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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1988 ‘TRUXTON’ was released in arcades. This vertical shooter defined Toaplan’s visual identity and stands as their signature title.

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2022880/...

And the upcoming Truxton Extreme: store.steampowered.com/app/3323490/...

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Evercade @evercade.co.uk · 2d

Happy anniversary to Truxton, with its spaceships of red, blue and green. This shoot 'em up classic first released to Japanese arcades as "Tatsujin" on this day in 1988.

Play it on Toaplan Arcade 1 for Evercade!

Cover art for Truxton, based on the original arcade flyer.

Truxton's title screen, showing the spaceships of red, blue and green.

Screenshot from Truxton, showing the blue lightning laser in action.

Box art for the Evercade cartridge Toaplan Arcade 1, featuring Truxton and 5 other arcade hits.

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 1d

As young in the early 90’s, I wanted the VGA versions and felt that the 16-color EGA versions felt archaic.

But today I appreciate the distinct minimalistic EGA style with dithering.

Just look at the beauty of Space Quest III. Played today on Xbox Retro Classics.

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City Connection (West) @cityconnectionwest.bsky.social · 4d

R-Type Delta: HD BoostedChris Huelsbeck - Boosted Arrange - STAGE 2 ”I-GYO” AIR／WATER

Featuring HD remastered graphics and 60FPS support. Includes screen size adjustment options and a practice mode. Plus, newly arranged BGM by artists from past R-TYPE titles.

youtu.be/v-VEJVT_Nj8

【R-Type Delta: HD Boosted】Chris Huelsbeck - Boosted Arrange - STAGE 2 ”I-GYO” AIR／WATER【公式試聴動画】

YouTube video by CITY CONNECTION

youtu.be

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 4d

Almost simultaneous.
@jake74.bsky.social

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 4d

Golden Marios
(spotted at Parco, Shibuya, last month)

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...Since Spacies @sincespacies.bsky.social · 5d

On this day, October 11th, 1975, the beloved Sega logo was first introduced.

Since then, only minor alterations have been made to the logo.

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NoSoloBot - Video Games @nosolobot.bsky.social · 6d

Dragon Force

🏢 Sega CS1
📅 1996
🖥 Saturn

#videogames

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Nintendo Life @nintendolife.com · 7d

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Is Getting A Sweet Physical Edition For Switch.

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Is Getting A Sweet Physical Edition For Switch

Full Force

www.nintendolife.com

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Astounded Catfish @astoundedcatfish.bsky.social · Jan 6

Mario Bros. (1983)
Before they were "super" - Mario & Luigi were just standard plumbers trying the clear a bunch of strange enemies from pipes. Not at all as popular as Donkey Kong, it was not obviously clear that Mario had much of a future in gaming since the game was only a modest success.

Arcade screenshot of Nintendo's Mario Bros. (1983)

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 7d

Zen Studios, masters of digital pinball, celebrates 25th anniversary, and becomes part of THQ Nordic.

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 8d

Iconic SNES action RPG Terranigma by Quintet celebrates its 30th anniversary.

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 10d

The Super Mario statue has been a landmark in Sweden since 1989. The old one was replaced with a new one in 2016. An article with more photos (in Swedish, but Google Translate plugin does well in English).
martinlindell.com/2025/10/05/s...

Super Mario-statyn utanför Bergsala i Kungsbacka (och andra ställen)

Sedan decennier har Nintendo haft ett starkt fäste i Sverige, till stor del tack vare Bergsala. Beläget i Kungsbacka nära Göteborg, blev Bergsala snabbt en av Nintendos största exportkunder inom t…

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Shapeless Cube @shapelesscube.bsky.social · 12d

Into cassette tapes? Why not check out my Game Boy chiptune or Roland SC-55 DooM album on Bandcamp. shapelesscube.bandcamp.com

#music #retro #cassette #chiptune #gameboymusic #lsdj #midi #soundcanvas #sc55 #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #doom #doom1993

Two cassette tapes: Dead Sea Scrolls OST and Quasar.

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RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social · 15d

November marks my 20th year on the magazine. I think that deserves a self-congratulatory pat on the back.
For every like this receives I'll try and recall one anecdote (interesting or otherwise) about my time on the mag.
(this is one of my favourite covers by armyoftrolls)

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 13d

This is thread is gold by the way!

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 13d

Well, E3 is sort of retro now anyway (I went to around 15 of them, first in 2000 when Dreamcast was still kind of hot).

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 16d

Grattis Alexander ”Barkisboi” Malmberg som vann Pong-SM på Retrogathering 2025 i Västerås.

Barkisboi vann den rafflande finalen med 15-14 och är därmed trefaldig mästare.

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 16d

Haha, thanks.

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John Andersen @johnandersen.bsky.social · 16d

News: Nintendo's Kanda Building in Tokyo is currently being demolished. (A history thread). This building was a big part of Nintendo's legacy. Mother 2 (Earthbound), Pokemon Snap and more were made here. For anyone in Tokyo wishing to take photos, this is your last chance (please be respectful).

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 16d

Hm, wonder what’s the reason. Over the last two years old EA titles actually seem to get Steam listings, games that previously only were available on EA Play (Original).

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 17d

Electronic Arts got such a huge catalogue. On a personal level, I hope to see Syndicate, Road Rash, Strike series, and other classics make a comeback, but understand that the commercial proposition might be difficult.

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Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social · 17d

Lots of negative talks about the rumored EA deal with EA only being few franchises. Deal itself aside, people tend to forget Apex Legends, Split Fiction, Wild Hearts, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, and other bets they do.

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alexmartinelle.bsky.social @alexmartinelle.bsky.social · 18d

I was really looking forward to todays presentation by @stinkyox.bsky.social at Retrogathering.

and it was great fun! 👍I'm not even going to try to describe it more because it wouldn't do it justice.

Thanks for coming Jeff and for the extra little history about the creation of Hover Bovver!

Jeff Minter center stage talking about when he discovered he would really like to have some way to use technology to visualize his earlier internal journeys.

Jeff Minter center stage with a projector showing Diolch yn fawr (welsh for "thank you very much" at the end of his awesome presentation.

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alexmartinelle.bsky.social @alexmartinelle.bsky.social · 18d

Also enjoyed listening to Mark Cale @system3.bsky.social .
A lot of interesting info about System 3. Especially when talking about the last 20 years there was a lot of stuff that I never knew that System 3 were involved in. Really cool!

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