Games From The Black Hole
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A blog about old games. Written by Ashley Day
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Final Fantasy Tactics – Huge Final Fantasy Tactics fan excited to play it for first time
The year is 1998… After playing Vandal Hearts and Shining Force III, I long for more great tactical RPG experiences and discover Final Fantasy Tactics in an issue of EDGE magazine. I’m very m…
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Final Fantasy Tactics was the last great strategy RPG I hadn't played, and now I have I realise it's totally unlike any of its peers...
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Final Fantasy Tactics was the last great strategy RPG I hadn't played, and now I have I realise it's totally unlike any of its peers...
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One new arrival this week and it’s awesome.
This might be the prettiest Switch 2 game yet and the game is so different to Mario Kart that it sits comfortably alongside it. My daughter and I have had great fun with it.
This might be the prettiest Switch 2 game yet and the game is so different to Mario Kart that it sits comfortably alongside it. My daughter and I have had great fun with it.
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One new arrival this week and it’s awesome.
This might be the prettiest Switch 2 game yet and the game is so different to Mario Kart that it sits comfortably alongside it. My daughter and I have had great fun with it.
This might be the prettiest Switch 2 game yet and the game is so different to Mario Kart that it sits comfortably alongside it. My daughter and I have had great fun with it.
Old post!
The evocative subtitle “Let Us Cling Together” may belong to Tactics Ogre but it would feel even more apt to the teamwork based GBA strategy RPG, Yggdra Union.
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The evocative subtitle “Let Us Cling Together” may belong to Tactics Ogre but it would feel even more apt to the teamwork based GBA strategy RPG, Yggdra Union.
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Yggdra Union – Better together
I’ve loved tactical RPGs ever since Vandal Hearts in 1997. I can’t get enough of them and will take a chance on pretty much any game in the genre. It usually pays off, but not always… The very best…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Old post!
The evocative subtitle “Let Us Cling Together” may belong to Tactics Ogre but it would feel even more apt to the teamwork based GBA strategy RPG, Yggdra Union.
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The evocative subtitle “Let Us Cling Together” may belong to Tactics Ogre but it would feel even more apt to the teamwork based GBA strategy RPG, Yggdra Union.
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Stray Children is incredible
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Stray Children is incredible
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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 ☀️🌴
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
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 ☀️🌴
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 ☀️🌴
Zelda II
Honestly can’t understand why it hasn’t happened already.
Honestly can’t understand why it hasn’t happened already.
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Zelda II
Honestly can’t understand why it hasn’t happened already.
Honestly can’t understand why it hasn’t happened already.
MSX representation in Kirby Air Riders!
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
MSX representation in Kirby Air Riders!
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For the first time ever, a guest won a draft episode! Congrats @gamesblackhole.bsky.social.
A tough night at the Castle camp.
A tough night at the Castle camp.
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For the first time ever, a guest won a draft episode! Congrats @gamesblackhole.bsky.social.
A tough night at the Castle camp.
A tough night at the Castle camp.
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It's a cold night; pull up a chair and warm yourself by the fire with a flagon of ale, traveller. 🔥🍺
📺: Shining in the Darkness, Mega Drive/Genesis, 1991 (RGB Scart)
📺: Shining in the Darkness, Mega Drive/Genesis, 1991 (RGB Scart)
October 22, 2024 at 7:34 PM
It's a cold night; pull up a chair and warm yourself by the fire with a flagon of ale, traveller. 🔥🍺
📺: Shining in the Darkness, Mega Drive/Genesis, 1991 (RGB Scart)
📺: Shining in the Darkness, Mega Drive/Genesis, 1991 (RGB Scart)
And 108 is the gaming nerd number
Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And 108 is the gaming nerd number
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Great idea! Would like to see publishers do this too.
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Great idea! Would like to see publishers do this too.
One new arrival this week…
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One new arrival this week…
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ActRaiser combined action platformer with God game and it somehow remains completely unique today…
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ActRaiser combined action platformer with God game and it somehow remains completely unique today…
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ActRaiser – Playing God
I’ve never played ActRaiser before. Maybe that’s not such a big deal. There are thousands of games I will never play. But this is one that trusted friends and peers have recommended for years as on…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Old post!
ActRaiser combined action platformer with God game and it somehow remains completely unique today…
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ActRaiser combined action platformer with God game and it somehow remains completely unique today…
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I recently wrote about one Super Famicom-exclusive game that I'm now quite fond of: rock 'n' rolling brawler-racer Zoku: The Legend of Bishin.
Racing ‘n’ Rumbling: Bishin Dentsetsu Zoku (Zoku: The Legend of Bishin)
Racing, brawling, and tournament fighting all in one game? Surely a recipe for disaster… or is it?
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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I recently wrote about one Super Famicom-exclusive game that I'm now quite fond of: rock 'n' rolling brawler-racer Zoku: The Legend of Bishin.
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New episode! The 16-bit mega draft, featuring @gamesblackhole.bsky.social and @scarbs.bsky.social. Who can pick the best games across the SNES, Mega Drive, Neo Geo and Amiga?
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New episode! The 16-bit mega draft, featuring @gamesblackhole.bsky.social and @scarbs.bsky.social. Who can pick the best games across the SNES, Mega Drive, Neo Geo and Amiga?
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
Sad to report I didn’t play any of these this evening and played Shiren The Wanderer 2 on N64 instead because my daughter likes the little squirrel in it.
Sorry indie devs!
Sorry indie devs!
I somehow bought THREE brand new indie game releases yesterday. Very excited to play all of these so sharing them here for visibility...
BIRDCAGE - store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
DEMONSCHOOL - store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
SEKTORI - store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
BIRDCAGE - store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
DEMONSCHOOL - store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
SEKTORI - store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sad to report I didn’t play any of these this evening and played Shiren The Wanderer 2 on N64 instead because my daughter likes the little squirrel in it.
Sorry indie devs!
Sorry indie devs!
The old mag I won in a contest on Twitter just arrived, so that site is still good for something!
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The old mag I won in a contest on Twitter just arrived, so that site is still good for something!
I somehow bought THREE brand new indie game releases yesterday. Very excited to play all of these so sharing them here for visibility...
BIRDCAGE - store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
DEMONSCHOOL - store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
SEKTORI - store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
BIRDCAGE - store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
DEMONSCHOOL - store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
SEKTORI - store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I somehow bought THREE brand new indie game releases yesterday. Very excited to play all of these so sharing them here for visibility...
BIRDCAGE - store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
DEMONSCHOOL - store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
SEKTORI - store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
BIRDCAGE - store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
DEMONSCHOOL - store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
SEKTORI - store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
Absolute psychic damage for me seeing Xbox 360 on the cover of Retro Gamer. I was reviewing new games for the former when I was first writing for the latter.
Retro Gamer 279 celebrates 20 years of the Xbox 360! The magazine also includes a 2026 Mario calendar.
Also inside: Stormbringer, Pipe Mania, Mega Man X, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, Brian Shea, Terminator games and much more.
Grab it in shops or buy it online: www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...
Also inside: Stormbringer, Pipe Mania, Mega Man X, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, Brian Shea, Terminator games and much more.
Grab it in shops or buy it online: www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Absolute psychic damage for me seeing Xbox 360 on the cover of Retro Gamer. I was reviewing new games for the former when I was first writing for the latter.
I am on this one. For better or worse.
Coming tomorrow! The 16-bit games draft. 36 picks across Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo and the Amiga. Kills and steals return!
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I am on this one. For better or worse.
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The SRW Y dlc is good
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The SRW Y dlc is good
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Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
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Ys-inspired 3D action RPG Angeline Era launches on December 8 for PC Steam. It will feature a launch discount for 14 days and has also been confirmed to be fully compatible with Steam Deck, macOS, and Windows: www.rpgsite.net/news/18967-a...
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Ys-inspired 3D action RPG Angeline Era launches on December 8 for PC Steam. It will feature a launch discount for 14 days and has also been confirmed to be fully compatible with Steam Deck, macOS, and Windows: www.rpgsite.net/news/18967-a...
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This was so good. Top-tier podcasting, coming Friday.
Recording tonight! The 16-bit games draft. Samuel, Matthew, Dave and Ash will each pick from the libraries of the SNES, Mega Drive and Neo Geo.
Kill and steal rules return! Maximum four picks per platform. Here are the categories:
Kill and steal rules return! Maximum four picks per platform. Here are the categories:
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This was so good. Top-tier podcasting, coming Friday.