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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5d

illustration, login, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/logi...

a boy or young man with black hair using a computer with a hand device above attached to a circle that has hanging floppy disk covers with floppy disks in them. it can be spun around, as demonstrated by the illustration.

Ollie @minusworld.bsky.social · 2d

Never knew it got released outside Japan! I have the PS2 game and a few of the figures knocking about somewhere, but I've never come across them in the wild over here.

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Ollie @minusworld.bsky.social · 2d

This is the best sticker that they have ever put on a game box. Even better than ‘Featuring Dante…’

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Ollie @minusworld.bsky.social · 2d

Buzzing for english Popeye, no more google lense-ing the descriptions of cool hot dog restaurants etcetera

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 4d

I've spent almost half a decade researching every car ever made & can confirm that the bright yellow Husdon van with multiple TVs & a cowboy hat wearing bee remains the ultimate mode of transport

The bee in a cowboy hat improves all things. He's like a Pooka, only more bee shaped

an old tweet from '21 with a pic of Hudson's promotional van from the 80s-90s. It's bright yellow, has 8 TVs on one side & their bee mascot in his cowboy hat printed on the back door

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It's Fantastic! - Arcade scans and translations @itsfantasticac.bsky.social · 3d

Marvel vs. Capcom comic by Kazuya Tani, from a 1998 Comic Gamest compilation.

Game Parody 4Koma Grand Prix 11 (Jun. 25, '98), pg. 21

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Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social · 5d

Downhill Snow / PlayStation / Pack-In-Video / 1998

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Tiny Cartridge @tinycartridge.com · 8d

two screenshots from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, during the snowball fight battle tutorial when the hero picks a name. someone tells the hero, "You can't be the 'new kid' forever!" the player is typing "New kid" for their name.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 9d

Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm always thinking about the vs screen theme from makeruna makendo 2 for sfc

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Scarena @gbaspgamer.bsky.social · 8d

Strongly believe that this is the best alternate costume ever added to a video game

Travis Touchdown wearing a black hoodie that says "Fuck Racism" in bold red letters.

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武政諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 17d

The Beginning of Autumn (2023)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 12d

Stellar SFC artwork! 🥲

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 13d

Your reminder that Takenobu 'Daytona USA' Mitsuyoshi, the greatest voice in video games, once sang Ryu's theme from Street Fighter II and it's mental www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODWe...

Street Fighter Tribute Album - Ryu Stage - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

YouTube video by Garidan2000

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PirateGameThing @pirategamething.com · Mar 28

"Sudoku Game with GUN" is so funny to me

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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 16d

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Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social · 21d

I love this game! And it has way more depth and skill than you might expect.

gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/r...

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · May 27

The stark, monochrome beauty of an Apple Mac Paris in an alternate 1995. Be sure to visit the arcology on your next visit!

📺: Sim City 2000, Maxis, 1993

A screenie of Sim City 2000 running on a virtual machine Apple IIfx and OS 7. It's got a stark, sharp, monochrome quality to the isometric rendition of Paris.

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Weasel Hills C.C. (Hole 19) @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 24d

The Clashpads, a set of PlayStation 2-compatible controllers built to allow players to interfere with each other's inputs during a game.

Even if I would never have anybody to test it with, I'm still kicking myself for not picking these weird gamepads up at PRGE in 2017. I've never seen them again.

A package of "Clashpads" from Gamester (The Unfair Advantage) - "Mess with each other's controller - Head-2-Head gameplay revenge". They resemble PlayStation DualShock 2 controllers, hard-wired to a control box between them to switch on or off certain effects, which the plastic blister-packaging describes as "Switch, Knockout, Overturn, Possess."

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 22d

Who the hell would use shit like ChatGPT when Dear Daria on the 2002 Sony Clié PEG-NX80V exists

A 2002 Sony PDA displaying a Daria themed application. You can ask it questions, a bit like a magic 8 ball.

Infinitely better than any AI shite.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 22d

"If you decide to challenge him to a Famicom game, just fill the briefcase with your Famicom cartridges. Walk down the street with this case and you'll feel like a pro."

For when you have a business trip in the Mushroom Kingdom - or a score to settle.

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Ollie @minusworld.bsky.social · 22d

Much love for a sports game that lists all the teams on the cover

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 22d

Pleased to announced that exp. 2602, a new #zine in my exploration of the 1970s releases for the Atari 2600, is available for pre-order NOW at our new online store! Read more: expzine.com/2025/09/16/a...