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Alex Cat

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1/2 of @retropals.bsky.social - I play weird games on twitch and watch weird VHS in my spare time - library enjoyer - comedic thought leader

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 3d

Stream schedule's up for this week! Got more Interactive Entertainment tomorrow, featuring William Shatner and TekWar! alexcat.neocities.org

October 6th-12th 2025 SCHEDULE

MONDAY OCT 6th: Multimedia Monday at 2pm CT on Retro Pals!

TUESDAY OCT 7th: Interactive Entertainment Issue 16 at 1pm CT on Rescue Cat!

WEDNESDAY OCT 8th: Showcase Stream at 7pm CT on Retro Pals!

THURSDAY OCT 9th: No Stream!

FRIDAY OCT 10th: Mascot Friday at 8pm CT on Retro Pals!

SATURDAY OCT 11th: No Stream!

SUNDAY OCT 12th: No Stream!

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 10h

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer!

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 11h

A peek at GAME FREAK (Yep, *that* Game Freak!) tips 'zine issue 22 from 1985 where the solution to arcade Time Gal is lovingly and painstakingly illustrated and written out scene-by scene. 💜

A scan of the photocopied zine with an illustration of protag Reikas sat coly with legs crossed and a marker pen held in one hand, with cheeky doodles drawn over the game's villain's face and a piece of paper. "Time Stop!"

A snap of one of the pages, with painstakingly drawn recreations of hte various scenes of the QTE based animated footage gameplay with directional inputs for each of them.

Another snap of inked illustrations of Reika in one scene and line artworks in the other. Directional inputs can be seen below.

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

we need to look for the man with two cowboy hats

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

Can not tell you how much I want to make an Austin travelouge style game in the style of I Will............

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

I Dunno: The Story of Austin

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Snakeman 🐍Low Poly Vtuber🐍 @snakemanvt.bsky.social · 12h

Alright, Part 2 featuring the end of I Will is now up on YT. I restart the game from the beginning and fast track to where part 1 ends but I do get a little stuck thanks to unclear triggers and me forgetting some important things. How will the story of London end? Find out youtu.be/ZwBIe9B5RmE

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On Cinema at the Cinema @oncinema.bsky.social · 12h

On Cinema on Roofman (2025) 120m

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

I Will at least had the magic belt

Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

Warning: The Ending Is Unsatisfying and Sucks Ass

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

It's somehow even stupider than any nonary game. After learning the secret of the game I was YEARNING for the Gigantic

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mooware @mooware.bsky.social · 13h

Stream later today, where I want to join in on the newly accessible LaserActive fun, with Ghost Rush! It's a kind of FMV dungeon crawler in a haunted mansion, and it looks fun and cute.

20:00 Central Europe, 2pm US Eastern, twitch.tv/mooware

front cover of Ghost Rush, with many comic panels of comic ghosts and monsters

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

Finally, a game with a mystery to solve that will definitely piss you off

Retro Pals @retropals.bsky.social · 1d

We're taking a look at the PS1 horror title Misfortune: A Story of Suspicious Friendships (aka Yaku: Yuujou Dangi) TONIGHT at 7pm CT! What frightening sights await us in this newly-translated game? twitch.tv/retropals

Misfortune: A Story of Suspicious Friendships (Yaku: Yuujou Dangi) PS1 screenshot

Misfortune: A Story of Suspicious Friendships (Yaku: Yuujou Dangi) PS1 cover art

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 12h

I saw soooo many of them around UT the other day and I wanted to throw fruit at it

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sardoose @sardoose.bsky.social · 1d

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 14h

Hate it!

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Brian Clark (bclarkomp) @onemillionpower.com · 15h

This is the story of Sega's R360: The legendary arcade cabinet that spun players around and left arcade floors far too early. Exclusive interviews, developer quotes, and more!
I'd appreciate not only everyone watching, but also sharing this post and the video!
youtu.be/I-LnKFILB5I

Sega R360: Spinning Dreams in the Arcade

YouTube video by One Million Power

youtu.be

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 1d

I need to make a head out of felt and hot glue from Michaels and wear it at the Gucci store

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 1d

They need to have a furcon at the domain. I need to be able to fursuit in the coach store

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 1d

"ooh im just a sinful gay whose going to be trapped on earth during the tribulation, I need your credenza for my alternative lifestyle while you chill in heaven..."

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Dobes @dobescrusher.bsky.social · 1d

Pollution- mixed media collage #drawing #collage #art #monster #furryart #anthroart

collage with different magazine clippings of objects- telephone, hammer, abstract sculpture, wrench- and natural things- sweet potato, flowers, herbs, apples, rocks. A drawing of a dragon head is pasted over a background of a geometric pattern

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sardoose @sardoose.bsky.social · 1d

"Misfortune" awaits us on tonight's Retro Pals stream at 7 pm CT. It's for PS1, and it looks like this. So... obviously, we need to play it. twitch.tv/retropals

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 1d

God I wish I ran into one of those people who believed the rapture was coming cuz of tiktok and like was giving away furniture. I need a new bookshelf for the living room

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 1d

Big thanks to chat yesterday for letting me know which book featured Alice in wonderland smoking weed with aliens

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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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Sonic The Wereblog @sonichedgeblog.bsky.social · 1d

Fixed it.

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