Chris Chapman
@retrohistories.bsky.social
Old videogames, cross stitch, and other nerdy pursuits. Occasionally makes short documentaries about stories from videogame history. Somehow they've had a million views?!
"Sound[s] bored and enthused at the same time" — YouTube commenter Hoodii
"Sound[s] bored and enthused at the same time" — YouTube commenter Hoodii
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Via @dylancuthbert.bsky.social and @retrogamermag.bsky.social, if I ever interview Miyamoto it’s gonna be a Nardwuar-style affair where I suddenly surprise him with some digestives
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Via @dylancuthbert.bsky.social and @retrogamermag.bsky.social, if I ever interview Miyamoto it’s gonna be a Nardwuar-style affair where I suddenly surprise him with some digestives
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
This was originally on the list for site launch, but better late than never. There's now a page listing all the stuff I'm working on: savestate.site/projects/
Includes possibly the only successful articulation of the intended purpose of the Morgue File wiki that I've ever managed to produce.
Includes possibly the only successful articulation of the intended purpose of the Morgue File wiki that I've ever managed to produce.
Projects
Retrohistories This is a series of mini-documentaries (5–25 minutes long) about stories from video game history. The first episode dropped…
savestate.site
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This was originally on the list for site launch, but better late than never. There's now a page listing all the stuff I'm working on: savestate.site/projects/
Includes possibly the only successful articulation of the intended purpose of the Morgue File wiki that I've ever managed to produce.
Includes possibly the only successful articulation of the intended purpose of the Morgue File wiki that I've ever managed to produce.
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I think an underrated book in this set is Épopée - Tales from French Game Developers. You get to read a bunch of interviews with developers of weird French DOS games (and some non-weird ones too I guess)
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I think an underrated book in this set is Épopée - Tales from French Game Developers. You get to read a bunch of interviews with developers of weird French DOS games (and some non-weird ones too I guess)
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
hg101.itch.io/hg101-presen...
Nothing like writing a /projects page for your website to make you realise that finishing them will require committing all your free time until at least 2054
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nothing like writing a /projects page for your website to make you realise that finishing them will require committing all your free time until at least 2054
Didn't do this consciously, but apparently I only buy snacks in purple.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Didn't do this consciously, but apparently I only buy snacks in purple.
New version of Automator just dropped.
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New version of Automator just dropped.
🧵👍
I really hate how Call Of Duty just sucks the oxygen out of the room. So, the campaign in the annual corporate franchise sucks this year? There's been more words written about that than probably EVERY OTHER FPS RELEASED THIS YEAR COMBINED.
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🧵👍
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ordered food here. the server did 7 frame-perfect turnarounds in a row and launched themselves through the door speeding past my table at 700km/h but the plate was perfect. 5 star service, would eat here again
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ordered food here. the server did 7 frame-perfect turnarounds in a row and launched themselves through the door speeding past my table at 700km/h but the plate was perfect. 5 star service, would eat here again
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42 years later and I think maybe a dozen or so 70s TTL games are playable via mame or fpga platforms. The process is tricky and needs very specialized skills and specific information… but frankly I don’t know how many more decades these surviving machines still have in them.
This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
42 years later and I think maybe a dozen or so 70s TTL games are playable via mame or fpga platforms. The process is tricky and needs very specialized skills and specific information… but frankly I don’t know how many more decades these surviving machines still have in them.
New scan! MCV 71 from Feb 2000.
• UK trade war heating up, with shops offering cheap Gran Turismo 2.
• A promising future ahead for the Dreamcast: Eidos and LucasArts announce new titles. Cool!
• But next week sees the release of a little game called The Sims...
savestate.site/mcv-issue-71...
• UK trade war heating up, with shops offering cheap Gran Turismo 2.
• A promising future ahead for the Dreamcast: Eidos and LucasArts announce new titles. Cool!
• But next week sees the release of a little game called The Sims...
savestate.site/mcv-issue-71...
MCV issue 71 (4 February 2000)
The last of the early 2000 issues of British trade magazine MCV. Unfortunately, I don't have anything between this and…
savestate.site
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New scan! MCV 71 from Feb 2000.
• UK trade war heating up, with shops offering cheap Gran Turismo 2.
• A promising future ahead for the Dreamcast: Eidos and LucasArts announce new titles. Cool!
• But next week sees the release of a little game called The Sims...
savestate.site/mcv-issue-71...
• UK trade war heating up, with shops offering cheap Gran Turismo 2.
• A promising future ahead for the Dreamcast: Eidos and LucasArts announce new titles. Cool!
• But next week sees the release of a little game called The Sims...
savestate.site/mcv-issue-71...
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🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
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For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
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I came across this youtube video you should watch. I spent months research and writing and editing it myself, but I did come across it and think you should watch it.
youtu.be/Qm3LoWtVI1U
youtu.be/Qm3LoWtVI1U
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet: The Videogame
YouTube video by Alien Bob
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I came across this youtube video you should watch. I spent months research and writing and editing it myself, but I did come across it and think you should watch it.
youtu.be/Qm3LoWtVI1U
youtu.be/Qm3LoWtVI1U
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This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
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As people keep wondering:
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
As people keep wondering:
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An old favorite for this time of year when a few adventurous souls versed in the cooking arts come together to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Jack Crane illustrated the cover for Dragon's November '82 issue showing what happens when a poor turkey (and the table) experiences the majesty of a critical hit!
Jack Crane illustrated the cover for Dragon's November '82 issue showing what happens when a poor turkey (and the table) experiences the majesty of a critical hit!
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An old favorite for this time of year when a few adventurous souls versed in the cooking arts come together to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Jack Crane illustrated the cover for Dragon's November '82 issue showing what happens when a poor turkey (and the table) experiences the majesty of a critical hit!
Jack Crane illustrated the cover for Dragon's November '82 issue showing what happens when a poor turkey (and the table) experiences the majesty of a critical hit!
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According to his former colleague Didier Chanfray, Laurent Salmeron, one of the founding members of Adeline Software, programmer and designer on Drakkhen and Little Big Adventure 1 and 2, has passed away.
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
Laurent Salmeron - Video Game Credits - MobyGames
Laurent Salmeron has 47 credits on 15 games
www.mobygames.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
According to his former colleague Didier Chanfray, Laurent Salmeron, one of the founding members of Adeline Software, programmer and designer on Drakkhen and Little Big Adventure 1 and 2, has passed away.
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
www.mobygames.com/person/248/l...
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I am a sucker for the holidays, so Post Games is on sale till Sunday night.
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am a sucker for the holidays, so Post Games is on sale till Sunday night.
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
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Happy wall meat day, America.
You deserve all the meat in your walls.
You deserve all the meat in your walls.
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy wall meat day, America.
You deserve all the meat in your walls.
You deserve all the meat in your walls.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Quake!
November 28, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Quake!
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Celebrating the Xbox 360's 20th anniversary on LGR!
youtu.be/hlnbsRz6E2Y
Opening a boxed and unused Xbox 360! They released it two decades ago now, so this was the perfect time to unbox a 60GB Pro model, set it up, enjoy the Blades, and play some games. While HOPEFULLY avoiding red rings. Jump in!
youtu.be/hlnbsRz6E2Y
Opening a boxed and unused Xbox 360! They released it two decades ago now, so this was the perfect time to unbox a 60GB Pro model, set it up, enjoy the Blades, and play some games. While HOPEFULLY avoiding red rings. Jump in!
Unboxing an Xbox 360 Console 20 Years Later!
YouTube video by LGR
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Celebrating the Xbox 360's 20th anniversary on LGR!
youtu.be/hlnbsRz6E2Y
Opening a boxed and unused Xbox 360! They released it two decades ago now, so this was the perfect time to unbox a 60GB Pro model, set it up, enjoy the Blades, and play some games. While HOPEFULLY avoiding red rings. Jump in!
youtu.be/hlnbsRz6E2Y
Opening a boxed and unused Xbox 360! They released it two decades ago now, so this was the perfect time to unbox a 60GB Pro model, set it up, enjoy the Blades, and play some games. While HOPEFULLY avoiding red rings. Jump in!
Nostalgic for the lost future when we thought it plausible that robots might be unable to harm a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Nostalgic for the lost future when we thought it plausible that robots might be unable to harm a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm
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Right on.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Right on.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
A full English translation patch for Koei's Progenitor, a 1994 visual novel/RPG/strategy game for the PC98 that plays a little like Uncharted Waters....IN SPAAAAAAAACE.
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The East LA level in Tony Hawk's American Sk8land has an elaborate secret involving an invisible rail that clips you through geometry to an out-of-bounds section of the map, revealing a message telling you to hide in the bushes in the Beverly Hills map.
When you do so, the game plays a fart noise.
When you do so, the game plays a fart noise.
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The East LA level in Tony Hawk's American Sk8land has an elaborate secret involving an invisible rail that clips you through geometry to an out-of-bounds section of the map, revealing a message telling you to hide in the bushes in the Beverly Hills map.
When you do so, the game plays a fart noise.
When you do so, the game plays a fart noise.