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A screenshot from the 19/02/2026 Hamster Arcade Archives stream, taken via Windows' Print Screen function, showing an arcade enthusiast's personal list of games they saw at arcades, noting the distributor, date and location. Below are all the names transcribed, with typo fixes done by me and extra info such as alternate names in square brackets also by me. If anyone has info on ones I ask about, please chime in! Xevious, Namco Joyful Road [Munch Mobile], SNK Fishing Bird, Lody [Info?] Sky Lancer, Orca Tip Top [Congo Bongo], Sega Jump Coaster, Kaneko Peetan, [Info?] Skater Gaiter [Skater], Data East Adventure Canoe, Taito [underlined] Dorodon, Sega [listed as UPL on internet] Daifugo, Esco Mahjong, Nichibutsu Clean Octopus, E.F.O. Super Rider, Taito Rainbow, Kaneko Birdie King 2, Taito Roc'n Rope, Konami Chack'n Pop, Taito [other sources say this was an 1984 game, was this a location test?] Van Van Car, Sanritsu Champion Baseball, Alpha Denshi Mouser, Universal Play Land Mr. Jong, Kiwako Zodiack, Orca La-Pa-Pa [Rootin' Tootin'], Data East Highway Race, Taito Star Jacker, Sega Net Wars, Orca Bagman, Stern Giger Champion, Sanyo [Info?] Bio Attack, Taito Guzzler, Tehkan Jantotsu, Sanritsu New Sinbad 7, [ATW] Astron Belt, Sega Water Ski, Taito Night Star, Data East Radical Radial, Nichibutsu Sinistar, Williams Time Attacker, Japan [1980 game by Shonan?] Mahjong Classroom, SNK Scrambled Egg [Eggs], Technos Espial, Orca App Loon, F*Rek [Info?] Food Fight, Atari Juno First, Konami Arabian, Sun Electronic Bubbles, Williams Mappy, Namco Time Limit, Chun Marine Boy, Orca Elevator Action, Taito Fighting Roller, Kaneko Gyruss, Konami Mr. Kougar, [ATW] Birdiy, Mama Top Dingo, Jaleco Sind Boy (Bad), Sega [note asks whether this is an early name for Sindbad Mystery) Zippy Race, Irem Captain Gat, ? [Info?] Puzzcal, Chiyoda [Info?] Chameleon, Jaleco 750 Rider, Taito [Info?] Mr. Postman, Sigma Black Widow, Atari Krull, Gottlieb Money Money, Zaccaria Mario Bros., Nintendo

A screenshot from the 19/02/2026 Hamster Arcade Archives stream, taken via Windows' Print Screen function, showing an arcade enthusiast's personal list of games they saw at arcades, noting the distributor, date and location. Below are all the names transcribed, with typo fixes done by me and extra info such as alternate names in square brackets also by me. If anyone has info on ones I ask about, please chime in! Ambush, Nihon Amusement Graplop, Data East S.F.-X, Nichibutsu Assembler, Thanderbolt [Info?] Block Buster, Kiwako Pac & Pal, Namco Battle Cruiser M-12, Sigma Star Wars, Atari Popper, Omoro Boggy 83, Kaneko Hades, Taito [Info?] Pro Soccer, Data East Ixion, Sega Saturn [Sega crossed out] Jaleco Nibbler Taito / Rock-Ola Dog Fight, Orca Top Roller, Jaleco Mr. Do! vs. Unicorn, Universal Genma Taisen [Bega's Battle], DECO Dommy, Technos Super Doubles Tennis, DECO Up'n Down, Sega Stinger, Seibu Denshi Crystal Castles, Atari Dragon's Lair, Cinematronics Pachifever, [Kogyo] Joshi Volleyball, Taito Sparky, Konami Star Blazer [Galaxy Ranger], Sega [Some kind of Mahjong?], Nichibutsu Monoshiri Quiz Osyaberi Macha, Logitec TX-1, Tatsumi Laser G.P., Taito [Junpachi? Janpachi?], KKI Exciting Soccer, Alpha Denshi Bramzon [Unreleased!], Data East Exerion, Jaleco Dacholer, Nichibutsu [OSTRICH GAMING] Jangou Night, Nichibutsu Play Ball, Copac Senjyou, Tehkan Pole Position I, Namco Tropical Angel, Irem Regulus, Sega Astro Flash, Sega [Unknown game], Sun Electronic Commando, [Irem game?] Zeroiz, Data East Hyper Olympic, Konami Phozon, Namco Libble Rabble, Namco Colosseum, G.R.C. Cliff Hanger, Stern

Something very neat from Hamster's Adventure Canoe livestream, a list an arcade fan kept in 1983 of all the arcade games they saw, complete with dates and distributors. Adventure Canoe was seen on 12/02/1983 at the Takadanobaba FunFactory arcade!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKg...

This week's Arcade Archives release is the outrageously rare Adventure Canoe from Taito, something you can't play in MAME, only on the Taito Egret II Mini until now. Make your way up the river and hunt down the giant crocodile!

Dreamwidth post!
tepidsnake.dreamwidth.org/37765.html

A screenshot from The Cutting Room Floor's page on Space Gun, taken via Windows' Print Screen function. Shown are two alternate title screens for the game- Annihilator and Creatures Shock- both being displayed over a sinister green alien with giant prple eyes and horrid fangs. According to Atsuchi Taniguchi, one of the game's producers, "Space Gun" was originally only a tentative title. During the location test phase, two different titles were proposed, only for the game to end up with the provisional title anyway. [The two sets of bolded text link to tweets made by Atsuchi Taniguchi that are no longer available due to the account being suspended / inactive.]

Taito's ultra-violent rail shooter Space Gun has two alternate titles hiding in the game's data- Annihilator and Creatures Shock.
tcrf.net/Space_Gun_(A...

The tweets linked on TCRF sadly no longer exist, but at least they were paraphrased- Space Gun was only meant as a tentative name, but it stuck!

I was serious! One more article to close out the year...
Let's take a quick look at Sega's 1991 beat-em-up Riot City, a supposedly Japanese only game that has an English localization hidden away, as well as a little known alternate, spicy ending...
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/riot-c...

Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...

As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.

Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/

The stages in Dead Connection have min and max difficulty values. One of the items in the game is a cross that gives 500 points. It also resets the stage difficulty back to its minimum, unless you're playing as Gary, in which case the stage difficulty is maxed out. I've no idea what to make of this.

Note: This is the only gameplay difference between characters.

The stages in Dead Connection have min and max difficulty values. One of the items in the game is a cross that gives 500 points. It also resets the stage difficulty back to its minimum, unless you're playing as Gary, in which case the stage difficulty is maxed out. I've no idea what to make of this.

Unreleased Sega Technical Institute RTS ‘Dark Empires’ Dumped and Preserved www.segadriven.com/2025/11/unre... #SegaTechicalInstitute #MegaDrive #DarkEmpires #SegaGenesis #Sega #SegaDriven #Gaming #RTS

STOP THE PRESSES.

The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.

Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.

@hg101.bsky.social

Have you ever seen a biorhythm chart before? No? Well, imagine a rectangular graph, wider than it is tall, with many vertical lines and a single blue horizontal line running through the middle. Values at the bottom of the graph range from 1 to 31. There's a vertical yellow line going through the 20th. There are three sinusoidal waves weaving through the graph: A red "Body" line, a green "Feeling" line, and a blue "Intellect" line. Text at the top reads "JUL 2022 BIORHYTHM" because that's when I added the article to TCRF. Oh, and there's a birthday below that: "24 AUG 1953". Can you guess the significance of that date? Anyway, that's what's in the picture. Enjoy landing planes at midnight.

If you buy Midnight Landing on Arcade Archives this week, you'll receive a Biorhythm calculator at no extra cost! You can use it to measure your humors or whatever, I don't know. I'm not from the 70s.

(Original find by Phil Bennett - see article for details)

tcrf.net/Midnight_Lan...

Today I'm releasing an early prototype of Nintendo's "Joy Mech Fight" (FC), from over a year before its release! This build, then named "Battle Battle League" (FDS), was created for the 1992 Nintendo-Dentsu Game Seminar. Links are below!

hiddenpalace.org/Battle_Battl...

It's finally here!

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The errata of The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent. Took me a few years (cough) but its many errors are now compiled for your perusal.

I will update this, so let me know of any errors you spot.

Under the microscope: E.T. Interplanetary Mission (PlayStation) In which the beloved movie alien condemns terrorism in very colorful terms

I swear this is a real screen in the 2002 E.T. game for PlayStation.

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Something very special today from GTW - several #SNES prototype builds of Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday (from 1993–1994), including 6 unseen subgames (PORKATHLON!), early sprites, and loads of content cut from the final release. Plenty to discover!

www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/07/pork...

Picture of the starting area of Strategy X (Konami set). There's a large cyan arrow pointing upwards with the text, "GO AHEAD !!" below the arrow. Hopefully this is pointing at the TCRF link.

Getting into the groove of making articles again. Here's one for Strategy X, which was released on Arcade Archives a few weeks back. Includes version differences with the older Stern set, an unused enemy, and evidence for a possible older Konami set buried in Stern's version.

tcrf.net/Strategy_X

Yeah, I figured if they took the middle finger out of Dragon Unit they weren't going to leave this in. Just played this yesterday to see if I could find anything for TCRF and I did see some odd cutscene graphics that I need to research further.

Looks like they also removed the "Fuck You" graffiti that was briefly visible at the start of the final stage.

Introducing the Craig Stitt papers | Video Game History Foundation Presenting our newest library collection from Sega and Insomniac artist Craig Stitt.

Introducing our newest collection: The Craig Stitt art and design papers!

Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.

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About 5 years ago I started scanning Play Meter and have finished all of what I currently have on hand. 392 issues are now preserved on the Internet Archive and the magazines themselves have been sent to @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social for their library. archive.org/search?query...

Heavy Nova (Prototype 19911102) : Micronet : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Heavy Nova (Prototype 19911102) for Sega Mega CDNote that this does not boot on hardware or emulator due to using preproduction security code.The Archival...

Got a few interesting things for you today. First, a late prototype of Heavy Nova for the Sega Mega CD.

It does not boot, however... (thread)

archive.org/details/heav...

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". Transcription follows: "INT. COURTROOM - NEXT DAY The courtroom is BUZZING with excitement. The jury box is empty and everyone in the courtroom is watching the door to the room where the jury members are sequestered. Finally, the door opens and the jury files in. HUTZ: (TO HOMER) Here they come. Keep your fingers crossed. BURNS: Cross my fingers, Smithers. JUDGE: Has the jury reached a verdict? FOREMAN: We have, your honor. After carefully weighing the facts and taking into account the defendant's obnoxious behavior, we find for the plaintiff, in the amount of ten million dollars. HOMER: Who's the plaintiff? HUTZ: You are! HOMER: I'm rich! I'm rich! The courtroom erupts into PANDEMONIUM. Papers are thrown in the air. The spectators are CHEERING. The Simpsons are hugging each other. A HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND comes marching in PLAYING SOMETHING BY SOUSA. Burns stares straight ahead, looking thunderstruck. "

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "The Telltale Head". Transcription follows: DOLPH: Simpson, you dip. Dolph drops the rock and runs off. BART: I can't believe I have to guard this stupid thing for a whole year. JEBEDIAH (BACK ON HIS SHOULDERS): Dip. Hahaha. That's a good one. Bart is stunned to see the statue still talking to him. BART: Oh no. JEBEDIAH (CONT'D): Come on, Simpson. Step lively. 0h, while you're at it, there's a piece of gum on my bear. Get rid of it. Speaking of which, did I ever tell you about the time I killed a bear with by bare hands? Bart GROANS JEBEDIAH (CONT'D): It was early in the morning. I was hungry. I looked around to see if there was any game I could kill. I thought there might be some deer or squirrels nearby. Well, I was in for a very big surprise, let me tell you right now. All of a sudden there on my left I see this angry grizzly. He is looking at me like I'm his lunch. PULL BACK as we leave Bart listening to the statue."

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II". Transcription follows: "INT. MOE’S TAVERN Marge enters. MARGE: Homer? The Robot and Homer both turn. ROBOT / HOMER Marge. / (GUTTURAL NOISE) The Robot indicates that Marge should sit on his lap. Homer extends his arms and puckers his lips. Realizing what the other is doing, they turn angrily and GROWL at each other. Homer slugs the Robot. The Robot grabs Homer and they start rolling around on the floor. MARGE: Homer, no! It was just flirting! EXT. MOE’S TAVERN WIGGUM: (THRU BULLHORN) Attention Robot Perpetrator! This is Police Chief Wiggum! I order you to come out with your... oh, there you are. At that moment, the Robot and Homer SMASH through the wall of the Tavern, onto the sidewalk. Marge follows them out through the hole in the wall. She sees all the raised guns. MARGE: Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! WIGGUM: Ignore the woman. Ready, aim... Burns and Smithers rush up. BURNS: Stop! Don’t kill my baby."

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare". Transcription follows: "He tosses the coffee out the window. SIDESHOW BOB: (MUFFLED SCREAMS) EXT. STREET - DAY The car passes a sign reading "PORCUPINE CROSSING". SIDESHOW BOB (O. S.) (CONT'D): Yarrrrrrrgh! EXT. SIMPSON CONVERTIBLE ~- ROAD - LATER A truck labelled "SULFURIC ACID" has overturned. Strong fumes are coming up out of the sewer. The truck DRIVER is standing, looking at the truck, scratching his head dimly. The Simpsons drive through the spill. SIDESHOW BOB: (STIFLED SCREAMS AND COUGHING) CLOSE UP of a road sign that reads "MOLTEN LAVA - NEXT 16 MILES." A WIDE SHOT reveals a series of active volcanos in the background. A pterodactyl flies by. Molten lava runs over stretches of road. The Simpsons’ convertible passes over it. SIDESHOW BOB: (MOANS) I hate lava. The Simpsons convertible passes a sign the reads "CHINCHILLA CROSSING." SIDESHOW BOB (CONT’D): (SOOTHED) Ahhh... We hear small, angry, high-pitched rodent ATTACKING NOISES. SIDESHOW BOB (CONT’D): (MUFFLED SCREAMS)"

(TCRF-Adjacent Content??)

Finally talking about something I've been working on for about 2-and-a-half years: Scans of 134 drafts from 100 episodes of The Simpsons, covering Seasons 1 to 16 (mostly the first 6). This was a big time sink. Hope you'll enjoy them.
#Simpsons

archive.org/details/@gol...

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". Transcription follows: "INT. COURTROOM - NEXT DAY The courtroom is BUZZING with excitement. The jury box is empty and everyone in the courtroom is watching the door to the room where the jury members are sequestered. Finally, the door opens and the jury files in. HUTZ: (TO HOMER) Here they come. Keep your fingers crossed. BURNS: Cross my fingers, Smithers. JUDGE: Has the jury reached a verdict? FOREMAN: We have, your honor. After carefully weighing the facts and taking into account the defendant's obnoxious behavior, we find for the plaintiff, in the amount of ten million dollars. HOMER: Who's the plaintiff? HUTZ: You are! HOMER: I'm rich! I'm rich! The courtroom erupts into PANDEMONIUM. Papers are thrown in the air. The spectators are CHEERING. The Simpsons are hugging each other. A HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND comes marching in PLAYING SOMETHING BY SOUSA. Burns stares straight ahead, looking thunderstruck. "

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "The Telltale Head". Transcription follows: DOLPH: Simpson, you dip. Dolph drops the rock and runs off. BART: I can't believe I have to guard this stupid thing for a whole year. JEBEDIAH (BACK ON HIS SHOULDERS): Dip. Hahaha. That's a good one. Bart is stunned to see the statue still talking to him. BART: Oh no. JEBEDIAH (CONT'D): Come on, Simpson. Step lively. 0h, while you're at it, there's a piece of gum on my bear. Get rid of it. Speaking of which, did I ever tell you about the time I killed a bear with by bare hands? Bart GROANS JEBEDIAH (CONT'D): It was early in the morning. I was hungry. I looked around to see if there was any game I could kill. I thought there might be some deer or squirrels nearby. Well, I was in for a very big surprise, let me tell you right now. All of a sudden there on my left I see this angry grizzly. He is looking at me like I'm his lunch. PULL BACK as we leave Bart listening to the statue."

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II". Transcription follows: "INT. MOE’S TAVERN Marge enters. MARGE: Homer? The Robot and Homer both turn. ROBOT / HOMER Marge. / (GUTTURAL NOISE) The Robot indicates that Marge should sit on his lap. Homer extends his arms and puckers his lips. Realizing what the other is doing, they turn angrily and GROWL at each other. Homer slugs the Robot. The Robot grabs Homer and they start rolling around on the floor. MARGE: Homer, no! It was just flirting! EXT. MOE’S TAVERN WIGGUM: (THRU BULLHORN) Attention Robot Perpetrator! This is Police Chief Wiggum! I order you to come out with your... oh, there you are. At that moment, the Robot and Homer SMASH through the wall of the Tavern, onto the sidewalk. Marge follows them out through the hole in the wall. She sees all the raised guns. MARGE: Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! WIGGUM: Ignore the woman. Ready, aim... Burns and Smithers rush up. BURNS: Stop! Don’t kill my baby."

Page from an early draft of The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare". Transcription follows: "He tosses the coffee out the window. SIDESHOW BOB: (MUFFLED SCREAMS) EXT. STREET - DAY The car passes a sign reading "PORCUPINE CROSSING". SIDESHOW BOB (O. S.) (CONT'D): Yarrrrrrrgh! EXT. SIMPSON CONVERTIBLE ~- ROAD - LATER A truck labelled "SULFURIC ACID" has overturned. Strong fumes are coming up out of the sewer. The truck DRIVER is standing, looking at the truck, scratching his head dimly. The Simpsons drive through the spill. SIDESHOW BOB: (STIFLED SCREAMS AND COUGHING) CLOSE UP of a road sign that reads "MOLTEN LAVA - NEXT 16 MILES." A WIDE SHOT reveals a series of active volcanos in the background. A pterodactyl flies by. Molten lava runs over stretches of road. The Simpsons’ convertible passes over it. SIDESHOW BOB: (MOANS) I hate lava. The Simpsons convertible passes a sign the reads "CHINCHILLA CROSSING." SIDESHOW BOB (CONT’D): (SOOTHED) Ahhh... We hear small, angry, high-pitched rodent ATTACKING NOISES. SIDESHOW BOB (CONT’D): (MUFFLED SCREAMS)"

(TCRF-Adjacent Content??)

Finally talking about something I've been working on for about 2-and-a-half years: Scans of 134 drafts from 100 episodes of The Simpsons, covering Seasons 1 to 16 (mostly the first 6). This was a big time sink. Hope you'll enjoy them.
#Simpsons

archive.org/details/@gol...

We've today uncovered 7 #NES prototype builds of The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (1993 Ocean)- including an early version with cut content and different room layouts. A fascinating glimpse at the game in development.

www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/05/the-...

For this piece, @drewgmackie.bsky.social requested documents from the Capcom v. Data East lawsuit from the National Archives in the US... and donated his copies to our library! Thanks Drew!

archive.gamehistory.org/item/937b31e...

jaia.jp/aou%e3%83%8b...
Every issue of the All Japan Amusement Operators Association AOU Newsletter published between 1986 & 2004 has been officially scanned & uploaded

Definitely one for the arcade archivist / history types that follow me

【資料映像】VERTEXER "PLANET COURSE" YouTube video by higenekodo

A clean video of Taito's 1993 futuristic arcade racing game VERTEXER has been uploaded to YouTube, showing a single course. The visual effects are a little eye-straining and flashy, so be warned!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P85...

Here you go, Bluesky, you get the notification a day earlier than twitter:
New article up! Let's take a look at Capcom's Alien vs Predator for the CPS2 hardware and the slew of debug tools hidden inside.
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/alien-...

Screenshot from the Street Fighter prototype. Ryu has just launched a Hadouken at Retsu. Ryu is using an older design with brown shoes, not the finalized design seen in the aforementioned screenshots. This sprite is using an erroneous light blue color on some of his pants, possibly a leftover from when he had a blue gi.

So the prototype we have is oddly put together. Everything in it comes from a later date than the prototype featured in these screens except for the sprite graphics ROMs, which date from _before_ this prototype. Note the different HUD in those screens compared to the dumped proto; same as final.