Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️
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I'm curious and passionate about a whole bunch of nerdy and cool stuff! I also publish a fortnightly retro gaming and anime 'zine and write on several blogs:
Scanlines zine: betweenthescanlines.itch.io
Main blog: scanlineartifacts.wordpress.com
I'm curious and passionate about a whole bunch of nerdy and cool stuff! I also publish a fortnightly retro gaming and anime 'zine and write on several blogs:
Scanlines zine: betweenthescanlines.itch.io
Main blog: scanlineartifacts.wordpress.com
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It's the final #BandcampFriday of the year!
If you're at all able to support your various musician friends today, we would be extremely appreciative!! 🙏
If you're at all able to support your various musician friends today, we would be extremely appreciative!! 🙏
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's the final #BandcampFriday of the year!
If you're at all able to support your various musician friends today, we would be extremely appreciative!! 🙏
If you're at all able to support your various musician friends today, we would be extremely appreciative!! 🙏
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Guam (GunGriffon Blaze, PS2, Game Arts, 2000)
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Guam (GunGriffon Blaze, PS2, Game Arts, 2000)
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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When he's not observing fiendish scheming of conquest from tall grass or staring into destiny in the setting sun, Metalder is not above delivering boxes of puppies.
If you're familiar with VR Troopers, then you've seen bits of this.
📺: Chōjinki Metarudā/Super Android Metalder, 1987
If you're familiar with VR Troopers, then you've seen bits of this.
📺: Chōjinki Metarudā/Super Android Metalder, 1987
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When he's not observing fiendish scheming of conquest from tall grass or staring into destiny in the setting sun, Metalder is not above delivering boxes of puppies.
If you're familiar with VR Troopers, then you've seen bits of this.
📺: Chōjinki Metarudā/Super Android Metalder, 1987
If you're familiar with VR Troopers, then you've seen bits of this.
📺: Chōjinki Metarudā/Super Android Metalder, 1987
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The moody biohorror of the manual cover for the Japanese version of Metroid Prime's GCN release.
The red smoky glow and vari-coloured creatures around Samus really tie in with the alien biological nature of the title screen.
The red smoky glow and vari-coloured creatures around Samus really tie in with the alien biological nature of the title screen.
August 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The moody biohorror of the manual cover for the Japanese version of Metroid Prime's GCN release.
The red smoky glow and vari-coloured creatures around Samus really tie in with the alien biological nature of the title screen.
The red smoky glow and vari-coloured creatures around Samus really tie in with the alien biological nature of the title screen.
The parallel world PC-9801 release of Lands of Lore, published by that prolific importer of western games, Starcraft.
It has such a surreal feel to it that's giving me uncanny valley with the desaturated colours, sharpness of some of the pixels, and the subtle tweaks to the character portraits.
It has such a surreal feel to it that's giving me uncanny valley with the desaturated colours, sharpness of some of the pixels, and the subtle tweaks to the character portraits.
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The parallel world PC-9801 release of Lands of Lore, published by that prolific importer of western games, Starcraft.
It has such a surreal feel to it that's giving me uncanny valley with the desaturated colours, sharpness of some of the pixels, and the subtle tweaks to the character portraits.
It has such a surreal feel to it that's giving me uncanny valley with the desaturated colours, sharpness of some of the pixels, and the subtle tweaks to the character portraits.
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For anyone who remembers Eye Of The Beholder 1 & 2 and was disappointed by 3, this was made by the team that made the original two games in the series and is basically a follow-up in a different universe. Game style and "feel" is very similar.
"I have need of a champion. Who among you will volunteer to serve me in this matter?"
From what I remember hearing once, Kieran is the canon adventurer. I'd usually go with Conrad, though, when I first played Lands of Lore in '98, and he's the voice I usually hear in my head when I think of it.
From what I remember hearing once, Kieran is the canon adventurer. I'd usually go with Conrad, though, when I first played Lands of Lore in '98, and he's the voice I usually hear in my head when I think of it.
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For anyone who remembers Eye Of The Beholder 1 & 2 and was disappointed by 3, this was made by the team that made the original two games in the series and is basically a follow-up in a different universe. Game style and "feel" is very similar.
Reposted by Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Demon's Souls has the most achingly beautiful deadest guys ever.
Brave knight, what was your story? Did you even want to go on, really? Did you die in battle or were you claimed by dysentery?
#crt #demon'ssouls
Brave knight, what was your story? Did you even want to go on, really? Did you die in battle or were you claimed by dysentery?
#crt #demon'ssouls
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Demon's Souls has the most achingly beautiful deadest guys ever.
Brave knight, what was your story? Did you even want to go on, really? Did you die in battle or were you claimed by dysentery?
#crt #demon'ssouls
Brave knight, what was your story? Did you even want to go on, really? Did you die in battle or were you claimed by dysentery?
#crt #demon'ssouls
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"I have need of a champion. Who among you will volunteer to serve me in this matter?"
From what I remember hearing once, Kieran is the canon adventurer. I'd usually go with Conrad, though, when I first played Lands of Lore in '98, and he's the voice I usually hear in my head when I think of it.
From what I remember hearing once, Kieran is the canon adventurer. I'd usually go with Conrad, though, when I first played Lands of Lore in '98, and he's the voice I usually hear in my head when I think of it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"I have need of a champion. Who among you will volunteer to serve me in this matter?"
From what I remember hearing once, Kieran is the canon adventurer. I'd usually go with Conrad, though, when I first played Lands of Lore in '98, and he's the voice I usually hear in my head when I think of it.
From what I remember hearing once, Kieran is the canon adventurer. I'd usually go with Conrad, though, when I first played Lands of Lore in '98, and he's the voice I usually hear in my head when I think of it.
🕹️ Digital Visions 💿
A scheme of revenge brews; Beware, King Richard! You will pay for your lack of vision, warns Scotia!
Westwood Studios' artists, led by Rick Parks, had a masterful grip on 256-colour VGA as '93 dawned, producing truly lovely pieces for their games.
📺: Lands of Lore, 1993 (DOS)
A scheme of revenge brews; Beware, King Richard! You will pay for your lack of vision, warns Scotia!
Westwood Studios' artists, led by Rick Parks, had a masterful grip on 256-colour VGA as '93 dawned, producing truly lovely pieces for their games.
📺: Lands of Lore, 1993 (DOS)
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🕹️ Digital Visions 💿
A scheme of revenge brews; Beware, King Richard! You will pay for your lack of vision, warns Scotia!
Westwood Studios' artists, led by Rick Parks, had a masterful grip on 256-colour VGA as '93 dawned, producing truly lovely pieces for their games.
📺: Lands of Lore, 1993 (DOS)
A scheme of revenge brews; Beware, King Richard! You will pay for your lack of vision, warns Scotia!
Westwood Studios' artists, led by Rick Parks, had a masterful grip on 256-colour VGA as '93 dawned, producing truly lovely pieces for their games.
📺: Lands of Lore, 1993 (DOS)
Psygnosis Presents... 💜
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Psygnosis Presents... 💜
Some fine Superb(est) Owl, thanks to an early Christmas gift from Kit. 💜
One of my cats knocked off my old Psygnosis mug off the counter, but it was getting worn anyway, so it's nice to have a fresh one, and now a matching mouse mat. 💜
One of my cats knocked off my old Psygnosis mug off the counter, but it was getting worn anyway, so it's nice to have a fresh one, and now a matching mouse mat. 💜
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Some fine Superb(est) Owl, thanks to an early Christmas gift from Kit. 💜
One of my cats knocked off my old Psygnosis mug off the counter, but it was getting worn anyway, so it's nice to have a fresh one, and now a matching mouse mat. 💜
One of my cats knocked off my old Psygnosis mug off the counter, but it was getting worn anyway, so it's nice to have a fresh one, and now a matching mouse mat. 💜
Ties in nicely with my repost of Kimimi's piece on it, but it would have been 1994's Dreamweb on DOS/Amiga.
Adult in its themes of violence, psychological horror, and sensuality.
Adult in its themes of violence, psychological horror, and sensuality.
What was your first adult/NSFW video game encounter?
Do you have a funny story, or remember a playground rumor?
My answer:
Overhearing my older brothers and cousins talking about a way to remove the nudity censor from first Sims game on PC. My young eyes couldn't believe it when I finally saw.
Do you have a funny story, or remember a playground rumor?
My answer:
Overhearing my older brothers and cousins talking about a way to remove the nudity censor from first Sims game on PC. My young eyes couldn't believe it when I finally saw.
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ties in nicely with my repost of Kimimi's piece on it, but it would have been 1994's Dreamweb on DOS/Amiga.
Adult in its themes of violence, psychological horror, and sensuality.
Adult in its themes of violence, psychological horror, and sensuality.
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"Is Dreamweb an intensely private tale of the battle for cosmic balance, or an uncomfortable interactive ride along one man’s personal unravelling?"
This is a fascinating adventure game - highly recommended if you've got any love for the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/07/02/i...
This is a fascinating adventure game - highly recommended if you've got any love for the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/07/02/i...
Dreamweb: Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?
An ambiguously moody and “mature” adventure for 1994 Amigas/PCs featuring guns, violence, and sex starring a twenty-something guy in a trenchcoat? Spare me. Actually – please don…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
"Is Dreamweb an intensely private tale of the battle for cosmic balance, or an uncomfortable interactive ride along one man’s personal unravelling?"
This is a fascinating adventure game - highly recommended if you've got any love for the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/07/02/i...
This is a fascinating adventure game - highly recommended if you've got any love for the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/07/02/i...
So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped
Grabbed their proton packs out the back, and they split
Found about Vigo, the master of evil
Try to battle my boys? That's not legal 🎶
📺: Ghostbusters II, HAL Laboratory, 1990 (GB)
Grabbed their proton packs out the back, and they split
Found about Vigo, the master of evil
Try to battle my boys? That's not legal 🎶
📺: Ghostbusters II, HAL Laboratory, 1990 (GB)
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped
Grabbed their proton packs out the back, and they split
Found about Vigo, the master of evil
Try to battle my boys? That's not legal 🎶
📺: Ghostbusters II, HAL Laboratory, 1990 (GB)
Grabbed their proton packs out the back, and they split
Found about Vigo, the master of evil
Try to battle my boys? That's not legal 🎶
📺: Ghostbusters II, HAL Laboratory, 1990 (GB)
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Still one of the best game installers. <3 Does some lovely worldbuilding and mood-setting for the air adventures ahead with its 1930s/40s-ey radio play.
(Note: This kind of installer was rare even then)
📺: Crimson Skies, Zipper Interactive, 2000
(Note: This kind of installer was rare even then)
📺: Crimson Skies, Zipper Interactive, 2000
August 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Still one of the best game installers. <3 Does some lovely worldbuilding and mood-setting for the air adventures ahead with its 1930s/40s-ey radio play.
(Note: This kind of installer was rare even then)
📺: Crimson Skies, Zipper Interactive, 2000
(Note: This kind of installer was rare even then)
📺: Crimson Skies, Zipper Interactive, 2000
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Air pirates soaring in the skies over an alt-history Balkanised 1930s North America: Crimson Skies!
A pretty hype trailer from one of the 2002 Xbox promo discs we have for one of my favourite games on OG Xbox.
#VideoBytes
A pretty hype trailer from one of the 2002 Xbox promo discs we have for one of my favourite games on OG Xbox.
#VideoBytes
June 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Air pirates soaring in the skies over an alt-history Balkanised 1930s North America: Crimson Skies!
A pretty hype trailer from one of the 2002 Xbox promo discs we have for one of my favourite games on OG Xbox.
#VideoBytes
A pretty hype trailer from one of the 2002 Xbox promo discs we have for one of my favourite games on OG Xbox.
#VideoBytes
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Released in North America 24 years ago today, one of my favourite PS2 games: Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
Happy birthday, J&D. 💜
Still have the receipt from a 12/12/01, a few days after the PAL release.
Share your love for it, peeps. I think it still holds up exceptionally well.
Happy birthday, J&D. 💜
Still have the receipt from a 12/12/01, a few days after the PAL release.
Share your love for it, peeps. I think it still holds up exceptionally well.
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Released in North America 24 years ago today, one of my favourite PS2 games: Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
Happy birthday, J&D. 💜
Still have the receipt from a 12/12/01, a few days after the PAL release.
Share your love for it, peeps. I think it still holds up exceptionally well.
Happy birthday, J&D. 💜
Still have the receipt from a 12/12/01, a few days after the PAL release.
Share your love for it, peeps. I think it still holds up exceptionally well.
📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺
"Other games may talk. This one has a voice."
If you're already familiar with Lands of Lore, you've likely already heard Patrick Stewart already booming out LANDS OF LORE in a rich, Shakespearean delivery.
And well they might big up his involvement, as it was quite a coup.
"Other games may talk. This one has a voice."
If you're already familiar with Lands of Lore, you've likely already heard Patrick Stewart already booming out LANDS OF LORE in a rich, Shakespearean delivery.
And well they might big up his involvement, as it was quite a coup.
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺
"Other games may talk. This one has a voice."
If you're already familiar with Lands of Lore, you've likely already heard Patrick Stewart already booming out LANDS OF LORE in a rich, Shakespearean delivery.
And well they might big up his involvement, as it was quite a coup.
"Other games may talk. This one has a voice."
If you're already familiar with Lands of Lore, you've likely already heard Patrick Stewart already booming out LANDS OF LORE in a rich, Shakespearean delivery.
And well they might big up his involvement, as it was quite a coup.
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La Visión de Escaflowne!
Issue four of DOKAN magazine is my favourite for a reason: Escaflowne coverage!
Here in July '98, we get some pretty comprehensive information on its development, the mythological, historical, and fictional inspirations, and the premise.
Issue four of DOKAN magazine is my favourite for a reason: Escaflowne coverage!
Here in July '98, we get some pretty comprehensive information on its development, the mythological, historical, and fictional inspirations, and the premise.
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
La Visión de Escaflowne!
Issue four of DOKAN magazine is my favourite for a reason: Escaflowne coverage!
Here in July '98, we get some pretty comprehensive information on its development, the mythological, historical, and fictional inspirations, and the premise.
Issue four of DOKAN magazine is my favourite for a reason: Escaflowne coverage!
Here in July '98, we get some pretty comprehensive information on its development, the mythological, historical, and fictional inspirations, and the premise.
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My friends, we have less than a month to get me to 2,000 Bluesky followers and 5,000 YouTube subs before the year is over. Tell your friends about me if they enjoy:
Obscure late 90s/early 2000s windows games, shitposts about what constitutes a "retro" game, and pictures of FUCKED UP controllers
Obscure late 90s/early 2000s windows games, shitposts about what constitutes a "retro" game, and pictures of FUCKED UP controllers
Alien Bob
I write love letters to games you've never heard of or only vaguely remember from your childhood
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December 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My friends, we have less than a month to get me to 2,000 Bluesky followers and 5,000 YouTube subs before the year is over. Tell your friends about me if they enjoy:
Obscure late 90s/early 2000s windows games, shitposts about what constitutes a "retro" game, and pictures of FUCKED UP controllers
Obscure late 90s/early 2000s windows games, shitposts about what constitutes a "retro" game, and pictures of FUCKED UP controllers
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Aw, cute, I always wondered if this girl singing Luna's boat song (Wind's Nocturne) from Lunar 1 was a Working Designs embellishment, but it's the same in Japanese. A different line of the song, but same reference.
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Aw, cute, I always wondered if this girl singing Luna's boat song (Wind's Nocturne) from Lunar 1 was a Working Designs embellishment, but it's the same in Japanese. A different line of the song, but same reference.
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One of my copies (I have several!) is an old Blockbuster rental! Somehow it still has the reg card and a pristine poster manual inside.
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
One of my copies (I have several!) is an old Blockbuster rental! Somehow it still has the reg card and a pristine poster manual inside.