Overseas Sequels
The cultural appeal of certain video games can vary greatly around the world, sometimes having vastly different receptions based on …
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
While Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends continued to remain popular in the post-Genesis era, the series was never quite …
Banana Prince
KID was one of the many, many mid-level developers for the Famicom/NES – too small to actually publish their own …
Japanese Video Game Obscurities Update: Completion of the Manuscript and Submission to the Publisher
Hi all! Just a quick update on the status of this. I’m getting together the final steps for submitting everything …
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic & Knuckles is basically the second part of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Some might have been angry that Sega …
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
As expected, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was a massive success for the 1992 holiday season. A sequel was started almost …
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog was an extraordinary success, and gave Sega and the Genesis the muscle it needed to stand up …
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sega was one of the largest arcade game developers during the 80s, but they didn’t quite have the same success …
HG101 at Too Many Games in Oaks PA on June 22-24
I’ve been going to the Too Many Games convention as a vendor almost every year for the past five years, …
Hopping Mappy
Mappy‘s only true arcade sequel came in the form of the 1986 release Hopping Mappy. (“Hopping” is a verb in …
Mappy Land
Mappy Land, the first Mappy game developed exclusively for the console audience attempts to greatly expand on the original, with …
Mappy Kids
Mappy Land told the story of Mappy and Mapico finding love. In this sequel, again exclusive to the Famicom, they’ve …
