My first Phantasy Star game! The generational aspect of its story was so intriguing to me. And there was always excitement about who I'd meet next generation, how things would have changed in the world.
Here's a lower barrier entry to the hentai stuff I sometimes talk about. I mean, if you don't want to just search for the hentai tag in my posts, which will probably show you much more explicit filth
I do usually label adult content, so you should be good if you moderate those
A snap of a grainy illustration of Naga The Serpent looking over her shoulder and delivering a cheeky wave with a readout of the current UK time in a Mac System Software Window against the backdrop of a Japanese home in cartoonish artwork.
Oh-ho-ho-ho, The Time Sponsored by Naga The Serpent is now 12:43pm. Tickā¦ Tickā¦ š
Yeah! Alpha Centauri was one of my first brushes with that kind of esoteric science and transhumanism.
An old fuzzy non-animated 320x240 gif of Kei and Yuri from Dirty Pair in their iconic wrestler-inspired gear back to back and giving a thumbs up from a 1995 images cdrom
Good yuri to y'all
It was more we got the Mega CD instead as that was one of the reasons along piracy concerns it never released. But it is, yeah.
It's worth noting that it never released, regardless of its coolness and not a whole lot then looked like this even then; most external floppy drives were just beige boxes.
You can still get plenty of cool looking stuff on the 3D printed tech side.
I feel this :( I dream at least once per night but they're almost always anxiety dreams or just weirdly unpleasant in some way.
A magazine scan close up photo of the sidecar FDD that slotted into the expansion port in the right of the MD. It has the same cyberpunk aesthetic as the console itself
Another magazine scan photo of the FDD from the side, showing the boxy shape with grill panels like the MD and FDD in yellow text
A Japanese magazine article talking about its potential for RPG expansions for games like Sorcerian and release date of 1990
Mega Drive games on floppy disk? Productivity, artwork, game expansions, and DLC when combined with the Mega Modem?
Just a few potential uses of the unreleased Sega Mega Drive Floppy Disk Drive.
Showcased in 1989, it would have been a Sony-Sega co-pro and used proprietary 2" floppies.
A snap of Eye of the Beholder for PC-98, with stylized compass, movement arrows, party boxes (Parn, Ghim, Deedlit, and Woodchuck), and a dungeon-eye view of a sewer tunnel with red brick walls, and three kobolds ahead, armed and fierce, with one leaping up to deliver curving slash.
Deep beneath the cursed city, Waterdeep, where short and stabby things lurk...
šŗ: Eye of the Beholder, Westwood Associates (Pony Canyon PC-98 port), 1991/1992
I'd forgotten just how much of a banger the second OP of Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory is. š„
šŗ: Dokan magazine cover CD 06, 1998
Always had a soft spot for Aerobiz, the only classic Koei simulation game I've put real time into.
A crt screen photo of pixel art of a small passenger aircraft with a Tri-jet engine and long t-wing tail stabiliser. It's against what feels to me like a sunrise of desaturated pastel colours
With an early flight ahead, a moment of chill before taxiing for takeoff.
šŗ: Aerobiz, Koei, 1992 (MD)
A photo pulled from a website archive of the cube white and blue glossy subwoofer with a glowy vertical strip on one side. The nunchuck speakers are either side of it, and the subwoofer and Wii are nestled in the grey stand
The Wide Wii of 2008: 4gamers' officially licensed 2.1 speaker system and base.
Retailing for Ā£70, it also included a Wiimote that functioned as a remote for it, and, as we can see, nunchuck styled satellite speakers.
A crt TV screenie of pixel art of a sleek 80s futuristic sports car with blue chrome plating
Try again on the highways of 2019, where only the toughest of Outrunners make it to the finish line.
šŗ: Outrun 2019, Hertz/Sega, 1993 (MD)
Ohhh, right, yeah! Randnet had completely slipped my mind. Yeah, they really did.
Oh, yeah! Just muddy wording on my part, didn't mean to imply the Saturn didn't have much like the PS1. I'd only heard about the printer and word processor about the Saturn, hadn't seen a pamphlet for it like this, so appreciate you sharing it.
xD I'm sure some of that would have happened, yeah.
Yeah! It's very much a fascinating what-if. And kinda the opposite of some of our computer manufacturers tried to do with (unsuccessfuly) consolizing their microcomputers.
Piracy concerns are of the recorded reasons, yeah. That and the Mega CD and wanting to focus on that instead.
What Sony wanted to do with the PS2 early on is particularly fascinating, with them gunning to have it become the entertainment hub in the home beyond its DVD drive and replace your computer with having Linux kit etc. Didn't last much past 2000 though.
Yeah, very much so. Japanese consoles that didn't dabble in it are kinda the exception. I haven't seen much yet with the PlayStation to make it do other things like its predecessors and the Saturn, beyond things like VCDs and MP3 attachments. Don't think Net Yaroze counts, too much whole PC reliant.
A photo of a tabby cat sat up with a cleaning cloth placed on top of her head , seemingly unbothered by it
Azzy extends good day greetings and so do I š
Hope the week ahead treats you kindly š
From the Famicom and SG1000 Right up to the PS2 and GameCube, there was the prevailing philosophy that consoles would evolve and expand into hybrid computers. Nintendo cooled on it after the Super Famicom, but Sega were still convinced they'd be online entertainment hubs with the DC.
A magazine scan close up photo of the sidecar FDD that slotted into the expansion port in the right of the MD. It has the same cyberpunk aesthetic as the console itself
Another magazine scan photo of the FDD from the side, showing the boxy shape with grill panels like the MD and FDD in yellow text
A Japanese magazine article talking about its potential for RPG expansions for games like Sorcerian and release date of 1990
Mega Drive games on floppy disk? Productivity, artwork, game expansions, and DLC when combined with the Mega Modem?
Just a few potential uses of the unreleased Sega Mega Drive Floppy Disk Drive.
Showcased in 1989, it would have been a Sony-Sega co-pro and used proprietary 2" floppies.
A scan of the cover with an illustration of Christie from Dead of Alive 3 in skimpy swimwear holding a volleyball with a sultry gaze toward the reader, while Ryu from Ninja Gaiden lurks in the background in full ninja garb.
Bringing the Summer Heat in '02. š„
Better than GTA3, world exclusive on the two hottest games for Xbox, and going out of control with Steel Battalion.
š: Official Xbox Magazine, October 2002
Ahh, yes it was! And yeah, it really is <3 It's one of the few games where I prefer playing the base game without the expansion.
Same here. It's one of the games on at least one playthrough of it a year rotation for me.
100%!
