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Marley Hughes
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Entertainment journalist specializing in video games. Byline: CBR.com
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · Nov 13
My name is Marley Hughes. I write about video games for CBR; my articles for CBR can be read at this link: www.cbr.com/author/marle...
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 17h
It's the 40th anniversary of the New York test launch of the NES - nationwide rollout wouldn't happen until late in 1986.

I have no nostalgia for the console from its early days (more so for NESticle!), but its history is fascinating, and it has become one of my favourites in recent years.
A photo of a pyramidal glass display of an NES, Rob and peripherals, with a ROB the Robot head and lots of branding. Photo courtesy of VGHF's NES Launch collection.
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 1d
Remember when game consoles were cheap? This article from rare B2B Game Intelligence magazine - https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f61d4f21-efce-44ee-bdc7-860d5713b1df - says CompUSA was selling the Game Boy Color for $64.99 "as a way of luring customers into stores during the [1998] holidays".
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 2d
It appears that the era of Microsoft being a dominant player in the video game industry with their Xbox brand is coming to a close. Or is it?

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It’s the End of an Era for Xbox & Microsoft — Forever
It appears that the era of Microsoft being a dominant player in the video game industry with their Xbox brand is coming to a close. Or is it?
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 3d
Doom is a classic game, but it took heavy inspiration from two classic movie sequels.

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32 Years Ago, Two Movie Sequels Quietly Inspired 1 of the Greatest Games Ever Made
Every gamer knows Doom to be a classic, but fewer know how much its derives its styles from Aliens and Evil Dead II.
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Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 3d
'Night Trap' released on this day in 1992.

Perhaps the poster child for both the Sega CD and the whole FMV genre. A campy experiment in tedious memorization, most infamous for its involvement in a Senate hearing which threatened the legal status of the American games industry.
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 4d
"Make sure we debug this!"
The "Chao World... Now Loading" mission load screen from Sonic Adventure 2. Unlike the normal Chao World screen, it has a mission start text, which reads "1st Mission: Make sure we debug this!"
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Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 5d
I've started testing PS3 games to see if online multiplayer still works. Here are my results so far. I'll update this post as I try more!
PS3 Games Still Playable Online in 2025
Ever since I saw this list, I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of active PS3 multiplayer games. The following are games that I have tested myself and can confirm that as of the date listed,…
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 6d
This underrated title is one of the best video games of the 2020s thus far, and it's not even close.

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5 Years Later, JRPG Fans Are Still Sleeping on 1 of the Best Games of the 2020s
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is perhaps of the best video games of the 2020s thus far, and it's not even close.
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 6d
I got the hook-up.
A spade lug switch box. The face indicates various ports: GAME, 300Ω, 75Ω, TV - and has a black rocker switch to switch between GAME and ANT. The whole device is on a woodgrain background. From the bottom, a spade switch output wire runs offscreen.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 7d
The analog hell-screams of bytes pumped in and relentlessly converted into sound and light.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 8d
One of the best sandbox games of all time is over 20 years old, and it still hasn't gotten a sequel.

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I Can't Believe This Iconic 22-Year-Old Sandbox Game Never Got a Sequel
One of the best sandbox games of all time is over 20 years old, and it still hasn't gotten a sequel.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 9d
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was released over thirty-five years ago and had an understated impact on the JRPG genre.

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I Don't Care If You Hate JRPGs, Everyone Needs to Play This Classic '90s Game At Least Once
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was released over thirty-five years ago and had an understated impact on the JRPG genre.
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 10d
Press any button to continue
It's a controller with assorted cross buttons
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 11d
I also am aware Titus was a French company and there is a French version of "Adventure" spelled "Aventure" but it wasn't used in game or with the included materials, just the box

I can't be convinced this was on purpose
Superman (64) included comic
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 11d
Paint on your computer in over 100 colors with 96 different brushes!
In this William Geise illustrated ad, the title "Computer Graphics" appears up top, being cast from a giant Apple II monitor on an iceburg; the casts are a gradiant from purple to orange to yellow to green to blue to purple again, hewing towards neon tones. From the tan Amdek monitor flies a red biplane, a parachuting penguin, and a leaping unicorn; dolphins jump from the ice into the monitor. Around the iceberg, a sea otter peeks up, a penguin tap-dances, and a whale tale lifts a unicorn on a floe. The monitor is sitting on a giant Apple II. Down below, breathless text describes three different programming packages: "For the artist: Special Effects by David Lubar and Mark Pelezarski. Paint on your computer in over 100 colors with 96 different brushes!" "For the designer: The Complete Graphics System II by Mark Pelezarski. Everythign needed for computer-aided design." "For the programmer: The Graphics Magician by Mark Pelezarski, David Lubar, and Chris Joehumson. Add fast, smooth animation and hundreds of pictures to your programs." In the bottom left, the penguin software logo appears next to ordering information, with a sunfish floating to its left; at the very bottom it says, "All Penguin applications products are now on unprotected disks for your convenience."
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 12d
What Microsoft's Xbox brand is going through at the moment closely mirrors that of what Sega went through in video gaming in the 1990s.

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Xbox Is Quietly Repeating Sega's Biggest Mistakes
What Microsoft's Xbox brand is going through at the moment closely mirrors that of what Sega went through in video gaming in the 1990s.
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Old Game Mags @oldgamemags.bsky.social · 12d
Mommy, what are those two SEGA Machines doing?
Mommy, what are those two SEGA Machines doing?
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 13d
Going back to the Game Boy Color, I actually think that, outside the color thing, it doesn't stand out that much from the original Game Boy or Game Boy Pocket.

That being said, its hard to not acknowledge that it was effectively the reason original Game Boy games kept coming out for much longer.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 13d
From what I've read, the remaining DSi games, both physical and digital, are largely a mixed bag.

There's a ton of interesting games, software and re-releases, including Flipnote Studio and Game & Watch, but a vast majority are poor ports of mobile games or mediocre copies of said mobile games.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 13d
WarioWare: Snapped! is even worse in this regard.

The game tries to make use of the DSi's front-facing camera, but I've never been able to calibrate it to where it could detect my movements, so I've never been able to play it.

From what gameplay I have seen, being detected is the hardest part.
Official artwork from WarioWare: Snapped! Gameplay from WarioWare: Snapped!
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 13d
System Flaw is a case in point; by happenstance, its one of the few DSi games to have been released physically.

I actually enjoy the gameplay and how it makes use of the DSi's rear camera, but it almost feels like a fake video game you would see in a kid's movie or TV show at the time.
Cover art of the Nintendo DSi video game System Flaw. Gameplay from the DSi Game System Flaw
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 13d
Could say the same with the DSi in comparasion to the original Nintendo DS/DS Lite.

The DSi has its own, improved system software and cameras, not to mention its own games. However, Nintendo treated the DSi's special features as afterthoughts, which is seriously reflected in the DSi's few games.
Three Nintendo DSi handheld video game consoles, including a DSi of unknown color, a blue DSi and a red(?) DSi.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 14d
ZSNES was one of the first emulators I've ever used, and it was my go-to SNES emulator for the longest time even up to just a few years ago.

It, along with MAME, were on my dad's computer. I think I have him to thank more than anyone else for getting me into retro gaming.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 15d
EA's prospective sale to Saudi Arabia has sparked panic among fans of The Sims.

Read about it on CBR (@cbr.bsky.social):
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Sims Fans Are Officially Panicking After the Latest EA News
EA's prospective sale to Saudi Arabia has sparked panic among fans of The Sims.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 15d
Conclusion:

Minor negatives aside, I've really enjoyed playing with my new PlayStation 3.

With foresight of the online services still being active, and with the knowledge of the console ending up having better first-party titles, I wish I would've grown up with a PS3 over a Xbox 360.
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