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What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 162

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 English-dubbed Super Dimension Fortress Macross episodes – As some of you are already aware, I am a Macross fan when it comes to anime. I saw lots of anime since I was little but it was the Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime TV series that I found very compelling and engaging to watch. A few years ago, I view all of the original SDF Macross TV episodes subtitled in English. Recently, I found this YouTube channel called MacrossMan and it featured all 36 SDF Macross episodes dubbed in English (the dub was done in 2006 by ADV Films). Apart from having a really good cast of voice actors, original Macross singer and voice actress Mari Iijima returned as Lynn Minmay complete with English dialogue! For your viewing pleasure, posted below are three videos covering the first 18 episodes of Super Dimension Fortress Macross.

https://youtu.be/8jXj4-KgWrw?si=PEpk2hI90DjP9R7j

https://youtu.be/16rivKVIrTk?si=lLUwV5hbUL1gRK2Y

https://youtu.be/mR3xPiIEewc?si=HM8AGp5QBJsAb8rf

#2 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest revisited – The original Castlevania console game of 1986 is still widely remembered by long-time fans and retro gamers not only because it started successfully and paved the way for a long-running game franchise, but also because it was an inspired work that captured the popular elements of horror connected with pop culture. I noticed there are gamers who still replay the original Castlevania on different platforms to this day. Strangely enough, not too many Castlevania fans and retro gamers talk about the 1987 sequel Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest. I myself played and finished that game and it was loaded with gameplay features that made it play and feel different from its predecessor in many ways. To learn more about Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, watch the retrospective video below.

https://youtu.be/Y9kDEl1Stb4?si=UjkWs8bm4t2HFcU4

#3 Japan’s effort to protect the future of food – Food is undeniably essential. Without food, people would not survive and nations will collapse. In Japan, there are these gene banks that store a few hundred thousand genetic resources. Those gene banks were designed to preserve varied food genes such as the rare heirloom vegetables, fruit varieties from around the world and more. These gene banks reflect Japan’s focus on ensuring food security as well as the survival of different types of food on the genetic level. Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

https://youtu.be/j7PCbGl7qdA?si=Dz0opDvlqADky3Ih

#4 The House of the Dead remembered – Remember the sudden rise in popularity of zombies and horrific monsters in video games back in the mid-1990s? Apart from the success of the original Resident Evil video game, Sega made its presence felt in horror-themed gaming with the release of The House of the Dead in 1996. Powered by Sega’s Model 2 arcade hardware, The House of the Dead is a light gun arcade game that had players facing off with zombies and other horrific creatures. The game was a tremendous arcade success with sales of more than 8,500 cabinets globally and it led to the production of ports and sequels in the years that followed. If you are wondering who created The House of the Dead, what specific audience Sega targeted and what controversies did the game generate, watch the video of the late PatmanQC below.

https://youtu.be/x1k_Dje9xK4?si=-0YlM_DDoCMxrRSD

#5 The 1989-90 Phoenix Suns remembered – Before Charles Barkley joined the Phoenix Suns and led them to the 1993 NBA Finals, the team’s strong formation and rise happened in the late-1980s. Entering the 1989-90 season, the Suns had the high-scoring Tom Chambers and the action-packed point guard Kevin Johnson who were already among the elite players. That said, the Suns made quite an impact on the Western conference during the 1990s NBA playoffs. To find out what the 1989-90 Suns achieved and why they were a solid team, watch the retrospective basketball video below.

https://youtu.be/L_D3zLHVn9Y?si=TLgHJKCbpqg0pXTO

#6 You, Me and The Movies reacts to The Return of Godzilla – Way back in 1984, Toho revived the Godzilla movie franchise with grittiness, darkness and the Cold War mixed in. They achieved that with The Return of Godzilla and it truly was a return to form for Japan’s iconic cinematic monster. To make things clear, this is NOT Godzilla 1985 which was a butchered low-budget Western version that had Raymund Burr. Recently, You, Me and the Movies posted their reaction video of The Return of Godzilla and it is entertaining to watch.

https://youtu.be/4rNDptFy6Ms?si=7JeRuLM9scZRt2Da

#7 Moxy Swim 2026 Miami Swim Week fashion show – Are you familiar with Moxy Swim? Moxy Swim is a popular, creator-designed brand of swimwear. During this year’s edition of Miami Swim Week, Moxy Swim had a flashy fashion show showcasing many beautiful women and the latest swimwear of the company. Watch and enjoy the video below.

https://youtu.be/kFHy5PTBX7U?si=cBSQmVHwL3N7mDV2

#8 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers reaction videos – In early 2003, I saw The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in a local cinema with many other moviegoers. It is truly a great fantasy movie and the cinematic experience was captivating despite the long runtime. There are even a few film buffs who considered it the best of the LOTR film trilogy. To see how much of an impact The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers has on YouTubers, watch the videos below.

https://youtu.be/MotzM9ns6p4?si=sff-B29tytP79PHm

https://youtu.be/p1nvPEtDgxE?si=G7YUZvklwS_W-LsU

https://youtu.be/GdkRJR-RhSU?si=feD7TKHrZI8sExyu

https://youtu.be/Yq5yx-tn-ek?si=xETbPh7Vh3C0ijfV

https://youtu.be/6nPUBEMX5BQ?si=1o-MU6eTIqHnYE3l

https://youtu.be/JokgGlFFD5Y?si=06spAgB9FJsE2ESf

https://youtu.be/-OItmTtds7M?si=inlkuhOApfqn7kBF

https://youtu.be/IrKVC5iaVaQ?si=TYINhSnDpC7IhXKP

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Huupe Mini 2 Review: More Game Than It Can Handle

https://www.wired.com/review/huupe-mini-2/

We are officially announcing the dates for the 5th Retroludix festival: it will take place on 3 and 4 April 2027 in Enghien, Belgium. Featuring more video games, pinball machines and arcade machines from every era than ever before!

#retrogaming #pinball #arcadegames

One more from the #WhatMagazine digital archives... A scanned in #photograph of a #FortuneTelling #Arcade game. I took this photo in the early 2000s at #OldOrchardBeachME .

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Kotaku: Japanese Arcade Machines Have Been Taken Down By A Major Hack Of Sega’s Services. “The online services of a number of Japanese arcade games, including heavy hitters such as Bandai Namco’s Taiko no Tatsujin and Sega’s Initial D: The Arcade, have been forced offline due to a widespread hack of online services ALL.net and Aime. As of November 1st at 3 p.m. local time in Japan, all […]

What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 161

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring reaction videos – I can hardly believe it has been almost 25 years since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was first released in cinemas. The first time I saw it (the first part of a cinematic trilogy) was during its final week of showing at the local cinema and I ended up being very engaged by it. Since then, the Peter Jackson-directed fantasy movie (and its two follow-ups) was released in different editions on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray formats, ultimately offering movie buffs and J.R.R. Tolkien fans a lot of choices. Considering its great cinematic quality, in-depth storytelling and memorable characters, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is arguably the greatest cinematic fantasy spectacle ever made. As such, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring itself was featured many times in reaction videos by YouTubers, and posted below are the ones I enjoyed watching. Go watch the videos below.

https://youtu.be/OLqlui4I3BA?si=uEbFP-BJ3tjaYCME

https://youtu.be/CsOWh9Z8Ab0?si=7Fyu_jjIr2ymMatY

https://youtu.be/OjSQknw8wXs?si=iOPbFGemys2ZSQFq

https://youtu.be/S8GQ9NSTxco?si=M5foHqLgY9JAabkf

https://youtu.be/kdavSwv-cOw?si=ct1IEKUTi3TB-4Tn

https://youtu.be/GHmcVY3q4ac?si=GMjJmpLbpbRmUZtL

https://youtu.be/YEKWJciSzl0?si=KQXNP6kTCqS6RANl

#2 Islamic Slave Trade examined – When it comes to the disturbing topic of slavery, not too many people want to discuss the Islamic slave trade which started from 7th century and even persisted in various forms into the 20th century. When compared to the transatlantic slave trade, Islamic slave trade happened across North Africa, East Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Southern Europe and South Asia. There were women who were trafficked as domestic laborers or concubines, there were men who were recruited into specialized elite slave militaries, and there were others who subjected to brutal physical labor in various forms in different regions. The Islamic slave trade was indeed twisted and cursed, and it should never be revived. To find out more, watch the in-depth video below.

https://youtu.be/irq7uprtKv4?si=mZQsfc8DoSyu9LlQ

#3 The impact of Super Castlevania IV remembered – Released in December of 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in America, Super Castlevania IV was easily one of the most anticipated new games of that year given the fact that the Castlevania game series was already wildly popular with gamers. Considering its American release date, it was also the most pursued SNES game during the Christmas season. As such, its impact with gamers during the season was memorable and the YouTube video below by My Retro Life captured the game’s impact.

https://youtu.be/tjyv8qZ6CIA?si=da-mIpCvQfm5Voyx

#4 Skipjack tuna’s impact in Japan – If you are fond of eating tuna, are you familiar with skipjack tuna? Skipjack tuna (also referred to as Katsuwonus pelamis) is a medium-sized, streamlined pelagic fish in the tuna family of Scombridae. It is the one tuna species that got heavily fished and chances are, you canned tuna you ate came from it. In Japan, there was a surplus of skipjack tuna which not only brought down prices but also made an impact on customers through the restaurants and groceries. Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

https://youtu.be/A9Lzxq8KEDg?si=aVASxJdZcdei3caw

#5 The history of Tron – If you have seen the classic sci-fi movie Tron from 1982, were you able to play the official video games about it? Back then, there were video games of Tron released in the arcades and on game consoles of the time. Having seen the movie first, I remember wanting to play the Tron video games whenever I saw a print ad or a poster about the games. To learn more about Tron and its impact on video gaming, watch the video below from the late PatmanQC.

https://youtu.be/zc6KgUurqf8?si=8mqA2hyPIyL3VmRW

#6 Bill Clinton’s immorality, lying and sex scandal revisited – It has been almost thirty years since the Bill Clinton – Monica Lewinsky scandal first rocked the world resulting in massive news media coverage, legal implications, political debates and even a successful impeachment of Clinton. If you set aside the politics and media coverage, Bill Clinton’s sex scandal alone was essentially embarrassing and tarnished the Office of the President of the United States. I personally know Democrats who had trouble defending their immoral and dishonest President Clinton, and they are still worshipping both Bill and Hillary to this day. Recently, a comprehensive look back at the late-1990s sex scandal of Bill Clinton was released on YouTube and I encourage you to watch it now. Learn from history and never ever follow the evil Clintons.

https://youtu.be/nyarqhqZVXw?si=hDMXW5w6-u5Yscx_

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So. Roc’n Rope.

I expect old arcade games to be difficult, but even by those standards this game is mean. But I’m having just enough fun to keep trying, so perhaps one of these days I’ll get the hang of it.

Or I’ll rage-quit and go play Timber instead. One of the two.

#ArcadeGames #RetroGaming

Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 48

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!

In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.

For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.

With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…

1. Broderbund British print ad

Back in the 1980s, home computer systems were already popular platforms for playing electronic games. The American company Broderbund was one of the dominant forces of home computer gaming back then with lots of hit games (a mix of their own productions and the publishing of ports of games from other companies) that entertained many. When it came to England, Broderbund was aggressive on marketing its games there and the above print ad is a fine example of it. They came up with an American theme on their ad promoting the Lode Runner games, Choplifter, Spelunker and Stealth to British computer gamers. The imagery of a burger and the display of the American flag made the ad eye-catching.

2. King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch Japanese print ad

Believe it or not, Konami had the license to create the 1986 adventure game King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch which was very loosely based on the 1986 movie King Kong Lives. To promote its release for the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom), Konami came up with the above print ad that had an actual movie photo of King Kong, inserted two screenshots and showed some creative writings. Conveniently, Konami also inserted two of its other games for promotions.

3. Datsugoku Japanese arcade flyer

In 1988, SNK released Datsugoku in Japanese arcades and it became a commercial success for them long before they transitioned to their Neo Geo hardware. As you can see in the Japanese arcade flyer, the game has a war theme about prisoners of war struggling to fight their way out of enemy territory. This is not surprising because of the popularity of Hollywood’s military themed action movies and the Cold War itself had influenced game designers. The arcade flyer has fine-looking art of war. This game was eventually released in other parts of the world under the title P.O.W.: Prisoners of War.

4. The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback! North American print ad

In the early 1990s, Nintendo’s Game Boy was the dominant handheld gaming device and it was not surprising that a lot of companies released games on it. Along the way, the Punisher became one of Marvel Comics’ most popular characters and there were two monthly comic book series about the character. Acclaim produced The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback! for Game Boy featuring not only the Punisher but also Spider-Man (in the background) which was enough to get the attention of comic book fans. The descriptive text they came up with has this obvious anti-crime theme and it emphasized action. I saw this print ad in some 1991 comic books I read and it remains eye-catching until now.

5. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Japanese print ad

In the early 1990s, Victor/JVC published Star Wars games developed by Lucasfilm Games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Following the 1992 release of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on the NES in the West, they released a port of it for the Famicom in Japan in 1993. To promote the game, they made a print ad that highlighting the memorable Battle of Hoth (using art and one screenshot) as well as iconic photos of Luke Skywalker in Hoth and Dagobah (with Yoda). The ad makers strategically inserted screenshots showing the in-game Hoth and Dagobah settings plus two of Cloud City. I played the game myself and it was very punishing. Still, this ad looks great. It also motivated me to replay The Empire Strikes Back on home video back then.

6. Contra: The Hard Corps Japanese print ad

In 1994, gamers in Japan who owned the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis in America) were highly engaged when Konami released Contra: The Hard Corps specifically for the said console. Konami aggressively marketed the game and one of the ads they made for Japan was the above 2-page print ad that had dynamic looking hand-drawn artwork that had strong anime aesthetics. They inserted two screenshots of the game and posted a text description to get gamers excited. Apart from bringing Contra excitement for Sega gamers and Contra fans who happened to own the Mega Drive, this print ad clearly shows Konami went all-in with doing business with Sega.

7. Skimaxx North American and British arcade flyers

I never played Skimaxx in the local arcades. Did you? Released in 1996 by Innovative Concepts in Entertainment, Skimaxx is very notable for having a truly unique physical cabinet design featuring a pivoting hydraulic footboard which brings to players the simulation of rock motions, twists and more. Two arcade flyers – for North America and England – were respectively published and both featured a pretty blonde lady wearing a swimsuit playing the Skimaxx machine, highlighting the use of the footboard. Apart from the technical features, a Skimaxx machine can be linked with another machine for head-to-head competition. These arcade flyers are very cool and mesmerizing to look at and they contain enough details to make arcade operators interested.

8. Genso Suikoden II Japanese print ad

When Konami released the original Suikoden (Genso Suikoden in Japan) fantasy RPG on the PlayStation in the mid-1990s, the game achieved positive feedback from gamers and critics which boosted sales. In late-1998, the sequel Genso Suikoden II was released for PlayStation in Japan and Konami became aggressive on promoting it as it became aware of the many dedicated Suikoden fans. They came up with an epic-looking 2-page print ad that had a collage of official artworks, screenshots of in-game cutscenes, and some of the fancy looking visual effects to sell the game. The images and descriptive text informed gamers of the new conflict following the events of the original game. I played Suikoden II a lot and it is easily bigger and better than its predecessor. That said, this epic-looking print ad truly highlights the great stuff Suikoden II offered gamers and it made the Suikoden II print ads in America look inferior. Too bad Konami did not use the approach of the Japanese print ad in the Western markets because Suikoden II truly is epic fantasy.

9. Einhänder North American print ad

Back in the late-1990s, SquareSoft became a more prominent game developer and publisher by releasing new games that not only had 3D polygonal visuals but also tackled gameplay styles beyond role-playing games (RPGs). In the case of their game Einhänder, they made a serious gamble on the shooter genre of gaming while moving forward with 3D polygons and some unique gameplay features of their own. In preparation for the game’s North American launch in 1998 for PlayStation, the company came up with a wide print ad with a dominant artwork that showed a planet with a huge part torn off and drifting into space. Even a small part of the planet’s core got exposed. This ad pounded hard on the expression of “Earth shattering”, and it showed SquareSoft was serious on making an impact on the shooter genre. When I saw this ad in a magazine, the planet caught my attention and then I focused on the right section which had the descriptive text and screenshots of Einhänder. This is still an engaging print ad to look at.

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Rolling Thunder AGA Update Shows First Two Levels
#RollingThunder #Amiga #AmigaAGA #CommodoreAmiga #JOTD #RetroGaming #ArcadeGames #RetroComputing #AmigaGames
https://theoasisbbs.com/rolling-thunder-aga-update-shows-first-two-levels/?fsp_sid=15409

Ready player one? Why the games arcade is having a rebirth
By Keith Stuart

After years of sprawling ‘forever’ games, players are rediscovering the pleasures of more focused experiences. Could a new wave of independent arcades bring back the social side of gaming?

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/14/ready-player-one-why-the-games-arcade-is-having-a-rebirth

#Games #Culture #Arcadegames #Retrogames #Gamesconsoles #TheGuardian #KeithStuart

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What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 158

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 Major League (1990) movie reaction videos – When it comes to American sports, I am not really a fan of baseball. That said, I was not too interested with Major League Baseball (MLB). Strangely enough, the 1989 comedy film Major League – which I saw on home video in 1990 – turned out to be entertaining to watch and it became a hot rental in our local community here in the Philippines. As such, American sports movies about baseball became more interesting to see just as cable TV became more common locally. Some film buffs still consider Major League the most entertaining of them all. To find out how much impact Major League has on YouTubers, watch the selected reaction videos below.

https://youtu.be/Hdj0yNKCZtk?si=SIaiLxKAw9gwX2hL

https://youtu.be/D6kDNN20k1o?si=qGyP50QE0VaOhG8e

https://youtu.be/qazuvMf9368?si=bmLHN1DI_TawJ5j4

https://youtu.be/9EH4kjfRiuA?si=yHAXCnQ_PDJuCFna

https://youtu.be/EWsgWYuLeg4?si=_fZkeh0Z0DU5aDV5

#2 The history of TwinBee – Decades ago, I played TwinBee on the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) with my friends. It was a fun-filled, vertical-scrolling 2D shooter that had this cute visual design and it was unexpectedly challenging to complete. What I never played, however, was the original arcade game of TwinBee which Konami released way back in 1985. To find out who were the creators behind TwinBee, how its development happened and how it became a game franchise, watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/Dh-ISK4mngU?si=PPjepiuJ1WeMBn-T

#3 Nostalgic food alley in central Tokyo – If you have ever visited Tokyo before, were you able to eat at specific places that had a lot of history within? There is this nostalgic food alley in the central part of Tokyo. Having seen the Nippon TV video below, the featured food alley is indeed very interesting and the food offered to customers is captivating to see. I wish I had dined there the last time I visited Japan. Watch and learn from the video below.              

https://youtu.be/PFRJmcqG8Ko?si=Df816B-k0iXJzAe5

#4 The Road to the Temple Mount Revealed – In 2023, I visited Israel with my local church on a pilgrimage tour that lasted twelve days, and it was during the last five days when we stayed in Jerusalem. During our tour of Pool of Siloam (where a man-born-blind got healed and gained sight because he followed Lord Jesus’ instructions) we reached one end of the place which turned out to be the entrance leading to the ancient pilgrimage road leading to the Temple Mount. Back then, it was closed but we all saw what it looked like. In recent times, a lot of progress was made on the restoration of the ancient pilgrimage road (the very road where Jews hiked coming from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount) and CBN News has an in-depth feature of it in their video below. I encourage you all to watch it.     

https://youtu.be/tTIe2Szu4FA?si=WgitkBomcHr7yQIA

#5 From Mahane Yehuda Market to Jaffa Gate – During the one and only day-off of our 2023 Israel pilgrimage tour, I marched all the way to the Temple Mount and other holy sites inside the Old City of Jerusalem to spend quality time with the Lord. After visiting the grave of Oskar Schindler, I marched all the way back to the modern part of Jerusalem with the Mahane Yehuda market as the final destination. That said, the video of Jerusalem Walker posted below is nostalgic to me as I had two visits to Mahane Yehuda. The only thing was that I have not yet experienced spending time at Mahane Yehuda on a Friday which is often full of people as the Jews prepared themselves for the night before Shabbat. The video below is a must-see.

https://youtu.be/e_HLBpIjnv8?si=jKlopf0zjhgNzCiN

#6 You, Me and the Movies reacts to The Fly (1958) – Like most moviegoers, I saw the 1986 version of The Fly without seeing the original 1958 version. Of course, the original The Fly was released long before I was even born and it was still very challenging to see it on home video, UFH TV, cable TV and DVD or Blu-ray. I eventually saw The Fly (1958) on local TV back in the 1990s but it did not engage me enough to complete it. That said, watching reaction videos of it was a more suitable way of seeing it and I can say that I enjoyed You, Me and the Movies’ reaction video of it is entertaining.

https://youtu.be/pwfGidrzMH4?si=9IJ8MLBpyhcxAYzS

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I’ve made a few drafts this week

https://snowebell.cc/ive-made-a-few-drafts-this-week/

Centipede Amiga Port Released for OCS, ECS, and AGA
#Centipede #CommodoreAmiga #Amiga #Atari #RetroGaming #ArcadeGames #AmigaGaming #AmigaOCS #AmigaAGA #RetroComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/centipede-amiga-port-released-for-ocs-ecs-and-aga/?fsp_sid=14841

Rolling Thunder AGA Port Takes Shape on the Amiga
#RollingThunder #CommodoreAmiga #AmigaAGA #Amiga1200 #JOTD #Namco #RetroGaming #ArcadeGames #AmigaGaming
https://theoasisbbs.com/rolling-thunder-aga-port-takes-shape-on-the-amiga/?fsp_sid=14785

New Pizza Ranch Colorado Springs serves up pizza, games and fun https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/43417/ #ArcadeGames #colorado #ColoradoDining #ColoradoFood #ColoradoGroceryStores #ColoradoRestaurants #ColoradoSprings #KristaWitiak #PizzaParty #PizzaRanch

Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 47

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!

In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.

For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.

With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…

1. Atari Console and Games Print Ad

Back in the 1980s, the styles of video game advertising were very different. Back then, Atari was the market leader on console gaming with the Atari 2600 and they had a lot of video games made for it. As such, the above print ad showing the console and the video games (with the front covers of the game boxes) was typical of the era and it was captivating to look at. By today’s standards, the ad looks simple but it still has the appeal to lure gamers.

2. Shark Attack North American Arcade Flyer

Remember long ago when Steven Spielberg’s Jaws made some people afraid of sharks and the sea? Jaws was a massive blockbuster, and it was influential to the public. A few years later, Universal Pictures pushed through with Jaws 2 without Spielberg, and it also was a huge commercial hit. By the start of the 1980s, creature feature films inspired by Jaws were released and pop culture itself was influenced. In 1981, the obscure arcade outfit Pacific Novelty Manufacturing released their game Shark Attack in arcades. To promote the game, the company came up with an arcade flyer that had a comedic touch on the text descriptions while featuring a pretty blonde fashion model posing as the diver. The front of the flyer had the arcade cabinet, the model and an exaggerated artwork of a shark holding a knife and a fork. On the rear, the sexiness was ramped up with a shot of the model’s behind (plus more pictures of the model herself). This is indeed an amusing and funny arcade flyer.

3. Centipede North American Arcade Flyer

When Atari released Centipede in arcades in 1981, it attracted a lot of gamers and became a huge commercial hit. Part of its success is linked with the strategic promotions Atari committed, and the above arcade flyer is one of the variants of Centipede flyers. The one above shows an illustrated centipede carrying a coin in its mouth and in the background are two different arcade cabinets plus a cocktail table machine (for those who want to play Centipede while sitting down). This particular arcade flyer of Centipede emphasizes the popularity of the game and there are different types of machines that arcade operators can choose from. At the same time, this old flyer remains amusing to look at.

4. Rambo Famicom Japanese Print Ad

When it comes to Hollywood action movies of the 1980s, Sylvester Stallone was highly successful, and he impacted American pop culture with the Rocky and Rambo films. By 1985, Stallone struck gold with Rambo: First Blood Part II which made over $300 million worldwide. Considering the Cold War theme and ambitious action scenes of the movie, it was clear for Japanese game developer Pack-In-Video to make an official video game adaptation of Rambo: First Blood Part II for the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) in the form of a 2D side-scrolling adventure game. The said game was simply titled Rambo and to promote it, the company came up with the above Japanese print ad that had the iconic Rambo image of Stallone holding the rocket launcher, and a few screenshots of the game itself. If you look closely at the lower-right corner, you will see a cartoonish hand-drawn art of the Rambo character with a bow and arrow. Considering how very popular Stallone, his character and the movie were, it made a lot of sense to promote the Rambo Famicom game like this in Japan. 

5. Gyruss Family Computer Disk System Japanese Print Ad

In 1983, Konami released Gyruss, a science fiction tube shooter designed by Yoshiko Okamoto. The game was a huge arcade hit and it really attracted a lot of players who enjoyed the unique game design and spaceship shooting. Konami licensed the game to a few companies which resulted in the creation and release of Gyruss ports for different consoles and home computer systems. In 1988, Konami released an enhanced Gyruss port for the Family Computer Disk System of Nintendo. To promote the Famicom Disk System port, Konami came up with a print ad that had a nicely detailed painted artwork of a spaceship (representing the player) about to hit incoming enemies deep in space, 3 screenshots and the official price and release date displayed. The artwork is still captivating to look at and the port itself features major overhauls that arguably made it better than the arcade original. Konami really went the extra mile for this Gyruss port.

6. Operation Thunderbolt Japanese Arcade Flyer

Following the huge success of Operation Wolf, Taito went on to make the sequel military shooter Operation Thunderbolt which was named after the 1977 movie that itself was based on the real-life Entebbe raid of 1976. To promote the game, the company came up with a pretty compelling arcade flyer for the Japanese market. The front has a detailed painted artwork that emphasizes the conflict between soldiers and Islamic terrorists in the Middle East. The rear has technical details of the arcade cabinet, several phone numbers and hand-drawn art of the terrorists (they easily remind me of Palestinian terrorists) clearly called the enemies. While the listing of phone numbers on the rear was very unusual, this old arcade flyer still looks great. Operation Thunderbolt went on to achieve huge commercial success in the arcades and later on consoles. It was one of the highest grossing arcade games in Japan in 1989.

7. Batman Returns North American Print Ad

Batman Returns was a big hit in cinemas in 1992 although it never came close to matching the success of its 1989 predecessor. When it comes to video games, Batman Returns was even more ambitious as there were different game adaptations on different platforms. For the Sega CD Batman Returns game, Sega came up with the above ad that strongly featured photos of Michael Keaton as Batman, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman and Danny DeVito as the Penguin with a stylish dark background and four screenshots of the game. The line “Batman Returns…on Sega CD” was really catchy and ultimately the game itself was very notably an expanded version of the Sega Genesis version with selected video footage from the film. As Sega had the license to make Batman Returns games for its platforms, this print ad is absolutely an attention-grabber.

8. Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi North American Print Ad

If there is anything notable about Star Wars in the 1990s, it is the fact that there is a lot of merchandise, comic books, video games, books and other licensed products released long after 1983’s Return of the Jedi which itself was perceived to be the last of the film franchise. In the mid-1990s, ports of Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi were released on the competing handheld platforms Nintendo Game Boy and Sega Game Gear. This particular single-page ad has a nice visual design that captured the vibe of the movie (which I saw as a young boy in 1983) and it made handheld gaming look cool.

9. Elevator Action Returns Japanese Print Ad

In 1994, Taito struck gold with the release of Elevator Action Returns in Japanese arcades. The sequel was a big hit for the company and they eventually released a console port on the Sega Saturn only in Japan. For promotion, a print ad was made using the official painted artwork while also showing the screenshots and other details about it running on the Saturn (which itself was a powerful 2D sprite machine). Just looking at this old ad brings back the excitement of Elevator Action Returns and I now have a digital copy of it on my Xbox Series X.

10. Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu North American Print Ad

By the late 1990s, Japanese role-playing games (JRPG) really became popular on gaming consoles in America which arguably was the result of the massive global success of Final Fantasy VII. In 1999, there were a lot of JRPGs that got released on PlayStation and publisher Crave Entertainment literally pounced on American gamers’ interest on JRPGs by releasing Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu. Crave aggressively promoted the game and the result was this 2-page print ad that emphasized the game concept (developed by Genki), showed screenshots of the game, and displayed artworks that fans of Studio Ghibli anime productions can recognize. While Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu never became a massive commercial hit because of the low print run, there is no denying that its print ad was one of the most visually appealing ads of 1999. The ad alone made it look very ambitious.

11. Konami LaserScope North American print ad

In 1990, this print ad of Konami’s LaserScope appeared in comic books and several other publications. The LaserScope was a gaming peripheral designed for use on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) complete with compatibility with existing games that were made to support the NES Zapper. The ad even boasted a voice-activated firing feature and a hands-free approach on playing NES games. While the ad boasted that players will have the most powerful voice in video games, the LaserScope itself was a very flawed and badly optimized device. Apart from having a built-in microphone that was oversensitive, tracking targets was a chore requiring constant head-turning which in turn made the gameplay experience very tiring and frustrating. This old ad promised a lot and the LaserScope was a catastrophe. When was the last time you bought hardware from Konami?

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Did that '9 games that shaped me' thing (do yours at https://my9games.net). Many of these won't be surprises, I've written about most of these (here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about and here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/15-great-games-you-could-play-on-a-mac-performa-575-in-1994)

Ms. Pac-Man was the first arcade game I loved as a kid in the 80s, Kirby I played on a friends' Game Boy, just as I did with Diablo, on a friends' PC. Sim City I played first at school, and all the other 90s ones (Wolfenstein, Doom, Sim Ant, etc) would have been on our own family Mac or PC. I referenced Rogue here, I actually played Mac Moria first, but same thing.

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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – brilliant aerial combat game fulfils the Top Gun fantasy
By Patrick Lum

PlayStation 5, Xbox, PC (version played); Bandai NamcoThe game generates blood-pumping moments as you twist, turn and weave through the skies, while your locked-on missiles speed away to obliterate an enemy plane

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/sep/25/ace-combat-8-wings-of-theve-review

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https://www.alojapan.com/1542871/hitting-the-batting-cages-in-shinjuku-tokyo-2/ Hitting the batting cages in Shinjuku, Tokyo #anime #ArcadeGames #BattingCage #FunActivitiesInTokyo #JapaneseCulture #manga #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #RyugaGotoku #Shinjuku #TaikoNoTastujin #ThingsToDoInTokyo #Tokyo #TokyoAttractions #TokyoDestinations #VendingMachine #yakuza #沖縄 (Photo by Luis Samayoa/Stripes Okinawa) Watch the Instagram video. I’ve seen many anime shows where there’s a batting cage scene, which has always fascinated me. I

Hitting the batting cages in Shinjuku, Tokyo

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https://www.alojapan.com/1542381/hitting-the-batting-cages-in-shinjuku-tokyo/ Hitting the batting cages in Shinjuku, Tokyo #anime #ArcadeGames #Baseball #BattingCage #FunActivitiesInTokyo #JapanTrips #JapaneseCulture #manga #RyugaGotoku #Shinjuku #TaikoNoTastujin #ThingsToDoInTokyo #Tokyo #TokyoAttractions #TokyoDestinations #trips #VendingMachine #yakuza (Photo by Luis Samayoa/Stripes Japan) Watch the Instagram video. I’ve seen many anime shows where there’s a batting cage scene, which has always fascinated me. I took

Hitting the batting cages in Shinjuku, Tokyo

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I'm on my second playthrough of Arcade Paradise and I have to say that this game is as close to perfection as it can get. If you're into 90s nostalgia (and 80s as well) and like arcade games, definitely give it a try. I'd be tempted to buy it just for the soundtrack 🔥

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Heute habe ich es endlich (in Begleitung) in das Computerspielemuseum von Berlin geschafft. Wir hatten dafür extra einen Tag zwischen den Ferien abgewartet. Mein Schwerpunkt lag auf Arcade-Automaten, da ich sie seit meiner Kindheit nicht mehr erleben konnte. Und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht!

Für mich ist das wirklich ein ganz anderes, intensiveres Erlebnis als zu Hause vor einer Console oder "Heimcomputer" zu daddeln. Die Sounds, die Haltung am Gerät mit Bildschirm und die verschiedenen Controller.

Endlich konnte ich ein Mal OutRun und vor allem Paperboy mit dem Fahrradlenker spielen 🤩.
Das war auch ein Aha-Moment für mich, wieder festzustellen, dass viele Automaten früher gar nicht mit Joysticks, sondern mit Buttons für die Richtungen und individuelle Zusatzfunktionen ausgestattet waren.

Sehr interessant war auch die Sektion zu Video-Spielen in der DDR, z.B. mit einem Poly-Play-Automaten.

Auch wenn die Räumlichkeiten auf den ersten flüchtigen Blick vielleicht klein wirken mögen, steckt dort viel mehr drin als man bei einem Besuch (Timeslots von 2 Stunden) schafft und ich hier jetzt erzählen könnte.

Da will ich auf jeden Fall noch ein Mal wieder hin, zumal Exponate und Sonderausstellungen auch wechseln.

Das Museum ist auch im Fediverse vertreten: @computerspielemuseum

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Rally-X Amiga Port Is Fully Working in New WIP Preview
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https://theoasisbbs.com/rally-x-amiga-port-is-fully-working-in-new-wip-preview/?fsp_sid=12030

Nibbler Amiga Port Takes Shape in Early OCS Demo
#Amiga #Nibbler #CommodoreAmiga #AmigaGames #RetroGaming #ArcadeGames #JeanFrancoisFabre #OCS
https://theoasisbbs.com/nibbler-amiga-port-takes-shape-in-early-ocs-demo/?fsp_sid=11472

Oh, look! 🎉 Another "revolutionary" arcade cabinet that's just begging to be deployed like your latest CI/CD pipeline. Because we all need a custom GPU for that authentic CRT feel while pretending we're coding gods deploying Pac-Man. 🙄 Just what the gaming world was missing!
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Vulgus Amiga AGA Port Nears Completion
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https://theoasisbbs.com/vulgus-amiga-aga-port-nears-completion/?fsp_sid=10403

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