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It's seemed weird to me that there was never a collection of Final Fight Games, seems like it would be a slam dunk with plenty of name recognition, a couple of really expensive rarities, lots of ports to compare and contrast features, etc. Will have to keep an eye on this one.

Mole Mania is absolute genius, so this is very welcome news indeed (maybe I'll even beat it one of these days, after stalling out on the GB original and 3DS download). Avenging Spirit and Revenge of the Gator aren't bad at all either, as I recall.

Unfortunately US TV is becoming too much like Japanese TV in this respect. Even during commercial breaks it seems that there are certain celebrities that you CAN'T escape from (looking at you Abe Hiroshi, Ayase Haruka, ex-Johnny's anything, and now uh, Kevin Hart?)

Uhh, there was a Game of Life Spinner custom controller for the Switch? I wonder how accurate it is to the original.

I think every SVX owner should have a personalized license plate with "SVX" written on it somewhere. It's the only way.

If I'm reading this correctly, Sonic's official "dislike" is a kanazuchi, which is a very specific kind of hammer? Am I missing something here?

Nintendo... Guys... Teapot Dome was right there. I don't think you needed to worry about angering anyone in the Harding administration.

In all seriousness, I learned a lot about leadership from Peter Cullen's portrayal of Optimus Prime. "Be strong enough to be gentle" is an incredible concept. RIP.

From the "You never really know" file: in the July 2002 issue of Game Informer, Metroid Prime and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (both stone-cold classics) got these scathing write-ups in the magazine's annual E3 report. Hopefully, whoever wrote these got assigned to GI Vault cleanup duty.

GAMING THINGS WE THINK ARE COOL!! - In Dan-Ku-Ga, Gonzales' super move is a judo toss so powerful it sends his opponent into orbit and makes them burn-up on re-entry.

You can own a MotorWeek track cone! Straight from the slalom, these cones have been used (and abused) over the years by the MotorWeek Road Test crew. Limited to a 30-unit run, each cone is signed and numbered by John Davis himself. BUY HERE: mpt-shop.myshopify.c...

JALECOlle Famicom Ver. +α #2: Shatterhand! this game was originally dev'd by Natsume & published by Angel for Famicom as a tie-in to the tokusatsu show Solbrain, but retooled as an original game for its Jaleco-pub'd NA NES release—it's never been reissued & JP fans specifically want Shatterhand

The previously unreleased D-Hopper and Zero Racers for Virtual Boy are listed under "Nintendo Classics" in the Nintendo Switch Online application, which is both weird and kind of cool at the same time.

VERTEXER ALERT

While looking at the latest news for the Civic Si production "pause", this ad had the nerve to show up on my screen. Figured that it needed an adjustment.

- The daily video game history fact - Out Run (1986) was Sega's most successful arcade cabinet of the 1980s, becoming a worldwide phenomenon and one of the highest-grossing arcade games of its era. Gameplay: youtu.be/tp3GLGu7cfg

Really digging these cheerful robot designs in Xexyz for the NES. Thanks for being such great pals, guys!

Was going through some vintage electronics and found these totally bitching AA batteries which clearly hadn't been touched in decades. Looks like Kodak outsourced this production, I wonder who actually made these? Panasonic? Maxwell?

No joke, from a strictly design-related perspective, this may be one of the most "patriotic" pieces of clothing that I own.

Yooooo a great thing got even better

One of the unique features on select IREM cartridges was a red LED on top of it that lit up when the Nintendo Famicom was powered on. A 1986 patent in Japan lists Miho Hashimoto and Nobuko Kawato of IREM for this. Scott Tsumura came up with the idea as a way to know when the Famicom was on.(1/2)

Disney Afternoon Collection, physical edition, on Switch. Never thought I'd see the day.

Good stuff right here. PC Engine-era Red/Hudson was completely on another level

Didn't have a lot of luggage space, but here are some pickups from my latest trip to Japan. Kind of a grab bag of random stuff; I picked up whatever looked interesting (and didn't break the bank). I think I had good reasons for getting each one.

I already loved it in photos but wow the GR GT looks fucking sick in person

I've always felt that the original Gradius Generations/Galaxies is top tier and already a classic in its own right (this is actually the game that really got me into the series), but it got a bad rep due to being "hard to see" on the original GBA's poor screen. Still, nice to see something new.

I remember reading about this back in the day and thinking that it must be some kind of joke, but no, this was apparently a very real thing that actually existed

Received these very stylish "Ninja Food" hard gummy candies in the mail. Why these are ninja-related exactly, I have no idea, but they are tasty.

URGENT ALERT (Actually, Beep's current basement location is almost terrifyingly cramped and claustrophobic even by Tokyo standards, so a move to a new location might not be the worst thing in the world.)

Not only is this a very-well put together and amazingly researched video, it's also a great reminder of Nintendo's history. The Famicom and later consoles didn't just spring instantly from a vacuum; there is a whole background to those games which often gets overlooked.

From April 1990's issue of Famitsu: Design documents from the very first Dragon Quest game. We can see on the right how the original slime design went from the kind of horror you'd see in an early Wizardry to the cute blob iconic to the game and then into pixel form!

Shrinkflation captured in realtime リアルタイムで捉えたシュリンクフレーション