Category: Feature
Ecsaform (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Ecsaform (1999) Developer: Emotion / Bandai Visual Platforms: PlayStation Seseri is a young girl in the kingdom of Solpagania, the …
The Hidden Husband of Black/Matrix
The world of Flight-Plan’s SRPG Black/Matrix is like an inverted version of Christianity – the seven deadly sins are considered …
Cookie’s Bustle (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Cookie Blair is a five year old girl from New Jersey, but she think she’s a teddy bear, so that’s …
Sinful Eden
Looking at a single screen of this game, you’d expect this Kusoge piece would be about how it’s a gross …
Yu Yu Hakusho Conclusion – PlayStation 2 cont., Nintendo DS, Mobile
Yu Yu Hakusho Forever – Playstation 2 (2005) The first of two 3D fighters developed by Dimps, Yu Yu Hakusho …
Yu Yu Hakusho Part 4 – Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2
Yu Yu Hakusho – Ghost Files: Spirit Detective – Game Boy Advance (2003) For Atari’s first game based on the …
Yu Yu Hakusho Part 3 – Mega Drive, Game Gear, 3DO
Yu Yu Hakusho Gaiden – Mega Drive (1994) One of the rare Japanese adventure games to play out in third-person, …
Yu Yu Hakusho Part 1 – Intro, Game Boy & PC Engine CD
A vastly popular manga and anime in mid-90s Japan, Yu Yu Hakusho began life as the story of a deceased …
Yu Yu Hakusho Part 2 – Famicom & Super Famicom
Yu Yu Hakusho: Bakutou Ankoku Bujutsu Kai – Famicom (1993) The lone (and late) Famicom entry could only be played …
Xerd no Densetsu (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
On the surface, Vic Tokai and Graphic Research’s Xerd no Densetsu (“The Legend of Xerd”) seems like a typical JRPG for …
Black Rainbow
The hidden object genre is kind of fascinating because while it’s certainly lacking in depth, the formula for making a …
Hurry Fox (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Like many Japanese computer game publishers in the 80s, Micro Cabin developed a number of adventure games. Alas, their first …
Eggy (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
During the early days of computer gaming, publishers often found products by holding game development competitions. Enix was one of …
Cruise Chaser Blassty (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
Square’s first role-playing game sure has a lot going for it. For starters, it eschews fantasy traditions for sci-fi flavor, …
Fantasian (Dark Age of JRPGs)
Among the early Japanese RPG scene, Xtalsoft’s Mugen no Shinzou series is well known for combining the exploration of Ultima …
Animal Land Satsujin Jiken
Enix kickstarted the whole mystery Japanese adventure game craze of the 80s with Portopia Satsujin Renzoku Jiken, which was followed …
Cease and Desist – Parodies and Infringement in Video Games
Much of the video game industry was the Wild West during the 80s, particularly in Japan. Since it wasn’t regulated …
Paladin (Dark Age of JRPGs)
Paladin (or “The Paladin“, as written in-game) is an early action-RPG released by Bothtec in 1985. Various Japanese sites indicate …
Cross-Series Cameo: Adol in Lunar: The Silver Star
Video game publishers occasionally cross-reference competitors titles in cheeky ways, though sometimes have to be done subtly to avoid copyright …
