Random Stranger
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I like obscure old video games and make a lot of videos about them. I've documented all of the Nintendo Famicom library and I'm currently working on the PC Engine.
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Famidaily: All of It - YouTube
All of the Famidaily videos in order.
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Hello, new followers!
My magnum opus is Famidaily, a complete catalog of the Famicom library across 1065 episodes. Every cartridge is broken down with information putting it in context, how to play it, and what kind of response it got.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
My magnum opus is Famidaily, a complete catalog of the Famicom library across 1065 episodes. Every cartridge is broken down with information putting it in context, how to play it, and what kind of response it got.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
"I wish I had a manual for this game so I could know what these stats on the combat screen mean. Hang on, I do have the manual!"
*flip*flip*flip*flip*
"This manual doesn't explain anything."
*flip*flip*flip*flip*
"This manual doesn't explain anything."
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"I wish I had a manual for this game so I could know what these stats on the combat screen mean. Hang on, I do have the manual!"
*flip*flip*flip*flip*
"This manual doesn't explain anything."
*flip*flip*flip*flip*
"This manual doesn't explain anything."
I feel like my viewers are even more hostile to Bombergirl than I was.
You know who Bomberman is, right? Well, there have been three times in the 21st century where they tried to change Bomberman into something completely different and restart the franchise. None of them worked, but all for very different reasons.
youtu.be/6CZ5v5lnfYM
youtu.be/6CZ5v5lnfYM
Reinventing Bomberman
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I feel like my viewers are even more hostile to Bombergirl than I was.
You know who Bomberman is, right? Well, there have been three times in the 21st century where they tried to change Bomberman into something completely different and restart the franchise. None of them worked, but all for very different reasons.
youtu.be/6CZ5v5lnfYM
youtu.be/6CZ5v5lnfYM
Reinventing Bomberman
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
You know who Bomberman is, right? Well, there have been three times in the 21st century where they tried to change Bomberman into something completely different and restart the franchise. None of them worked, but all for very different reasons.
youtu.be/6CZ5v5lnfYM
youtu.be/6CZ5v5lnfYM
If anyone wanted a better look at my bad game shelf...
I could have kept this joke going for a while, but I was pulling out a lot of stuff.
I could have kept this joke going for a while, but I was pulling out a lot of stuff.
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
If anyone wanted a better look at my bad game shelf...
I could have kept this joke going for a while, but I was pulling out a lot of stuff.
I could have kept this joke going for a while, but I was pulling out a lot of stuff.
Reposted by Random Stranger
Thanks to the efforts of collectors, preservationists, original devs and emulator authors, I can present to you a newly dumped RCA Studio II prototype: Space Explorer forums.atariage.com/topic/209519...
RCA Studio II GOLD MINE! An interview with the Studio 2 Production Manager!
forums.atariage.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Thanks to the efforts of collectors, preservationists, original devs and emulator authors, I can present to you a newly dumped RCA Studio II prototype: Space Explorer forums.atariage.com/topic/209519...
Open World Game: "Well, here's the world for you. Now if you'll just step three feet to your left we'll start the first proper mission."
Me: "I'll come back and take a look at that on ten hours or so after I've done everything else on the map."
Me: "I'll come back and take a look at that on ten hours or so after I've done everything else on the map."
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Open World Game: "Well, here's the world for you. Now if you'll just step three feet to your left we'll start the first proper mission."
Me: "I'll come back and take a look at that on ten hours or so after I've done everything else on the map."
Me: "I'll come back and take a look at that on ten hours or so after I've done everything else on the map."
I have a bunch of footage of my cats being incredibly uncooperative on camera that's in my next bonus video. They want to have their nose in whatever I'm doing until I actually want them doing stuff in the video.
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I have a bunch of footage of my cats being incredibly uncooperative on camera that's in my next bonus video. They want to have their nose in whatever I'm doing until I actually want them doing stuff in the video.
Bomberman on the PC Engine was a big turning point for Hudson Soft as they discovered the franchise that will be one of their big two until they shut their doors.
Its launch coincided with the launch of the another revision of the PC Engine hardware: this time its portable.
youtu.be/gAMkgLjCoN8
Its launch coincided with the launch of the another revision of the PC Engine hardware: this time its portable.
youtu.be/gAMkgLjCoN8
Bomberman (ボンバーマン) - PC Engine Power 203
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Bomberman on the PC Engine was a big turning point for Hudson Soft as they discovered the franchise that will be one of their big two until they shut their doors.
Its launch coincided with the launch of the another revision of the PC Engine hardware: this time its portable.
youtu.be/gAMkgLjCoN8
Its launch coincided with the launch of the another revision of the PC Engine hardware: this time its portable.
youtu.be/gAMkgLjCoN8
Reposted by Random Stranger
"Marine Philt" is basically the other "Dead of the Brain" game! Except instead of zombies, this one rips off the Alien series. So here's more horror-themed graphic adventure on the PC-98!
youtu.be/vhXItpqzlk0
#pc9801 #pc98 #deadofthebrain #visualnovel #16bit #retrogaming
youtu.be/vhXItpqzlk0
#pc9801 #pc98 #deadofthebrain #visualnovel #16bit #retrogaming
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Marine Philt" is basically the other "Dead of the Brain" game! Except instead of zombies, this one rips off the Alien series. So here's more horror-themed graphic adventure on the PC-98!
youtu.be/vhXItpqzlk0
#pc9801 #pc98 #deadofthebrain #visualnovel #16bit #retrogaming
youtu.be/vhXItpqzlk0
#pc9801 #pc98 #deadofthebrain #visualnovel #16bit #retrogaming
Of all the treasures in my video game collection, the rarest might be a Nintendo 64 controller with a functioning stick.
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Of all the treasures in my video game collection, the rarest might be a Nintendo 64 controller with a functioning stick.
Going a little crazy this morning with b-roll.
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Going a little crazy this morning with b-roll.
The Kinnikuman (M.U.S.C.L.E.) cart in the last picture might be the craziest thing in these cases. The gold carts are competition prizes, but for Kinnikuman the prize was that the winner could change any character in the game to another one of their choice. Six unique carts exist for eight prizes.
February 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The Kinnikuman (M.U.S.C.L.E.) cart in the last picture might be the craziest thing in these cases. The gold carts are competition prizes, but for Kinnikuman the prize was that the winner could change any character in the game to another one of their choice. Six unique carts exist for eight prizes.
Game: "Hello! Do you want to go through a heavily scripted sequence to start your hero's journey?"
Me: "I refuse the call."
Game: "Well that's not how this is supposed to go."
Me: "I refuse the call."
Game: "Well that's not how this is supposed to go."
February 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Game: "Hello! Do you want to go through a heavily scripted sequence to start your hero's journey?"
Me: "I refuse the call."
Game: "Well that's not how this is supposed to go."
Me: "I refuse the call."
Game: "Well that's not how this is supposed to go."
There may not be any good Dirty Pair video games, but Naxat created a shoot-'em-up on the PC Engine featuring their generic counterparts the Burning Angels. And it turned out to be pretty good as long as you don't mind crushing difficulty...
youtu.be/xcwK3oxD0gQ
youtu.be/xcwK3oxD0gQ
Burning Angels (バーニングエンジェル) - PC Engine Power 202
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
There may not be any good Dirty Pair video games, but Naxat created a shoot-'em-up on the PC Engine featuring their generic counterparts the Burning Angels. And it turned out to be pretty good as long as you don't mind crushing difficulty...
youtu.be/xcwK3oxD0gQ
youtu.be/xcwK3oxD0gQ
For this most random of game Saturdays, I have Shadow of the Beast for the Master System, a game that has baffled me for decades why people claim any version of it was good. You have to have some severe Amiga poisoning to think Shadow of the Beast was fun.
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
For this most random of game Saturdays, I have Shadow of the Beast for the Master System, a game that has baffled me for decades why people claim any version of it was good. You have to have some severe Amiga poisoning to think Shadow of the Beast was fun.
Boppin' is one of those games that the DOS heads will gush about and nobody else knows. The Windows native version is great!
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Boppin' is one of those games that the DOS heads will gush about and nobody else knows. The Windows native version is great!
I am slightly annoyed that a big announcement occurred four days early to sync up with the big bonus video I've been working on for weeks...
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I am slightly annoyed that a big announcement occurred four days early to sync up with the big bonus video I've been working on for weeks...
Am I really going to pull out a bunch of notoriously bad games to assemble a "terrible game shelf" that's just a joke that will be on screen for three seconds?
Sometimes I'm just amusing myself...
Sometimes I'm just amusing myself...
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Am I really going to pull out a bunch of notoriously bad games to assemble a "terrible game shelf" that's just a joke that will be on screen for three seconds?
Sometimes I'm just amusing myself...
Sometimes I'm just amusing myself...
This is one of those reprints where it's significantly cheaper to get the original.
speaking of: Console Archives Doraemon's getting a 40th-anniv code-in-a-box package, out June 25: replica boxes, manual & expanded reprint of the original strategy guide, ¥6980 https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09943240 🇯🇵 do note that the code's specifically for OG Switch, not Switch 2 or PS5
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
This is one of those reprints where it's significantly cheaper to get the original.
Reposted by Random Stranger
Video game intros and voice acting peaked in this moment
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Video game intros and voice acting peaked in this moment
I am probably cursed to eventually make a Neon Genesis Evangelion video and I have made and definitely will be making some Gainax videos (did you know the Valis FC commercial was directed by Anno?).
I'll try to put it off as long as I can but the Saturn library is always there, looming...
I'll try to put it off as long as I can but the Saturn library is always there, looming...
I will never make a Neon Genesis Evangelion video. I have too much self-respect. Also I don't make videos. And if I did one about a giant robot show it'll be about Zambot 3.
February 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I am probably cursed to eventually make a Neon Genesis Evangelion video and I have made and definitely will be making some Gainax videos (did you know the Valis FC commercial was directed by Anno?).
I'll try to put it off as long as I can but the Saturn library is always there, looming...
I'll try to put it off as long as I can but the Saturn library is always there, looming...
The PC Engine's life span lined up just right so that Ranma 1/2 was one of the platform's biggest franchises. The first Ranma 1/2 game on the system was not a great start, unfortunately.
youtu.be/DFpQI7QlcdM
youtu.be/DFpQI7QlcdM
Ranma 1/2 (らんま1/2) - PC Engine 201
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The PC Engine's life span lined up just right so that Ranma 1/2 was one of the platform's biggest franchises. The first Ranma 1/2 game on the system was not a great start, unfortunately.
youtu.be/DFpQI7QlcdM
youtu.be/DFpQI7QlcdM
Them: [Goes on about how a game is no fun and the company's efforts to extract every dollar out of players' pockets.]
Me: "Then don't play it. Walk away."
Them: "But I've invested so much time and money into it!"
Me: "Then don't play it. Walk away."
Them: "But I've invested so much time and money into it!"
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Them: [Goes on about how a game is no fun and the company's efforts to extract every dollar out of players' pockets.]
Me: "Then don't play it. Walk away."
Them: "But I've invested so much time and money into it!"
Me: "Then don't play it. Walk away."
Them: "But I've invested so much time and money into it!"
Although murder mysteries were huge on Japanese consoles, very few of them were released outside of the country until recently. I believe the first Japanese-penned mystery game to get released in the US was J.B. Harold Murder Club for the PC Engine.
youtu.be/NyLIf5aMjsc
youtu.be/NyLIf5aMjsc
J.B Harold Murder Club (J.B.ハロルドシリーズ マーダークラブ) - PC Engine Power 200
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Although murder mysteries were huge on Japanese consoles, very few of them were released outside of the country until recently. I believe the first Japanese-penned mystery game to get released in the US was J.B. Harold Murder Club for the PC Engine.
youtu.be/NyLIf5aMjsc
youtu.be/NyLIf5aMjsc
I'm going to guess that having their corporate headquarters torn down to put up an apartment building is a bad sign for anything new coming from a game developer, right?
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I'm going to guess that having their corporate headquarters torn down to put up an apartment building is a bad sign for anything new coming from a game developer, right?