All posts by Federico Tiraboschi

Hebereke (Series Introduction)

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Hebereke

The early 90s were a period when every software house, from the famous to the obscure, needed to have some

Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban

Some retro games acquire mythical status for being both very elusive and very expensive. One such game is Deae Tonosama Appare

Bakutotsu Kijuutei: Baraduke II

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Baraduke

The Japanese part of the title of the Baraduke sequel, meaning “Big Assault Machine Gun Vessel”, refers to the contraption piloted by

Diet Go Go

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Tumblepop

One year after the coin-op’s appearance, Data East developed an arcade-only sequel, Diet Go Go. It’s not actually a continuation of

Paper Sorcerer

Paper Sorcerer is a heartfelt homage to old-school RPGs, both the pen-and-paper ones and the turn-based computer games. It can be

Go! Go! Nippon!

Visual novels are still largely a Japanese-only product, so usually most of them never get translated and never get known

Kuri Kinton

Taito’s 1988 side-scrolling beat-em-up/platformer Kuri Kinton is, for all intents and purposes, a rehash of Irem’s seminal Kung Fu Master AKA Spartan X, that had

New Zealand Story Revolution

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series NewZealand Story

In 2007, almost 20 years after the original coin-op, Marvelous Entertainment developed for Nintendo DS a sort of remake (more

NewZealand Story, The

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series NewZealand Story

CHECK COMPARISON ALIGNMENT “This game will be dedicated to all maze game fans.” This sentence appears during the attract mode

Syvalion

What’s a Syvalion? Sounds like one of those cookie-cutter Japanese medieval fantasy RPGs, right? Well, not quite. It’s a game

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