Category: Feature
Digan no Maseki
This entry was written for the Japanese Video Game Obscurities book, which is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. If you …
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
This entry was written for the Japanese Video Game Obscurities book, which is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. If you …
Super Star
You know what’s kind of amazing about China? How little the country seems to care about copyright law. This game …
Jon Ritman (Interview)
Aside from a “making of” feature in Retro Gamer issue 130, there wasn’t a lot of information available on Monster …
Soma Bringer
This entry was written for the Japanese Video Game Obscurities book. Soma Bringer (2008) Developer: Monolith Soft Platform: DS Monolith …
Tower of Archeos, The
So the ultra-hard dungeon crawling rogue-like genre is overdone. How do you breathe life into it? French developer Benjamin Soulé’s …
Huuma Mina: The Game
Remember that weird puzzle game that retold Cinderella with more torture and murder? Same dev made another game before it, …
Cinderella Escape 2!! Revenge
Disclaimer: The author of this article started backing the developer on their Patreon shortly after purchasing this game. Hajime’s sequel …
Cinderella Escape!
It’s amazing what can pop up on Steam sometimes. For five bucks, you could get great titles like LYNE or …
Capcpom Presents – Gamest’s Greatest Typos
Gamest was one of the many video game magazines that ran through the 80s up until 1999, primarily created for …
“Ii desu tomo” – Golbez’s Famous Line
In Retro Game Super Translation Selection, there’s a section explaining the famous “You spoony bard!” quote from Final Fantasy IV, …
Light and Shadows: Wolfenstein II Visual Glitches
Wolfenstein II begins with hero BJ Blazkowicz having survived a near death experience, and awakens in an extremely crippled state. …
Press X To Not Die
With the rise of digital video, the revival of the FMV game is well under way, both large and small. …
Don’t Believe Famitsu’s Lies – Final Fantasy Tactics’ Black Book
The Genji equipment is a series of samurai-themed weapons and armor found in most of the Final Fantasy games. In the PS1 …
Grave Rivalry – The Fate of Competing Video Game Heroes
Most video game publishers kept friendly relationships with each other, rarely referencing or parodying other games or characters other than …
Metroid Omoroid – Metroid II’s Commercial Catch Copy
In Japan, video games are often sold with “catch copy”, memorable phrases that are the equivalent to Hollywood movie taglines. …
Mugen no Shinzou (Dark Age of JRPGs)
I promised we’d meet XTal Soft again soon, didn’t I? Mugen no Shinzou (“Heart of Fantasy”) is actually their first RPG and …
