SpriteCell
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Making charts and graphs of video game data, and archiving video game history.
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· Nov 10
The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive, SpriteCell
The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive is an archive of interviews, appearances, writings, and other recordings of Shigeru Miyamoto, all summarized.
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I've added the latest Nintendo investor Q&A to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive.
What's the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive? It's a collection of every interview, speech, and piece of writing by Shigeru Miyamoto that I can possibly find, with over 700 entries in English.
spritecell.com/bp10-shigeru...
What's the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive? It's a collection of every interview, speech, and piece of writing by Shigeru Miyamoto that I can possibly find, with over 700 entries in English.
spritecell.com/bp10-shigeru...
I gave up on the final boss of Labyrinth of Refrain. An exhausting game where you use standard attacks 99% of the time. I might try the sequel eventually.
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I gave up on the final boss of Labyrinth of Refrain. An exhausting game where you use standard attacks 99% of the time. I might try the sequel eventually.
I've been looking at how Nintendo Power talked about Pokémon early on, and there's quite a few errors and lots of bad advice.
What really takes the cake though is this assertion that you can start a new game and keep all of your Pokémon! How many save files were destroyed because of this?
What really takes the cake though is this assertion that you can start a new game and keep all of your Pokémon! How many save files were destroyed because of this?
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I've been looking at how Nintendo Power talked about Pokémon early on, and there's quite a few errors and lots of bad advice.
What really takes the cake though is this assertion that you can start a new game and keep all of your Pokémon! How many save files were destroyed because of this?
What really takes the cake though is this assertion that you can start a new game and keep all of your Pokémon! How many save files were destroyed because of this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhj...
This is a short documentary about the making of Black College Football, released in 2007 and 2009 for Windows and Xbox 360.
Developers at Nerjyzed Entertainment offices are interviewed. One dev is a Ukrainian man who knew very little about American Football.
This is a short documentary about the making of Black College Football, released in 2007 and 2009 for Windows and Xbox 360.
Developers at Nerjyzed Entertainment offices are interviewed. One dev is a Ukrainian man who knew very little about American Football.
The making of Black College Football: BCFX: The Xperience
YouTube video by SpriteCell
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January 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhj...
This is a short documentary about the making of Black College Football, released in 2007 and 2009 for Windows and Xbox 360.
Developers at Nerjyzed Entertainment offices are interviewed. One dev is a Ukrainian man who knew very little about American Football.
This is a short documentary about the making of Black College Football, released in 2007 and 2009 for Windows and Xbox 360.
Developers at Nerjyzed Entertainment offices are interviewed. One dev is a Ukrainian man who knew very little about American Football.
A 1985 news report on how Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz Pizza are moving away from video games due to a "loss of interest of teenagers in video games" and focusing more on skill games, like SkeeBall.
All these news reports have gone on my YouTube channel, including a few I haven't posted here.
All these news reports have gone on my YouTube channel, including a few I haven't posted here.
January 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
A 1985 news report on how Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz Pizza are moving away from video games due to a "loss of interest of teenagers in video games" and focusing more on skill games, like SkeeBall.
All these news reports have gone on my YouTube channel, including a few I haven't posted here.
All these news reports have gone on my YouTube channel, including a few I haven't posted here.
Here are the 50 most visited pages on SpriteCell in 2025.
I’m glad my more modern and better statistical projects are generally the ones mixed in with the archives.
The Konami Game project, my most recent, continues to do well at being utterly repellent to any potential reader.
I’m glad my more modern and better statistical projects are generally the ones mixed in with the archives.
The Konami Game project, my most recent, continues to do well at being utterly repellent to any potential reader.
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Here are the 50 most visited pages on SpriteCell in 2025.
I’m glad my more modern and better statistical projects are generally the ones mixed in with the archives.
The Konami Game project, my most recent, continues to do well at being utterly repellent to any potential reader.
I’m glad my more modern and better statistical projects are generally the ones mixed in with the archives.
The Konami Game project, my most recent, continues to do well at being utterly repellent to any potential reader.
I've added a new-to-me Shigeru Miyamoto interview from December 2nd, 1998 to the archive: www.salon.com/1998/12/02/f...
The bit about being one of the first game designers is very similar to something he said a few months later during his 1999 GDC keynote speech.
The bit about being one of the first game designers is very similar to something he said a few months later during his 1999 GDC keynote speech.
December 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've added a new-to-me Shigeru Miyamoto interview from December 2nd, 1998 to the archive: www.salon.com/1998/12/02/f...
The bit about being one of the first game designers is very similar to something he said a few months later during his 1999 GDC keynote speech.
The bit about being one of the first game designers is very similar to something he said a few months later during his 1999 GDC keynote speech.
By unanimous vote at SpriteCell offices, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is the Console Game of the Year.
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
By unanimous vote at SpriteCell offices, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is the Console Game of the Year.
Another KXAS report, this time about a father who was looking for an online guide to a Zelda game (likely Ocarina of Time) for his daughter, and found one that had a banner ad for a porn site.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Another KXAS report, this time about a father who was looking for an online guide to a Zelda game (likely Ocarina of Time) for his daughter, and found one that had a banner ad for a porn site.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
Anyone recognize the The Ultimate Zelda Walkthrough?
Originally aired February 26, 1999.
A KXAS report on an ad for the "Cartridge Club of America" that appeared in TV Guide, which never sent the Atari games people paid for. Originally aired December 27, 1982.
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A KXAS report on an ad for the "Cartridge Club of America" that appeared in TV Guide, which never sent the Atari games people paid for. Originally aired December 27, 1982.
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
I can't find any more information about this, maybe some Atari historians have heard of it?
I dug up a couple old clips from Forth Worth's KXAS that deal with video games, thanks to texashistory.unt.edu.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
December 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I dug up a couple old clips from Forth Worth's KXAS that deal with video games, thanks to texashistory.unt.edu.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
Nothing extraordinary, but here's Howard Phillips sitting in someone's living room playing Wrecking Crew. Originally aired May 18, 1987.
100% Pascal Sensei: Kanpeki Paint Bombers is a 3DS game by Konami, based on a children's manga about a dumb mole teacher.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
December 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
100% Pascal Sensei: Kanpeki Paint Bombers is a 3DS game by Konami, based on a children's manga about a dumb mole teacher.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
It's basically a cross between Bomberman and Splatoon, exploding bombs paint the playfield, the winner being the one who painted the most. There's also a board game element.
Reposted by SpriteCell
Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling?
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
The History Of The Word "Metroidvania" And How It Spread
YouTube video by Critical Kate (of A Critical Hit!)
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling?
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
Watch til the end for a post-credits sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...
We don't get a lot of data about the gender breakdown of specific games, so I wanted to graph the ratio of female to male players for games released on Sega Channel.
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We don't get a lot of data about the gender breakdown of specific games, so I wanted to graph the ratio of female to male players for games released on Sega Channel.
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
The data is from a document acquired by the Video Game History Foundation: archive.gamehistory.org/item/0bb0d61...
The Video Game Catalog and Circular Ad Archive has been updated for 2025.
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
The Video Game Catalog and Circular Ad Archive
An archive of ads for video games from catalogs, circulars, and newspapers. Includes stores such as Toys 'R Us, Sears, Best Buy, Target, GameStop, and more.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Video Game Catalog and Circular Ad Archive has been updated for 2025.
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
Unfortunately, many retailers nowadays just have walls of randomly arranged products on a web page, but I was able to scrape up 117 images from previous years, some of which I will share here.
spritecell.com/bp3-catalog-...
Didn't play all that much PlayStation 4 this year, but The Caligula Effect 2 was a pleasant surprise.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Didn't play all that much PlayStation 4 this year, but The Caligula Effect 2 was a pleasant surprise.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
I gave Kingdom Hearts a try and don't plan to ever play it again.
Do you remember the video game Mario?
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Do you remember the video game Mario?
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
From Target's Wii launch guide for employees.
archive.org/details/wii-...
Spent a couple hours gathering data and making a graph to post here before deciding it wasn't worth it. I do this several times a year.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Spent a couple hours gathering data and making a graph to post here before deciding it wasn't worth it. I do this several times a year.
This doesn't advertise any electronic games so it doesn't qualify for the Catalog and Circular Ad Archive, but I wanted to share this illustration of Pac-Man in the process of trying to swallow a ghost who is desperately trying to escape.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This doesn't advertise any electronic games so it doesn't qualify for the Catalog and Circular Ad Archive, but I wanted to share this illustration of Pac-Man in the process of trying to swallow a ghost who is desperately trying to escape.
The JRPG Magazine Review Archive has been updated!
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
JRPG Magazine Review Archive
A collection of hundreds of JRPG reviews from video game magazines.
spritecell.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The JRPG Magazine Review Archive has been updated!
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
This smallish update has 390 new scans and includes reviews from several PC magazines that were not previously included.
Thirteen new games have been added, bringing the total to 978.
spritecell.com/bp7-jrpg-rev...
What does it say about the state of gaming history education that the first google search result for the very common question "Why is it called Final Fantasy?" is an eight year old thread on Brave Exvius subreddit with 0 net upvotes, filled with bickering and arguments and replies from years later?
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
What does it say about the state of gaming history education that the first google search result for the very common question "Why is it called Final Fantasy?" is an eight year old thread on Brave Exvius subreddit with 0 net upvotes, filled with bickering and arguments and replies from years later?
After going really hard on PvP during the bonus week I now have the 537th most achievement points in Guild Wars 2, on the North American server.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
After going really hard on PvP during the bonus week I now have the 537th most achievement points in Guild Wars 2, on the North American server.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
Getting 305 AP in a week is incredible and I'll never be able to do that again, but I'm still over 7,000 AP from #1.
I hope there's an update on Catly at the Game Awards this year.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I hope there's an update on Catly at the Game Awards this year.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
I don't want to play it, I just want to know what the deal with this strange game is. They haven't posted to Twitter in 11 months and the website and Steam page seem to be unchanged too.
I recorded a whole lot of data about games nominated for Game Awards in order to try to predict 2025's winners.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I recorded a whole lot of data about games nominated for Game Awards in order to try to predict 2025's winners.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I love adding new, obscure games to the JRPG Magazine Review Archive and the next update will include Square Enix's iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. Possibly the only review of the game in print.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I love adding new, obscure games to the JRPG Magazine Review Archive and the next update will include Square Enix's iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. Possibly the only review of the game in print.