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Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… https://www.forgottenworlds.net
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Why did the UK have so many Sega specific magazines compared to the US? I asked a bunch of magazine editors from the 16bit era. Link below👇

#Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #SegaPower #MeanMachines #MasterSystem ☀️🌴
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And since we’re on the topic. Here’s issue 4 of EGM magazine from 1989 promising more Master System coverage for Sega owners…👇

#EGM #MasterSystem #Sega #SegaGenesis #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Sega magazines were few and far between in the US market. I asked a bunch of magazine editors why? Link below👇

#Sega #SegaSaturn #32X #SonicTheHedgehog #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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New article is live!

Why did the UK have so many Sega specific magazines compared to the US? I asked a bunch of magazine editors from the 16bit era. Link below👇

#Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #SegaPower #MeanMachines #MasterSystem ☀️🌴
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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You can commission a modern remake of one Phantasy Star game. Which one are you choosing?

#Sega #PhantasyStar #JRPG #MasterSystem #MegaDrive #Dreamcast ✨🌟
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Neo Geo’s Fatal Fury 2 being reviewed on PC Engine in an old issue of Edge magazine feels like some kinda retro gaming triple-play…

#NeoGeo #SNK #PCengine #FataFury #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Okay, but does your hotel room come with a giant, built in Neo Geo system?

#NeoGeo #SNK #Japan #90s #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Back when games came on 5.25” disks. Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 from 1988…

#Microsoft #Aesthetic #Vaporwave #Art #Design #RetroComputers #MSdos ☀️🌴
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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The limited colour palette of the NES gives these old games a distinct look and feel…

Here’s Shadow of the Ninja from 1990.

#Nintendo #NES #Art #Design ☀️🌴
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Xbox 360 Japanese launch promo. Found this in an old copy of Weekly Famitsu from 2005. Zoom in to check out the launch lineup.

#Xbox #Xbox360 #Japan #RetroGames 💚🤍💚🤍
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Stupid sexy Flanders…

Found in an copy of Weekly Famitsu circa 2006

#Famitsu #Nintendo #SuperMarioBros #Japan #MarioKart #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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R-Type instruction manual for the GameBoy. A lost relic…

#Shmup #STG #GameBoy #Nintendo #Rtype #Irem #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Sonic 2 US promo. Welcome to the next level…

#Sega #SonicTheHedgehog #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis ☀️🌴
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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The first batch of Super Famicom games - Pilotwings, Super Mario World, F-Zero and Sim City…

#Nintendo #SuperNintendo #90s #SuperMarioBros #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Here’s some pastoral calm via Harvest Moon: It’s a Wonderful Life. One of my favourite GameCube titles. 🐮☀️🌳

#HaevestMoon #Nintendo #GameCube #Cows #Calm #Cosy #RetroGames
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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From the archives - I spoke to Richard ‘Rich’ Leadbetter from Digital Foundry about his time at CVG and Mean Machines… Interview link below👇

#DigitalFoundry #MeanMachines #PCengine #NeoGeo #MegaDrive #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Golden Axe character illustrations featured in Beep! Mega Drive magazine (circa 1989). I've never see these appear anywhere else...

#Sega #GoldenAxe #MegaDrive #Art #RetroGaming
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Super Rambo Special on MSX2 coming through with the striking box art design.

#Rambo #MSX2 #Art #Design #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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That corporate grind… 😩

#Sonic #Sega #Art #Design #90s #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Not quite old/tall enough to do a hadouken? Capcom released these mini cabs back in the day. They were only 1.3m tall.

#Capcom #StreetFighter #Japan #RetroGames ☀️🌴
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Sega Saturn at the 1994 CES show. Daytona and Virtua Fighter teased as launch titles… 👀

#Sega #SegaSaturn #VirtuaFighter #EGM #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Here’s one I should have posted for Halloween. Vampire Wario. Via the Japanese manual for Wario Land 3.

#Nintendo #Wario #GameBoy #Japan #Art #Design #Vampire 🧛
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Sega blue skies. OutRun for the Sega Mark III… 🚗☀️🌴

#Sega #MasterSystem #SegaMark3 #80s #japan #RetroGames
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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The Complete Guide to Consoles volume 4 was released in 1990. It featured reviews of “13 different consoles.” Which sounds absurd by today’s standards…

#Sega #Nintendo #NeoGeo #PCengine #MegaDrive #SuperNintendo #Gameboy ☀️🌴
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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GameFan layouts were amazing back in the day. Also, is Night Striker on Mega CD any good?

#Sega #MegaCD #Design ☀️🌴
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Super Mario All Stars was released in 1993. An early example of older titles being remade for a new console generation… I loved those pastel colour tones.

#Nintendo #SuperNintendo #SuperMarioBros #90s ☀️🌴
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM