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Mushihime-sama Futari

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Mushihime-sama

On October 27, 2006 Cave released a sequel to their 2004 release Mushihime-sama called Mushihime-sama Futari, with Futari being a pun on the Japanese word

Highrise

Highrise sure does look like a long lost sibling of Tetris. In practice it does play quite differently, but it still appears

Gokinjo Boukentai

Gokinjo Boukentai (“Neighborhood Adventure Troop”) is one of the many Super Famicom RPGs which never made it out of Japan. It

Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu

You will likely have noticed at some point that not all NES carts are of the standard flat gray variety.

King’s Field (Japan)

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series King's Field

Over the last decade, gaming in general has undergone a transformation. Simplifying gameplay while diversifying its audience. Mainstream gaming has

Sakura Wars V

This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series Sakura Wars

With Sakura Taisen 4 on the shelves and the Dreamcast project having given up the ghost, that could have been the end

Emmy

In 1966, Joseph Weizenbaum published ELIZA, a computer program that was meant to replicate human conversation. In its most famous

BloodRayne 2

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Bloodrayne

After the success of BloodRayne, it didn’t take long for TRI and Majesco to deliver a sequel. Rayne in the meantime

Katawa Shoujo

The medium of “visual novel” is, curiously, a primarily Japanese thing. Perhaps it’s due to there not being very many

Nichibutsu Arcade Classics 2: Heiankyo Alien

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Heiankyo Alien

Five years the franchise remained dormant until Nichibutsu published Nichibutsu Arcade Classics 2: Heiankyo Alien for Super Famicom. Released exclusively in Japan,

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