krugman
@krugman.net
PC-98 enthusiast, a.k.a. otaku 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
駿河屋最速 ♡ 国宝泥棒 ♡ 共産 ♡ 菜食
CW: My bad attempts at 🇯🇵 comedy
Dumps/Scans: https://archive.org/details/@krugman
Archival Blog: https://dirtyfloppies.com
Guides: https://krugman.net
Pls 🔁 scans to spread J-PC magic✨
駿河屋最速 ♡ 国宝泥棒 ♡ 共産 ♡ 菜食
CW: My bad attempts at 🇯🇵 comedy
Dumps/Scans: https://archive.org/details/@krugman
Archival Blog: https://dirtyfloppies.com
Guides: https://krugman.net
Pls 🔁 scans to spread J-PC magic✨
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krugman
@krugman.net
· Feb 5
Much fun has been had about the high lewd to in-game pic ratio in the game covers I've been scanning. While hilarious, in the world of #PC98, this doesn't mean the games are bad, or an afterthought.🧵 I think the higher-ups / marketing guys just had a "firm" stance on which "assets" to promote 😹
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If you have nostalgia for gaming in the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 00s, whether it’s for console, arcade, or PC, check out Gaming Alexandria! Our focus for the past 10 years has been preserving mostly Japanese media creating a treasure trove of games, game dev, advertising and artwork.
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you have nostalgia for gaming in the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 00s, whether it’s for console, arcade, or PC, check out Gaming Alexandria! Our focus for the past 10 years has been preserving mostly Japanese media creating a treasure trove of games, game dev, advertising and artwork.
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by viewing this post, your cache has downloaded the accompanying image and thus constitutes the possession of an image of strangulation. this is a crime under uk law.
repost to be guilty of publishing an image of strangulation and make your friends guilty of possession too! 🤗
repost to be guilty of publishing an image of strangulation and make your friends guilty of possession too! 🤗
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
by viewing this post, your cache has downloaded the accompanying image and thus constitutes the possession of an image of strangulation. this is a crime under uk law.
repost to be guilty of publishing an image of strangulation and make your friends guilty of possession too! 🤗
repost to be guilty of publishing an image of strangulation and make your friends guilty of possession too! 🤗
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Latest pickups from Japan to scan etc. First up is a bunch of boxed games, including the arguably rarest Super Cassette Vision game Pole Position II! And another undumped Gundam RX78 cart. Not many left of these to preserve thankfully. (1/3)
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Latest pickups from Japan to scan etc. First up is a bunch of boxed games, including the arguably rarest Super Cassette Vision game Pole Position II! And another undumped Gundam RX78 cart. Not many left of these to preserve thankfully. (1/3)
Late night auction browsing
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Late night auction browsing
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1982 was very early for Japanese adventure games, with only a small number of releases. Takara Building Adventure thus is one of the earliest adventure games in Japanese, but it was not generally available...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
Takara Building Adventure Part 1 (1982)
The last time I wrote about a Japanese game was with The Palms, where I mentioned skipping over two games from 1982 because there were no copies available. This was one of them. Brief history recap…
bluerenga.blog
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
1982 was very early for Japanese adventure games, with only a small number of releases. Takara Building Adventure thus is one of the earliest adventure games in Japanese, but it was not generally available...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
...until today.
Includes some unexpected history!
bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...
waiting for rare games to drop
October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
waiting for rare games to drop
Two of my educational game dumps for #PC98 just got cracked, thanks to the wizardry of Alpharobo! 🕺 This means they're now both playable using emulators, in addition to real hardware. If you run into issues later on in the game(s), do let us know! ✨ bsky.app/profile/krug...
bsky.app/profile/krug...
bsky.app/profile/krug...
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Two of my educational game dumps for #PC98 just got cracked, thanks to the wizardry of Alpharobo! 🕺 This means they're now both playable using emulators, in addition to real hardware. If you run into issues later on in the game(s), do let us know! ✨ bsky.app/profile/krug...
bsky.app/profile/krug...
bsky.app/profile/krug...
I was saying Yukawa-senmu... 🤷♀️
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I was saying Yukawa-senmu... 🤷♀️
I think we've established the official floppy preservationist garb www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
October 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I think we've established the official floppy preservationist garb www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
The Time Machine - a cool-looking educational software for #PC98 now dumped and ready for playing (at least on real hardware, as the images look protected and I've yet to find a crack) 😁 archive.org/details/time...
October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Time Machine - a cool-looking educational software for #PC98 now dumped and ready for playing (at least on real hardware, as the images look protected and I've yet to find a crack) 😁 archive.org/details/time...
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Thrilled to announce the release of scans for the entire run of Technopolis! Read about the history of this Japanese computer gaming magazine written by @ftb1979.bsky.social and download/view the scans. Enjoy and please RT to help spread the word. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/t...
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thrilled to announce the release of scans for the entire run of Technopolis! Read about the history of this Japanese computer gaming magazine written by @ftb1979.bsky.social and download/view the scans. Enjoy and please RT to help spread the word. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/t...
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ARK: “What about ‘inner-city‘ crime?”
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
ARK: “What about ‘inner-city‘ crime?”
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Do Hardboiled Boy Dreams Down Town? (from Kunio-kun 4-koma manga series)
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Do Hardboiled Boy Dreams Down Town? (from Kunio-kun 4-koma manga series)
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Today in amazing wizard like hacking- Alpharobo has possibly fixed the stage glitch on the damaged PC-98 Cluju Dump from a weird glitch we ran into with the newly dumped PC-88 dump
when two wrongs really do make a right
when two wrongs really do make a right
September 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today in amazing wizard like hacking- Alpharobo has possibly fixed the stage glitch on the damaged PC-98 Cluju Dump from a weird glitch we ran into with the newly dumped PC-88 dump
when two wrongs really do make a right
when two wrongs really do make a right
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I forgot to post up my VCFMW table setup yesterday. There were so many lovely folks to chat with and share my love of these systems with.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
September 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I forgot to post up my VCFMW table setup yesterday. There were so many lovely folks to chat with and share my love of these systems with.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
got the hardest to find heart soft title, computer no tamago, for 980 yen :^)
all it took was five years (and one missed yaj auction)
all it took was five years (and one missed yaj auction)
August 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
got the hardest to find heart soft title, computer no tamago, for 980 yen :^)
all it took was five years (and one missed yaj auction)
all it took was five years (and one missed yaj auction)
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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A horse called norm core
August 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A horse called norm core
Check this: AFAICT undumped Usagi na Panic EX - a CD compilation that includes 1 + 2 (presumably identical to disk versions, but who knows?) plus a Takarabako extra (presumably undumped). Only copy I've ever seen pop up :^) #PC98
July 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check this: AFAICT undumped Usagi na Panic EX - a CD compilation that includes 1 + 2 (presumably identical to disk versions, but who knows?) plus a Takarabako extra (presumably undumped). Only copy I've ever seen pop up :^) #PC98
Kasumi: Jukai no Madoushi (霞 ～樹海の魔導士～), afaict previously undumped VN / digital comic by Broccoli (of Di Gi Charat fame) for the glorious NEC PC-9801, now up at archive.org/details/kasu... 🕺
June 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Kasumi: Jukai no Madoushi (霞 ～樹海の魔導士～), afaict previously undumped VN / digital comic by Broccoli (of Di Gi Charat fame) for the glorious NEC PC-9801, now up at archive.org/details/kasu... 🕺