SpriteCell
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Making charts and graphs of video game data, and archiving video game history.
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· Nov 10
The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive, SpriteCell
The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive is an archive of interviews, appearances, writings, and other recordings of Shigeru Miyamoto, all summarized.
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I've added the latest Nintendo investor Q&A to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive.
What's the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive? It's a collection of every interview, speech, and piece of writing by Shigeru Miyamoto that I can possibly find, with over 700 entries in English.
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What's the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive? It's a collection of every interview, speech, and piece of writing by Shigeru Miyamoto that I can possibly find, with over 700 entries in English.
spritecell.com/bp10-shigeru...
I recorded a whole lot of data about games nominated for Game Awards in order to try to predict 2025's winners.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I recorded a whole lot of data about games nominated for Game Awards in order to try to predict 2025's winners.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I did not alter any scores based on my personal opinion.
Some of these I'm a bit skeptical of, but it will be interesting to see how accurate these are.
I love adding new, obscure games to the JRPG Magazine Review Archive and the next update will include Square Enix's iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. Possibly the only review of the game in print.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I love adding new, obscure games to the JRPG Magazine Review Archive and the next update will include Square Enix's iPod game Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. Possibly the only review of the game in print.
PLAY issue 55 has six interviews interviews a row. Here are Keiji Inafune, Koji Igarashi, Takashi Tezuka, and Tomonobu Itagaki's.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
PLAY issue 55 has six interviews interviews a row. Here are Keiji Inafune, Koji Igarashi, Takashi Tezuka, and Tomonobu Itagaki's.
I'm always interested in lists of video game genres and seeing what is counted and what's split. The January 2000 issue of GamesMaster has a fairly standard set of nine, though no music or educational genre. Shmups could charitably include all shooters. The Legend of Zelda is the prime RPG example.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm always interested in lists of video game genres and seeing what is counted and what's split. The January 2000 issue of GamesMaster has a fairly standard set of nine, though no music or educational genre. Shmups could charitably include all shooters. The Legend of Zelda is the prime RPG example.
A rather angry review of the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII from someone who doesn't seem to like RPGs that is still somehow scored a 71.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A rather angry review of the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII from someone who doesn't seem to like RPGs that is still somehow scored a 71.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
From Station issue 8, scans by Out of Print Archive.
Made a few updates to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive that I had been putting off to work excessively on the Konami game project.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Made a few updates to the Shigeru Miyamoto Archive that I had been putting off to work excessively on the Konami game project.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
Next I'll work on an update to the JRPG review archive. Then it will be about time for the Game Awards predictions. Then the annual catalog and ad project update.
Today is not the anniversary of the release of Chameleon.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today is not the anniversary of the release of Chameleon.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
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Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Every Konami Game
Travel through Konami's entire history with a look at what kinds of games Konami has made and how that has changed over time.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
spritecell.com/bp14-every-k...
Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Here it is, the most comprehensive list of games that Konami has developed or published on the internet.
Featuring brief write-ups on dozens of important and interesting games as well as graphs and statistics about how they have changed over time.
Tomorrow I will publish the Konami game project, complete with the game about the real vocal group made up of four anonymous dentists.
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Tomorrow I will publish the Konami game project, complete with the game about the real vocal group made up of four anonymous dentists.
I can't find any full Japanese version of that Miyamoto interview. Kyodo News is a news agency that sells stories to outlets so it may appear somewhere soon.
I did learn that he'll be giving a lecture titled "Original!?" on January 24, though.
www.kyoto-np.co.jp/articles/-/1...
I did learn that he'll be giving a lecture titled "Original!?" on January 24, though.
www.kyoto-np.co.jp/articles/-/1...
京都府南丹市で「スーパーマリオ」生みの親、宮本茂さん講演会 10月に先着順で申し込み｜京都新聞デジタル 京都・滋賀のニュースサイト
「スーパーマリオブラザーズ」生みの親として知られる任天堂の宮本茂代表取締役フェローが２０２６年１月２４日、出身地である京都府南丹市園部町のアスエルそのべで講演する。「独創！？」と題して、数々の人気ゲームをつくり出した経験などを語る。高校生以上の市民と市内通学者が入場でき、１０月１日から先着順で申し込
www.kyoto-np.co.jp
October 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I can't find any full Japanese version of that Miyamoto interview. Kyodo News is a news agency that sells stories to outlets so it may appear somewhere soon.
I did learn that he'll be giving a lecture titled "Original!?" on January 24, though.
www.kyoto-np.co.jp/articles/-/1...
I did learn that he'll be giving a lecture titled "Original!?" on January 24, though.
www.kyoto-np.co.jp/articles/-/1...
Is there any video game series with a larger gap between games than Getsu Fūma Den (1987) and Getsu Fūma Den: Undying Moon (2022)?
October 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Is there any video game series with a larger gap between games than Getsu Fūma Den (1987) and Getsu Fūma Den: Undying Moon (2022)?
How did Gigadrake Online not become wildly popular?
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
How did Gigadrake Online not become wildly popular?
The only picture I could find of a game (Gradius, PC Engine) running on i-revo, Konami's Japan-only web portal service that among other things allowed you to rent and buy some retro games.
Some sources describe i-revo games as being embedded in webpages, but this seems to be its own program.
Some sources describe i-revo games as being embedded in webpages, but this seems to be its own program.
October 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The only picture I could find of a game (Gradius, PC Engine) running on i-revo, Konami's Japan-only web portal service that among other things allowed you to rent and buy some retro games.
Some sources describe i-revo games as being embedded in webpages, but this seems to be its own program.
Some sources describe i-revo games as being embedded in webpages, but this seems to be its own program.
Piranesi: The Video Game
October 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Piranesi: The Video Game
I had never seen the arcade version of Bucky O'Hare, wow.
October 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I had never seen the arcade version of Bucky O'Hare, wow.
There's a website documenting moai heads in video games.
Apparently Pandora's Palace was Konami's first use of them, not Gradius.
moai.games
Apparently Pandora's Palace was Konami's first use of them, not Gradius.
moai.games
Moai in Video Games
🗿 + 🎮 = 😎
moai.games
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There's a website documenting moai heads in video games.
Apparently Pandora's Palace was Konami's first use of them, not Gradius.
moai.games
Apparently Pandora's Palace was Konami's first use of them, not Gradius.
moai.games
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Kamek no longer tells Mario to "go to hell" in the Simplified Chinese script of the Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy 1+2.
The Switch translation is more literal to the Japanese script, where Kamek tells Mario to roll on the ground instead.
The Switch translation is more literal to the Japanese script, where Kamek tells Mario to roll on the ground instead.
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Kamek no longer tells Mario to "go to hell" in the Simplified Chinese script of the Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy 1+2.
The Switch translation is more literal to the Japanese script, where Kamek tells Mario to roll on the ground instead.
The Switch translation is more literal to the Japanese script, where Kamek tells Mario to roll on the ground instead.
You can only get Mimic with Cheese in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince as part of a promotion with McDonald's in Japan, and it ended over a year ago, what a bummer.
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
You can only get Mimic with Cheese in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince as part of a promotion with McDonald's in Japan, and it ended over a year ago, what a bummer.
Months after playing The Caligula Effect 2 I'm still thinking about this car (the only car in the game) that doesn't fit in this too-shallow, too-wide garage whose door, if visible, would be angled, and which requires the driver to drive over a curb.
September 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Months after playing The Caligula Effect 2 I'm still thinking about this car (the only car in the game) that doesn't fit in this too-shallow, too-wide garage whose door, if visible, would be angled, and which requires the driver to drive over a curb.
Even this far into the project I'm finding new Konami games.
Like Etiquette Teddy, a Tamagotchi-like handheld game that checked how your breath smelled and a bear would become depressed if your breath smelled bad.
Like Etiquette Teddy, a Tamagotchi-like handheld game that checked how your breath smelled and a bear would become depressed if your breath smelled bad.
September 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Even this far into the project I'm finding new Konami games.
Like Etiquette Teddy, a Tamagotchi-like handheld game that checked how your breath smelled and a bear would become depressed if your breath smelled bad.
Like Etiquette Teddy, a Tamagotchi-like handheld game that checked how your breath smelled and a bear would become depressed if your breath smelled bad.
Bomberpino was a Bomberman game that was available by scanning a QR code in special boxes of Pino chocolates in 2023.
Many sources describe this is a "mobile phone" game. You were given an error message if you tried to access it outside of a phone or tablet, but it seemed to run on a webpage.
Many sources describe this is a "mobile phone" game. You were given an error message if you tried to access it outside of a phone or tablet, but it seemed to run on a webpage.
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Bomberpino was a Bomberman game that was available by scanning a QR code in special boxes of Pino chocolates in 2023.
Many sources describe this is a "mobile phone" game. You were given an error message if you tried to access it outside of a phone or tablet, but it seemed to run on a webpage.
Many sources describe this is a "mobile phone" game. You were given an error message if you tried to access it outside of a phone or tablet, but it seemed to run on a webpage.
Games named "Dance Dance Revolution":
1998 - Arcade original
1999 - PS1
2001 - i-appli (maybe has subtitle?)
2002 - PC, US only
2006 - Mobile Phone
2010 - Wii
2010 - PS3/Xbox 360, apparently different from the Wii version
2013 - Another arcade game
2014 - Updated version of the 2013 game
1998 - Arcade original
1999 - PS1
2001 - i-appli (maybe has subtitle?)
2002 - PC, US only
2006 - Mobile Phone
2010 - Wii
2010 - PS3/Xbox 360, apparently different from the Wii version
2013 - Another arcade game
2014 - Updated version of the 2013 game
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Games named "Dance Dance Revolution":
1998 - Arcade original
1999 - PS1
2001 - i-appli (maybe has subtitle?)
2002 - PC, US only
2006 - Mobile Phone
2010 - Wii
2010 - PS3/Xbox 360, apparently different from the Wii version
2013 - Another arcade game
2014 - Updated version of the 2013 game
1998 - Arcade original
1999 - PS1
2001 - i-appli (maybe has subtitle?)
2002 - PC, US only
2006 - Mobile Phone
2010 - Wii
2010 - PS3/Xbox 360, apparently different from the Wii version
2013 - Another arcade game
2014 - Updated version of the 2013 game
Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch and Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichi Party are two distinct Game Boy Advance games that came out the later part of 2003. One a rhythm game, one a Mario Party type board game.
September 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch and Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichi Party are two distinct Game Boy Advance games that came out the later part of 2003. One a rhythm game, one a Mario Party type board game.
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The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.