Riviera: The Promised Land
Sting’s Riviera: The Promised Land technically falls underneath the “RPG” banner, although it’s really more a visual novel with occasional …
Siren: Blood Curse
Sony, in its wisdom, decided that the original Siren never really found the audience that it deserved. They commissioned the …
Virtual-On
Back in the mid-’90s and the days of arcade cabinets, Virtual On was one of Japan’s hottest games. Perhaps inspired by the …
SaGa Frontier 2
SaGa Frontier 2 was the second game in the series to be released on the PlayStation. In this installment, however, the …
SaGa Frontier
With SaGa Frontier, the series made its move to the PlayStation. It also marked the triumphal return of the series to …
Tombs & Treasure
The sequel: Asteka II: Templo Del Sol (also known as “Taiyō no Shinden” or “Temple of the Sun”) was released for the …
Yggdra Union
Much like Riviera took the concept of the Japanese RPG and drastically reworked it, Yggdra Union begins with the basic mold of a tactical …
Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen
In the early ’90s, Capcom’s Street Fighter II wasn’t just a video game, it was a bona-fide phenomenon. It revitalized the arcade …
Maximo vs. The Army of Zin
The original Maximo sold well enough for a sequel, released two years later under the title Maximo vs The Army of Zin (or “Record …
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
After the Gargoyle’s Quest side-story series, Capcom let the Ghosts’n Goblins franchise lay pretty much dormant until 2001 (with the exception of the Wonderswan …
