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2 months

A new issue of our 'zine, Between the Scanlines, has rolled out to digital shelves and kind Patreon supporters. This time around, we've cast our eye over Amiga raytracing, Artdink on PSX, and @KitNibbles waxes nostalgic about a Polish PC mag.

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11 months

I love it when the DS uses a blend of 2D and polygons like this to such great effect.

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There's something mesmerizing about the mix of polygons and scaling sprites at this framerate

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9 months

Nostalgia for a low-poly world that exists only in 32-bit digital visions. Gran Turismo 2.

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"I wonder why Registration Demo 3 has a reputation for a controversial main menu scr... Ah. Ah, I see. 😅"

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The world's most fun-to-use SEGA tumble dryer in action. Aka, the cool-as-hell R360 arcade cab released in 1990.

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There's a landmark anniversary today, peerless in its importance. Never has gaming been so changed by a single game before. I am, of course, referring to the 25th anniversary of the release of PEPSIMAN! Happy birthday, you strangely fun little thing.

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Gunstar Heroes on the OG PlayStation? Pretty much! A Japanese and European exclusive run-and-gun that reportedly missed out on an NA release due to SCEA's policy of no 2D games. 🕹️: Gunners Heaven/Rapid Reload, 1995.

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4 months

It's such a cool format and tactile media, yeah <3

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4 months

i'll never forget the feeling of sliding a UMD into the PSP. it was such a different take on portable gaming.

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2 years

Akihabara, 1993. In this amazingly clear footage from the time, we see a whole mess of cool stuff from salarymen playing Super Scope to the latest in palmtop technology. I'll link the full video below. #1990s #Retrocomputing #Retrogaming #TechNibbles

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2 months

32-bit cities at night 💜

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2 years

Did you ever make it out of the parking garage? 😅

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10 months

📖 Sharka's Bytes of Game Ads 📺 Ohhh, now this is one helluva clever ad for Alan Wake. Top marks for whoever came up with it.

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3 months

The polygons may be wobbly, but the vibes are sublime. 💜

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6 months

Shibuya by Sega Starlight 💜

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1 year

The most famous video game chicken?

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5 months

A 16-bit SEGA skyline - aglow with electric life and an underbelly of crime... The Streets of Rage.

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10 months

This has got to be one of the most iconic images in all of gaming, right?

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9 months

Back to one of my little slices of heaven 💜

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1 year

G-Police is already an awesome game, but y'know what makes it even more amazing? Its own Peter Chung (of Aeon Flux fame) directed animated commercial. Just look at the proud Psygnosis owl at the start. 🔥 #PS1 #PSX #Retrogaming #animation #GameTVNibbles

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3 years

An up-close glimpse of 90's arcade wonder. Jeez, those SEGA R360 machines look absolutely amazing. #Arcade #Retrogaming #GameTVNibbles @cptalbertwesker @swooper_d @TheSegaHolic @SegaLegacy @OneEightZero @RetroZo_ @UfoRetro

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2 years

One of the amazing SEGA R360 arcade machines in action back in the day, likely playing G-LOC. 🔥

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11 months

🕹️ Sharka's Bytes of Gaming History ⏳ Now this... Now this was the dream way to play Steel Battalion. Snapped in November of 2002, a tower of gaming power and a great big whopping TV (rear projection?) to see ALL the action.

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5 months

Wise advice for us all!

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5 months

Get connected to the SEGA CHANNEL 🔥

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CRT nights in Sega City 💙

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4 months

A beta version of Wipeout as seen in 1995's Hackers - albeit with a bit of artistic license!

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3 months

Some of the most dumb arcade racing fun you'll have on PSX - and the bravest helicopter pilot in the world. 📺: Burning Road, Toka, 1996.

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5 months

"We've got the cars, we've got the locations, and I'm bringing the music. I'm Stryker on Crash FM." Burnout 3: Takedown 🔥🔥🔥 Any fans of this and the Burnout series?

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2 years

System Shock 2 had some of the coolest ads. 😳

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9 months

A nice peaceful drive in the wobbly polygon countryside... 😌 Good morning, y'all!

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6 months

Shibuya, Tokyo, 7:02am in the Year 2000. Ready to roll out in one of the finest Sega Dreamcast games and one of my overall continuing racers. 📺: Metropolis Street Racer, Bizarre Creations, 2000

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2 years

Dreamcast hype in an Edge ad from OPM July '98.

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1 year

The first time you accidentally discovered you could do this? A priceless feeling. 😁

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1 year

If there was one arcade machine that was a dream of a teen Sharka to have a go at, it was this. The mighty (and costly!) SEGA R360, introduced in Japan in 1990 before making its way overseas a year later. 🔥🔥🔥

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1 year

Just had a play of the Wipeout Phantom Edition source port to PC. Really impressive stuff and I like how it still retains the look and feel of PSX Wipeout - just enhanced! There's even a crunchy 320x240 mode if you want it. #Wipeout #Retrogames #Retrogaming #PS1 #PSX

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"Streets of Rage II... A bit like a scrolling version of Street Fighter II." Streets of Rage II was up for review scrutiny on Bad Influence in January 1993. Did it Go Straight to top marks from both the boys and the girls? Let's find out!

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10 months

Snowflakes falling on a winter's ZSNES night... Windows 98/XP SNES emulation memories... 💜

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8 months

Happy 20th anniversary, Metroid: Zero Mission! Born from a desire by Yoshio Sakamoto of Super Metroid fame to introduce the original #Metroid to those who had only played Fusion, Zero Mission turned out to be a masterful remake. 💜 Have you played Zero Mission? #Retrogaming

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2 years

Good morning, y'all! 🦈💪

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5 months

When CDs are art 💜

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3 years

When NES graphics hit that sweet spot, they hit it HARD 🦈💜

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2 years

Don't mind me, just connecting to the Sega Channel. 😁 This would have been amazing to experience at the time. And it's wonderful peeps are working to restore bits of it in an offline form and add in the games that you would have downloaded at the time.

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11 months

Good morning from the year 19XX! 🦈✌️

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2 years

In 1990, Nintendo asked you nicely to *puh-leeze* tell your parents and other family members to stop calling everything with a controller and you plugged into a TV a Nintendo, just like they'd talked about 'Atari's'. Mario thanks you for your compliance, citizen.

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3 years

Retro Perspective: It's 1994 and you're at the local arcade with friends. A SEGA Afterburner II upgrade cab catches your eye and so you decide to impress everyone with your piloting skills - nor not!

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Someone's first digital camera photo in 1998. Not too late a year for a woodgrain TV! N64 + PS1? Very nice. Given the date and Ocarina is on the screen and was released in Nov of '98, could have been a Christmas pressie.

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5 months

Just how Nintendo Software Technology (assisted by Namco) managed to cram a Ridge game that looks and sounds this good into a 32MB cart is a question for the ages.

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1 year

What if... The PlayStation 2 really had looked like this?

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2 years

Quickly now! You have time to reach out and grab one game before they're all devoured by a hungry (but cute!) shark Which one do you reach for? #PS1 #PSX #RETROGAMING

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11 months

The original 'God Game' - Populous! #Amiga version seen here, and it's just as satisfying as ever to sculpt the world and see your little peeps spread out - and unleash your divine wrath. Populous fans, raise your hand! What did you play it on? #Retrogaming #Retrocomputing

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3 months

ROMhacking effectively shutting down in all but read-only is a tragedy for new hacks now wondering where to go, but it's absolutely crucial to read Gideon's and thread alongside the official site statement.

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3 months

Alright, I think I've condensed my thoughts. There's a lot here, so, thread incoming:

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10 months

Happy (Emotion Engine powered) New Year, y'all. Thank you so much for all the well-wishes today, they've been greatly appreciated.

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5 months

In September 1993, both old and new 'luxury consoles' (as Bad Influence termed them) were showcased in one episode, things that seemed exotic and wonderous to Amiga-owning Sasha with no experience yet of a console outside of an Atari 2600.

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4 months

The PC strikes back against the 32-bit consoles in '95 and their fancy polygonal racers. Screamer in VGA - wild tunes, wild polys, and wilder racing!

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3 months

3...2...1...GO-ood morning! 👋

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1 year

November 14th, 1997. The day that Final Fantasy VII FINALLY releases in the UK. And after making it late home from a friend's birthday bash, one young JRPG fan sits herself down and fires up her PlayStation, watching wide-eyed as the iconic intro plays for the very first time.

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5 months

The PSX Developer's Demo menu music is such a vibe. 🎶💜

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8 months

I hear it's a day of SuperbOwl 👀

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8 months

When you were on the go in 2002 and still wanted some rally action. Look at those wee crunchy polygons! 🎮: Colin McRae Rally 2.0, Game Boy Advance.

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2 years

Another glimpse of a Toys R Us past. It may be 1999 or 2000, but that doesn't mean you can't still sell SNES games! This is a pretty hefty selection. Some heavy-hitters there if you zoom in a bit.

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"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need... roads."😎 Glowy lighting and cool beats. 💜 🎮: Rollcage Stage II, PS1, 2000.

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5 years

"Eyy, have yourself a kick-ass Friday, 'kay?" 🦈💪👌

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"Wow! TOTAL DESTRUCTION!" 🔥 📺: Destruction Derby 2, Reflections/Psygnosis, 1996.

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5 months

Did you ever try pushing or pulling the yellow Electronic Arts tab to see it it did anything? 😶

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10 months

The four pillars of early 90s UK #Amiga magazine... Uh... - ery. Okay, okay, Amiga Action, you can come along too. 😅 Which mag was your fave to read, peeps? And for Euro or other places folks, what did you have instead? #CommodoreAmiga #Retrogaming #Retrocomputing #Retromags

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3 years

Time to get delving for goodies

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1 year

When 32 colours are more than enough to ROCK your CRT screen

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1 year

PlayStation 2 is here. But is it everything Sony promised? 📖Game Informer, November 2000

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3 years

Always a dicey prospect to click this when I see it trending in the UK. Heartening tho to see so many trans allies and cis women of all ages coming out in support. Thank you all. ❤️ #TransWomenareWomen

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3 years

A gathering of Rrriiiiiiidge Racer! Faves and any Ridge memories to share? Which one was your series start line? #PS1Day #PSX #PS1 #RETROGAMING

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Rallying like it's 1995 all over again. Hellos and good morning 👋

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1 year

A snippet of an early Eric W Schwartz animation from 1990 featuring one of his early furry fandom icons, Amy the Squirrel. #Amiga #Retrocomputing #CommodoreAmiga #AmigaReposts #AmigaNibbles

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1 year

Sharka.exe booting up, good morning! 🦈👋

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When the music vibes are too strong that you can't strategy 🎶 📺: Command & Conquer, Westwood Studios, 1995 (PS1 version)

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2 years

More Toys 'R' Us goodness from 1999-2000. An entire mountain of PlayStation and N64 - plus Dreamcast sneaking in the corner there!

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3 years

Ahh, I promised another PS1-themed Retro Perspective today and here it is! You've had to wait until Christmas of 1995 to get your hands on Sony's new PlayStation. Practically shaking with excitement, you fire up the game you've wanted to play ever since you saw it on TV...

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1 year

It's Friday night; time for a video rental! Which one are you going for, friends?

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2 years

What is a memory card but a miserable pile of cutely animated icons? 🧛🍷🔀💥

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5 months

The sprawling landscapes of Terracon, one of the coolest and most technically impressive Europe exclusive PSX games. All at a mostly smooth 50fps and with scarcely any polygon wobble in sight.

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On the first demo disc for PlayStation, Demo Demo Volume 1, there's a demo for Ridge Racer that feels like a slightly wonky prototype (which it likely is!) with handling that feels different, missing engine sounds, and some different impact ones. Pretty neat stuff!

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All in a day's work as a 90s cycle courier in the surprisingly busy open-map city two years before Driver. 📺: Courier Crisis, BMG Interactive, 1997 (PS1 version)

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Very cool that we can get a first-hand glimpse of what the Sega Channel was like through these demo carts. #SegaSaturday #Retrogaming #MDNibbles

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Good morning! And happy 25th Birthday, Final Fantasy 8/VIII! Released today in Japan in 1999. 🎉 One of the more divisive entries? I didn't enjoy it as much at the time as FFVII, though I vividly remember my jaw dropping at the waltz scene. How do you feel about FF8, peeps?

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2 years

Sixth generation console lighting at some of its finest. 🔥🔥🔥

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3 years

And this is only the tip of the iceburg with NikaSharkeh. They're in full support of the anti-LGBT laws in Russia and anti-Pride. Going so far as to commission artwork of their male OC 'showing what Pride is REALLY all about'.

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3 years

Now is this the early 90s Ultimate Gaming Rig or what?

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1 year

Shivers. I vividly remember my parents excitedly calling me down to see ANOTHER WORLD's intro in late '92; we'd never seen anything like it before. 💾 Amiga version, running on A600.

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9 months

Booting up in the year 20XX; good morning! 👋

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2 years

The stunning cover from the August '96 issue of Japanese PS1 magazine, The PlayStation. You'll notice a conspicuous absence in the character lineup; where's Tifa? Tifa as a main cast and party member was actually added late in development... 1/2