Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️
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I'm curious and passionate about a whole bunch of nerdy and cool stuff! I also publish a fortnightly retro gaming and anime 'zine and write on several blogs:
Scanlines zine: betweenthescanlines.itch.io
Main blog: scanlineartifacts.wordpress.com
I'm curious and passionate about a whole bunch of nerdy and cool stuff! I also publish a fortnightly retro gaming and anime 'zine and write on several blogs:
Scanlines zine: betweenthescanlines.itch.io
Main blog: scanlineartifacts.wordpress.com
"Have you played Shining Force II yet?" asks the gorgeously illustrated title page for the gameplay guide in the mag.
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"Have you played Shining Force II yet?" asks the gorgeously illustrated title page for the gameplay guide in the mag.
xD Gotta a bit too fast
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
xD Gotta a bit too fast
xD He does
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
xD He does
The adorable and adventurous cover of BEEP! MegaDrive magazine's November 1993 issue. Shining Force II fans will know who these are.
There's also some juicy features on other RPGs (including Phantasy Star IV), Mega CD, and a Wondermega giveaway.
Beep... The POWERFUL Mega-Magazine!
There's also some juicy features on other RPGs (including Phantasy Star IV), Mega CD, and a Wondermega giveaway.
Beep... The POWERFUL Mega-Magazine!
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The adorable and adventurous cover of BEEP! MegaDrive magazine's November 1993 issue. Shining Force II fans will know who these are.
There's also some juicy features on other RPGs (including Phantasy Star IV), Mega CD, and a Wondermega giveaway.
Beep... The POWERFUL Mega-Magazine!
There's also some juicy features on other RPGs (including Phantasy Star IV), Mega CD, and a Wondermega giveaway.
Beep... The POWERFUL Mega-Magazine!
I wonder from time-to-time how often those were used, the little holders in PS2 cases. But then, I don't really take my PS2 games anywhere, as was likely intended with the holders.
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I wonder from time-to-time how often those were used, the little holders in PS2 cases. But then, I don't really take my PS2 games anywhere, as was likely intended with the holders.
Albeit temporarily
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Albeit temporarily
Nature's PS1 memory card holder
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Nature's PS1 memory card holder
I jumped to an HDR + 180hz monitor last year. When I fired up Warframe for the first time with it, it felt so incredibly smooth and vibrant, like seeing HD graphics for the first time all over again.
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
I jumped to an HDR + 180hz monitor last year. When I fired up Warframe for the first time with it, it felt so incredibly smooth and vibrant, like seeing HD graphics for the first time all over again.
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📺 Monday Garage Talk: a conversation between the player and Sophie Chevalier, owner of French racing team R.C. Micro Mouse Mappy.
🕹 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998/1999, PlayStation)
🎶 Garage Talk - Asuka Sakai
(and a tiny bit of Pearl Blue Soul - Hiroshi Okubo)
I love this game so much it's unreal
🕹 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998/1999, PlayStation)
🎶 Garage Talk - Asuka Sakai
(and a tiny bit of Pearl Blue Soul - Hiroshi Okubo)
I love this game so much it's unreal
June 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
📺 Monday Garage Talk: a conversation between the player and Sophie Chevalier, owner of French racing team R.C. Micro Mouse Mappy.
🕹 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998/1999, PlayStation)
🎶 Garage Talk - Asuka Sakai
(and a tiny bit of Pearl Blue Soul - Hiroshi Okubo)
I love this game so much it's unreal
🕹 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998/1999, PlayStation)
🎶 Garage Talk - Asuka Sakai
(and a tiny bit of Pearl Blue Soul - Hiroshi Okubo)
I love this game so much it's unreal
Pearl Blue Soul is one of those Ridge 4 tracks that instantly just make me feel this all over again about it.
It is such a cool game, ever byte of it.
It is such a cool game, ever byte of it.
a close up of a cartoon rabbit wearing a yellow shirt and smiling .
Alt: The drooping ears and love-struck babs bunny gif
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Pearl Blue Soul is one of those Ridge 4 tracks that instantly just make me feel this all over again about it.
It is such a cool game, ever byte of it.
It is such a cool game, ever byte of it.
Fingers crossed!
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Fingers crossed!
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This post is going viral, but this isn't walking back. It's reiterating the initial press release. There's no new information in this post, aside from them saying they're using a different ID partner (which doesn't solve that problem) and the Reddit joke. Everything else is the same. Keep pushing.
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
This post is going viral, but this isn't walking back. It's reiterating the initial press release. There's no new information in this post, aside from them saying they're using a different ID partner (which doesn't solve that problem) and the Reddit joke. Everything else is the same. Keep pushing.
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Guys, dont immediately jump ship. Complain on Discords forums. Spam their emails. Make noise. We'll never tackle the overlying problem if we just keep jumping ship.
Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)
Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Guys, dont immediately jump ship. Complain on Discords forums. Spam their emails. Make noise. We'll never tackle the overlying problem if we just keep jumping ship.
Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)
Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)
Heyas! And yeah, I'm glad if I manage to sleep more than five-six hours just lately.
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Heyas! And yeah, I'm glad if I manage to sleep more than five-six hours just lately.
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This collection really feels like a fever dream. Beautiful video quality, enough extras to keep you interested for days, and so much else, all on a single disc.
If you told 12-year-old me this would be a thing, I'd have looked at you funny, because it really *feels* like an impossible release.
If you told 12-year-old me this would be a thing, I'd have looked at you funny, because it really *feels* like an impossible release.
Project A-ko Perfect Collection 4K is perhaps our craziest disc ever.
It combines all our work to remaster A-ko into a new package, with the first appearing as it never has in gorgeous 4K w/ HDR!
A-ko has never looked this good before.
store.crunchyroll.com/products/pro...
It combines all our work to remaster A-ko into a new package, with the first appearing as it never has in gorgeous 4K w/ HDR!
A-ko has never looked this good before.
store.crunchyroll.com/products/pro...
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This collection really feels like a fever dream. Beautiful video quality, enough extras to keep you interested for days, and so much else, all on a single disc.
If you told 12-year-old me this would be a thing, I'd have looked at you funny, because it really *feels* like an impossible release.
If you told 12-year-old me this would be a thing, I'd have looked at you funny, because it really *feels* like an impossible release.
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Not only will they safeguard Mega-Tokyo in 2032, the Knight Sabers will now prevent screen burn-in on your mid '90s CRT monitor - Bubblegum Crisis: The Screensaver!
📖: Animerica, July 1994
📖: Animerica, July 1994
September 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Not only will they safeguard Mega-Tokyo in 2032, the Knight Sabers will now prevent screen burn-in on your mid '90s CRT monitor - Bubblegum Crisis: The Screensaver!
📖: Animerica, July 1994
📖: Animerica, July 1994
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Damn, the proliferation of LCD monitors sure was great, but AT WHAT COST?
We have destroyed prime cat perch real estate.
We have destroyed prime cat perch real estate.
Cats: perching on CRT monitors and TVs since 19XX.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Damn, the proliferation of LCD monitors sure was great, but AT WHAT COST?
We have destroyed prime cat perch real estate.
We have destroyed prime cat perch real estate.
Azzy is appreciative of the perch to play her Commodore 64 on.
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Azzy is appreciative of the perch to play her Commodore 64 on.
Aww, sweet! And yeah, my CRT TVs are prime kitty loafing places too. Especially the lil one next to me now on my desk.
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Aww, sweet! And yeah, my CRT TVs are prime kitty loafing places too. Especially the lil one next to me now on my desk.
Cats: perching on CRT monitors and TVs since 19XX.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Cats: perching on CRT monitors and TVs since 19XX.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
Not too long, hadn't played for a week before tonight while my partner was away from home, so Id' say around fifteen hours or so in total.It's a good game for hour or two sessions, can get a lot done in a short amount of time.
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Not too long, hadn't played for a week before tonight while my partner was away from home, so Id' say around fifteen hours or so in total.It's a good game for hour or two sessions, can get a lot done in a short amount of time.
Pouring one out afresh for BC-98.
I'm doing the Malcolm Reynolds Firefly gif trying to put into words my reaction to encountering these enemies in the PC-98 dungeon crawler I'm checking out.
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Pouring one out afresh for BC-98.
Sniff, that's us done with Mime - Floating Dream. The second PC-98 game we've completed since Slayers.
Working on a feature on this and have a whole heap to say. It has been one of the most meaningful experiences with the computer so far, and enjoyed sharing titbits from it over the last month.
Working on a feature on this and have a whole heap to say. It has been one of the most meaningful experiences with the computer so far, and enjoyed sharing titbits from it over the last month.
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Sniff, that's us done with Mime - Floating Dream. The second PC-98 game we've completed since Slayers.
Working on a feature on this and have a whole heap to say. It has been one of the most meaningful experiences with the computer so far, and enjoyed sharing titbits from it over the last month.
Working on a feature on this and have a whole heap to say. It has been one of the most meaningful experiences with the computer so far, and enjoyed sharing titbits from it over the last month.