Whew. Got a lot of updates backlogged, but figure I'll start here. Scored a number of games recently, but this may be the most impressive in a lot of ways -- it's hard to believe this was achieved on the humble Atari 2600. Please expand this thread; it's gonna be a long'un!

Oh yeah, and the other game I want to share, just for archival purposes... is Ink! The updated rom version of the game, Ink: Exxon Surfing, has been fully archived on File-Hunter, but the original 2005 cassette version of the game seems not to have been. drive.google.com/file/d/1W2lT...

And, the games are ripped! You can download both sides of both tapes from Enjoy Triangle vol.3 here, along with a .txt file containing full instructions on how to play all three games (which you definitely are going to need!). Enjoy! (...Triangle.) drive.google.com/file/d/1Cb-C...

Well, the dataset arrived in the mail today... and man, is it ever cute! ;) What a tiny, chic piece of '80s electronics it is! It's just got such personality! And, for as budget as it may seem... it did the trick! Enjoy Triangle vol.3 has been dumped and converted successfully.

Photos alone wouldn't cut it for this. I had to do a full-on unboxing, as this is probably the rarest, most obscure MSX thing I've ever gotten my hands on. Stay tuned as I attempt, very carefully, to dump this for archiving in the coming... days? weeks? (y-years...?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRc2...

“Enjoy Triangle” vol.3 (MSX, cassette, 1986?) basic info & unboxing

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Well, I guess I have the whole trilogy now! Picked up "AshGuine Story III: Flames of Revenge" at BEEP today -- the final AshGuine game, this time produced by the prolific Microcabin, of Xak fame. Surprisingly not as polished as the second game, but an interesting enough Zeldalike nonetheless!

I actually did post about Caravan Boomer once before, a long time ago, when there was just a demo of it out and all I really knew about the game was this track, which wound up being the boss theme. This one isn't by Naruto, but it's still damn fine FM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZu...

That's it (Boss theme)

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I never was able to get into "Caravan Boomer," an indie shmup release for MSX from a few years back, as I found I just don't enjoy the caravan style of shmup gameplay. As a result, I missed out on its amazing OST until recently. But just... listen to this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL1u...

Forest Abyss (stage 2/14)

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In today's edition of "I can't believe this (mostly) worked," I "fixed" the XaviX Eyehand gloves! Went to my local craft shop and bought a couple tiny pincushions, which I taped to the gloves, then covered in the 3M reflective tape. Behold, the resulting abomination, in all its splendor!

Also scored yet another MSX classic CIB recently! Like King Kong 2, this is one I owned cart-only, but emphasis on "owned," as I... got frustrated with it and sold it to BEEP, I think? ;) But I always kind of regretted doing so! Anyway, it's AshGuine 2: Citadel in the Void!

Man, not a single person guessed! Thought for sure somebody would be like, wait, IR-reflective? This must be a XaviXPORT thing, since Wyrdwad's spoken of that system so many times before. Then with a quick bit of Googling to find out which XaviXPORT game uses fingerless gloves, you'd land upon...

So, I won a game on Yahoo Auctions that is NOT complete-in-box, and bought these two cheap items on Amazon to (maybe) help complete it (odds are 50/50 at best that it'll work, but I'm hopeful!). What game is it? You should have enough info to figure it out from just this + prior posts I've made!

So another thing I wanted to ask: has anyone else experienced this? The spines on four of my MSX game boxes started clouding over, cracking, then breaking apart a while back, despite my best efforts to keep them out of direct sunlight. Then recently, I noticed something these four have in common...

Now for a fun food update that involves a cool vtuber you might not know who falls into a bizarrely, amazingly specific niche -- but more on that in a bit! Long thread, most likely, so please expand. ;) Last month, and again today, I ate at "d'Indonesian Spice" near Ueno Park.

One of the other things I've been wanting to talk about here, but have put off for like a month, is BEEP -- the premiere Akihabara shop for all your eclectic retro PC needs. Back in May, the classic BEEP dungeon shut down after 10 years... and last month, its new, "bigger, better" location opened.

'Bout time I post an update or two! And I'll start with a recent acquisition that I... really didn't expect to win, but NOBODY ELSE bid on this for some reason, so I got it for pretty cheap! It's Konami's "King Kong 2" for MSX2! Which I already owned cart-only, but now own CIB!

Again, don't mind me -- just dropping a couple meme images here for personal use. Move along, now! ;) I do have a small backlog of real updates too, though, that I'll be sharing soon! Nothing super exciting -- just random stuff I've been meaning to post for a while, but haven't. So stay tuned!

Legit one of the best games I’ve ever played. If you haven’t tried it, please do. You won’t regret it.

Simon S. Andersen ✈️ GAMESCOM@snakepixel.art · 2mo ago

That game we spent 9 years developing is part of the Steam Summer Sale. If you're in the mood for a story-diven, vertical platform adventure about a tiny owl exploring the sky, now is a good time to give it a go!

Don't mind me! Just stowing a few meme/dad joke image memes here for later use. Easier than trying to find them again down the line!

Pizza-ism’s monthly special for June is homemade keema curry (right), but he also had paprika pizza made with pepper cheese (left), which wound up being amazing as well. This place never disappoints! Looking forward to September, as the planned special is chicken gumbo, which sounds amazing!

So, I did actually finish playing through Alice in Wonder Underland, and I must say, I enjoyed it quite a lot! I have some complaints, but overall, it was a really engrossing experience. And this song WILL NOT LEAVE MY HEAD, so I decided to share it. ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQM...

[♫] Alice in Wonder Underland (AIWU) - Showa Anthem

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Other spoils from the lot I just won that I have no need for and will likely be reselling (if anyone's interested!) include this special pack with SimCity 3000 and SimPeople (SimPeople still shrink-wrapped inside, but everything else in nearly mint condition as well)...

Well, this was unexpected! I won't say how much I spent on it, but I threw my hat in the ring a few days ago for a small lot of games which included Final Fantasy VII PC -- the Windows version from back in the day, with the "expressive eyebrows" -- and actually won. And what's more...

(Cont'd from previous thread) So, Alice in Wonder Underland... Neither of the trailers for this game quite do it justice, and it is also very rough around the edges, with some wonky animation and a very spotty English translation. So it has a lot going against it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV93...

Alice in Wonder Underland AIWU PV for Steam ENG

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So, I wound up dropping Mina the Hollower. I could go into great detail as to why, but suffice it to say, I just didn't vibe with the game -- it wasn't what I was hoping for, and had a few quirks that were real deal-breakers for me. However, I bought another eShop game alongside Mina last Friday...

I always seem to be the one naysayer for popular games, but like… is no one else finding the controls in Mina the Hollower to be so slow, stiff, and unwieldy as to really detract from the experience? Mina feels HEAVY. But she’s a mouse! Why does she feel heavier than Shovel Knight?!

Also, last post about the converted Super Famicom controller, but... success! This weekend, with the help of a couple regulars at Tokyo Retro, the functionality of B/X and A/Y was successfully swapped, and... I also replaced the SuFami buttons with SNES ones, while I was at it!

Unexpected addition to my MSX library arrived today: Gate of Labyrinth! Box and cart, but no manual. Still, this game usually goes for a lot more than what I paid, even loose, and I just really dig this box art (both front and back!), so I'm really glad to own this one now.

So, the other day, I just discovered this pretty rad Japanese pop hit from 1968, which really does sound like the sort of thing you'd hear in a Quentin Tarantino movie or something. Never knew it existed, but it's easy to hear the appeal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=llE2...

Mie Nakao - Koi No Sharock VICTOR

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For some reason, that post about the SFC controller adapted to an NEC/MSX-standard 9-pin connector wound up being one of my most popular posts EVER on Twitter (go figure!), so here are some shots of what it looks like on the inside — as well as a new shot of it with the buttons properly arranged.