Ryu Umemoto (Interview)
Growing up being a polite young boy, there were few things on my juvenile mind. Like every child fortunate enough …
Virtua Quest
The idea for an action RPG in the world of Virtua Fighter has been floating around since 1994. Both the animated series …
Virtua Fighter (Misc)
The Music Of Virtua Fighter One more element Virtua Fighter owed a small part of its success to was its excellent soundtrack. …
Shenmue II
Shenmue II doesn’t waste a second recapping the events of the original – within the first few minutes, Ryo steps …
Simon the Sorcerer Spinoffs
To fill the gap between the second and third games, Adventure Soft released two spin-off titles featuring Simon and various …
Streets of Rage 3
With as good of a game as Streets of Rage 2, improving on it would be difficult, to say the …
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Though Shadow Hearts had made it out the door in time for Sacnoth to engrave their name on it, Aruze’s …
Truxton II
Not very many people know that Truxton received a sequel, probably because it was only released in arcades and for the FM …
Heart of Darkness
Éric Chahi is probably best known for his masterpiece Another World (or Out of This World, as it’s known in North America). Heavily …
Eternal Ring
Even as early in the PS2’s life as Summer 2000, From Software had a not inconsiderable line-up of games ready. …
Aero Fighters 2
Aero Fighters‘ sequel came to the Neo-Geo MVS providing somewhat more power to show additional enemies and power-ups on screen …
Shooter Minigames of Tokimeki Memorial
The cool thing about the Tokimeki Memorial games is that they’re absolutely densely packed with content – since there are …
