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These are likely (unless someone can point otherwise) the earliest screenshots of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, magazine cover date November 1995. Don't know if they got these from a Japanese publication or not. Anybody familiar with the game spot any differences?

It's the final two weeks of the Shadow of the Colossus exhibit! If you haven't checked it out yet, maybe this video will help inspire you:

The amount of work he puts into this is bananas but amazing!

Reminder to give your opinion on the First Personal Computer poll! We're recording this episode in a couple of days.

Design docs from the making of the landmark RPG Ultima VII.

Bygone days at id Software.

Some 90s Japanese gaming retail in Akihabara.

It's a Friday showcase, this time with the Chicago classic: NBA Jam! Come by this weekend to play this era-defining sports sensation. Bring four people to get the most out of it!

(Left) Game Freak's offices circa 1995. (Right) Co-founder Satoshi Tajiri sits surrounded by staff, which totaled 18 at the time. To his right is co-founder Junichi Masuda. The photo was taken shortly after Pulseman was released. Source: Designer's Workshop.

New featured game — SCHiM— is playable at Gamespace beginning this Saturday July 5th! Learn more about this independent gem and snag tix here! chicagogamespace.com/exhibitions/sc…

Jordan Mechner drew on Castles of Dr. Creep, Robin Hood (1938), Raiders, and Thief of Bagdad (1924) to shape Prince of Persia. He rotoscoped his brother for animation. A re-release after Disney's Aladdin made it a hit. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=2G45f6… #JordanMechner #PrinceOfPersia

Early screenshots of Super Mario World from its first public preview.

Videogame Advisor (1995–1997) covered the launch of the 3D generation of consoles. And it had charts! In fall 1996, Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 dominated console game sales, as the only two available N64 games post-launch: archive.gamehistory.org/item/1dbda557-… (p.78)

With web hosting costs going up thought I would shake the can for anybody interested in our Patreon. I'm terrible at updating it but if you follow us here you know of the work we do. If you can spare any extra bucks please consider joining it. Thank you! Link in reply.

Share this whenever you see a Kentian myth about video games: youtube.com/clip/UgkxgBPrD… (feat Norman Caruso )

I'll be posting highlights from the streams, both informative and funny as we go along. Take for example our discussion of the unsung Nintendo partner, Sam Borofsky, in 1985. youtu.be/GmYPhggaDwg?li…