Nicole Express
@nicole.express
neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire // she/her // https://nicole.express
we're packing up the apartment and i found an old macbook of mine
apple industrial design, i know this isn't your usual thing but
apple industrial design, i know this isn't your usual thing but
September 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
we're packing up the apartment and i found an old macbook of mine
apple industrial design, i know this isn't your usual thing but
apple industrial design, i know this isn't your usual thing but
I also got Sea Story for Windows at the same time because I'm a sicko who likes pachinko lol
August 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I also got Sea Story for Windows at the same time because I'm a sicko who likes pachinko lol
might need to argue that one in the comments too
August 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
might need to argue that one in the comments too
Today's "Random Game Saturday" is Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel, a women's wrestling game for the Mega Drive! If the cover looks weird, it's because it's got a lenticular effect between two poses for Cutie Suzuki.
BONUS: Adorable sprite art right on the box
BONUS: Adorable sprite art right on the box
August 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Today's "Random Game Saturday" is Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel, a women's wrestling game for the Mega Drive! If the cover looks weird, it's because it's got a lenticular effect between two poses for Cutie Suzuki.
BONUS: Adorable sprite art right on the box
BONUS: Adorable sprite art right on the box
damnit bluesky construct your additional pylons already
August 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
damnit bluesky construct your additional pylons already
The Causeway Street Elevated still lives on, at Community College Station
August 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The Causeway Street Elevated still lives on, at Community College Station
Sadly Do! Run Run never came out on CD-ROM ROM
August 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Sadly Do! Run Run never came out on CD-ROM ROM
Okay everyone told me yesterday that 3rd Style was a *terrible* place to start with Beatmania IIDX; these are the other PS2 titles I have, are any of them a better place to start?
August 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Okay everyone told me yesterday that 3rd Style was a *terrible* place to start with Beatmania IIDX; these are the other PS2 titles I have, are any of them a better place to start?
Today's quite late "Random Game Saturday" is Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style, the first IIDX game for the PlayStation 2! This game is *hard*; it's my introduction to IIDX and have been playing occasionally for a few weeks, got my first credits just today (three songs without a game over)
August 8, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Today's quite late "Random Game Saturday" is Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style, the first IIDX game for the PlayStation 2! This game is *hard*; it's my introduction to IIDX and have been playing occasionally for a few weeks, got my first credits just today (three songs without a game over)
Today's "Random Game Saturday" is Moon Patrol for the Atari 2600! I love Moon Patrol, and I think this is about as good of a port as you could expect given the hardware; they got the music!
August 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Today's "Random Game Saturday" is Moon Patrol for the Atari 2600! I love Moon Patrol, and I think this is about as good of a port as you could expect given the hardware; they got the music!
Today's Random Game Saturday is Blue's Journey for the Neo Geo AES! (Raguy if your AES is in Japan region) A fun little side scroller with an amazing game over screen
July 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Today's Random Game Saturday is Blue's Journey for the Neo Geo AES! (Raguy if your AES is in Japan region) A fun little side scroller with an amazing game over screen
My beloved wife got me the entirety of Macross 7 on LaserDisc. I am a happy Nicole :)
July 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
My beloved wife got me the entirety of Macross 7 on LaserDisc. I am a happy Nicole :)
Nice! But does yours have the classic "spine spent too much time in a sunlit window" Japanese used game aesthetic
July 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Nice! But does yours have the classic "spine spent too much time in a sunlit window" Japanese used game aesthetic
Today's Random Game Saturday is Zen-Nihon Joshi Pro Wrestling: Queen of Queens for the PC-FX! An FMV wrestling game across two-disks with actual footage of Japanese women pro wrestlers from 1995, just a few years before AJW started to collapse
July 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Today's Random Game Saturday is Zen-Nihon Joshi Pro Wrestling: Queen of Queens for the PC-FX! An FMV wrestling game across two-disks with actual footage of Japanese women pro wrestlers from 1995, just a few years before AJW started to collapse
Today's late Random Game Saturday is this copy of Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen! It's an odd one, because it has a full box and manual, but the bootleg cartridge swaps between playing either this game or Super Bomberman; I wrote a small blog post on it way back in 2019 nicole.express/2019/a-stran...
June 28, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Today's late Random Game Saturday is this copy of Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen! It's an odd one, because it has a full box and manual, but the bootleg cartridge swaps between playing either this game or Super Bomberman; I wrote a small blog post on it way back in 2019 nicole.express/2019/a-stran...
These two screenshots were taken on exactly the same SuperGrafx with the same composite cables, just minutes apart-- one in SuperGrafx mode, one in PC Engine mode. Why does the one in SuperGrafx mode have so much more noise?
June 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
These two screenshots were taken on exactly the same SuperGrafx with the same composite cables, just minutes apart-- one in SuperGrafx mode, one in PC Engine mode. Why does the one in SuperGrafx mode have so much more noise?
I started opening this box but I guess I have to stop now
June 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I started opening this box but I guess I have to stop now
Looks like the skybox today has non-square pixels, plan accordingly
June 23, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Looks like the skybox today has non-square pixels, plan accordingly
Today's Random Game Saturday is at my wife's request, Space Channel 5! A game with such style that I don't even care that I'm terrible at it, and also one whose lenticular cover makes it hard to photograph.
June 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Today's Random Game Saturday is at my wife's request, Space Channel 5! A game with such style that I don't even care that I'm terrible at it, and also one whose lenticular cover makes it hard to photograph.
this is getting out of hand, now there are two of them
June 19, 2026 at 12:25 AM
this is getting out of hand, now there are two of them
The combination of using maritime borders and county lines means that we get to see Long Cohasset
June 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The combination of using maritime borders and county lines means that we get to see Long Cohasset
In the smartphone era Palm went all-in on little keyboards instead; I remember my Centro had a weird rubbery one that worked surprisingly well even for gaming
June 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
In the smartphone era Palm went all-in on little keyboards instead; I remember my Centro had a weird rubbery one that worked surprisingly well even for gaming