Star Ocean
Telenet was an interesting company, that got started in the mid-80s developing computer software, and then riding the wave of …
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
After the release of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance in 2003, the world of Ivalice become important to the core franchise, …
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics was a huge success, though Yasumi Matsuno and his crew changed gears for their next title, the …
Final Fantasy Tactics
When it was released in 1995, Quest’s Tactics Ogre shook up the strategy-RPG formula with its strong, politically oriented storytelling …
Psycho Soldier
After releasing Athena, SNK apparently decided that they liked the character so much that they’d re-use her in a completely …
SegaSonic Bros.
Sega found massive popularity with Sonic the Hedgehog, a cute-but-cool animal mascot that almost singlehandledly turned around the fate of …
Let’s help crowdfund Japansoft: An Oral History
Back in 2013, The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers project began on Kickstarter, as dozens of developers of classic …
Hurry Fox (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available …
Black Bird
Yoshiro Kimura is known for offbeat games, particularly titles like Moon: Remix RPG Adventure and Chulip. While these titles were …
Captain Commando
Final Fight was a huge success for Capcom, and thus the company followed it up with a number of similar …
