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I finished four Saturn platformers in the last couple weeks:

Astal
Steamgear Mash
Tryrush Deppy
Rockman 8

They're all short-ish playthoughs, all honestly such a treat for me after finishing a long RPG 😭 Might do a longer review of them later if I feel like gathering more screenshots?
January 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Re-reading some Mario comics and found this incredible panel. This is my new favorite Luigi
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Played through the entire Konami #MSX collection on Saturn. Some cool games but also a good number of ports? Odd choice to include them.

Yie Ar Kung Fu is basically identical to the NES version. This dude just making an incredible victory face

(Short 🧵)
January 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I finished Brain Lord #SNES. It's a lot of fun and worth playing but it does feel kind of unfinished, the middle dungeon was a high point for me.

The title still makes no sense to me! How would you even know it's related to 7th Saga?

🧵Anyway I've collected some weird/funny quotes (spoiler warning)
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Without context
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 AM
I finished Wrecking Crew #NES yesterday. Overall a fun classic #Nintendo title, notable for being an early #Mario game that isn't designed by Miyamoto. And also, one of the few Mario games where he can't jump at all! But of course, some weird lore and strange choices too??

🧵 #retro #gaming #review
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Also flash drives, memory cards and SSDs. Hope ya'll are prepared in advance for backup storage next year
Public service announcement: Due to AI data centres distorting the market, the price of RAM is going bananas.

1) If you have an old desktop computer you don’t use, it may have hundreds of euros of RAM in it.
2) If you need a new computer, it is likely the price will rise. It might be time to buy.
December 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My instinct was correct. Wrecking Crew #NES is an xmas game confirmed
December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Have *you* traveled three hours through your television set's snow to play pong?
December 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Simply

Having

A wonderful
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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It's officially Christmas, so you might be getting a visit from Sega CD Snatcher Santa. He will be sneezing, so don't forget to stay masked up 🙏🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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learning Rust from beautiful trans women in the 2020s
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There must be a rule that the name "Data" can only be used for awesome characters
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
RIP to both my guys. Claude the gator and Snowflake the gorilla, best bros forever. You will be missed
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Finally picked up a Japanese Sega Saturn. I really like the look of these models with the colorful buttons against the light shell making it look very similar to a Dreamcast. But I forgot how big these things are, it never got a mini redesign like the Genesis 3 or the PSOne. #retro #hardware
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Finished this in about 4-5 hours. Overall was fun but the last 5 levels or so are NASTY. Game just decides to start sucker punching you.
Streaming some Data East games today to wrap up #karnovember

www.twitch.tv/lategator

Starting with Nail 'n Scale, a cute little handheld puzzle platformer from 1990
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Streaming some Data East games today to wrap up #karnovember

www.twitch.tv/lategator

Starting with Nail 'n Scale, a cute little handheld puzzle platformer from 1990
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Life goal is to be as happy as this guy
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM