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
At long last, it's the final day of the 12 Days of Hit Save, and the last present in the pile is a trailer for Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray! Watch the full trailer below!
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heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
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The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
It's Day 11, everyone, and today we're battling evil Nazi forces with a trailer for the Xbox port of Return to Castle Wolfenstein!
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It's Day 11, everyone, and today we're battling evil Nazi forces with a trailer for the Xbox port of Return to Castle Wolfenstein!
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Thank you so much for the shoutout!
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
January 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Thank you so much for the shoutout!
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3
My version was sourced from Dorimaga DVD Vol. 3