Nicole Express
@nicole.express
i like video games too much // neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire // she/her // https://nicole.express
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Ultima I: The First Age of Dithering.
This title screen for the PC-98 port of Ultima is so charming.
This title screen for the PC-98 port of Ultima is so charming.
March 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ultima I: The First Age of Dithering.
This title screen for the PC-98 port of Ultima is so charming.
This title screen for the PC-98 port of Ultima is so charming.
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Against all odds, you need this... The famous Gravis Gamepad! Positioning itself as the gamepad of choice for the DOS and early Windows gamer of 1993.
I never had one of these as sidewinders were my choice when I started PC gaming in '98.
Was this (or still is!) your fave, vintage PC biskies?
I never had one of these as sidewinders were my choice when I started PC gaming in '98.
Was this (or still is!) your fave, vintage PC biskies?
January 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Against all odds, you need this... The famous Gravis Gamepad! Positioning itself as the gamepad of choice for the DOS and early Windows gamer of 1993.
I never had one of these as sidewinders were my choice when I started PC gaming in '98.
Was this (or still is!) your fave, vintage PC biskies?
I never had one of these as sidewinders were my choice when I started PC gaming in '98.
Was this (or still is!) your fave, vintage PC biskies?
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Trying not to dwell on weird comments but this response to my video "The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System" is next level. This should win some kind of award. This is a fifth grade playground burn, a troll I didn't know I was nostalgic for.
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trying not to dwell on weird comments but this response to my video "The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System" is next level. This should win some kind of award. This is a fifth grade playground burn, a troll I didn't know I was nostalgic for.
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Sega has further refined role playing games... Phantasy Star!"
Signing off for the night with a Japanese commercial for the OG Phantasy Star. 4 Megabit plus FM Sound 🔥
(This time with sound, not sure what happened last time ;o;)
#VideoBytes
Signing off for the night with a Japanese commercial for the OG Phantasy Star. 4 Megabit plus FM Sound 🔥
(This time with sound, not sure what happened last time ;o;)
#VideoBytes
January 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Sega has further refined role playing games... Phantasy Star!"
Signing off for the night with a Japanese commercial for the OG Phantasy Star. 4 Megabit plus FM Sound 🔥
(This time with sound, not sure what happened last time ;o;)
#VideoBytes
Signing off for the night with a Japanese commercial for the OG Phantasy Star. 4 Megabit plus FM Sound 🔥
(This time with sound, not sure what happened last time ;o;)
#VideoBytes
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Groove on Fight New Year's card, for New Year's 1997.
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Groove on Fight New Year's card, for New Year's 1997.
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Tucked away in a Polish anime CD from 1997: Windows 3.x/95 Solitaire infused with the Power of the Moon!
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tucked away in a Polish anime CD from 1997: Windows 3.x/95 Solitaire infused with the Power of the Moon!
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
time to rewatch the 1987 diet coke commercial, i assume this is 100% accurate to what the 1980s were like all the time, including the mermaids www.youtube.com/watch?v=30dh...
Diet Coke Commercial feat. The Pointer Sisters - Just For The Taste Of It (1987)
YouTube video by Fry's Commercial Vault
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December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
time to rewatch the 1987 diet coke commercial, i assume this is 100% accurate to what the 1980s were like all the time, including the mermaids www.youtube.com/watch?v=30dh...
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Last night, I showed off the really impressive "G-Zero" for the #Sega Genesis, which featured Mode-7-like #SNES visuals
Today, I want to show you another demo from 2022,
with a similar goal.
But this time for the #NES
"Kart Racer '86"
blackbirddev.itch.io/mariokart86
#retro #homebrew #retrogaming
Today, I want to show you another demo from 2022,
with a similar goal.
But this time for the #NES
"Kart Racer '86"
blackbirddev.itch.io/mariokart86
#retro #homebrew #retrogaming
December 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Last night, I showed off the really impressive "G-Zero" for the #Sega Genesis, which featured Mode-7-like #SNES visuals
Today, I want to show you another demo from 2022,
with a similar goal.
But this time for the #NES
"Kart Racer '86"
blackbirddev.itch.io/mariokart86
#retro #homebrew #retrogaming
Today, I want to show you another demo from 2022,
with a similar goal.
But this time for the #NES
"Kart Racer '86"
blackbirddev.itch.io/mariokart86
#retro #homebrew #retrogaming
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An early title screen (left) for Phantasy Star II (MD) compared to its final release (right). Besides the similar but nude single woman, the same planets are there, but a nice portrait of Alis/Arisa(?) disappeared for the final title screen.
December 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
An early title screen (left) for Phantasy Star II (MD) compared to its final release (right). Besides the similar but nude single woman, the same planets are there, but a nice portrait of Alis/Arisa(?) disappeared for the final title screen.
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this 1996 commercial for claritin sent me into flight or flight. an absolute psycho directed this
April 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
this 1996 commercial for claritin sent me into flight or flight. an absolute psycho directed this
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It's a game of cat-and-mouse as MacUser rolled onto shelves for the first time in 1985 with purrfect timing to ride the Mac wave.
April 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's a game of cat-and-mouse as MacUser rolled onto shelves for the first time in 1985 with purrfect timing to ride the Mac wave.
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that's not a JAV, that's a famicom bootleg found only in the deepest bowels of aliexpress 500-in-1 multicarts
Super Erotic Wife 7
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
that's not a JAV, that's a famicom bootleg found only in the deepest bowels of aliexpress 500-in-1 multicarts
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There is a YA fiction book about meeting Honus Wagner, a baseball player who is only known today because his baseball card is worth a lot of money. I hope I live long enough to see the film adaptation of Stadium Events.
December 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There is a YA fiction book about meeting Honus Wagner, a baseball player who is only known today because his baseball card is worth a lot of money. I hope I live long enough to see the film adaptation of Stadium Events.
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1994: What and Why, indeed.
December 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
1994: What and Why, indeed.
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The final issue of GAME FREAK zine from 2004, produced by the company that had started off life as an arcade game tips zine in the early 80s, to commemorate 15 years since the founding of the company.
The previous issue had been released in 1999 following a 12-year gap as they focused on game dev.
The previous issue had been released in 1999 following a 12-year gap as they focused on game dev.
December 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The final issue of GAME FREAK zine from 2004, produced by the company that had started off life as an arcade game tips zine in the early 80s, to commemorate 15 years since the founding of the company.
The previous issue had been released in 1999 following a 12-year gap as they focused on game dev.
The previous issue had been released in 1999 following a 12-year gap as they focused on game dev.
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I've released my tool for encoding pixel art on floppy disk tracks.
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I've released my tool for encoding pixel art on floppy disk tracks.
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
I was going to do a "let's look back at the blog posts I wrote this year" and then I realized that the Apple ][ writeup was *not* this year and time is moving too fast and I'm too old and now you don't get a look back
December 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was going to do a "let's look back at the blog posts I wrote this year" and then I realized that the Apple ][ writeup was *not* this year and time is moving too fast and I'm too old and now you don't get a look back
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Wow, @shanelynch.bsky.social and @billytimegames.bsky.social got the #SegaChannel running on #MiSTerFPGA! Links and instructions are in the post: retrorgb.com/sega-channel...
Sega Channel on MiSTer - RetroRGB
Shane Lynch has just released a MiSTer core for the "Sega Channel" - One of the first download services for video game consoles that was released in the 90's for the Sega Genesis and only available vi...
retrorgb.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Wow, @shanelynch.bsky.social and @billytimegames.bsky.social got the #SegaChannel running on #MiSTerFPGA! Links and instructions are in the post: retrorgb.com/sega-channel...
Surprise, a new "byte" post: a little writeup on a color LCD game from 1999. The mirror vision trick to get more brightness on a color LCD didn't die with the Panorama Screen, it turns out. nicole.express/2025/stop-in...
Narcissus' Direct-to-VHS Return: MGA's Space Invaders Color FX
Remember the Game & Watch Panorama Series? The use of mirrors for a clever approach to a portable color LCD console. Of course, in 1999, you didn’t need ...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Surprise, a new "byte" post: a little writeup on a color LCD game from 1999. The mirror vision trick to get more brightness on a color LCD didn't die with the Panorama Screen, it turns out. nicole.express/2025/stop-in...
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man this screenshot gave me the "only available as a download from our webpage that disappeared in 1998" vibe, but it turns out it's included on disk 1 of shuwa system trading's doujin shuusaku collection 1, rofl 😹 instructions to run it in the comments:
I must find this game. It's called Advanced Dogiemon and it seems to be a PC98 game. I found another picture on the old Twitter
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
man this screenshot gave me the "only available as a download from our webpage that disappeared in 1998" vibe, but it turns out it's included on disk 1 of shuwa system trading's doujin shuusaku collection 1, rofl 😹 instructions to run it in the comments:
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Sea breeze and big mechs 🎶
If not for the trailer behind it with the giant robot, then this could totally be the ending cutscene for a classic Sega arcade racer.
📺: Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut, HAL Laboratory, 2000 (Super Famicom)
If not for the trailer behind it with the giant robot, then this could totally be the ending cutscene for a classic Sega arcade racer.
📺: Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut, HAL Laboratory, 2000 (Super Famicom)
July 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sea breeze and big mechs 🎶
If not for the trailer behind it with the giant robot, then this could totally be the ending cutscene for a classic Sega arcade racer.
📺: Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut, HAL Laboratory, 2000 (Super Famicom)
If not for the trailer behind it with the giant robot, then this could totally be the ending cutscene for a classic Sega arcade racer.
📺: Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut, HAL Laboratory, 2000 (Super Famicom)
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okay i'm usually easy-going but retro discourse is now completely out of control if a system that came out in 2025 can now count as retro
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025.
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
The N64 got an upgrade this year
www.timeextension.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
okay i'm usually easy-going but retro discourse is now completely out of control if a system that came out in 2025 can now count as retro
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet