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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · 15h

It’s those controls and the massive levels. It really shouldn’t need more than 3 buttons to play. And you need a good dpad. I kept shifting non-stop from the dpad to the analog stick. Just a weird control scheme.

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · 16h

Finished my first playthrough of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance on Switch. Not perfect, but I enjoyed it a lot. It leans more Metroidvania than classic arcade Shinobi, and once I got used to the controls, it really clicked. A solid return to form, can’t wait for SEGA’s next one. #shinobiartofvengeance

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · 6d

At this point, the latest Killer Instinct game needs to be ported to PS4/PS5. Such a great game being wasted on a nearly dead platform. I love the Xbox ecosystem, but we need KI to be enjoyed by the masses. @xbox.com @xboxp3.bsky.social #killerinstinct #evo #evofrance2025 #freeki

GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · 7d

Saturday session of “Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast” on PS2. One of my favourite games on the system, and probably one of the best racing games of all time. Oh, and we need an Outrun 3. #sega #segasaturday #playstation2 #outruncoast2coast

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Big Van Vega @vegathechosen.bsky.social · 12d

I got a Chinese FPGA NES off AliExpress which has a fpga ppu and a clone cpu. It has nes controller ports, famicom controller port. VGA, HDMI, and RGB. I swapped out the clone CPU for the official NES CPU, I salvaged from a broken NES. The cpus are plug n play, no solder. I'm very pleased.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 15d

Scurge: Hive for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC launches October 10 www.gematsu.com/2025/10/scur...

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · 23d

I had a left Joy-Con from my original Switch that had been dead since around 2020, I chose to bring it back to life and pair it with a “defective, untested” right Joy-Con I picked up. The left one wasn’t too bad, but the right one took three times as long to fix. They work, and I’m proud of myself.

GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Sep 10

Spooky season can officially begin. Looking forward to listening to both the original and the 2024 Silent Hill 2 soundtracks on CD. Right off the bat, I’m heavily biased towards the original. #silenthill2 #akirayamaoka #physicalmedia #music

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Alan Cross🇨🇦 @alancross.bsky.social · Sep 8

I will never give up the iTunes Music Store. Here’s why. #musicnews

I will never give up the iTunes Music Store. Here’s why.

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Getting into digital music 25 years ago consisted of two things. If we weren’t illegally downloading songs via Napster, Limewire, Kazaa, or any of

dlvr.it

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Sep 5

Bingo, and it still works. Battery doesn’t hold much of a charge, but I can fix that. #zune

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Sep 5

ROFL, it will also be illegal in my household shortly. :)

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Sep 5

2025, and here I am raiding my house for a Microsoft Zune 30GB charging cable for a project. Yeah, weird. Might just cave and buy a new one.

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Sep 1

One of my favourite ports of one of my favourite games of all time. Amazing job!!!

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EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social · Sep 1

OutRun GB is OUT NOW for your Game Boy Color.🌴
- All the tracks, all the music, all the wind in your hair!
(link in reply)
#pixelart #indiedev #gameboy #retrogaming

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EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social · Aug 9

Made a fun little Earthion for Game Boy Color demo this afternoon. 👾
Running on real hardware. !:)
#gameBoy #earthion #pixelArt @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Aug 2

It’s so good, now small warning. I couldn’t get it to work on my Everdrive X3, said file size was too big. However, it runs flawlessly on the Mega Everdrive Pro.

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Aug 2

I haven’t posted a #SegaSaturday picture in a minute, but today is special, we’ve got a new Genesis/Mega Drive game in the form of Earthion (legitimately sourced from Steam), and it’s amazing. #sega #segagenesis #segamegadrive #retrogaming"

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retrodotcards.com @retrodotcards.com · Jul 19

I'm giving away 20 copies of Exo Attack for the Nintendo E-Reader.

Repost this post to be entered into the contest.

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Jul 18

Console War era: Sega vs. Nintendo. We were lucky NES games still dropped while 16-bit was hitting its stride. I agree with those saying pre-Microsoft was better. Microsoft disrupted the industry in all the wrong ways (and I’m an Xbox guy).

GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Jul 17

Using 1998 as a metric, Rare was still a Nintendo second-party then. You could argue they were mismanaged under Microsoft. There were glimpse of old Rare in Nuts & Bolts, Viva Piñata, Sea of Thieves (SoT). But without SoT’s success, they probably would've been shut down by now.

GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Jul 17

You know what’s sad? Nintendo releases Donkey Kong Bananza, yet Microsoft hasn’t released a new Banjo-Kazooie game since 2008’s Nuts & Bolts. They keep missing that opportunity. Just imagine how things might have changed if the Xbox One had launched with new Perfect Dark and Banjo-Kazooie games.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · Jul 2

Anyway, if we had allowed the Dreamcast to become successful we wouldn't all be in this mess.

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Jun 23

First time seeing SEGA’s Primeval Hunt. Kiddo seemed interested, touch screen and light gun, classic SEGA innovation. Apparently, it’s from 2008. #sega #arcade #PrimevalHunt

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EGVroom @egvroom.bsky.social · Jun 19

Hi @stfj.net ☕️👋
I’d love to bring some of your catalog to Game Boy. Fire me a DM 📩
I’m no stranger to Word Games or Game Boy and a big old fan!
itch.io/c/439443/egv...

EGVroom's Game Boy Games - Collection by Rocketship Park

A collection by Rocketship Park

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GamingCult @gamingcult.bsky.social · Jun 12

In more positive news, love your content!

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