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Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Legends of Retro #34: Parappa the Rapper!

Check out the link for commentary, and as always, #fuckAI!

#retro #parappa #parappatherapper #ps1 #PlayStation #Sony #legendsofretro

Fan art of Parappa the Rapper holding a microphone over an orange/yellow gradient

October 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro #33: #StreetFighter!

See the Cara link for commentary, and as always, #fuckAI!
#capcom #retrogames #fanart #sagat #ryu

cara.app/post/0ebd9ab...

Fan art of Ryu and Sagat in their Street Fighter 1 incarnations. Ryu is small and in a horse stance as he faces Sagat, who is seen from behind in the foreground, towering over Ryu.

August 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Legends of Retro art piece #32: Q*BERT!

See the Cara link for commentary cara.app/post/ed6f441...

#legendsofretro #videogames #fanart #qbert

Fan art of the video game Q*Bert, featuring the titular protagonist on a pyramid of cubes facing down his enemy, a purple coiled-up bouncing snake named Coily. Color-swirled discs sit at the left and right of the pyramid.

June 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Happy Marten Day! I have weirdly only drawn #Mario for #LegendsofRetro once so far, back in 2006! #Mar10 #SuperMarioBros #FanArt

Steven W. Hunt @ninjinister.bsky.social · Sep 21

#LegendsofRetro #4 is... #SuperMarioBros! Another one from 2006 originally... I guess I went HAM on these until I got a job in October of that year (same one I'm still at!) so the first one completed outside of 2006 was #13. Don't forget to check it out on Cara!

cara.app/post/2a0a3d6...

#fanart

Fan art of Super Mario Bros., Small Mario leaps up and hits a block, which produces a coin. There are bricks on either side of that block, and a barely visible question block at the top of the work.

March 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Legends of Retro #29 is here and it's #Dendy the #elephant from the unlicensed "Famiclone" systems from Russia! As always, check the Cara link for commentary!

cara.app/post/456d427...

#fanart #legendsofretro #nes #famicom #famiclone #bootleggames #steepler

Fan art of Dendy the elephant, a pale yellow elephant boy with blue cap and shoes, red shirt, and yellow pants. One hand is doing a three-fingered salute like a kid trying to make their hand like a Ninja Turtle's, and the other is a loose fist at his side.

January 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

This was intended to be what came the very next day from this repost but it never ended up happening back then. Nevertheless, #LegendsofRetro #28 is... #SorcerersApprentice! #Atari #MickeyMouse #Atari2600 #FanArt

Make sure to hit the link for commentary! cara.app/post/7299f0a...

Fanart of the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of Fantasia, specifically inspired by the Atari 2600 game based on it. Mickey Mouse in his sorcerer gear prepares to intercept a generic GIMP lens flare. In the background, one of the iconic enchanted brooms from the segment can be seen holding buckets of water, at the mouth of a cave.

January 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Final #LegendsofRetro to date... was planning on having a new one finished to post the next day but might not happen, but in the meantime enjoy #27: #AoOni!

#fanart

Cara link! cara.app/post/770bdd5...

Fan art of the game Ao Oni, the bulbous, purple-skinned (as opposed to blue as implied by the title) demon is staring up at the viewer from a carpeted floor, popping what looks like The People's Eyebrow. Bookcases frame the illustration on top and bottom

October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Time for - by far - my most popular piece! #LegendsofRetro #26: #CastleWolfenstein!
#fanart #MuseSoftware #AppleII

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/5737816...

Fan art of Castle Wolfenstein, an American Allied soldier shoots through a Nazi. A tattered Nazi banner hangs on the castle wall.

October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Missed a day of posting because I hurt too much and was otherwise busy to boot.

#LegendsofRetro #25 is #Kirby'sAdventure! #NES #HALLaboratory #Nintendo #Kirby #Dedede

Cara link! cara.app/post/5c1fc2e...

Fan art of Kirby's Adventure. King Dedede has shot Kirby (with Star Rod) out of his mouth and into the air, high above the Fountain of Dreams, so he can go chase Nightmare

October 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro #24 is the first one from 2025: #LittleComputerPeople! #fanart #activision #commocore64

Cara link! cara.app/post/8c89417...

Fan art of Little Computer People, a man and a cat are dancing.

October 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Another from 2024, #LegendsofRetro #23 is #BubbleBobble! #Bub #Taito #fanart

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/5329225...

Fan art of Bubble Bobble. Bub, the green Bubble Dragon, encases a Zen-Chan in a bubble while in front of one of the iconic pink poles

October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro #22 is the first one from 2024, and it's... #Metroid! #fanart #Nintendo #NES #SamusAran #Ridley

Cara link! cara.app/post/c96f37a...

Fan art of the game Metroid, featuring a rendition of the goofy instruction manual version of Ridley, and Samus Aran.

October 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro # 21 is #Dizzy the egg! #Yolkfolk #AmstradCPC #ZXSpectrum #C64 #Codemasters #OliverTwins

Cara link! cara.app/post/a0dc9ad...

Dizzy from the Dizzy game series, an egg with boxing gloves and sneakers

October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro #20 is #DragonQuest! (or #DragonWarrior, as it was initially known over here) Also from 2020.

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/ba1c2eb...

#NES #Famicom #Enix #Squenix #SquareEnix #RPG #fanart #Smile

Fan art of Dragon Quest, with a grass landscape (mountains and clouds in the background) and one of the series' trademark Slimes in the middle. A text box at the bottom reads:
"A Slime draws near!
Command?"

October 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Another from 2020... #LegendsofRetro #19 is: #JNKPlat!

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/20fc268...

#Jayenkai

Fan art of the first JNKPlat game, Platdude (or a proto-Platdude) stretches his arms out on a red platform while many other platforms loom in the distance

October 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Not much of a leap this time as the next art is from 2020... #LegendsofRetro #18 is... #SonictheHedgehog!

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/64496f1...
#Sonic #Sega #MegaDrive #Genesis #Sonikku

Sonic the Hedgehog fan art. Sonic is jogging along some Green Hill Zone landscape. A waterfall runs in the background, and there is a sunflower present.

October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Another jump forward, this time to 2019! #LegendsofRetro #17 is... #Pokemon Red/Blue Version!

Cara for commentary! cara.app/post/62aabc7...

#GameBoy #fanart #Nintendo #GameFreak #CreaturesInc

Fanart of Pokémon Red and Blue. A Bulbasaur (the player's) and a wild Pikachu stand in a clearing in a forest. A prompt asks the player:

WHAT WILL BULBASAUR DO?
FIGHT
PKMN
RUN
ITEM

October 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Another leap to 2017 for #LegendsofRetro #16... #TheLegendofZelda! Certainly not my finest work, though #fanart #Zelda #Link #NES #Nintendo

Cara LINK (lol) cara.app/post/39f4bf0...

8-bit-ish pixel fanart of Link from the Legend of Zelda, holding a not 8-bit-ish Triforce piece above his head

October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

Jumping forward to 2015 with the original version of #Tetris for #LegendsofRetro #15! #fanart

Cara link! cara.app/post/0c1135d...

Fanart of the Elektronika 60 version of Tetris, using what is essentially ASCII art

October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro #14: #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, based on the original #NES game! #TMNT #fanart

Illustrated in 2008

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/50167e5...

Fanart of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES game. The scene is a sewer, with Michelangelo leaping down from a raised set of bricks. Four Mouser robots walk around.

October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM

Steven W. Hunt

@ninjinister.bsky.social

#LegendsofRetro #13: #MegaMan! This was started in 2006 before I got my job (same one I'm at now!) and finished in 2008.
#fanart #capcom #NES

Cara link for commentary! cara.app/post/f20afd9...