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2026 21

  1. Converting Markdown to HTML (with custom rules)
  2. Video Game Backlog
  3. Some thoughts: August 30, 2026 edition
  4. Why is Puzzle Bobble easier than Bust-A-Move?
  5. Sega Genesis Programming Part 26: A less than optimal gradient background fill
  6. Some thoughts: July 19, 2026 edition
  7. Sharp Shot for the Intellivision Already Solved the NFL's Overtime Problem
  8. 10 Great Reasons Why You Need Another 3DO Game
  9. A Hypothetical Super Pac-Man Genesis Port
  10. Actually, I'm totally fine with the Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-order
  11. A completely free ASCII table
  12. A grim wrestling article (that is also about video games)
  13. The Game Boy Advance version of Doom is very good for what it is
  14. Midwest Gaming Classic 2026 recap
  15. Sega Genesis programming sidebar: A better understanding of planes
  16. Strategic Simulations 1992 Catalog
  17. Strategic Simulations 1989-1990 Catalog
  18. Galloping Ghost Review
  19. Strategic Simulations 1991 Catalog
  20. 1995 WizardWorks Catalog
  21. Strategic Simulations 1996 Catalog

2022 1

  1. Console Timeline - Table with detailed dates

2014 2

  1. Closing time, a tribute to the last calls of gaming
  2. Why I removed my video game collecting apps from Google Play

2012 1

  1. The Decade in Video Games (and Eventually the Top 10 Games of the Decade)

2009 1

  1. The Decade in Video Games II: The 2010s (and Eventually the Top 10 Games of the Decade According to an Out of Touch Gamer)

2007 3

  1. TurboGrafx-16 CD on the Wii
  2. History of Backwards Compatibility
  3. TurboGrafx-16 on the Wii

2006 1

  1. My Loser Phase: Reflections on Video Game Retail from 1992-1997: 1993

2000 1

  1. Loser Phase Exodus - 18 Month Sentence at Super Crown 1996-1997

1996 1

  1. My Loser Phase: Reflections on Video Game Retail from 1992-1997: 1996

1995 1

  1. Video Games of the Monday Night War

1991 1

  1. Lakehurst Mall Directory

1990 2

  1. An incomplete history of video gaming according to random Google newspaper archive searches
  2. Atari Jaguar: Do the Math

Undated 244

  1. My Loser Phase
  2. 1993 Hawthorn Mall Directory
  3. 'does this have sonic and the hedgehog': A brief look at some Sega Genesis clones
  4. 10 Reasons Why Chrono Cross is a Great RPG (3 reasons why it's not)
  5. 10 Video Game Ports that Should Exist
  6. 2008 me talks to 1995 me about video games
  7. 20th Anniversary Tribute to the Ys Series
  8. Alternate history: Nine games that could have revived defeated consoles
  9. American Guide to Falcom Games
  10. Arcade Age Exhibit
  11. Belated Recap of the 2014 Classic Gaming Expo (which I guess was the last one)
  12. Bill Walsh College Football '95 Picks the College Champion of 2003
  13. Camping of the Wild
  14. Coleco (Sega) Handheld
  15. Console Timeline
  16. Console Timeline - Best year for gaming?
  17. Console Timeline - Life after replacement
  18. Console Timeline - Worst year for gaming, the fallout of 1983
  19. Crime Wave Box Art
  20. Differences between Tombs and Treasure and Asteka II
  21. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD
  22. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: 3DO
  23. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Atari Jaguar
  24. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: CD Entertainment (page 1)
  25. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: CD Entertainment (page 2)
  26. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: CD Entertainment (page 3)
  27. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: CD Entertainment (page 4)
  28. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: PC Accessories (page 1)
  29. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: PC Accessories (page 2)
  30. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: PC Edutainment
  31. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: PC Utilities and Graphics
  32. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Reference and Productivity (page 1)
  33. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Reference and Productivity (page 2)
  34. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Reference and Productivity (page 3)
  35. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Sega Genesis
  36. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Sega Saturn
  37. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Sony PlayStation (page 1)
  38. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Sony PlayStation (page 2)
  39. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Super Nintendo and Virtual Boy
  40. Electronics Boutique Spring 1996 CD: Video Game Accessories
  41. Falcom Stationery
  42. Fan references in Tokyo Xanadu
  43. Game Boy Advance Compilations
  44. GameCube 10th Anniversary Tribute
  45. Grudge Match: Atari 7800 vs NES
  46. Grudge Match: NES vs SMS
  47. How to run games off multiple USB drives in RetroPie
  48. Hyper Catalog 2 Review
  49. Hyper Catalog 3 Review
  50. Hyper Catalog 4 Review
  51. Hyper Catalog 5+6 Review
  52. Hyper Catalog Review
  53. I try The X-Files DVD games so you don't have to
  54. Season 1: Roots of Conspiracy
  55. Season 2: Unholy Alliances
  56. Season 4: Urbs Tertia
  57. Season 5: Earthbound
  58. Season 6: Dreamland
  59. Season 7: First Person Shooter
  60. Season 8: Faith
  61. If NES games were made today
  62. Intellivision: Then and Now
  63. Joe Montana Sportstalk Football Picks the Winner of Super Bowl XXXVI
  64. Killer Frequency - A short game that completely rules
  65. Let's track down those paintings that keep appearing in Falcom games
  66. MD.emu Sega CD Compatibility
  67. Midwest Gaming Classic 2004
  68. Midwest Gaming Classic 2006
  69. Midwest Gaming Classic 2007
  70. Midwest Gaming Classic 2008
  71. Midwest Gaming Classic 2009
  72. Midwest Gaming Classic 2010
  73. Midwest Gaming Classic 2011
  74. Midwest Gaming Classic 2012
  75. Midwest Gaming Classic 2013
  76. Midwest Gaming Classic 2014
  77. Midwest Gaming Classic 2015
  78. Midwest Gaming Classic 2016
  79. Midwest Gaming Classic 2019
  80. Midwest Gaming Classic 2021
  81. Midwest Gaming Classic 2022
  82. Midwest Gaming Classic 2023
  83. Midwest Gaming Classic 2024
  84. Midwest Gaming Classic 2025
  85. Mortal Kombat Home Version Rankings
  86. Mortal Kombat II Home Version Rankings
  87. My favorite NPC in the Ys series
  88. My Loser Phase: Reflections on Video Game Retail from 1992-1997: 1994
  89. My Loser Phase: Reflections on Video Game Retail from 1992-1997: 1995
  90. My Loser Phase: Reflections on Video Game Retail from 1992-1997: Epilogue
  91. My most played Wii U and 3DS games (sort of)
  92. My video game setup
  93. PlayStation Portable 20th Anniversary Tribute
  94. Random Promo Tapes
  95. Review a Great Game Day 2013: Dungeon Explorer II
  96. Review a Great Game Day 2015: Ys for DOS
  97. Revisiting Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
  98. Ripping 16-bit CD games on Ubuntu and playing them on the Ouya
  99. Rumble Feature: Good Riddance
  100. Saving GameStop
  101. Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Tribute
  102. Skyward Sword and the Evolution of the Zelda Series
  103. Street Fighter the Movie Made My Afternoon
  104. Text from the English version of Ys II in Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II
  105. The bizarre, thirsty world of Ultra Box magazine
  106. The Mario Scale
  107. The Midlife Crisis of Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama
  108. The password for Joe Montana Sports Talk Football '93 is too simple
  109. The plot of Final Fantasy VII according to Wikipedia articles not about Final Fantasy VII
  110. The Return of Mario and Pac-Man
  111. Those GTA remakes sure are, uh, interesting
  112. Top 10 Worst Genesis Sequels
  113. Top 3 Overrated NES Games
  114. Virtua Fighter 32X Promotional Tape (featuring vaporware)
  115. What did NHL '97 for Sega Genesis cost at launch? (or what did one specific person pay for it?)
  116. What else did I expect from the Amico?
  117. What if the Super Nintendo CD was Released in 1991?
  118. 1991 Konami Catalog
  119. Ads of the 16-bit war
  120. Atari and Intellivision Ads
  121. Atari Catalog 1981 Scans
  122. Atari Catalog 1982 Scans
  123. Burger King Nintendo SuperStars
  124. Captron 1993 Holiday Catalog
  125. Coleco Flyer
  126. Dreamcast Survivor's Guide
  127. Electronics Boutique 1988 Christmas Catalog
  128. Electronics Boutique August 1992 Catalog
  129. Electronics Boutique August 1993 Catalog
  130. Electronics Boutique August/September 1997 Catalog
  131. Electronics Boutique Christmas 1990 Catalog
  132. Electronics Boutique Christmas 1991 Catalog
  133. Electronics Boutique Christmas 1992 Catalog
  134. Electronics Boutique Christmas 1993 Catalog
  135. EBChristmas95
  136. EBChristmas97
  137. Nintendo sega
  138. Pc education
  139. Pc games
  140. Pc hardware
  141. Pc productivity
  142. Playstation
  143. Vg accessories
  144. EBChristmas99
  145. EBXmas2001
  146. EBDecember94
  147. Ebfall91
  148. EBFall87
  149. Ebjanuary87
  150. EBJanuary93
  151. Ebjanuary94
  152. EBMarch97
  153. EBMay93
  154. EBNovember03
  155. EBOctober92
  156. EBOctober93
  157. EBSeptember92
  158. Ebspring91
  159. Ebspring92
  160. Ebspring93
  161. Ebspring94
  162. EBSpring96
  163. EBSummer92
  164. EBSummer04
  165. Eb uk sw
  166. Gp premiere
  167. Gpnsg
  168. Intv catalog 1981
  169. Mk ads
  170. Mk2 behind scenes
  171. 88 89
  172. Random
  173. Sears catalog
  174. Segagear
  175. Snatcher scans
  176. SoftwareEtcXmas94
  177. Egghead
  178. Turbo gear
  179. Zelda preorders
  180. Resume ai
  181. Disney
  182. Going viral
  183. Google search
  184. Cuil
  185. Podcasts
  186. Sketchy redhead scholarship
  187. Wrestling grid
  188. Simple templater
  189. Android sprite walker demo
  190. Applet repair
  191. Atari 2600 basic
  192. Android fb album
  193. BruteForceParanoidDirectoryCopy
  194. Oss
  195. Random maze
  196. Random maze 2 objects
  197. Pi cloudfront athena
  198. BinToWav
  199. Xm2esf2java
  200. Hacking attempt
  201. Cloudfront report
  202. DuplicateLines
  203. Rule1
  204. Android ebay
  205. Java8optional
  206. Date serialization
  207. Recent file menu
  208. Y2k
  209. Vb6 java
  210. Annoying appointments
  211. Overlib image
  212. Opml
  213. Android serialization
  214. https://huguesjohnson.com/programming/java/xm/
  215. BinTextScraper
  216. Spritelist
  217. Scenes dialogs
  218. Scene npcs
  219. Actiontable
  220. Selections
  221. Inventory
  222. Scripted events
  223. Fade
  224. Save load
  225. 6button
  226. Palettes
  227. Palette tile generation
  228. Collision vdp
  229. 4way
  230. Template
  231. Random
  232. Keyboard
  233. Tiles sprites
  234. Animated sprites
  235. Echo
  236. Collision detection
  237. Vscroll
  238. Npcs
  239. Game state
  240. Objects
  241. Shuffle copy
  242. Mercator
  243. Ips
  244. Javafx treeview browser