Year: 2011

Review

January 25, 2011

Storm

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Eojjeonji...Jeonyeok

The status of Storm as a sequel is a bit dubious. It’s the only game released by a company called MOOV Generation, …

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January 25, 2011

Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Eojjeonji...Jeonyeok

There are plenty of possible reasons why a video game may end up forgotten by the entire world. Some games …

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January 25, 2011

Hotel Dusk

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Hotel Dusk

Relatively hard to find upon its initial release, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 was eventually re-released by Nintendo under their “Touch Generations” label, …

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January 22, 2011

Blandia

In 1984, a Taito subsidiary called Allumer developed a game called Great Swordsman, one of the first one-on-one fighting games ever …

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January 22, 2011

Chu-Teng

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Tong-Nou / Chu-Teng

Even though Tong-Nou wasn’t necessarily a commercial breakthrough, Sato decided he didn’t want to stop there. One year later, in 1995, his …

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January 22, 2011

Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Tong-Nou / Chu-Teng

Osamu Sato. This name happens to be mentioned from time to time by gaming enthusiasts in the depths of the …

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January 15, 2011

War of the Dead Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series War of the Dead

According to some sources War of the Dead 2 was first released on the MSX2, in 1988. Which would put it a …

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January 15, 2011

War of the Dead

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series War of the Dead

Fun Factory, sometimes called Fun Project on the title screens of their games, is about as obscure as Japanese games …

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January 15, 2011

Dark Eye, The

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe Considered by many …

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January 10, 2011

Wai Wai World 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Wai Wai World

Konami’s second (and final) crossover platformer is a far different entity from its predecessor. All adventure elements are excised in …