Wizardry Gaiden IV: Taima no Koudou (“Throb of the Demon’s Heart”) is a turn-based dungeon crawler RPG for the Super Famicom. It is the fourth in a series of “gaiden” Wizardry games developed by Japanese studio Access and influenced heavily by Sir-Tech’s core Wizardry series. The game was fan translated in late 2016. Throb of … Read more
Wizap!: Ankoku no Ou (“Wizap!: King of Darkness”) is a Super Famicom JRPG that was never released outside of Japan. It is the second game in ASCII’s Dark Lord trilogy, which are all linked by the same world. The game features top-down turn-based strategic combat. The game sits between the 1991 Famicom RPG Dark Lord … Read more
Winning Post 2 is the second game in Koei’s horseracing management sim series Winning Post. It was released on the Super Famicom, Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1995. The player once again takes over a stable and raises horses, training them for races. The game saw two updated re-releases: Winning Post 2: Program ’96 … Read more
Winning Post 2: Program ’96 in Japan is the first game in the Winning Post series to be released in North America, simply renamed as Winning Post. It is a horse racing simulation game where players take a horse through the various processes of training and engage in races. In Japan, the game was released … Read more
Winning Post is a thoroughbred horse racing simulation game series distinct from Koei’s other horse-racing franchise, G1 Jockey, and Tecmo’s Gallop Racer series. To date, the only version of the game to be released outside of Japan was the Sega Saturn port of Winning Post EX, released in North America as Winning Post. All of … Read more
The Confederation have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years, and you’re just now joining the Vega campaign. You’re a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, with some good work under your belt. You’re posted to Tiger’s Claw, the flagship of the Confederation Fleet. Will you help the Confederation to … Read more
Thanks to an improved version of the SuperFX Chip, Stunt Race FX was the first racing game for the SNES to feature fully polygonal cars and levels, which made it possible for the game to include gradients and obstacles that could not be realized in earlier, “flat” racing games. The game features four modes of … Read more
Annie & Clint, two gunslingers, arrive at Carson City and get caught up in a gunfight. It’s raining bullets and there are explosions everywhere. After an intense battle they enter the saloon where they dispose of every cowboy in sight while redecorating the interior. Our heroes flee the scene by climbing on the roof, but … Read more
In the game, the player plays as one of the three main girls (either Momoko, Yuri or Hinagiku) to compete with the others in a series of mini games. The ultimate goal is to win the right to ask the guy that all three girls are in love with (Yanagiba) to the school dance. The … Read more
When the sun aligns with the moon once every millennium, druid guardians summon their magic of their runestones to prevent the rebirth of the Warlock. The runestones are scattered through time and across the continents and you must find them before the Warlock does. The gameplay is simple. You go through different stages fighting of … Read more