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Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… 💽🕹
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Your favourite magazine about old-video-game-magazines is back.
This time round we're taking a deep dive into 7 classic gaming magazines including EGM, CVG, Mean Machines, Super Play, Game Pro, and more.
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Sengoku for Neo Geo. Released in 1991 it’s one of the system’s earliest beat-em-ups…
#NeoGeo
#RetroGames
#Pixels
#90s
#SNK
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Worlds collide… Marvel x Capcom x Mega Man. Taken from the Clash of Super Heroes booklet released in 1998…
#Capcom
#MegaMan
#StreetFighter
#Marvel
#Art
#Design
#RetroGaming
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End of the millennium arcade gaming. A selection of Japanese arcade flyers circa 1999/2000. A thread… 🧵👇
#Sega
#Capcom
#NeoGeo
#SNK
#StreetFighter
#FatalFury
#Arcades
#RetroGaming
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Bubble economy Japan. Takashimaya Department Store in 1987. Famicom and PC Engine being played by a couple of kids. Original photo by Asahi Shimbun... 🌴☀️
#Japan
#RetroGaming
#Nintendo
#Famicom
#PCengine
#aesthetic
#Photography
#TG16
#TurboGrafx
#NES
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$400 for the TurboGrqfx CD add-on feels mad expensive for the early 90s… 🤔🤷🏻♂️
#PCengine
#TurboGrafx
#sega
#megadrive
#retrogaming
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What’s your favourite Sega racing title?
#VirtuaRacing
#daytona
#SegaRally
#Outrun2
Poll below 👇
#sega
#RetroGaming
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"You Must Play Sega Saturn"
Segata Sanshiro with the good advice...
#Sega
#SegaSaguturn
#RetroGaming
#Japan
#Sonic
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What's your favourite Shinobi game on the Mega Drive / Genesis? Vote below...👇🥷
#Sega
#Shinobi
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#Ninja
#RETROGAMING
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Japanese arcade flyer from 1990. I’ve never seen this one before… 👀
#TMNT
#Konami
#Arcades
#RetroGames
#Comics
#TurtlePower
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Someone has archived three decades worth of Japanese arcade industry trade publications. It’s an amazing resource. Here are some highlights (🧵) View the full collection 👉 🌴☀️🙏
#NeoGeo
#Konami
#Gradius
#Arcades
#Japan
#Shmup
#RetroGames
#FatalFury
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The Wii doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Zack and Wiki is one of many forgotten games for the system… What are some other lost classics? 👀🌴☀️⛵️
#Nintendo
#Wii
#Capcom
#RetroGaming
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Want to work for Sega Japan? Here’s a recruitment ad from the Saturn era…
#Sega
#SegaSaturn
#MegaDrive
#SegaCD
#SonicTheHedghehog
#Japan
#RetroGaming
🌴☀️
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The Simpsons. The video game. ☺️ Original Japanese arcade flyer from Konami…
#simpsons
#konami
#RetroGaming
#videogames
#90s
#WholesomeContent
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The 1989 Amiga Batman pack sold a lot of systems…
#Amiga
#Commodore
#Batman
#retrocomputing
#RetroGaming
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Streets of Rage… 🌇🏙️🌃🌌
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#StreetsOfRage
#RetroGaming
#YuzoKoshiro
#Pixels
#Art
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. AKA Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo. Released for the PC Engine’s Super CD-ROM² System in 1993… 🧛🏰⚔️
#Castlevania
#Konami
#PCengine
#TG16
#TurboGrafx
#RetroGaming
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Here’s a great resource for old Japanese video game manual scans…
👉
#RetroGaming
#MetalGear
#Famicom
#Nintendo
#Sega
#PCengine
#Japan
#MegDrive
#SuperNintendo
#Art
#Design
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The February 1999 issue of OPSM (with the Metal Gear Solid demo) sold over 450,000 copies - making it the best selling video game magazine ever. Read more 👉 🌴🌞
#MetalGear
#Playstation
#videogames
#RETROGAMING
#90s
#Sony
#HideoKojima
#OPSM
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This is how you make a bespoke arcade cabinet… Star Wars gunner and pilot cab. 1994… 👀🪐
#StarWars
#Sega
#RetroGaming
#Arcades
#Sonic
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Tactical espionage action… Metal Gear
Solid.
#Konami
#MetalGear
#PlayStation
#Sony
#PSone
#HideoKojima
#RetroGames
#Art
#Design
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Battle Mania: Daiginjō
“The STG masterpiece that fans have been waiting for is back!!”
Released by Vik Tokai in 1993.
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#STG
#Shmup
#VikTokai
#Japan
#SegaGenesis
#Design
🌴☀️
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The original Animal Crossing on GameCube came with 15 NES games built in. No micro-transactions, downloads, or subscription service, they were just there, as free extras… 🙏
#GameCube
#Nintendo
#AnimalCrossing
#NES
#RetroGaming
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Personally, I’d like to see PlayStation get weird again… 👀
#Playstation
#Sony
#PSX
#PSone
#Japan
#RetroGaming
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November 27. 1998.
Dreamcast launch day announcement…
#Dreamcast
#Sega
#Japan
#Sonic
#RetroGaming
#Art
#Design
#90s
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Contra: Hard Corps. Japanese ad in one of the final issues of Beep! MegaDrive magazine... 🙏
#Konami
#Sega
#Contra
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#RetroGames
#VideoGames
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Contra: Hard Corps Japanese Mega Drive cover... 👀
#Konami
#Contra
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#Boxart
#RetroGaming
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A real crowd pleaser back in ‘89 when it made its debut on the Mega Drive - Revenge of Shinobi… 🥷
#Shinobi
#MegaDrive
#Sega
#SegaGenesis
#Ninja
#RetroGaming
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Handheld gaming back in the day…
#Nintendo
#SuperMarioBros
#GameAndWatch
#Japan
#RetroGaming
#DonkeyKong
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But does your hotel have a dedicated Neo Geo deck? 🏬🌴☀️👀
#NeoGeo
#SNK
#Japan
#design
#aesthetic
#RETROGAMING
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Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury and Metal Slug on the go. Neo Geo pocket circa 1999… 🌴☀️
#NeoGeo
#SNK
#MetalSlug
#FatalFury
#NeoGeoPocket
#RetroGaming
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Anyway, here’s some Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram for Sega Dreamcast…
#Sega
#Dreamcast
#Mecha
#RetroGames
#Y2K
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Goemon’s Great Adventure - N64. The 90s were just different… 🧐
#Konami
#Nintendo
#N64
#Nintendo64
#Goemon
#RetroGames
#RetroAds
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I love the Japanese box art for the 16bit Sonic games… 🏆🟦🔵
#sonic
#sega
#SonicTheHedgehog
#megadrive
#SegaGenesis
#art
#design
#aesthetic
#boxart
#90s
#RetroGaming
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The old Sega office back in the day. I want to say this was the early 70s and their second building in Tokyo, but if anyone has more details please share them…🫡
#Sega
#Sonic
#Tokyo
#RetroGaming
#VideoGames
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December 2000. The final holiday season for Dreamcast… A month later Sega would pull the plug on its hardware division…😓
#Sega
#Dreamcast
#Y2K
#Daytona
#RetroGaming
#Sonic
🌴☀️
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“Let’s turn and burn.” Afterburner by Sega / AM2. 1987… 🌴☀️
#Sega
#AM2
#TopGun
#80s
#RetroGames
#MegaDrive
#MegaCD
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V•Saturn by JVC.
Late 20th Century modernism.
#Sega
#JVC
#IndustrialDesign
#Japan
#SegaSaturn
#RetroGaming
🌴☀️
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EGM’s annual system reviews were brutal. This is from the 1993 Buyers Guide… 👀
#EGM
#Sega
#Nintendo
#NES
#GameBoy
#SuperNintendo
#TG16
#SegaGenesis
#TurboGrafx
#MasterSystem
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3000 followers! Hot damn. Thanks friends. I really appreciate the support. 🙏🙏🙏 To mark the occasion here’s a photo of me, aged 13-ish, playing Madden 92 on my Mega Drive. PS. I still have all those magazines…
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#90s
#RetroGaming
#ThankYou
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Is it just me, or has there been a renewed interest in Sega’s Phantasy Star series lately? 🌏 💫⚔️
#Sega
#MasterSystem
#MegaDrive
#Art
#Dreamcast
#PhantasyStar
#JRPG
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R-Type comes to MSX platforms. 1988.
This MSX Fan magazine cover isn’t messing about…
#RType
#Irem
#MSX
#Sony
#Shmup
#STG
#RetroGaming
#RetroMagazines
#Japan
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If you grew up in Australia, the UK, or other PAL territories you were far more likely to own Alex Kidd than Super Mario Bros… 🌴☀️🎏
#Sega
#MasterSystem
#AlexKidd
#ReteoGaming
#1980s
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Mute City. F-Zero glitch on Super Nintendo… 🏙️🏙️🏙️🏙️
#Nintendo
#FZero
#SuperNintendo
#VaporWave
#SuperFamicom
#Pixels
#Graphics
#RetroGames
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Epic Strider artwork is epic… 👀
Anyone know if this is official or a fan piece?
#Capcom
#Strider
#Art
#RetroGaming
🌴☀️
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When you’re very serious about playing After Burner at home…
#Sega
#AM2
#JapaneseComputers
#RetroComputers
#X68000
🌴☀️
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Can we please bring back Power Stone. Y2K multiplayer brawling at its finest… Thanks
@CapcomUSA_
🙏
#Sega
#Dreamcast
#Capcom
#Y2K
#RetroGaming
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Three variations on a theme… Sega Saturn is probably my favourite Sega console 🪐
#Sega
#SegaSaturn
#1990s
#Japan
#RetroGaming
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The video games vs real life series was released by Aled Lewis (
@Aled
) over 10 years ago. But every time I remember it exists I feel compelled to post the images. A short thread 🧵👇
#Art
#VideoGames
#RetroGames
#Pixels
#Nintendo
#SF2
#Zelda
#DoubleDragon
#NES
#Famicom
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Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker is a surprisingly good arcade game. I totally forgot it was developed by Sega. Did you ever play this one back in the day?
#Moonwalker
#Sega
#arcade
#RetroGaming
#MichaelJackson
#videogames
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Shadowrun on Mega CD!? I had no idea this even existed. Apparently it’s a graphic-adventure game in the style of Snatcher. A Japanese exclusive, it’s one of the last games released for the system.
#Sega
#MegaCD
#JRPG
#Shadowrun
#Cyberpunk
#SegaCD
#SegaGenesis
#Japan
#RetroGames
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Konami was on a roll with its arcade games in the late 80s / early 90s. Aliens is an underrated highlight… 👽☠️
#konami
#aliens
#arcade
#RetroGaming
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That’s a very Van Damme looking Axel… Bare Knuckle 2 Japanese print ad. AKA Streets of Rage 2… 💪
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#VanDamme
#RetroGames
#RetroGaming
#Sonic
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Are you picking up Moonwalker or Ghostbusters for your Mega Drive / Sega Genesis?
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#MichaelJackson
#Ghostbusters
#SegaGenesis
#RetroGames
#Japan
🌴🌞
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Tom Kalinske says he’s ready to take on Sony’s PlayStation…
#Sega
#Sony
#Playstation
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#MegaCD
#SegaSaturn
🌴☀️
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F-Zero guide from a 1990 issue of Family Computer magazine… 👀
#Nintendo
#FZero
#SuperNintendo
#SuperFamicom
#RetroGames
#Japan
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Sega Genesis in 1995. All the ads in the final issue of Sega Visions magazine [a thread 🧵]...
#Sega
#SegaGenesis
#MegaDrive
#GameGear
#RetroGaming
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The rise and fall of Mega Drive shmups. Here’s one from the archives 👉
🚀💫⭐️
#Shmup
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#RetroGaming
#STG
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The Streets of Rage re-boot went down a treat. Which other Mega Drive titles would you like to see reimagined for a new generation?
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#StreetsOfRage
#RetroGaming
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A free t-shirt and $10 off for Final Fantasy VII. Can’t argue with that…
#Sears
#FinalFantasy
#Playstation
#Sony
#PSone
#JRPG
#SquareEnix
#RetroGaming
#RetroAds
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“Easy right, maybe…” 🚗🌴☀️
This Sega Rally game for Saturn is looking promising. A preview from EGM2.
#Sega
#SegaSaturn
#EGM
#SegaRally
#RetroGaming
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Sega blue skies. Via Super Hang-On. Developed by Yu Suzuki and released in 1987. Great soundtrack too, especially ‘Outride a Crisis’ from the African stage… 🏍🏍🏍🌴☀️
#Sega
#Arcades
#PixelArt
#RetroGaming
#MegaDrive
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I remember when these were sat outside every convenience store up and down the country… Good times 👀🌴☀️
#NeoGeo
#SNK
#arcades
#RetroGaming
The 100 Mega Shock!
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King of Fighters 99 showcasing the rarely used Dreamcast / Neo Geo Pocket compatibility… 👀
#Sega
#SNK
#Dreamcast
#NeoGeo
#KingOfFighters
#Y2K
#RetroGaming
#NeoGeoPocket
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Where you ever tempted by the Mega CD / Sega CD? In hindsight, it offers a decent library...
#Sega
#Sonic
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#MegaCD
#SegaCD
#RetroGaming
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Bubble economy box art. Forgotten Worlds for Mega Drive - 1989 (back cover)...
#Sega
#SegaGenesis
#MegaDrive
#Capcom
#BoxArt
#RetroGaming
#Japan
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“Sega’s hot this summer…” ☀️😩🌴A US promo for the Master System… 🧐🤔🕹
#sega
#MasterSystem
#GoldenAxe
#Rtype
#8bit
#RetroGaming
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I’d love to hear the inside story on the early Master System box art. Has anyone ever tracked down the designers and managed to get their take on *gestures dismissively* this… 🧐
#Sega
#MasterSystem
#BoxArt
#Design
#8bit
#RetroGaming
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Castlevania IV. Probably my favourite Castlevania. And one I find myself replaying every few years...
#Castlevania
#Konami
#Nintendo
#SuperNintendo
#SuperFamicom
#RetroGaming
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Found some more treasures at my folks’ house. Anyone else remember these promo VHS tapes that came with Mean Machines?
#MeanMachines
#RetroGaming
#sega
#nintendo
#vhs
#sonic
#MegaCD
#SegaCD
@JazRignall
🙏
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Area 88 Japanese print ad for Super Famicom. We knew it as U.N. Squadron…
#Capcom
#Shmup
#STG
#Nintendo
#SuperNintendo
#SuperFamicom
#Anime
#Manga
#RetroGaming
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I spent stupid money on Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition (and a six-button controller) back in the day… Totally worth it though 🙏
#Capcom
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#RetroGames
#SF2
#StreetFighter
#SegaGenesis
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Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the amazing Japanese box art for Ex-Ranza. Also known as Ranger-X…
#Sega
#MegaDrive
#Mech
#SegaGenesis
#BoxArt
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Here’s a cool Phantasy Star digital zine. Some fun weekend reading. Free to download 👉
#PhantasyStar
#Sega
#JRPG
#MasterSystem
#Zine
#CRT
#Scanlines
#RetroGaming
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Not sure if I have the patience for it these days, but I loved Landstalker on Mega Drive back in the day… 🌴☀️
#sega
#MegaDrive
#SegaGenesis
#Landstalker
#RPG
#RetroGaming
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Spent the weekend playing old PC Engine shmups on the mini… good times 🌴☀️
#PCengine
#TurboGrafx
#Shmups
#STG
#TG16
#RetroGames
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