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1 year

Videogame creator Ikumi Nakamura famously won our hearts at 2019's E3 conference. What many fans don’t know, however, is that Nakamura ( @nakamura193 ) has a secret alter ego in the form of ‘TommyBoy’ – a fearless urban explorer... 🧵

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@nakamura193 For over 15 years Nakamura has been traversing the planet to go to under-the-radar abandoned buildings, from Japan to the United States, from Belgium to Taiwan, and from Spain to Bali... Her photographic eye evokes the survival-horror feel of her own dystopian videogames.

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@nakamura193 Project UrbEx by Ikumi Nakamura catalogues @nakamura193 's adventures at stunning abandoned sites across the globe via stunning photography and her own manga comic diaries. Help us make this unique publication a reality by pledging for your copy now:

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7 years

500 Years Later – now live on Kickstarter – is written by @LattMeone of @Polygon , designed by @Rachelcdalton (ex-Spin/Unit Editions) and illustrated by @madeofsparrows

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WipEout: Futurism is the definitive illustrated history of the cult videogame series. Available to pre-order now as a limited clamshell edition with a team cover design of your choosing:

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5 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works has been approved by @SEGA and will now enter production! Thank you to our backers and pre-order customers for being so patient. Now, let's make this thing...

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4 months

WipEout: Futurism pre-order pilots! Keep your eyes on your inbox today...

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7 years

W3 AR3 MAK1NG A W1P30UT B00K — BU1LD X R-0M — C0M1NG 500N

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2 years

LAN Party by @merrittk is now funding on Volume, a photographic celebration of the energy-drink-fuelled, turn of the millennium, multiplayer gaming trend. Including contributions from @theromero , @The_Katbot and more. Pledge for your copy now:

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4 years

It's time! Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works has arrived at our warehouse and shipping will begin today. If you missed out, you can order yours here, exclusively from ROM:

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7 years

Now live on Kickstarter: Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works — A richly illustrated history of the cult games console:

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works

A richly illustrated history of the cult games console, produced in collaboration with Sega

www.kickstarter.com

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6 months

> ADR3NAL1N3 RU5H F0R FUTUR3 P30PL3 > 21 N0V3MB3R 2023 > 12:00 GMT > R0M24

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6 years

SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History is now live on Kickstarter. Featuring pop-up sculptures of SEGA’s greatest arcade cabinets: Hang-On, Space Harrier, Thunder Blade, After Burner, and Out Run All Kickstarter backers will receive an exclusive silver foil edition:

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6 years

Coming later this year, Japansoft: An Oral History will be an innovative and beautifully designed history of the nascent Japanese videogame industry. Design by studio_Julia with illustrations throughout by @yunagaba A collaboration with @voldotco – follow for more teasers!

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6 years

With #Shenmue I & II now re-released, what better way to spend your hard earned, fork-liftin' wages on than a copy of @SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works, which will be packed full of Shenmue goodies:

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4 years

Thanks to the Sega Dreamcast, we can all still experience the great outdoors indoors: We can enjoy sunny beaches. Play squash. Question the very nature of existence itself. Fight giant octopi in the depths of a large ship. So life remains, more or less, the same.

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5 years

The @SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History production prototype is here. And well... it’s a beautiful thing...

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5 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works – which we began work on, we think, around the time the console was released – finally has a ship date. November 1. Gosh that took a long time didn't it? But hey, it's going to be a beautiful thing:

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4 years

'More than 250,000 people were playing Phantasy Star Online in Japan. That’s one of the most successful online videogames in the country. But it was too late for Dreamcast and Sega.' —Koji Aizawa speaking in Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works

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6 months

Which WipEout: Futurism team cover did you select? AG Systems? Auricom? FEISAR? Learn more about the book and choose your allegiance here:

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4 years

Videogame design legend Yu Suzuki has received his copy of Sega Arcade: Pop-Up History! Find out more about our super-scaler 'exhibition in a book' and secure yours, here:

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4 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works Special Edition backers. You’re in for a treat...

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4 years

The mighty Sega Saturn is 25 years old today! ＰＬＡＹＳＥＧＡＳＡＴＵＲＮ

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6 months

The ROM WipEout Futurism Limited Edition is now sold out! Congratulations to the 1000 anti-gravity pilots who secured a copy!

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8 years

Wet proofs for The Bitmap Brothers Universe. Our unique CRT artwork looks spectacular.

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6 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works will be the ultimate guide to Sega's beloved – and last – games console. Pre-order now:

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7 years

You can tell a lot about someone from the way they play Street Fighter II.

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5 years

Arcade Game Typography is a definitive and beautifully designed survey of ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s arcade game pixel type. This hardback, belly-banded edition is available in an edition of 1000 copies only, exclusively from Read-Only Memory:

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4 years

Happy 25th (US) birthday, Sega 32X! You were... well... you briefly existed. And Star Wars Arcade was exciting, so that's something.

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5 years

ROM is in Japan! We had the honour of visiting YS NET and meeting legendary @SEGA game creator Yu Suzuki, who took a look over our SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History prototypes. We're still buzzing... thank you @yu_suzuki_jp !

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5 years

It's still thinking...

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6 months

Decade by @waneella_ has just closed for funding, having raised 136% of its goal! Thanks so everyone who supported the campaign - we'll have some exciting updates for you soon, ahead of publication next year. 🙏

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@ROMvg

2 years

Backers of GamesMaster: The Oral History! Your copies are shipping out as we write. Watch your letterbox closely for a lovingly produced 90s time capsule. A huge thank you for everyone's support in making this wonderful book a reality. Enjoy!

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5 years

So Dreamcast: Collected Works has been approved.

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7 years

We've just received a piece of @Sega fan art to end all fan art. A hand painted replica Golden Axe map by Filippo Scaboro.

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1 year

@nakamura193 For over 15 years Nakamura has been traversing the planet to go to under-the-radar abandoned buildings, from Japan to the United States, from Belgium to Taiwan, and from Spain to Bali... Her photographic eye evokes the survival-horror feel of her own dystopian videogames.

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5 years

Advance copies of Dreamcast: Collected Works have arrived. We’re a bit emotional. It’s beautiful:

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5 years

An oral history of ASCII Corporation, one of Japan's first videogame publishers, is now live on ROM featuring illustrations by @komiya_ma . This excerpt is taken from our forthcoming book, Japansoft:

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2 years

Behold, GamesMaster: The Oral History backers and pre-orderers, it is real! We're on track to ship all pledges and orders out in early September. A huge thank you for your patience while we fought off the supply chain monsters:

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6 years

SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History is now live on Kickstarter. Featuring pop-up sculptures of SEGA’s greatest arcade cabinets: Hang-On, Space Harrier, Thunder Blade, After Burner, and Out Run

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3 years

A proud moment for us... our books are on sale at BEEP in Tokyo! The idea for ROM began on the streets of Akihabara, so we’re made up that our wares are gracing its shelves.

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4 years

ATTN: ALL SEGA ARCADE: POP-UP HISTORY OWNERS: Yes, your Virtua Fighter figures ~will~ fit on the pop-up seats! If you have the figures but no paper sculptures of classic Sega arcade cabs, we can help:

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5 years

The complete history of the team behind some of the finest games to ever be committed to floppy disk. The Bitmap Brothers: Universe:

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5 years

Well blimey.

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6 months

TH3 HYP3 15 0VER > 21 N0V > 12:00 GMT > ROM24

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7 years

W3 AR3 MAK1NG A W1P30UT B00K — BU1LD X R-0M — C0M1NG 500N

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4 years

To those who waited, the spoils!

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4 years

We are running a series of giveaways of rare Read-Only Memory editions, starting tomorrow. First up, a Jet Set Radio Special Edition of Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works. Goodness! Follow our Instagram for entry details:

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4 years

Back by popular demand!, our exclusive hardback version of Arcade Game Typography by @Tosche_E is returning in a new run of 1000 copies. Pre-order yours now, while stocks last:

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6 years

Japansoft: An Oral History is now funding on Volume! An intimate portrait of the early Japanese game industry through the voices of its developers. Edited by @rotational and featuring illustrations by @kaerusensei

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6 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works backers and pre-orderers! We are in the final stages! A beefy progress update will land with you tomorrow. It's looking very good indeed, if we do say so ourselves...

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3 years

Now funding on Kickstarter: GamesMaster: The Oral History, the definitive history of the iconic '90s videogame UK TV show, authored by host @DominikDiamond with a foreword by @RobbieWilliams – help us make this happen by pledging for your copy now:

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5 years

Featuring interviews with some of the console's brightest stars and never-before-seen development material, our biography of Sega's Dreamcast is an unmissable treasure trove of information on the rise and fall of a gaming legend.

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7 months

Now funding on Volume, Waneella: Decade is the definitive art monograph on renowned pixel artist @waneella_ , documenting ten years of her videogame-inspired landscape artworks. Pledge for your copy now and help us make this a publication a reality:

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7 years

This just arrived from @SEGA . Just what is #segaforever ?

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4 years

The Bitmap Brothers: Odyssey is the official soundtrack vinyl, featuring collaborations with Bomb the Bass, Nation XII, Joi, Betty Boo, and original cover artwork by Bitmaps artist Dan Malone. Pre-orders are now open:

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7 years

We're at @Sega today! We wonder if they have a Mean Bean Machine in their cafeteria...

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5 years

500 Years Later: An Oral History of Final Fantasy VII by @lattmeone is the definitive history of the timeless RPG classic. Available now, only from the Read-Only Memory webstore:

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7 years

TH3 FAM0U5 0WL

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5 years

Our forthcoming @Sega Arcade: Pop-Up History is going to be the bee's knees. Pre-order your own copy now, exclusively from ROM:

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4 years

Sega Arcade: Pop-Up History is now in stock and shipping worldwide, featuring detailed models of Hang-On, After Burner, Out Run, Space Harrier, Thunder Blade and Power Drift; restored production artwork; and contributions from creator Yu Suzuki:

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4 years

Less than 100 copies of Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works remain in stock! If you've been considering adding our 16-bit spectacular to your bookshelf, now is the time

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7 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works is already fully funded. Thank you Sega fans! We'll deliver a spectacular book:

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7 years

Yu Suzuki is a newly confirmed contributor to Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works! One day remains to claim your copy:

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6 months

WipEout Futurism in Action

Studio.Build

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6 months

Didn’t think I’d ever see this on my machine again.

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3 years

'He could hide pixels when pixels were like bricks. He could turn a 16-colour palette into a 256-colour palette. [Dan Malone] made things happen with pixels that I couldn’t even dream of.' From The Bitmap Brothers: Universe, in stock now.

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5 years

We are in a zen-like state, waiting for SEGA to approve Dreamcast: Collected Works...

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4 years

ROM's had a spooky old time with World of Horror this weekend: We're fine... so long as the beast with a thousand eyes living in the bathroom mirror stops demanding blood before we run out of staff.

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1 year

LAN Party is over 80% funded! Pledge for a copy of our beautifully designed, photographic love letter to the LAN phenomenon... Or we'll send the boys 'round.

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4 years

High octane Sunday reading with @keefstuart on the creation of Sega’s Top Gun-inspired arcade masterpiece, After Burner:

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8 years

The Bitmap Brothers: Universe features iconic CRT artwork, uniquely processed for print.

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5 years

Now live on ROM, Making Shenmue by @SimonParkin – an excerpt from our forthcoming book, Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works – featuring Yu Suzuki, Keiji Okayasu and the late Kenji Eno:

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2 years

GamesMaster and Like a Hurricane joined the chat. 🔥

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5 years

We're thinking... about foil...

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7 years

Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works is now funding on @Kickstarter – exclusive rewards and editions await:

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6 years

Thank you to the 1,208 backers who have helped to fund SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History! We have been working away in the background since we hit the goal – backers can expect to see glimpses of the After Burner cabinet model very soon...

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5 years

A book for people who have strong opinions on Magical Sound Shower vs Splash Wave - SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History is available to preorder now:

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5 years

Psygnosis box art collectors, we need you! We're on the hunt for a few mint condition box scans for a forthcoming book. We will lavish you with booky goodness in return. Email us at hello @readonlymemory .vg if you can help!

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3 years

Sega Arcade: Pop Up History is one of our discounted editions this Black Friday Weekend! Insert coin?

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5 years

It's Mega Drive/Genesis Mini release day! ...Unless you live in the EU, that is. Nothing quite as authentically 90s gaming as a delayed PAL release, eh? (We're not sitting here drumming our fingers on the desk, honest)

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1 year

Join @DominikDiamond and our special guest GamesMaster Adam Buxton later today for the launch of an extremely limited GamesMaster item, all in aid of the amazing charity @SpecialEffect . Kickstarter backers of the GamesMaster book will be given access at 6:30PM UK time today.

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4 years

It's a Megablast! The Bitmap Brothers: Odyssey soundtrack vinyl – featuring tracks by Bomb the Bass, Richard Joseph, Nation XII, Betty Boo, Joi and more – will open for pre-orders on Tuesday 6 October at 12:00BST...

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4 years

A sample copy of Sega Arcade: Pop-Up History just arrived at ROM HQ. Behold!

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6 years

SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History is now fully funded on Kickstarter! What better time to announce that SEGA legend Yu Suzuki ( @yu_suzuki_jp ) has confirmed he'll be contributing to the book! Pledge for your copy now:

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5 years

We keep staring at the Sega Arcade: Pop-Up History production prototype... Just look at it.

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4 years

We're firing up the @SEGA Saturn's yuletide oddity Christmas NiGHTS: Only this Winter to get in the holiday mood. What is everybody playing today?

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4 years

Coming soon to Read-Only Memory: The Bitmap Brothers: Odyssey, the official soundtrack vinyl from the legendary videogame creators of the 16-bit era. Featuring exclusive cover artwork from Dan Malone. Sign up to our newsletter for launch notification:

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7 years

New to the site: A Brief History of Speedrunning by @katbamkapow , with illustrations by @TillieWalden

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6 years

Pre-orders for Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works and 500 Years Later: An Oral History of Final Fantasy VII are opening tomorrow at Read-Only Memory:

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3 years

Lemmings is 30 years old today! Read how this timeless classic was created in this piece from our archive by @RichJStanton , featuring DMA Design co-founder @mdf200 #Lemmings30th

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7 years

Happy birthday Sega #Dreamcast ! #ROM08

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1 year

Kickstarter backers of GamesMaster: The Oral History, we said we had one final surprise in store for you... watch out for an update tomorrow at 6:30PM UK time. 1990s videogame dreams will come true, all in aid of our friends at @SpecialEffect

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5 years

Rumours that Ohshima-san has not just signed his copies of Dreamcast: Collected Works but drawn Sonic the Hedgehog on every title page might well be true...

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6 years

SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works: Featuring interviews with some of the driving forces behind the DC's most respected titles including Naoto Ohshima, Yu Suzuki, and Tetsuya Mizuguchi

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1 year

The incredible LAN Party by @merrittk is soon to go to print – pre-orders are open for a limited time over on Volume. Grab a copy now, best enjoyed with 6 quickly-guzzled cans of Mountain Dew:

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7 months

Our Special Edition of @waneella_ ’s retrospective monograph is bound in textured lilac material, Swiss-bound, stamped with holofoil and features an inset ‘animated’ lenticular illustration. Only 200 will be made available. Pledge for yours now:

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5 years

Eep! We've just had a last-minute contribution to Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works from YS NET. Downloading...

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6 months

Just 93 copies remain of the WipEout: Futurism limited edition, designed by ex-tDR visionary Michael C Place/ @StudiodotBuild . Secure yours before they're all gone:

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6 years

Sega arcade fans! We're looking to get a really good look at a Power Drift cabinet. Does anybody know a collector who has access to this joyful machine?

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4 years

Wishing a very happy 25th anniversary to our favourite Mega Drive platformer, Ristar. YES, WE KNOW WHAT WE SAID.

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5 years

Our book Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works sits on display in Sega's new Japanese HQ, which is frankly nutty to us:

SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works – Read-Only Memory

A documentary art book on the Mega Drive/Genesis, featuring game concept illustrations, developer interviews and hardware plans. Buy the book from our shop.

readonlymemory.com

Hiro@SEGA SOUND

@Hiro_H10th

5 years

その他にSEGA GENESISの設計図付き部屋とか（何故かメガドラじゃない）、SG-1000部屋やGAME GEAR部屋に、MASTER SYSTEM部屋、そしてもちろんドリキャス部屋もある。ここは社員だけじゃ使えないエリアなので、お客様お待ちしております。

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