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Tiny Contest: Get the new edition of Power-Up ⊟

Did you like reading about Power-Up: How Japanese Games Gave the World an Extra Life? Imagine, then, how much you’d enjoy actually reading the book!

We can help make that happen for one lucky reader: Dover Publishing has sent us a print copy to give away. Just comment on this post with your favorite power-up item, and make sure you sign in with a real email address so we can contact you! (Just saying -- we’re not trying to capture data or whatever, we just want to be able to get in touch with the winner and arrange shipment!)

We’ll pick a winner from the comments -- and from a certain tier of our Club Tiny Patreon group, who enjoys instant contest entry as a perk of membership -- after the contest ends Friday, January 13 at 11:59pm ET. And look forward to more giveaways next week! We’re starting this year off right, for at least a couple of people.

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Giveaway: Fate Tectonics OST ⊟ 

I missed its release on Steam (Windows / Mac) a few weeks ago, but Fate Tectonics is a puzzle/world-building strategy title from Golden Gear Games. Like its animated logo above, the game is Populous-esque with its theme (featuring godlike “Fates”), pixelart, and even music:

We actually have ten download codes for Fate Tectonics’ original soundtrack composed by Robby Duguay (12 GB of Christmas) to give away! The OST features "an assembled, linear version of the dynamic in-game music, with two versions of the music: Serenity, a SNES-style symphonic mix, and Chaos, a heavy electronic mix." The first ten commenters will receive a download code -- make sure there’s an email address attached to your comment!

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Don’t sleep on Game Music Lullabies Vol. 2 ⊟

You liked that Snake Eater sample we posted, right? The full album, featuring lullaby-style arrangements of songs from Chrono Trigger, Shovel Knight, and more, is now available for purchase here for $10.

But what if, hypothetically speaking, I had two download codes for the album to give away, and I randomly gave them to people commenting on this post? Just saying. 

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Hobonichi Techo 2015 giveaway ⊟

If you still haven't picked up a Techo -- or If you weren't able to finagle your family into gifting you one for the holidays -- don't give up hope on owning the expensive and revered planner! We have several 2015-edition English Techos to give out, as well as a couple of the much-sought-after Earthbound/Mother Onett covers (each one includes a Mr. Saturn pencil board)!

If you want to enter our contest, just reblog this post or leave a comment, and explain what you would do with your Techo if you won. Club Tiny members will automatically be entered for the giveaway too. Make sure to use your real email (or in the case of rebloggers, have a way for us to reach you on your site) so we can contact you if you win. We’ll pick the best answers a week from now! The contest is open to all countries.

For those who don't want to wait, you can buy the planner (once it come back into stock) and accessories from Hobonchi's online shop. Most of the Techo photos above come from Mochicogram's delightful Tumblr.

BUY Mother 3/Earthbound, Hobonichi Techo, upcoming games

Win this stuff during the #WEEK OF TINY ⊟

The Tiny Cartridge birthday celebration rolls on! If you’d like to get in on our week-long giveaway, all you need to do is answer our daily questions in the comments or with a reblog — we’ll pick our favorite responses this Sunday.

Tonight’s question: "What do you want us to cover more?" Give us specifics about what games or trends are coming up that you want us to keep an eye on, especially if it’s something we’ve ignored so far!

What prizes will be giving away? Three Mercenary Kings (Early Access, image via F12adventures) codes donated by Tribute, Tiny Cartridge stickers and buttons, amazing Mega Man posters from Adam Sidwell, a Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate minipack (3DS and Wii U copies), a Pokemon megapack (hella DS/3DS games, the Nope x Mare Odomo-designed badges and shirt, and more), and anything else we find in our closets between now and Sunday.

BUY Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL consoles, upcoming games

The Week of Tiny! Get some free stuff! ⊟

To celebrate our little site's fifth birthday, we're giving away some fun stuff we've accumulated over the years. All you have to do to enter is answer the #WEEK OF TINY posts/questions we'll post over the next few days.

Today's question: "What do you visit/follow Tiny Cartridge for?" Leave your answer in our comments or a reblog to enter -- make sure they're substantive/not forgettable, as we'll pick out our faves/winners this Sunday.

So what are we giving away? For starters, a Pokemon Megapack (7+ DS/3DS games, shirts, and more), a Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Minipack, Tiny Cartridge pins/stickers, and whatever else we manage to find in our closets. You can't even find/buy a few of these items anywhere.

Yes, we're counting comments from our birthday post yesterday, and the contest is open to all countries (though some games are region-locked). Make sure to use a real email address when commenting so we can contact you -- naturally, we won't share it with anyone because we aren't terrible people.

BUY Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL consoles, upcoming games

Our DS Dates giveaway for a couple free Nintendo 3DS screen protectors was supposed to end last night, but we realize that we didn't promote it enough this week, and that the release of Raekwon's new album yesterday probably distracted people from the contest.

So, out of respect to the Chef and you, we've extended the giveaway by two days -- you have until tomorrow night to enter to win these clever Keys Factory screen guards!

Buy: Raekwon's Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang

See also: Wu-Tang’s lost Super Game Boy commercial