Wobbly Polygons
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Lovely Wobbly Polygons! And not-so-wobbly polygons powered by Emotion Engines. The games, the mags, the culture!
She/her. 🏳️⚧️
PS1/PS2-focused account. SysOp: @sharkabytes.bsky.social
She/her. 🏳️⚧️
PS1/PS2-focused account. SysOp: @sharkabytes.bsky.social
Tested on humans since 1997. The Platinum range: friend of the cash-strapped, though not always that popular now with collectors.
📖:PLAY March/April 1998
📖:PLAY March/April 1998
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Tested on humans since 1997. The Platinum range: friend of the cash-strapped, though not always that popular now with collectors.
📖:PLAY March/April 1998
📖:PLAY March/April 1998
"... All that stands between you and certain death is an antique camera..."
Now this is a cool and clever ad for Project Zero aka Zero/Fatal Frame.
Now this is a cool and clever ad for Project Zero aka Zero/Fatal Frame.
October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"... All that stands between you and certain death is an antique camera..."
Now this is a cool and clever ad for Project Zero aka Zero/Fatal Frame.
Now this is a cool and clever ad for Project Zero aka Zero/Fatal Frame.
Demo 1 in 1997 asks what species of fish and associated watery invertebrate best represent Gran Turismo, MediEvil, Kula World, and Tekken 3.
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Demo 1 in 1997 asks what species of fish and associated watery invertebrate best represent Gran Turismo, MediEvil, Kula World, and Tekken 3.
What do you get if you combine dodgeball with arena brawling and Treasure silliness? You get RAKUGAKI SHOWTIME; a wild-and-wonderful Japanese-only game for the PSX with a distinct papercraft and crayon aesthetic. It's SO much fun.
October 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What do you get if you combine dodgeball with arena brawling and Treasure silliness? You get RAKUGAKI SHOWTIME; a wild-and-wonderful Japanese-only game for the PSX with a distinct papercraft and crayon aesthetic. It's SO much fun.
Though it would be bettered by its sequel two years later, 2002's Spider-Man from Treyarch gave fans a taste of web-swinging on a scale not seen before.
The PS2 version is still impressive looking today.
The PS2 version is still impressive looking today.
September 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Though it would be bettered by its sequel two years later, 2002's Spider-Man from Treyarch gave fans a taste of web-swinging on a scale not seen before.
The PS2 version is still impressive looking today.
The PS2 version is still impressive looking today.
"Get Away from Her, you BITCH!" 🔥
September 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"Get Away from Her, you BITCH!" 🔥
Almost two years earlier (Dec 1993/Jan 1994) than the release of the PlayStation in the US 30 years ago today: EGM's first unveiling of some juicy snippets of the Sony PS-X following its official announcement in Japan.
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Almost two years earlier (Dec 1993/Jan 1994) than the release of the PlayStation in the US 30 years ago today: EGM's first unveiling of some juicy snippets of the Sony PS-X following its official announcement in Japan.
The PlayStation Can Produce Mind-Boggling Amounts of Bouncing Metal Frogs.
📺: PlayStation Developer's Demo Disc, 1995, given with preorders.
📺: PlayStation Developer's Demo Disc, 1995, given with preorders.
September 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The PlayStation Can Produce Mind-Boggling Amounts of Bouncing Metal Frogs.
📺: PlayStation Developer's Demo Disc, 1995, given with preorders.
📺: PlayStation Developer's Demo Disc, 1995, given with preorders.
I love how rich with detail the Martian base where MG:R takes place. There's so much to look at with its pre-rendered backgrounds that wouldn't come across half as well with polygonal ones.
September 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I love how rich with detail the Martian base where MG:R takes place. There's so much to look at with its pre-rendered backgrounds that wouldn't come across half as well with polygonal ones.
When some of the nicest pre-rendered backgrounds on the PlayStation meet polygons and gothic near-future sci-fi horror.
A late release and ambitious title with three switchable characters.
Stay Alone... Stay Alive.
📺: Martian Gothic: Reunification, Creative Reality/Coyote Developments, 2001
A late release and ambitious title with three switchable characters.
Stay Alone... Stay Alive.
📺: Martian Gothic: Reunification, Creative Reality/Coyote Developments, 2001
September 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
When some of the nicest pre-rendered backgrounds on the PlayStation meet polygons and gothic near-future sci-fi horror.
A late release and ambitious title with three switchable characters.
Stay Alone... Stay Alive.
📺: Martian Gothic: Reunification, Creative Reality/Coyote Developments, 2001
A late release and ambitious title with three switchable characters.
Stay Alone... Stay Alive.
📺: Martian Gothic: Reunification, Creative Reality/Coyote Developments, 2001
Damp and dreary outside, going to cosy up with the first disc I ever put in a PlayStation.
September 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Damp and dreary outside, going to cosy up with the first disc I ever put in a PlayStation.
Fancy a drive on wobbly polygon highways this Saturday? Grab a truck and then go wild decorating it once you have the coin in your pocket, all while hurling insults at your rival in an effort to take them down.
📺: Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu: Art Truck Battle, 1998
📺: Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu: Art Truck Battle, 1998
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Fancy a drive on wobbly polygon highways this Saturday? Grab a truck and then go wild decorating it once you have the coin in your pocket, all while hurling insults at your rival in an effort to take them down.
📺: Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu: Art Truck Battle, 1998
📺: Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu: Art Truck Battle, 1998
Memory card and console stickers 💜 We've got a few Japanese import games that included them. They're things I remember mainly appearing as magazine freebies here in the UK, and usually a lot less cutesy.
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Memory card and console stickers 💜 We've got a few Japanese import games that included them. They're things I remember mainly appearing as magazine freebies here in the UK, and usually a lot less cutesy.
The ASCII Connection - For RPG lovers everywhere. 💜
Marketed primarily for playing RPGs, the ASCII Grip also has accessibility benefits.
Marketed primarily for playing RPGs, the ASCII Grip also has accessibility benefits.
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The ASCII Connection - For RPG lovers everywhere. 💜
Marketed primarily for playing RPGs, the ASCII Grip also has accessibility benefits.
Marketed primarily for playing RPGs, the ASCII Grip also has accessibility benefits.
Official Peripherals on Parade.
That delicious Cherry Red memory card <3 And I have the black, white, and smoke grey controllers. Always feels a little weird having non-Dual Shock pads in different colours other than the grey.
That delicious Cherry Red memory card <3 And I have the black, white, and smoke grey controllers. Always feels a little weird having non-Dual Shock pads in different colours other than the grey.
September 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Official Peripherals on Parade.
That delicious Cherry Red memory card <3 And I have the black, white, and smoke grey controllers. Always feels a little weird having non-Dual Shock pads in different colours other than the grey.
That delicious Cherry Red memory card <3 And I have the black, white, and smoke grey controllers. Always feels a little weird having non-Dual Shock pads in different colours other than the grey.
Death by Stereo has been rattling around my head for not far off thirty years now.
Originally an Acorn Archimedes game, then 3DO, then finally to PO, PS1, and Saturn.
📺: Star Fighter/Star Fighter 3000, Fednet Software, 1996 (PS1 version)
Originally an Acorn Archimedes game, then 3DO, then finally to PO, PS1, and Saturn.
📺: Star Fighter/Star Fighter 3000, Fednet Software, 1996 (PS1 version)
September 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Death by Stereo has been rattling around my head for not far off thirty years now.
Originally an Acorn Archimedes game, then 3DO, then finally to PO, PS1, and Saturn.
📺: Star Fighter/Star Fighter 3000, Fednet Software, 1996 (PS1 version)
Originally an Acorn Archimedes game, then 3DO, then finally to PO, PS1, and Saturn.
📺: Star Fighter/Star Fighter 3000, Fednet Software, 1996 (PS1 version)
Just a lil' fox on a lil' adventure. 🦊⚔️
Psynosis's charming Zelda-alike ARPG adventure starring a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals who all talk like Animal Crossing characters. Which only makes them even cuter to interact with!
Psynosis's charming Zelda-alike ARPG adventure starring a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals who all talk like Animal Crossing characters. Which only makes them even cuter to interact with!
August 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just a lil' fox on a lil' adventure. 🦊⚔️
Psynosis's charming Zelda-alike ARPG adventure starring a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals who all talk like Animal Crossing characters. Which only makes them even cuter to interact with!
Psynosis's charming Zelda-alike ARPG adventure starring a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals who all talk like Animal Crossing characters. Which only makes them even cuter to interact with!
From the GamesMaster magazine Xmas 1997 VHS special: some sweet looking back at the hits of the year and those still to come in '98. 🔥
Soul food for the PSX-loving heart. <3
Soul food for the PSX-loving heart. <3
August 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
From the GamesMaster magazine Xmas 1997 VHS special: some sweet looking back at the hits of the year and those still to come in '98. 🔥
Soul food for the PSX-loving heart. <3
Soul food for the PSX-loving heart. <3
"Nine planets. One sun. Hunger, poverty, decay. We turned on one another... This was the world I was born into."
One of the best intros of its era.
📺: Colony Wars: Vengeance, Psygnosis, 1998
One of the best intros of its era.
📺: Colony Wars: Vengeance, Psygnosis, 1998
August 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Nine planets. One sun. Hunger, poverty, decay. We turned on one another... This was the world I was born into."
One of the best intros of its era.
📺: Colony Wars: Vengeance, Psygnosis, 1998
One of the best intros of its era.
📺: Colony Wars: Vengeance, Psygnosis, 1998
"Square's Sexy New RPG/Thriller Reviewed Inside" 🔥
They award Parasite Eve 4/5, with the cons being no puzzles and poor animation.
They award Parasite Eve 4/5, with the cons being no puzzles and poor animation.
August 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Square's Sexy New RPG/Thriller Reviewed Inside" 🔥
They award Parasite Eve 4/5, with the cons being no puzzles and poor animation.
They award Parasite Eve 4/5, with the cons being no puzzles and poor animation.
Yeah! Very much intended to be the console's mascot in Japan. And you also had 'Polygon Man' as the first stab at one outside of Japan.
August 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yeah! Very much intended to be the console's mascot in Japan. And you also had 'Polygon Man' as the first stab at one outside of Japan.
Cool sci-fi locations, cool mix of psionic powers and weapons, and cheesy live-action cutscenes? This all blended together into the reason why Insomniac Games' Disruptor was one of my favourite FPS games.
August 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Cool sci-fi locations, cool mix of psionic powers and weapons, and cheesy live-action cutscenes? This all blended together into the reason why Insomniac Games' Disruptor was one of my favourite FPS games.
Breezy Sunday afternoon PS1 Euro demo disc vibes.
Tune in, space out.
Tune in, space out.
August 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Breezy Sunday afternoon PS1 Euro demo disc vibes.
Tune in, space out.
Tune in, space out.
Apache helicopters on the wobbly polygon horizon - GUNSHIP!
An earlier release for PSX, Gunship is a solid and full-featured port of Gunship 2000 for Amiga and DOS (with a bit of the CD32 version thrown in) that swaps filled polygon battlefields for texture-mapped ones.
An earlier release for PSX, Gunship is a solid and full-featured port of Gunship 2000 for Amiga and DOS (with a bit of the CD32 version thrown in) that swaps filled polygon battlefields for texture-mapped ones.
August 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Apache helicopters on the wobbly polygon horizon - GUNSHIP!
An earlier release for PSX, Gunship is a solid and full-featured port of Gunship 2000 for Amiga and DOS (with a bit of the CD32 version thrown in) that swaps filled polygon battlefields for texture-mapped ones.
An earlier release for PSX, Gunship is a solid and full-featured port of Gunship 2000 for Amiga and DOS (with a bit of the CD32 version thrown in) that swaps filled polygon battlefields for texture-mapped ones.
Where did you go for some space combat action on the early PlayStation? You went to Starblade Alpha, a March '95 remake of the 1991 Namco arcade game.
Strap yourself in as a gunner FX-01 Geosword and save the galaxy!
Strap yourself in as a gunner FX-01 Geosword and save the galaxy!
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Where did you go for some space combat action on the early PlayStation? You went to Starblade Alpha, a March '95 remake of the 1991 Namco arcade game.
Strap yourself in as a gunner FX-01 Geosword and save the galaxy!
Strap yourself in as a gunner FX-01 Geosword and save the galaxy!