GDRI
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GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute) researches the history of video games and their creators. Since 2006.
From PITFALL to POSEIDON David Crane Garry Kitchen Dan Kitchen Atari 2600 - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro www.youtube.com/watch?v=nICj...
From PITFALL to POSEIDON David Crane Garry Kitchen Dan Kitchen Atari 2600 - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
From PITFALL to POSEIDON David Crane Garry Kitchen Dan Kitchen Atari 2600 - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro www.youtube.com/watch?v=nICj...
Ric Neil Mark Subotnick Madden NFL and More Stories From The Trenches - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmM...
Ric Neil Mark Subotnick Madden NFL and More Stories From The Trenches - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ric Neil Mark Subotnick Madden NFL and More Stories From The Trenches - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmM...
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Harumi Fujita has just discovered that the ROM for the final version of Viewpoint 2064, a game for which she composed the music, is now available. She said she was paid for her work but added that the company went bankrupt (?? Neither Sammy nor Racdym went bankrupt).
xcancel.com/soundfujita/...
xcancel.com/soundfujita/...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Harumi Fujita has just discovered that the ROM for the final version of Viewpoint 2064, a game for which she composed the music, is now available. She said she was paid for her work but added that the company went bankrupt (?? Neither Sammy nor Racdym went bankrupt).
xcancel.com/soundfujita/...
xcancel.com/soundfujita/...
Is the Macintosh version of Zork: Grand Inquisitor credited to Logicware or Contraband Entertainment?
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is the Macintosh version of Zork: Grand Inquisitor credited to Logicware or Contraband Entertainment?
Harumi Fujita apparently did the music for Viewpoint 2064. She's posted about it numerous times. x.com/soundfujita/...
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Harumi Fujita apparently did the music for Viewpoint 2064. She's posted about it numerous times. x.com/soundfujita/...
I've got a whole website full of it. gdri.smspower.org bsky.app/profile/m4ri...
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I've got a whole website full of it. gdri.smspower.org bsky.app/profile/m4ri...
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One thing I learned from this article is that the Master System version of Xenon 2 was by Personal Software Services. A lot of places credit it to Data Design Interactive. bsky.app/profile/keef...
Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console
Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the markets in Japan and the US. But in Europe, a technologically superior rival was making it look like an ancient relic
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
One thing I learned from this article is that the Master System version of Xenon 2 was by Personal Software Services. A lot of places credit it to Data Design Interactive. bsky.app/profile/keef...
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Super Godzilla
Source: EGM² 1 (July 1994)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #nintendo
Source: EGM² 1 (July 1994)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #nintendo
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Super Godzilla
Source: EGM² 1 (July 1994)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #nintendo
Source: EGM² 1 (July 1994)
Scan Source: RetroMags
#retrogaming #nintendo
One thing I learned from this article is that the Master System version of Xenon 2 was by Personal Software Services. A lot of places credit it to Data Design Interactive. bsky.app/profile/keef...
Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console
Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the markets in Japan and the US. But in Europe, a technologically superior rival was making it look like an ancient relic
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
One thing I learned from this article is that the Master System version of Xenon 2 was by Personal Software Services. A lot of places credit it to Data Design Interactive. bsky.app/profile/keef...
An old, handwritten letter from Falcom's Yoshio Kiya x.com/BEEP_SHOP/st...
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
An old, handwritten letter from Falcom's Yoshio Kiya x.com/BEEP_SHOP/st...
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Baby Pac-Man’s code base for the video game portion is based off an officially unreleased Bally Arcade console pac-man rip off done by Midway’s Bill Adams that was canned after Atari got litigious over their exclusive rights
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Baby Pac-Man’s code base for the video game portion is based off an officially unreleased Bally Arcade console pac-man rip off done by Midway’s Bill Adams that was canned after Atari got litigious over their exclusive rights
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The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer can produce mind-boggling effects
3DO Longplay [030] AutoBahn Tokio (JP)
YouTube video by World of Longplays
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November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer can produce mind-boggling effects
Thor: Seirei-ou Kiden/The Legend of Oasis/The Story of Thor 2 was once planned for the 32X. x.com/yuzokoshiro/...
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Thor: Seirei-ou Kiden/The Legend of Oasis/The Story of Thor 2 was once planned for the 32X. x.com/yuzokoshiro/...
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New on GDRI2: Unidentified K-Byte Game Now Identified. Hope you like video/board games based on the Narnia books. gdri.blogspot.com/2025/11/upda...
Update: Unidentified K-Byte Game Now Identified
It's been a decade since I discovered an old television news report on developer K-Byte , and it's been a year since I wrote a post about t...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
New on GDRI2: Unidentified K-Byte Game Now Identified. Hope you like video/board games based on the Narnia books. gdri.blogspot.com/2025/11/upda...
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Replies on X mention an earlier Head-On type game called Rat Patrol that was advertised in Game Machine 134 (which I have seen before), along with a game called Ponpoko Yosaku. JP Wikipedia says these were also developed by Sanritsu, but there are no sources. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%...
与作 (ゲーム) - Wikipedia
ja.wikipedia.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Replies on X mention an earlier Head-On type game called Rat Patrol that was advertised in Game Machine 134 (which I have seen before), along with a game called Ponpoko Yosaku. JP Wikipedia says these were also developed by Sanritsu, but there are no sources. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%...
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Here's a Sanritsu arcade game I didn't have listed: Rat Patrol. bsky.app/profile/onio...
サンリツ電気のラットパトロール、八王子のゲームセンターで見てタイトルだけ覚えているんだけどゲーム内容の記憶がない…そしてこのチラシを見てもまったくわからない…
#RatPatrol #Sanritsu #1981
#RatPatrol #Sanritsu #1981
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Here's a Sanritsu arcade game I didn't have listed: Rat Patrol. bsky.app/profile/onio...
The Saturn version of Sunsoft's Galaxy Fight was released in Japan 30 years ago. At last check, people didn't like Galaxy Fight anymore. At any rate, the Saturn version was developed by the Sunsoft splinter Santaclaus (Astra Superstars). www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXj...
Sega Saturn - Galaxy Fight (1996)
YouTube video by The VideoGames Museum
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November 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The Saturn version of Sunsoft's Galaxy Fight was released in Japan 30 years ago. At last check, people didn't like Galaxy Fight anymore. At any rate, the Saturn version was developed by the Sunsoft splinter Santaclaus (Astra Superstars). www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXj...
The Famicom puzzle game Sanrio Carnival, developed by Scitron & Art, is 35 years old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjy2...
NES - Sanrio Carnival (1990)
YouTube video by The VideoGames Museum
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Famicom puzzle game Sanrio Carnival, developed by Scitron & Art, is 35 years old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjy2...
Namco Museum Vol. 1 came out in Japan on November 22, 1995. Mostly developed by Now Production, though Japan System Supply (another Osaka company) seems to have worked on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlA_...
Namco Museum Vol. 1 ... (PS1) Gameplay
YouTube video by 10min Gameplay
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November 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Namco Museum Vol. 1 came out in Japan on November 22, 1995. Mostly developed by Now Production, though Japan System Supply (another Osaka company) seems to have worked on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlA_...
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According to planner Tomichin, Iron Man is not featured in Marvel Vs Capcom 1 because Capcom was unable to obtain the rights to the character (it seems that Acclaim held the exclusive rights at the time). He was therefore replaced by War Machine.
xcancel.com/tommy_tin/st...
xcancel.com/tommy_tin/st...
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
According to planner Tomichin, Iron Man is not featured in Marvel Vs Capcom 1 because Capcom was unable to obtain the rights to the character (it seems that Acclaim held the exclusive rights at the time). He was therefore replaced by War Machine.
xcancel.com/tommy_tin/st...
xcancel.com/tommy_tin/st...
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ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2
33周年記念。
33周年記念。
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2
33周年記念。
33周年記念。
Famitsu roundtable with Makoto Nakayama, the founder/president of Jupiter. Talks a little about Iwasaki, where he previously worked. www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
『ピクロス』宮本茂さんからマリオの描き方を直々に伝授された『マリオのピクロス』から30年。開発会社ジュピターの成り立ちはもはやゲーム産業史だった | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
『ピクロス』がSNKやカプコンとコラボする。その名も『ピクロスS SNK Characters edition』と『ピクロスS CAPCOM CLASSICS edition』。そもそも『ピクロス』とは何なのか、開発会社ジュピターの成り立ちから聞いたら返答がすごすぎて笑った。
www.famitsu.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Famitsu roundtable with Makoto Nakayama, the founder/president of Jupiter. Talks a little about Iwasaki, where he previously worked. www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
November 20 was Genhead's (Zonk's) birthday, so former Naxat programmer Yoshiharu Takaoka posted some PC Denjin (Air Zonk)-related material. x.com/freeman_HAL/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
November 20 was Genhead's (Zonk's) birthday, so former Naxat programmer Yoshiharu Takaoka posted some PC Denjin (Air Zonk)-related material. x.com/freeman_HAL/...
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as announced by former colleague Koichi Namiki: Hiroshi Kubota (aka "Jimita"), the ex-Sega composer & programmer who wrote the X68000 SMPS sound driver for Mega Drive & personally arranged the BGM for Sonic the Hedgehog & Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, has passed away x.com/k_namickey/s... 🇯🇵
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
並木晃一 4th CD『Still Here, Still Me』 on X: "セガの仲間 久保田浩君が亡くなりました 長く闘病されてましたが残念です 課が違っていたので一緒に仕事した事は 少ないですが https://t.co/AwISj5CLscのアルバムHyper Driveで 野呂一生氏アレンジ SWORD OF VERMILION 新たなる旅へ(PS III） のピアノを弾いてもらいましたね ご冥福をお祈りします https://t.co/oE29LtlJzl" / X
セガの仲間 久保田浩君が亡くなりました 長く闘病されてましたが残念です 課が違っていたので一緒に仕事した事は 少ないですが https://t.co/AwISj5CLscのアルバムHyper Driveで 野呂一生氏アレンジ SWORD OF VERMILION 新たなる旅へ(PS III） のピアノを弾いてもらいましたね ご冥福をお祈りします https://t.co/oE29LtlJzl
x.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
as announced by former colleague Koichi Namiki: Hiroshi Kubota (aka "Jimita"), the ex-Sega composer & programmer who wrote the X68000 SMPS sound driver for Mega Drive & personally arranged the BGM for Sonic the Hedgehog & Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, has passed away x.com/k_namickey/s... 🇯🇵
R.I.P.
R.I.P.