Zoom Panel on Nintendo History at the Chester Public Library
This Tuesday, April 13th at 6:30 EST I’ll be giving a Zoom panel on the history of Nintendo characters in …
Planet Dob (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Planet Dob Developer: Microvision Release Date: 1999 Platforms: PlayStation This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put …
Shadows of the Tusk
Shadows of the Tusk Developer: Hudson Release Date: 1998 Platforms: Saturn This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. …
NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1
While the Neo Geo Pocket Color was trounced by the Game Boy Color when it was initially released, it’s seen …
Sukeban Deka II (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu (スケバン刑事II:少女鉄仮面伝説) Developer: Sega Platform: Mark III / Master System Release date: 1987 This article …
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox takes place shortly after Ys Seven, with Adol and Dogi visiting the province of Gilia, which …
Woody Poco (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Woody Poco (うっでいぽこ) Developer: dB-SOFT Platform: MSX2, PC88, PC98, X1, FM-7, Famicom Release date: 1986 This article is part of …
Open submissions for Japanese Video Game Obscurity column
We recently hit out Patreon goal for weekly feature columns, most of which have been part of the Japanese Video …
Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Famicom Disk System with 50% off our Complete Guide ebook!
The Famicom Disk System is 35 years old this month! Released on February 21, 1986, it was home to numerous …
Majoriko Inbizone (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Majoriko Inbizone (魔浄理子 淫靡界 – インビゾーン) Platforms: PC-88 Developer: Natsume / Dynamic Planning Release Year: 1988 This article is part …
Milano no Arubaito Collection (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Milano no Arubaito Collection Release Date: 1999 Developer: Westone Platform: PlayStation This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. …
Digital version of Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Vol. 3 now available
Previously, the third volume of the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers was only available in paperback, but a digital …
Produce (Japanese Game Video Game Obscurity)
Developer: dB-SOFT Release Date: 1987 Platforms: PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1 This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We …
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Shantae and friends decide to take a vacation in their fifth game, Shantae and the Seven Sirens. The purple haired …
The Weird World of Roblox
If you spend any time around kids, you’ve probably heard them talk about Roblox. It’s insanely popular with the young’uns, …
GG Aleste 3
GG Aleste 3 (subtitled Last Messiah) is a brand new shoot-em-up in the Aleste series developed in 2020 as a bonus …
Aleste Collection
Compile was a mainstay of the Japanese shoot-em-up scene throughout the 1980s and early 90s, creating such games as Zanac, …
Touhouken Bunroku (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Touhouken Bunroku Developer: Natsume Release Date: 1988 Platforms: Famicom This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put …
Touryuu Densetsu Elan Doreé (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Touryuu Densetsu Elan Doreé (闘龍伝説エランドール) Platforms: Arcade, Saturn Developer: Sai-Mate Release Year: 1998 This article is part of our Japanese …
Return of the Ninja
Shadow of the Ninja was a decent NES action game from Natsume released in 1991, which set itself apart from …
