Calorie-Kun vs. Moguranian
Vic Tokai’s Calorie-Kun vs. Moguranian sounds and shares the visual style of a manga, it’s actually an entirely original concept. As the …
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
Despite numerous cameos and references throughout the years, NiGHTS did not receive a sequel until 2008, with NiGHTS: Journey of …
Aero Fighters Special
This entry in the series, which appears to be a remake of Aero Fighters 2, jumped ship from the Neo-Geo hardware …
Dragon & Princess, The (Dark Age of JRPGs)
The Dragon & Princess ドラゴンアンドプリンセス – PC-88, FM-7 (December 1982) When people think of Koei nowadays, the first association …
Blast Wind
Retro gamers call almost any obscure game a cult classic. Unlike most of Technosoft’s catalog, Blast Wind hasn’t amassed enough fans to …
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The Wolfenstein series was not heard from for almost six years, until id Software announced that a brand new game would be …
Yoshiro Kimura (Interview)
Photo by Daniel Feit from Wired.com: Inside Japan’s Indie Games Fest, Where Crazy Is Mandatory Q: You love travelling and have …
Dodonpachi Saidaioujou
A “Blissful Death” for 2012! During the development of Dodonpachi MAXIMUM, Cave announced that they would release one more game for …
Jazz Jackrabbit (GBA)
It had been a while since Jazz’s last game, four years in fact, and it seemed he had undeservedly ended …
Dodonpachi Maximum
After porting several of their arcade titles to mobile phones, Cave finally decided to make a shoot-em-up experience tailor made …
Sakura Wars (Game Boy)
Cover Released for Game Boy Color in July of 2000, this game came in a huge variety of different packs. …
Sakura Taisen Spin-Offs
Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Tsuushin (サクラ大戦花組通信) – Sega Saturn (1997) The first of many fan discs, this was released in February of …
Sakura Taisen (Anime/Manga)
Anime & Manga The first Sakura Taisen anime was Ōka Kenran (桜華絢爛), “Cherry Blossom Magnificence”, released between December 1997 and July 1998. It’s a …