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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2w ago

Fuck I’mabout to have to put my favourite kitty to sleep. Had her for 17 years and she’s had cancer for the past 4 years at least. Just gave them their dinner and she immediately stopped. Tried to run off to drimk some water and started wobbling and falling over. Just gave her some whipped cream which is her favourite and she ar leadt at that. She’s purring like crazy here but her breathing is sounding laboured. I knew this day was closebut fuck. 💔

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2w ago

If these two people were still calling shots over at PlayStation, I would still be a fan. They were responsible for some of the best times between PS4 and Vita. And both ended up being shoved to the side by the same pos ceo. Shu stuck around after being demoted and still did some great work, but things never went back to how they were thanks to the greed and stupidity of Jim Ryan and co. https://www.ign.com/articles/former-playstation-execs-recreate-iconic-disc-sharing-xbox-diss-without-the-physical-games-this-time

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2w ago

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@BigBlue1106@toot.wales Looking back each and every generation they did so much damage in a variety of ways... Shawn Layden's team was somehow perhaps the one bright spot. Too bad it came a bit late after Jack Tretton already did so much damage. Then Shawn Layden resigned or should I say was pushed out by Jim Ryan and the other suits. And now we have two other complete bastards in charge. Money man with no creative bone in their bodies and care only about pleasing investors. It's fucking depressing.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 3mo ago

Just Finished Star Fox. Still just as fun as it was 30 years ago. I did have way too much trouble than I’d like to admit with the final two stages though! And now I’d love to see a Wave Race 64 remake in this fashion even more. 😭

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Feature titled The Rise and Fall of Nintendo. Taken from Cube 32 - June 2004 (UK) Just goes to show that Nintendo has always been doomed, even before the rise of Youtube shit-stirrers and doomers, who leach of the company they hate, by making money off of constantly talking thrash about it and people clicking those awful thumbnails. 🤡 This issue can be downloaded here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/Cube.html #retroGaming #nintendo #GameCube

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Out-of-Print Archive • Cube (UK)

Classic Video Game magazine Rescource.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

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@ishambard@cupoftea.social And falling upwards at that. 😅 The Wii days were horrible when it came to this crap. Then again, the early DS days were just as bad, if not worse. ridiculing the system as it had no change in hell against the PSP and how handheld gaming was finally crawling out of the ghetto thanks to Sony. Well, we know how that ended up. 😄 Heck, even till this day, I hear on retro podcasts I listen to, when they talk about that generation about how PS3 was such a mess and 360 had the lead till the very and and only then the PS3 finally overtook them and won the generation by a hair. Only for them to completely ignore how the Wii wiped the floor with both of them. Hell, I even heard the PS4 being proclaimed the absolute winner of the gen compared to the Xbox one, which just dropped off a cliff, again, completely ignoring the clear winner my a mile, the Switch. And those were people who didn't have bad intentions or anything. Nintendo seem to be just a baseline that's always there and get ignored.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 4mo ago

Oh. Looks like I’m getting a Sega Saturn delivery today. 😊

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Preview for Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime on Nintendo DS. Taken from Official Nintendo Magazine 11 - Christmas 2006 (UK) This issue can be found here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html #retroGaming #nintendo #NintendoDS

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Out-of-Print Archive • Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)

Classic Video Game magazine Rescource.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

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Speaking of Anarchy in the Nippon. 😉

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 3mo ago

You don’t see me posting articles from Gamespot at all. But I have to fully agree with everything here. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/there-is-no-reason-to-buy-another-playstation-or-xbox/

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

She gets a ton of hate, mostly from the gamer gate types, but Alanah consistently nails it and brings insight to the table which hardly anyone else does, at least of what I've seen. The point about people either financing their brand new games by selling the ones they finished, or even being able to play new games thanks to the second hand market are the ones Sony is leaving behind with their new policy. Also the CEO's are laser focussed on engagement numbers, monthly active users and total gameplay hours to woo investors, is coincidentally the way we can get back at them. Play less on your PS, play somewhere else basically. Numbers go down, their strategy fails and they get replaced. Super simplified of course, but still. On a personal level, I was actually looking into buying sets of UK PS magazines to preserve. Now, my heart just isn't in it anymore. So yeah, you'll definitely be seeing way more Japanese Sega magazines from me. Maybe even Nintendo ones in the future. 😙 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Znc7MVsSlg

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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The logo is all done now as well. Cleaned it up like I normally do a create a transparent background version of it so it looks really nice, no matter how it's used. All ready to go now. 😊

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Little Japanese question again. I've been having a bit of trouble with sentences that use subordinate clauses, mostly because of the structure of these sentences and how they feel very different from the standard sentence structure you learn early on. For whatever reason, this past week they have just started making sense, most likely by getting much more exposure to them and also not trying to translate them in my head, which kinda breaks my brain and the structure falls apart when you do that. Or at least it stops making sense that way. At least to me. So I'm just doing some upkeep and I'm going over some simple exercises to not only understand them when I come across them, but to be able to use them myself. In this case, instead of "誰が来るか教えてください。" I said ”誰が来るか教えてくれる？” My question now is, is this grammatically correct? And if so, would it actually be used in real life as well, or am I missing something that gives this sentence a different nuance? Perhaps more casual?

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

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@ishambard@cupoftea.social Oh, that brings me right back to this beauty from Jack Trenton in July of 2007 as he was interviewed by GamePro: "I think the PS3 is the Surf ‘n Turf. You want the lobster and steak and you’re going to give yourself the treat of getting the best thing on the menu. The PS2 is your favorite burger restaurant — you go there for comfort food and it’s just always good and is a good value. [As for the other two consoles], one [Wii] is a lollipop, and I’m too old for lollipops. The other one [Xbox 360] I get sick from once in a while because the cook isn’t always reliable." Three years later, PlayStation would end up releasing its own motion controller, which actually does look like a lollipop. 😂

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

Preview for Star Fox Command on Nintendo DS from Official Dreamcast Magazine 8 - June 2000 (UK)

This issue can be found here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html

#retroGaming
#Nintendo
#NintendoDS

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Out-of-Print Archive • Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)

Classic Video Game magazine Rescource.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

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And I just ordered 3 Japanese Saturn RPG's for good measure. 😆 Two dungeon crawlers and one turn based, seemingly SRPG. I has keeping an eye on one of them since coming across it in the Saturn magazines I've been scanning, but copies usually go for €80 with some up to 200. Came across one new listing yesterday for €40 and almost pulled the trigger, but now I saw a bundle of 3 games for €47 instead, all look like new. The second one being another dungeon crawler with a lot of humour, while the third one looks to be a curiosity, so I couldn't resist at that price. Shipping was stupid though, but at least that should mean I have it in a day or so.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 4mo ago

Still need to watch the final half hour of last night’s state of play.
No idea what’s the consensus on this one as I’m betond tired of the endless negativity around each and every game presentation, so I can only speak for myself, but wow, this has been incredibly impressive so far.
Lots of games I want to put on my wish list.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 4mo ago

After playing these all evening yesterday, I just had to look for articles to post.

Review for Vampire Hunter, or Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge in the west on Sega Saturn.
Taken from Mean Machines Sega 44 - June 1996 (UK)

You can find this issue here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/meanmachinessega1.html

#retroGaming
#Sega
#SegaSaturn

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

After clearing that Picross page, I ended up playing Eschatos for the rest of the night. Returning to this timeless classic felt so great. Although I haven't put much time into the Switch version yet, as I had the Japanese 360 version and then the PS4 one. Sadly this is the only game Qute trilogy that made it to Switch, at least it's my favourite by far. It's a vertical STG with wave based enemies. Downing a wave will net you a score bonus. It's a very straight forward setup, but at the same time, one of the most satisfying shooters as well. It's basically a sequel to Judgement Silversword on the WonderSwan, which is also included. The normal more is just feels relaxing to play, while the Advanced mode switches up the gameplay, so there's a lot to come back to. There's also a Time Attack mode. And switching from the starting easy setting to the more difficult ones really brings the game to life. Still waiting for my physical copy from Strictly limited after 3 years. 😭 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY4aVM5zrug

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 3mo ago

Ah. Great strategy! I was getting more games on PS5 instead of Switch 2 due to the whole game key debacle. But stopping production of discs entirely? If I have to choose beween digital only on Nintendo, that’s an easy choice to make. I guess the whole Xbox thing collapsing in on itself is making them feel they can do anything and we’ll accept it with a smile on our face. https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 3mo ago

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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange Or as some would call it, Duolingo. 😅

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 4mo ago

continued tonight with more classic Capcom goodness on the Saturn.
I have to be careful or I keep playing way too long, just like last night and I would definitely suffer for that tomorrow as I've been incredibly tired all day today.

Went with one of my favourites: X-Men vs Street Fighter.
Absolutely love this one and I forgot that the roster is still relatively small.
We're really been spoiled over the years...
Melted Apocalypse and then moved on to Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, which I never played as much as X-Men for some reason.
Perhaps by that time I didn't get to play as many multiplayer games with my buddies anymore, I'm not sure.

Also such an absolute blast to play.
Melted Apocalypse even quicker this time around, but I somehow completely forgot about Mech-Gouki! 😂

I was not ready for him either, but finally took him down after a handful of unsuccessful attempts.

Now it's time for bed though.
Already quite late actually...

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 4mo ago

Starting to realise more and more just how much Kanji actually helps me with remembering new words instead of just trying to remember them with repetition, be that in audio or flashcard form.

Especially with a site such as jpdb.io

Came across the word 字幕 (jimaku/subtitles) this weekend.
remembering it it's all that difficult, but when looking at the kanji and seeing it as letter+curtain makes so much sense and incredibly easy to remember as well as read more words that incorporate the kanji used.

Just click on 幕(maku/curtain) for instance and look at how it's used in other words:
https://jpdb.io/vocabulary/1524750/幕/まく?lang=english#a

黒幕 (koromaku/black+curtain):
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind;

剣幕 (kenmaku/sword+curtain):
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

幕間 (makuma/curtain+interval):
intermission (between acts); interlude

Watching Call of the Night so obviously:

吸血鬼 (kyuuketsuki/ suck+blood+oni):
vampire; bloodsucker

etc. 😆

I feel so dumb for taking so long to use kanji like this...

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 4mo ago

Preview for Street Fighter Alpha 2 on Sega Saturn, including an interview with Shinji Mikami.
Taken from Official Sega Saturn Magazine 12 - October 1996 (UK)

You can find this issue here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/officialsegasaturnmagazine.html

#retroGaming
#Sega
#SegaSaturn

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Feature titled: The Greatest Game Boy Games Ever Taken from Official Nintendo Magazine 63 - Christmas 2010 (UK) I really need to fire up that Game Boy NSO app now that the weather seems to have taken a turn for the worse. 👀 This issue can be found here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html #retroGaming #nintendo #GameBoy

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Out-of-Print Archive • Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)

Classic Video Game magazine Rescource.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Been gettimg excited abput Nintendo stuff again. If that wasn’t obvious by now. 😅 So when I was going through my magazines to do additional scans for as I’m working on some NMS and ONM issues, I came across this sticker book supplement to issue 63. So I’ll definitely have te scan it and add it to the release.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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The scanning and editing of these is moving along really well. Helped my my enthusiasm for the content matter no doubt. Just wanted to give a little example of the differences between the old scans from what looks like 6 years ago that have been uploaded to the Internet Archive and the new ones I'm working on myself now. Some weird stuff going on. For example the scans appear to be 300DPI but saved at a lower JPG quality setting resulting in PDF's that are well under 100MB. The pages also appear to be stretched in weird ways. The sides match up on the left and right, but the middle stretches out an inch or so. I can't upload big gifs here, so these are jpgs instead. As you can see with the my scan on the right, it's quite a bit sharper and nowhere near as grainy as the old one. Also strange how two of the こ characters have the top parts missing on the other version... And how 5 of the big green kanji bleed into themselves. That might be due to printing being very different from one copy to the next though.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

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@apzpins@some.apz.fi @GamesMissed@mastodon.social I hope so, but from working with some young people every now and again, those biases seem to keep repeating in one way or another. That's one reason why I feel that the whole influencer thing is rotten to the core. Young kids get drawn in from a very early age and gravitate to some of those completely broken personalities and think of them as role-models and take whatever they spew on a stream as fact. Then again, that might just be this old man yelling at his cloud for the day.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

Preview for Soukyugurentai by Raizing in the Arcade.
Taken from Sega Magazine - セガマガジン 1996-11 (Japan)

You can download this one from its brand new section, here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/SegaMagazineJapan.html

#retroGaming
#Arcade
#STG

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

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@ishambard@cupoftea.social At least they didn’t make you play Fantasia on Mega Drive. 😅 Time to blow off some steam, I think. Can I recommend EDF 4.1? Been playing that all week on Switch.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 3mo ago

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@ishambard@cupoftea.social I did shoot them all down myself. Had a lot of trouble with it though and needed to use several continues until I finally got it. No idea about the scoring, but I think they kept the game in-tact overall. Just a visual and audio upgrade I think. But I need to play 64 to compare as it's been way too long.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@68000@corteximplant.com I’m still kicking myself for similar things. One that really stings and i can’t get over is having to sell my collection of brand new Game & Watches when i was home with that severe burnout for 18 months. My sister and her shitty husband, the ones who haven come across any right wing conspiracy that they didn’t like, pushed me to sell them as they would get 10% of the price. She hasn’t worked a day in the past 38 years and he’s done the same for like 25 years now as well. I knew it was a terrible deal and the guy was a scammer, but i couldn’t pay my bills, so i let all 15 of them go for €3000. Today I wouldn’t be surprised if i got that for a single one at least. These were completely mint. Picked them up myself in 1992 or so from an old stock find at a game/toy shop i used to always go to and knew the owners very well. 😭 One of the reasons I never want to sell games again.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@68000@corteximplant.com The moment I was finally able to get my very own credit card as they were very strict back in the day, this was literally in my first import order. Before that, I had to rely on a local import shop and could request games, but never knew what would come in. And they kept telling me how hard it was to find the shoot em ups on Saturn... Well, the day I got my CC, I started going from all the STG games that they told me for years that just were too rare to find copies of. It was insane and played so many Japanese Saturn and Dreamcast games. Then in 2002 when the Dreamcast died, I went even harder into Japanese exclusives and even finally got myself a PC-Engine Duo-R and AES. That helped soften the blow a bit, although, honestly I'm still not over it and wonder from time to time how things would be like if we were on the Dreamcast 4 now instead of on another stupid Xbox...

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social Everything is a balancing act. The reason there seems to be more detail is because those scans haven't been descreened so they add an extra pattern to the page as a whole. Gaming Alexandria, who I myself view as the best outlet for quality scans put together a great tutorial, since I'm to busy/lazy to put it all down on paper. Not to mention how every setup, be that scanner, OS and software does things in a certain way, which can have wildly different results. You see the descreening example about halfway on the page: https://scanning.guide/post_production_editing And that's not even taking into account how a scanner views and tries to replicate a page, compared to how our eyes actually see it in real life. The thing, is a scan is not a 1:1 copy. Never will be. It's more of an interpretation. Also then viewing those scans on a variety of screens bring with it another bunch of issues, as yet again, paper doesn't have a backlight in real life. Needless to say, replicating it 1:1 is impossible.

scanning.guide

post_production_editing [scanning.guide]

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@COMPU73E@retro.pizza @68000@corteximplant.com Aw man, that one also hurts. I have such an incredible fondness for the early years of the Mega Drive. Whenever I think about it, so many emotions and memories come flooding back. People just don't understand what this stuff means to us when they go "akshually Altered Beast is complete garbage 🤓" 😂 I sold my original Game Boy back in the day. And NES, as well as my Mega Drive... I still remember vividly how much I ended up missing them. Getting a Mega Drive again in 1997 with Sonic 1, Klax, ThunderForce 2 and 3 and Golden Axe 2 was such a revelation. So much so that a month later I actually took a big risk and bought a Saturn, despite everyone telling me how garbage it was, even in the shops. That thought me to ignore most people's opinions. 😆

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@68000@corteximplant.com Only found out later on what kind of two faced people they were while during covid, they tried to get my 80+ mom to not get any vaccines. Then when I finally was able to convince my mom that no, she was not going to become radioactive from it, and she did go for various shots over the 2 year span, these pieces of shit told her that she was not only no longer welcome in their home, but that they didn't want any contact with her at all because she was contagious. The insane garbage they have been spouting ever since would make Trump blush, it's that extreme... So yeah. Lots of shit to deal with, not even talking about the situation at my job, which houses similar hateful, racist, homophobic, transphobic, all you can think of phobic, garbage people, one of who is actually my boss. So that might explain why I buy way too much stuff, so I can drown myself in a fantasy world of Sega Saturn games, Japanese music and films. At least it helps keeping my head above water. 😅 Sorry to dump this on you btw.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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And the contents page for Sega Magazine - セガマガジン 1996-11 (Japan)

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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Link to the animated gif for easier comparison: Keep in mind that transforming JPGs to GIF always bring with it loss in quality and the addition of even more artefacts and things. https://www.outofprintarchive.com/GIF/SegaMagazineJP.gif

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@COMPU73E@retro.pizza I've said it before, but these feel like Saturn games that never released outside of Japan. And that's is meant as the best possible compliment.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@yesterzine@topspicy.social I actually would love to see you do a video on these when I get done with them now that you mention it. 😄

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 5mo ago

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@COMPU73E@retro.pizza I'll gladly double dip on these. And then buy the remakes in 2028/29 as well. 😅

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Feature for 007 The World is Not Enough on Nintendo 64. Including an interview with Tim Rodgers & Bill Beecham at Eurocom. Taken from 64 Magazine 46 - December 2000 (UK) This issue can be found here:https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/64Magazine.html #retroGaming #Nintendo #N64

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Review for Mario & Luigi Partners in Time on Nintendo DS. Taken from Nintendo Official Magazine 162 - February 2006 (UK) (part 1/2) I really wish Nintendo bought Alpha Dream when they were in trouble. This team made such wonderful games, it's such a shame we lost them... This magazine can be downloaded here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/nintendoofficialmagazine.html #retroGaming #nintendo #NintendoDS

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

A loving tribute to NiGHTS into Dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18kh1M-2Dw8

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 1mo ago

Now that Double Fine is independent again, I’m seeing more and more hit pieces on them as a whole and Tim Schafer as an individual. Some truly vile shit being thrown around now that they are no longer part of Xbox and got to take all of their work and IPs with them. These dipshits would have rather seen Xbox close them down than let them buy themselves out. Just goes to show how utterly rotten that fanbase is. Not that it really surprises me after being amongst them for many years and seeing their horrible reactions to Japanese games as well as indie games. The MS management and this fanbase truly deserve each other.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Well, this took quite a bit to set up. But since these are my final days of my summer vacation I decided to get it over with and not keep putting it off as it’s too much of a hassle. The wiring mess alone took like sn hour. 😭 Perhaps not final since I couldn’t find my Japanese Mega Drive, so I must have mislabeled it. But I disconnected my PS5 pro and PS3 as well and put them into storage as won’t be playing them anytime soon. And replaced them with a couple better systems, including one that’s even more powerful. 😅 The only non Japanese systems here are actually the Wii, GameCube, Switch 2 and one of the PS2’s.

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Out of Print Archive (meppi64) @outofprintarchive@retro.pizza

· 2mo ago

Final big import package is here. This one is from Tradergames, also from France. Finally got my hands on a copy of Eiyuden Chronicles Rising for a decent price, although they misplaced the cart, so it took a while longer before they could ship everything out. Got two mystery visual novels for the Dreamcast, which should help me with my studies and keep things interesting. Both are actually still shrink-wrapped, which surprised me. Then we got Shutokou Battle or Tokyo Xtreme Racer on PSP by Genki, which is always fun to play. But the crown jewel here is definitely Initial D Street Stage by Sega, which for me personally might very well be the best racing game on the system, and that's saying something. I completely missed this one back in the day. Heck, I missed out on the full series actually. But I started playing it on PSP/Vita a couple of months ago when I dove headfirst back into those systems and fell head over heels for it. So I just had to have a copy to call my own. So happy to have it. 🥰

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