CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallRare Street Fighter II Anime Finally Translated Into EnglishIt was originally only sold on VHS at a single exhibition in Japan 1995ByLuke PlunkettPublishedJuly 28, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallLet's Go Back In Time And Visit A Japanese Arcade In 1979Table service and cigarettes while you're playing Space InvadersByLuke PlunkettPublishedJuly 25, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallShin Megami Tensei If… Was Persona Before PersonaThis odd Super Famicom dungeon crawl served as the foundation for the Persona seriesByIan WalkerPublishedJuly 23, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal Recall1986's Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Being Painstakingly Restored, Now In 4KWhile unfinished, in its current state it still looks incredible compared to the VHS versionsByLuke PlunkettPublishedJuly 20, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallMass Effect: Corsair Was A Cancelled Spin-Off For Nintendo DSIt was cancelled because the projected sales weren't worth the cost to release on expensive cartridgesByLeah WilliamsPublishedJuly 5, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallLet's Take A Look At A PlayStation Game PitchThis, quite literally, is how video games get madeByLuke PlunkettPublishedJune 27, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallSomeone Collected (Almost) Every PS1 Memory Card VariantThe original PlayStation's colorful little cards are surprisingly poorly documentedByAlexandra HallPublishedJune 22, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallBeautiful Hand-Written Walkthrough Found In Old PC Game BoxDating back to around 1995, there are even hand-drawn mapsByLuke PlunkettPublishedJune 10, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallDonkey Kong 3 On PC Was On Some StuffIn case you could not tell this was not made by 1980s NintendoByLuke PlunkettPublishedJune 10, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal Recall1994 Story On Video Game Crunch Is Brutal ReadingWidescale reporting of terrible working conditions at video game studios is a relatively recent thing, but crunch…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedMay 25, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallLet's Go Back In Time And Visit A Japanese Arcade In 1992The early 90s was a magical time for arcade gaming, especially in Japan, so what better way to take a trip back in…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedMay 17, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallLet's Remember Gran Turismo 5's Intro, Which Was A MasterpieceWe tend to associate video game intros with lavish, pre-rendered cinematic sequences. Something to help kickstart…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedMay 11, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallNintendo Superfan Recreates Company's 19th Century Office To Store His Collection [Update]Fabrice Heilig, a Nintendo collector from France, has been amassing stuff for so long that his house was running out…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedMay 2, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallA History Of Shareware, Demos And Covertapes Back before YouTube and Twitch and always online DRM, developers needed more effective ways of marketing than just…ByBen LatimorePublishedMarch 25, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallHappy 35th Birthday, The Legend Of ZeldaOn February 21, 1986, the original Legend of Zelda was released on the Famicom in Japan. It did OK, Nintendo made…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedFebruary 21, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallLost Video Takes Us Inside Nintendo In 1990, Shows NES Consoles Being MadeThis 20-minute collection of B-roll footage, shot as part of a news report and only uploaded to YouTube this week,…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedJanuary 20, 2021
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallHappy 20th Birthday, Jet Set Radio!Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Jet Set Radio’s release on the Sega Dreamcast in the United States. This…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedNovember 1, 2020
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallJapanese Farm Hides One Hell Of A Video Game CollectionI have seen some impressive game collections in my time, but few that can match either the scale or presentation of…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedOctober 15, 2020
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallHalo 3: ODST Is Back, So Let's Remember One Of The Greatest Video Game Trailers Of All TimeHalo 3: ODST is out on Steam today, a fresh addition to the Master Chief Collection, letting a whole new generation…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedSeptember 22, 2020
CultureTotal RecallCultureTotal RecallThis 1990 TV News Report Is For The Monkey Island Fans In The HouseAmateur games historian Eon Fafnir posted a clip of this 1990 local news story about LucasArts (then still known as…ByLuke PlunkettPublishedAugust 3, 2020