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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

Moving on from finishing RE0 to another game in the series that's mostly new to me. Hopefully I'll enjoy the shift away from my precious tank controls and the fixed viewpoints I love so much.

DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

As ever, I doubt I'll have time for the bonus modes this time around as it's time to move on and say goodbye to the classic RE games at this point in the run. RE0 has whetted my appetite for REmake in future, when I'll play the remake series in order.

DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

In spite of this fear of repeated tedium, I really enjoyed the first and last thirds of the game. The train, especially. Overall I'm glad I persevered with it but at times the item management just felt like work and almost put me off completely. Hopefully that can be fixed when this is remade.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

At times I found myself saving the game purely because I'd completed a lengthy run to fetch items and ferry them from one location to the next. The core feeling of dread that I felt was at the thought of repeating all of this extensive backtracking if things went sideways behind the next door.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

It certainly has the bones of a compelling RE game but the perplexing decision to offload ongoing inventory management completely onto the player in lieu of the omnipresent item box significantly damaged my relationship with the game. I'm surprised that it survived playtesting.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

While my overall impression was that RE0 is a deeply flawed (if visually stunning) experience, I really began to warm to it again toward the end. The barrage of enemies slowed to a better pace, rather than a nasty surprise behind every other door.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

Wasn't too pleased to run into this familiar face again but thankfully I'd brought along enough magnum ammo for both fights.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

Although I love the look of the original, being back here made me pine for RE2 remade in the REmake style.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

After sagging a bit in the training facility, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself in familiar territory.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 5h

Persisted sporadically with RE0 since that last post.

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Sonic The Hedgeblog @sonichedgeblog.bsky.social · 11h

Hidden in the villiage area of Aptos in 'Sonic Unleashed' are two realistic cats, just chilling in the sun.

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asie @asie.pl · 3d

I've spent the last two years developing firmware and software for a WS/WSC/PCv2 flash/development cartridge. Now, it has finally been announced and will be sold by 49bitcat in Germany. Sales start November 24th!

Learn more here: 49bitcat.com/news/2025-10...

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · Oct 22

SIMCITY
MAXIS 1991
SNES

Night city skyline with a building that has a Nintendo sign on it. This is the best title screen in video game history. That's it

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 3d

That's really good to hear. Get well soon, little man!

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 3d

Aww! Hope he's over the worst of it!

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 3d

RESIDENT EVIL
CAPCOM 1997
SEGA SATURN

The first appearance of a zombie in the RE series. "Did I do that?"

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 3d

B&M (and Wilkinson's before it) are such money traps for us. We rarely get out of one without spending at least £30.

Any good games on sale this time?

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 3d

Jill, I was under the impression that your skillset would have allowed us to avoid this specific scenario

PlayStation 1 Barry had explicitly assured me I needn't worry about this happening

Resident Evil REmake's HD port, in which Jill Valentine leisurely trots to a door only to find it locked. That's okay, the angry zombie behind you will patiently wait. The undead are very understanding when we forget our keys.

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Neimi @aquaticscent.digital · 4d

The year is 2010. Civilization has progressed little in the last 20 years.
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Game: The Firemen
Developer: Human Entertainment
Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
📺: Sanyo DS24425

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 4d

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story

Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

crpgbook.wordpress.com

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible to think that Capcom had the confidence to put Street Fighter Alpha into the hands of a team with lots of new hires and initially gave them just three months to get it made.

(From readonlymemory.com/products/lik...)

Chapter title: A BIG BREAK

On top of the short timeline, one of the biggest challenges the Street Fighter Alpha team faced was their lack of experience. While the game was led by Funamizu - a series veteran who had overseen multiple Street Fighter II games - the team also consisted of a number of younger members, including planner Hideaki Itsuno.

At the time, Itsuno was new to Capcom, having worked on a couple of obscure quiz games, and Alpha served as a turning point in his career. Following Alpha's release, Itsuno moved into various leadership roles, overseeing Capcom's first attempts at 3D fighting games, working on key 2D fighting games like Capcom vs. SNK, and eventually heading up the Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma action franchises and becoming one of Capcom's most popular game directors.

He says it all started when Funamizu noticed him playing a game from Capcom rival SNK.

HIDEAKI ITSUNO

Street Fighter Alpha planner, Capcom Japan

They were short on staff, and my boss [Funamizu] saw that I came into the office early every morning to play the Neo Geo - I was playing King of Fighters '94. So my boss was like, 'Hey, how about you become the new planner for Street Fighter Classic?' 'Street Fighter Classic' is what Alpha was called at the time; it was abbreviated 'SFC'. This was around the time Super Famicom was released. Since it had the same abbreviation as 'Super Famicom', we were confident the game would eventually be ported over to the Super Famicom, right?

So when I was given that opportunity, I was like, 'Yeah, absolutely. I want to have an opportunity to work on this.' Internally, I was freaked out. I had absolutely no confidence I could make this happen. But how many times do you have a chance as a new employee, being given this great opportunity? I felt like, If I back down now, then I'm not going to be able to do anything in the future, so I jumped on the opportunity.

SEIJI OKADA

Street Fighter Alpha lead programmer, Capcom Japan

Yeah, I learned that the Alpha team had been given a three-month deadline to make the game. So even though I was working on something else, I thought to myself, There's no way they'll make it without my help. That's how I ended up joining the team. [...] I had been doing research on the PlayStation, and it was my first time learning about 3D. But then, just as I was starting to understand it, I had to switch over to Street Fighter Alpha.

NORITAKA FUNAMIZU

Street Fighter Alpha planner, Capcom Japan

Yeah, we had a three-month deadline. I mean, it was initially three months, although I guess the game really took six months in the end.

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 3d

Loved this so much when it came out. Very flawed in lots of ways but that just made me like it even more.

Really wish Konami would hand it over to the likes of @nightdivestudios.bsky.social for another N64 remaster.

NoSoloBits @nosolobits.com · 4d

Hybrid Heaven (1999)

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Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social · 4d

Single screen platform games were a whole sub genre back in the day. Here’s Rod Land from 1990…

#Cute #Jaleco #Design #Aesthetic #RetroGames

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DeciderVT @decidervt.bsky.social · 3d

Would like to hear your thoughts on it. Been a big Damrey fan for years and would love to know if there were more games like it. Absolutely bone-dry sense of humour sometimes as well.

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 5d

ELECTRICIAN
SYNAPSE/KOTOBUKI SYSTEM 1986
FAMICOM DISK SYSTEM

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