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Just a Danish retro game enthusiast and novice translation romhacker

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kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · Jan 17

I just realized that between December 1st and January 1st, I uploaded no less than 15 #Danish translation #romhacks To RomHackPlaza!

Meaning there are now 1,500% more #NES games available to enjoy in Danish than before!

romhackplaza.org/author/capta...
#gaming #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #retro

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kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 19m

What flavor is your sona?

#furry #art #candy #food

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 27m

Public handholding?
Before marriage!?

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 41m

Huuu-boy.
This one requires some snack, I think.

In this extremely comprehensive, in-depth 2½ hour long video,
@st1ka.bsky.social goes through every officially and commercially released FPS game developed in Japan since 1985 and all the way up till today.

#documentary #gaming #retro #retrogaming

St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 5h

I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.

From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.

Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...

This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.

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kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 51m

Your work is honestly some of the most impressive on the Master System in this decade.

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 57m

Just wanted to share this super cool tech showpiece from @rovertronic.com over on Twitter

Demonstrating a cool new technique in Super Mario 64 to make portals just like you'd see in, well "Portal"

It looks kinda surreal but it's a super impressive visual effect!

#romhacks #romhack #retro #gaming

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 15h

Get George'd xD

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kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 15h

Sounds like an expensive mistake xD

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 15h

Reminds me of when I was doing my translation hack of The Jungle Book.

I had to make a change to the word "Paused"
But no matter what I searched for, it didn't show up.

At some point, I found out that it was due to them having spelled it as "Pavsed"

Wasted 2 hours on that xD

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 15h

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 16h

Do you like Snake?
And do you love the #Gameboy?
AND do you love 4-player Gameboy games?

Then you should check out @bbbbbr.bsky.social and their new Gameboy #homebrew

"Den of Snakes"
a competitive take on the classic
for up to 4 players
(friends not included)

#retro #retrogaming #indie #Nintendo

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 16h

I would love to see a romhack someday that removes the necessity for the N64 controller Pak and just replaces it with normal battery-backed SRAM

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 16h

Shaken, not stirred

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 16h

youtu.be/Xt5UaGeErH4

Rouge, Can I Watch Purple?

YouTube video by Out Of Context Lythero

youtu.be

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 16h

Something I always wondered was whether a StreetPass mini-game in the style of Angry Birds would've worked,
In where you would launch off the people you had run into?

Kinda like the target game in Smash Ultimate

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 16h

When that 0x084FAA kicks in, that's my jam xD

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 17h

I think you really caught all of their most characteristic features, even in this small chibified style

a cartoon character with a big head is standing next to a cartoon character with a blue tie .

ALT: a cartoon character with a big head is standing next to a cartoon character with a blue tie .

media.tenor.com

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 18h

Even though the passion for video games from the show's creators are clear here, whomever was in charge of the SFX
seems to have opted to use those generic Atari 2600 Pac-Man sound effects that so many other shows of the time always default to use.

Must've been the only game sound on the SFX disc

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 20h

Me reading this.

a cartoon of a man in a suit standing in front of a fountain that says [ adult swim ]

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a suit standing in front of a fountain that says [ adult swim ]

media.tenor.com

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 20h

Even vanilla GoldenEye could most certainly benefit from some code optimization to bring it to a stable 30fps.

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 22h

I really miss "Megas XLR" from the early 2000s Cartoon Network days

The show was so silly, dumb, unhinged, and over-the-top awesome, featuring so much nerd-culture appreciation & references/parodies from gaming & animé,
which was really rare to see in media at that time

#cartoons #retro #nostalgia

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kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 1d

"All systems, FULL powah"

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 1d

"Retro Pocket" over on YouTube just uploaded a cool new video where he showcases a bunch of cool new #GBA #homebrew games

There is a little bit of all genres, so it should really please any taste :3

Check his full 18:30 video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNe...
#retro #romhacks #indie #indiedev

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kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 1d

I reckon if they had also emptied a bottle of
Gummy Berry Juice,

They would probably have reached interstellar territory

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 1d

Wait. Is Pokerus transferable to humans!?

kaptajnen.bsky.social @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 1d

"White Pointer Game"
Just released a new video in his series where he covers many of the complex, innovative techniques & tricks
developers of the 90s used to achieve some of those seemingly "impossible" visuals
on systems you wouldn't think capable of pulling them off.

youtu.be/Fa7q1JlQjNk
#retro

Extraordinary graphical effects in classic games - Your questions answered! | White_Pointer Gaming

YouTube video by White_Pointer Gaming

youtu.be

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