What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Heiwa Parlor Pro: Dolphin Ring Special (Anbernic)

December 27th, 2025

For 2026, I think I'm going to focus on PS1/N64/Saturn era games, so I did a page skin for PS1 games on here last night. I still need to do N64, but I was surprised how similar the logo colors were when I looked at them side by side! Instead, I might turn towards the jungle green or atomic purple color schemes. The translucent controllers were so neat!

Anyway, yesterday I continued my PS1 pachinko journey with Heiwa Parlor Pro: Dolphin Ring Special. These games, or the ones I've played so far, have a little screen for "richi data," which kind of catalogs how often you trigger special animations you can get in the slots section of the playfield, with info on if you won or lost upon getting them. Filling these up gives me something of a way to measure clearing the game, so I'm going to go for it and focus on this one first! I like the cute, beachy theme and bright colors, which is as good of a reason to mess with such a low maintenance game as any.

Before bed, I played a bit of Cat God Ranch, too, getting a decent grip on the game's systems. I'm keeping my farm in this by feeding loads of birds to foxes, but life is brutal.