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Say what you will about the game, but Onyanko Town (Micronics/Pony Canyon, 1985) has just about my favourite Famicom box art. And look at that adorable powder blue cartridge and beautifully-designed manual! awoo.space/media/X-cud_oLSrnDx awoo.space/media/Gp0DlrbG2NWyC

Also, the higher-res textures reveal a few hidden art gags that IIRC weren’t visible in the original game - like the fact that the playing cards from the first case are made by Capcom. awoo.space/media/DBsh00X1XtEEx

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For a direct comparison of the DS and HD versions, these two screenshots are pretty close! Clearly the same source artwork, just rerendered at a higher resolution. awoo.space/media/j__M2qck4WFKQ awoo.space/media/bCADpkz2wzjMV

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I’m also glad to be reminded they’re keeping up the gay undertones even with Edgeworth out of the picture. awoo.space/media/ey0AhyllFqD9b

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I played some of the HD version of Apollo Justice on the plane, and it’s *really* pretty. I’m impressed with what a good job they did! awoo.space/media/-4HRqP4ZZA7Tq

I haven't been able to grab the tile out of the game yet, but I did extract this from a RAM dump. Looks like the portraits are compressed on-disc and in RAM, and only decompressed into the VDP RAM when displayed. awoo.space/media/5C_Yz7zQczabp

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Been doing some tile hunting in Magic Knight Rayearth and, well, this isn't right but it sure is pretty! awoo.space/media/TvGZlxs94r8pS

.@Xkeeper helped me out, so I fixed my Lunar: SSS portrait palette conversion tool! It’s a very straightforward 15-bit palette.

Tool to convert to Windows .pal here: github.com/mistydemeo/sss_pale
And some brief notes: github.com/mistydemeo/lunardat awoo.space/media/s_TIBQ97m_AxI

I got a JavaScript exception trying to set up a gay marriage on The Knot. 🙄 awoo.space/media/iC4HVN-kwm0CC

Something I love: the Tail Concerto website is still up on Bandai’s webspace. It was last changed 20 years ago, but everything is still there. bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list awoo.space/media/kSR2rR5wsoa7N

Alcohol 

This brewery printed QR codes on their glasses and they go to a 404

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