Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
Quest for Glory II, using the SCI0 engine, begins with our hero riding a magic carpet to the land of …
Z.H.P. (Zettai Hero Project)
Nippon Ichi is mostly known for strategy RPGs like Disgaea and Phantom Brave, but with the PSP title Z.H.P. (Zettai Hero …
Bio-Hazard Battle
Bio-Hazard Battle, or Crying: Aseimei Sensou (or “Sub-Life Battle”, roughly) in Japan, is an unusual game even for Sega. Published …
Thunder Blade
Thunder Blade is one of those mid-to-late 1980s Sega arcade games that gets a bad rap. Like many of its …
Night Striker
Sega’s Super Scaler games from the mid-80s were (and still are) graphical masterpieces, able to show off extremely smooth 3D …
Galactic Storm
Sega’s Galaxy Force II, released in 1988, was the culmination of their Super Scaler line of the games, using their …
Tengai Makyou: The Apocalypse IV
The death of the PC-FX, plus assorted development issues, essentially spelled the end of the planned third Tengai Makyou game. …
Soukyuugurentai
One of the coolest moments of Taito’s Rayforce (hilariously also known as Layer Section, also known as Galactic Attack, also known as Gunlock) was when …
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be a Hero
The Quest for Glory series, designed by the husband and wife team of Lori and Corey Cole and initially published …
Legend of Robin Hood, The: Conquests of the Longbow
Some parts of the first game referred to it as “Conquests of Camelot I”, implying that a sequel would focus …
Conquests of Camelot
Sierra’s short-lived Conquests series – written and designed by Christy Marx, with artwork provided by her husband Peter Ledger – …
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Despite its mixed reviews, Phantasmagoria sold extremely well. Sierra continued its line of FMV adventure games with The Beast Within, …
Scheme, The
Hardcore video game music fans might recognize The Scheme as being one of the early works of famed composer Yuzo Koshiro. Koshiro …
