I’m with you. My friends have to put up with me pointing out fonts in daily life, and as it turns out, that’s somewhere they’re found in great numbers.
It’s totally your turn now.
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:3 which one is ittt
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Earthbound
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nope!
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The only other game with psychedelic backgrounds that’s coming to mind for me right now is Maten Densetsu, and, er… that’s not it.
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good face! but no that’s not it
ok ok i can be more generous. an accidentally lossy gif of the background in question:
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and a hint: it’s number one 
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That makes me think of the background to the Lavos fight in Chrono Trigger, but the UI elements don’t seem right…
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…Is this some variety of early 90s shmup?
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yes ooo yr gonna get it
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Is it Darius Gaiden?
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very good guess/game but noooo
here’s a few more seconds of that footage. featuring critters:
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hint: this game had a pretty infamous magazine marketing campaign
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Gaiares!
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!! yes! yay! i knew that hint was too good
i deliberately picked the background that would make the least sense in a still… this game is so underrated, it has excellent pacing for a hori shmup, a very cute and totally broken powerup system, big stompy robot lady, guillotines, and imo some of the most gorgeous blast processed backgrounds available to date. i think about those hyperspace bugs regularly
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Ha ha yeah, the hint was good. I first checked phalanx, which didn’t feel right, and then gaiares was my next stop.
Here’s the next’n. I’ll give an obtuse hint if nobody gets any vibe off it.
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Wild Arms 2!
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it is not! you’re in the right hardware generation though.
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looks like this is a tough one so here’s some more with some UI.
I bought this game for $15 about 10 years ago.
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Alundra?
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Not alundra! Still the right generation though. Here’s a whole lot of the screen with no characters in it.
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