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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game developers must realize our only competition is real human relationships. if we can continue to erode those, our market dominance is assured
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
game developers must realize our only competition is real human relationships. if we can continue to erode those, our market dominance is assured
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Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII
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this show really lost track of itself after the first season
severance: blade of darkness, wallpaper (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/3371/bl...
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
this show really lost track of itself after the first season
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Twenty years ago this week, customers didn't yet have the Xbox 360 in their hands, but some journalists did!
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Twenty years ago this week, customers didn't yet have the Xbox 360 in their hands, but some journalists did!
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
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silly new discovery in the SNES version of Wing Commander: The Secret Missions
pressing L+R+Sel+Start on both controllers at once unlocks "The Really Really Secret Missions", adding a photo to the credits, replacing asteroids w/ former Mindscape CTO David "Greno" Grenewetzki... (1/2)
pressing L+R+Sel+Start on both controllers at once unlocks "The Really Really Secret Missions", adding a photo to the credits, replacing asteroids w/ former Mindscape CTO David "Greno" Grenewetzki... (1/2)
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
silly new discovery in the SNES version of Wing Commander: The Secret Missions
pressing L+R+Sel+Start on both controllers at once unlocks "The Really Really Secret Missions", adding a photo to the credits, replacing asteroids w/ former Mindscape CTO David "Greno" Grenewetzki... (1/2)
pressing L+R+Sel+Start on both controllers at once unlocks "The Really Really Secret Missions", adding a photo to the credits, replacing asteroids w/ former Mindscape CTO David "Greno" Grenewetzki... (1/2)
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I made a video that explores Minecraft's music. I break it down song-by-song and explain how these iconic tracks have grown beyond the game and into our culture...All tied together by one core theme: Solitude. If you've got some spare time, it would mean a lot if you gave this video a shot. Thanks 🎵
Minecraft's Music Was Never Just About Minecraft.
YouTube video by VGM Quest
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November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I made a video that explores Minecraft's music. I break it down song-by-song and explain how these iconic tracks have grown beyond the game and into our culture...All tied together by one core theme: Solitude. If you've got some spare time, it would mean a lot if you gave this video a shot. Thanks 🎵
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While its official release date is often listed in December 85, I have found it listed in newspapers for sale in November of that year. Whatever the exact date, The Bard's Tale, one of the best early Computer RPGs, is 40 years old.
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www.retroist.com/p/retroist-t...
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
While its official release date is often listed in December 85, I have found it listed in newspapers for sale in November of that year. Whatever the exact date, The Bard's Tale, one of the best early Computer RPGs, is 40 years old.
www.retroist.com/p/retroist-t...
www.retroist.com/p/retroist-t...
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A community-made sequel to one of Doom 2's original expansions, featuring some of the best mappers in the entire scene.
It was those eyes. The blinding cobalt glow from those pale lifeless eyes. The threat remains. It grows. It's so much larger than you could have imagined.
TNT 2 : Devilution is finally fully released! Check it out!
Download: www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...
#doom #doom2 #evilution #megawad
TNT 2 : Devilution is finally fully released! Check it out!
Download: www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...
#doom #doom2 #evilution #megawad
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A community-made sequel to one of Doom 2's original expansions, featuring some of the best mappers in the entire scene.
Twenty years ago this week, customers didn't yet have the Xbox 360 in their hands, but some journalists did!
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Twenty years ago this week, customers didn't yet have the Xbox 360 in their hands, but some journalists did!
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
On GameSpot’s HotSpot podcast, @jeffgerstmann.com gives one of the first descriptions of the new Xbox Live Arcade, and makes a prescient observation of the best thing about it.
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Happy 20th anniversary to Shadow the Hedgehog—the game, not the character—which launched on this day in 2005 for PS2, GameCube, and Xbox.
a blurry picture of a person 's face with a blurred background of a building
Alt: high octane footage from the beginning of Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) featuring Sonic & friends, Dr. Eggman/Robotnik, Black Doom, and a bunch of humans.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy 20th anniversary to Shadow the Hedgehog—the game, not the character—which launched on this day in 2005 for PS2, GameCube, and Xbox.
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‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately
One of my favorite things in all of professional sports is the unofficial holiday referred to as "Bobby Bonilla Day." The short version of it is that Bonilla played for the New York Mets decades ago and eventually bought out his…
One of my favorite things in all of professional sports is the unofficial holiday referred to as "Bobby Bonilla Day." The short version of it is that Bonilla played for the New York Mets decades ago and eventually bought out his…
‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately
One of my favorite things in all of professional sports is the unofficial holiday referred to as "Bobby Bonilla Day." The short version of it is that Bonilla played for the New York Mets decades ago and eventually bought out his contract in 2000 when they decided they were done with him. Rather than pay the $5.9 million buyout of the contract up front, the team instead made the bonkers decision to negotiate a deferred payment schedule for that amount…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately
One of my favorite things in all of professional sports is the unofficial holiday referred to as "Bobby Bonilla Day." The short version of it is that Bonilla played for the New York Mets decades ago and eventually bought out his…
One of my favorite things in all of professional sports is the unofficial holiday referred to as "Bobby Bonilla Day." The short version of it is that Bonilla played for the New York Mets decades ago and eventually bought out his…
Calling any decision in game development 'lazy' is false 99% of the time, but — if true — shipping GenAI assets instead of getting any one of the dozens of capable artists on the project to do it properly falls into the 1%.
Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Calling any decision in game development 'lazy' is false 99% of the time, but — if true — shipping GenAI assets instead of getting any one of the dozens of capable artists on the project to do it properly falls into the 1%.
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The XBOX (2001) is now as old as the Atari 2600 (1977) was when the XBOX was released.
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The XBOX (2001) is now as old as the Atari 2600 (1977) was when the XBOX was released.
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ICYMI, I was able to finish a video that I was close to deleting because for two months, I was depressed and had writer's block. I guess sometimes publishing a video is its own reward.
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
The Museum of Anything Goes: Blurring the Line Between Art and Game and CD-ROM dreams
YouTube video by The Genesis Temple
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November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
ICYMI, I was able to finish a video that I was close to deleting because for two months, I was depressed and had writer's block. I guess sometimes publishing a video is its own reward.
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
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There’s an objectively correct answer to this question and it’s from a video game and I’m tired of anyone pretending it’s anything other than the one we all know it is
what’s your favorite line delivery
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
There’s an objectively correct answer to this question and it’s from a video game and I’m tired of anyone pretending it’s anything other than the one we all know it is
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
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how does valve expect the steam machine to gain any traction if it doesnt come with microsoft teams pre-installed on it i wonder
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
how does valve expect the steam machine to gain any traction if it doesnt come with microsoft teams pre-installed on it i wonder
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
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Misread sprites in video games. This is Wang with his bo staff in Yie Ar Kung Fu (MSX/Famicom), or as I've always seen him: a big head with legs!
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Misread sprites in video games. This is Wang with his bo staff in Yie Ar Kung Fu (MSX/Famicom), or as I've always seen him: a big head with legs!
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📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺
"Finally, Prince enters the world of X68000..."
Leaping out of you from the pages of LOGIN Magazine's Feb 1991 issue: one of the coolest ads I've ever seen for the original Prince of Persia.
"Finally, Prince enters the world of X68000..."
Leaping out of you from the pages of LOGIN Magazine's Feb 1991 issue: one of the coolest ads I've ever seen for the original Prince of Persia.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺
"Finally, Prince enters the world of X68000..."
Leaping out of you from the pages of LOGIN Magazine's Feb 1991 issue: one of the coolest ads I've ever seen for the original Prince of Persia.
"Finally, Prince enters the world of X68000..."
Leaping out of you from the pages of LOGIN Magazine's Feb 1991 issue: one of the coolest ads I've ever seen for the original Prince of Persia.
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very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love.
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
nocaps JOINS noclip_2
YouTube video by noclip_2
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love.
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
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The artwork of Dungeon Master by David R. Darrow used on the cover of Japanese and western home computer releases. It was also used for the Chaos Strikes Back: Expansion Set on #Commodore #Amiga and #Atari ST. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The artwork of Dungeon Master by David R. Darrow used on the cover of Japanese and western home computer releases. It was also used for the Chaos Strikes Back: Expansion Set on #Commodore #Amiga and #Atari ST. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process.