Chris Kohler

29 Jan

LIFE IS LIKE A HURRICANE. We finally did it! Grateful to our friends at Disney for helping make this long-awaited release happen - with more games AND physical copies! There are some cool new additions to the Galleries, too.

Digital Eclipse@digitaleclipse.bsky.social

You asked and we delivered... The Disney Afternoon Collection is coming to Switch and Switch 2 with TWO additional SNES games – Goof Troop and Bonkers! Coming February 26th. Pre-order: https://atari.com/products/disney-afternoon-collection

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Speaking as the person who brought you "did you know Koizumi had to sneak Rosalina's story past Miyamoto," Jordan's book is an excellent overview of what might be my favorite Mario game -- it's a game worth taking seriously and he takes it seriously, and I think comes up with the right answers:

Boss Fight Books@bossfightbooks.com

Preorders are officially open for SUPER MARIO GALAXY by @jordanwminor.bsky.social! Secure a paperback and get the ebook edition + a limited edition bookmark for free. No Kickstarter. Copies go out end of November. bossfightbooks.com/products/sup...

oh my god NEVER DO THIS I mean, maybe do this if you want to make a sacrifice to help a family member, we all do that, but just understand if anybody ever floats the idea of doing something like this it has the potential to become a nightmare that rips your family apart

Aftermath@aftermath.site

I sold $16K in Pokémon cards and it fucking sucked aftermath.site/pokemon-card-s...

eBay takes big chunks out of fees, etc. etc. etc. You will PAY the full value to obtain something but no one single entity gets to KEEP 100% of that money!

So this writer's family has him in a total no-win situation here, and of course somebody's constantly calling him asking him where the money is, because this should be easy and you should be able to get FULL VALUE, what's the big deal?!?!

Aftermath@aftermath.site

I sold $16K in Pokémon cards and it fucking sucked aftermath.site/pokemon-card-s...

Something that a lot of people don't understand is something that seems counter-intuitive: Nobody ever actually gets to keep the full market value for a collectible. The vendor that ultimately sells something at FMV has overhead costs! Depending on the convention they can be quite expensive.

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Just posted! "How Game Collecting’s Past Can Predict Its Future." How does a video game become a collectible? What's going to happen to all those limited editions? Where's the line between Sophisticated Physical Media Owner and Weirdo? WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkIv...

OVER A DOZEN VENDORS folks

Video Game History Foundation@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

Next Gen magazine covered Las Vegas' Classic Gaming Expo all the way back in 2000 - here's just a few of the photos they printed at the time from the full issue: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a0872e36-c404-4806-96b4-fa597923b981

This is a hell of an update.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

Game Boy - Nintendo Classics titles added to Switch Online: - Avenging Spirit - Mole Mania - Pinball: Revenge of the 'Gator www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaCw...

@frankcifaldi.bsky.social

how it started / how it's going

Worlds of ZZT@worldsofzzt.bsky.social

https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/kohler/?file=KOHLER.ZZT&board=0 “Kohler's New ZZT Game” by Chris Kohler (1993) Published by: Kohler Productions [KOHLER.ZZT] - “Title screen” https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/kohler/

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Frank Cifaldi

What, these old things? Already got 'em 🥱

Digital Eclipse@digitaleclipse.bsky.social

Did you know Barbie™ Rewind includes the never-before-released game, Barbie™: Vacation Adventure for the Sega Genesis and SNES? Play this and other classic Barbie video games from 1991 - 2007 when Barbie™ Rewind releases next month.

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Frank Cifaldi

@frankcifaldi.bsky.social

Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...

pictured: me in tokyo last month

Retronauts@retronauts.bsky.social

One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @feitclub.bsky.social @jparish.bsky.social & @kohler.bsky.social gab about this year's TGS and the overall Tokyo experience Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/retronauts/p...

Actual true story: I was the original person they approached for this segment and I was like yeah I know a trap when I see one, hard pass

Sam Barlow 🔥@mrsambarlow.bsky.social

Worse cousin of

youtube.comToy Story: Retro Roundup & Toy Story 3: Complete Edition - Official Launch TrailerYouTube video by Atari

My wife was going through the local activities catalog, turned the page, and encountered one of the two words you're not supposed to put in all caps

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Mae

@maenots.bsky.social

Still looking for contract work or commissions! #pixelart #gamedev

Mae@maenots.bsky.social

My current contract is ending this month and I'm once again available for work! Part-time or full-time. I've been a freelancer in games for well over a decade, and I bring a lot of energy to the projects I'm on! Need an extra pair of hands? Let's talk! maenots.carrd.co contact: maenots@gmail.com

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Shaun Finney

@shaunfinney.bsky.social

Latest work here! It was an honor to work with @digitaleclipse.bsky.social and @atari.com on this collection- featuring Toy Story on Genesis which I spent COUNTLESS hours on as a kid! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-la...

Went into the game store World 8-2 in Little Tokyo and they had already sold out of Toy Story (!!) and were ordering more (!!!)

Today's the day! Hope you enjoy what we have made.

Digital Eclipse@digitaleclipse.bsky.social

Hey, howdy, hey! Toy Story: Retro Roundup! + Toy Story 3 Complete Edition are out now for Xbox X|S, PS4, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and Steam.

Toy Story 3 Complete Edition and Toy Story: Retro Roundup! are out tomorrow! Check out this interview if you need to know more! Excited for you all to see what we did with Retro Roundup.

NinEverything@nineverything.bsky.social

Toy Story 3 and Retro Roundup interview: dev on origins, lack of N64/Dreamcast versions, including A Bug’s Life, more https://nintendoeverything.com/toy-story-3-complete-edition-retro-roundup-interview/

Update: the contents are far less interesting than the label

Chris Kohler@kohler.bsky.social

This is it. The best video game I have ever seen

I found this copy of Sierra's Crossfire at PRGE and was like... what the hell is this release? It was in a taped together sleeve containing pieces of foam to hold the game.

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OR WAIT. This is what Sierra Chest says about a contemporaneous release, Jawbreaker: "The cassette is held in place in a piece of foam covered by a top and bottom piece of cardboard, inside the folder." So this whole thing could all be original?! sierrachest.com/index.php?a=...

I think the holes in this foam are slightly larger because they were cut to hold cassette tapes as well as carts. I think this is real. I think Ken Williams cut the holes himself at the kitchen table (ok not really)

I found this copy of Sierra's Crossfire at PRGE and was like... what the hell is this release? It was in a taped together sleeve containing pieces of foam to hold the game.

Note that while there are multiple versions of Crossfire that have the "On-Line Systems" logo on the package, and multiple that have the "Sierra Vision" logo, only ONE has the "Sierra On-Line" logo like mine does - and it's a cartridge release sold in a FOLDER, not a box.

So it seems like the natural state of this release was a cartridge packaged in a folder, and somebody folded the folder into a box and stuck pieces of foam inside to hold the cartridge. For reasons.

I found this copy of Sierra's Crossfire at PRGE and was like... what the hell is this release? It was in a taped together sleeve containing pieces of foam to hold the game.

Looking inside the "sleeve" you could see not only the printed game instructions but also handwriting, meaning that at some point this was openable. Clearly someone had hand-altered this box but how did it begin its life?

Fortunately, I had just come into possession of this giant-ass book compiled by obsessive Sierra nuts that supposedly listed every single version of every single Sierra game.

Let's look at some games I got at PRGE before I put them away and forget I have them! Some English-language Neo Geo CD games. Harder to find than the Japanese versions.

A good friend was offloading his entire decades-long collection (there were actually at least three guys there who were doing that) and sold me his Double Dragon Advance and SF EX2 which will replace my horrible copy (far right)

Finally - this might be the rarest thing I found?! Girl Game Trio, a big box with three games (Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Spellbound, Personal Makeover, Dr. Brain Puzzleopolis). Actually a Sierra game through the Knowledge Adventure brand. Practically zero info about this release online.

Let's look at some games I got at PRGE before I put them away and forget I have them! Some English-language Neo Geo CD games. Harder to find than the Japanese versions.

I think that's the earliest version of Sierra's Learning With Leeper, and yes it was five dollars. Crash N Burn was a pack-in game for the 3DO and is thus very common, but this is the rare cardboard box retail release.

Bootlegs! I am excited about the Hong Kong version of Thexder - that's Square's first Famicom game so it's cool to have a 72-pin unauthorized version (with box!).

Let's look at some games I got at PRGE before I put them away and forget I have them! Some English-language Neo Geo CD games. Harder to find than the Japanese versions.

Various computer games! I had never seen a copy of Dondra's Adventure before - it has lenticular box art!

whoa nelly

D Feit 🎃🧛@feitclub.bsky.social

new joint in the neighborhood serves mounds of spaghetti and plays nothing but 80s hair metal. I feel targeted and it feels Good.

Forgot to post this but I had one last Portland dinner last night at my favorite place, Hat Yai! Thai fried chicken served with unbelievably good curry and roti.

I am going home in an electric Cadillac, which would be a good name for an 80's band imo

Leaving Portland but not before getting some Blue Star donuts at the airport!

This is it. The best video game I have ever seen

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Folks I just looked at an English copy of Master Fighter II (the classic bootleg NES version of SFII) and you need to read the back

Folks I just looked at an English copy of Master Fighter II (the classic bootleg NES version of SFII) and you need to read the back

Heading to Portland @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social ! This flight will be over in no time with the latest portable gaming technology!

My first gaming machine!

Atari@atari.com

Your very first computer is back. 🖥️ We're happy to report the 800XL includes a full-sized mechanical keyboard and working cartridge slot. Plus, we added features designed for today’s televisions and gaming setups. 🤝 Learn more: atari.com/800xl

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Daniel Kibblesmith

@kibblesmith.bsky.social

Gleebo.