Kamen Rider is a 2D sidescrolling beat-em up that was released on the Super Famicom in 1993. Player 1 plays as Takeshi Hongo and Player 2 plays as Hayato Ichimonji. They start as their human forms but can change to Kamen Rider at any time, and only Kamen Rider can deliver the finishing blow to … Read more
The second sound novel created by Chunsoft after the release of Otogirisou. Like most visual novels, the gameplay involves the player reading the text from the game screen, and making decisions which will affect the path and outcome of the narrative. The choices and consequences form a big part of the gameplay, with the narrative … Read more
Kakinoki Shogi is a shogi game that was developed by and named for shogi AI programmer Yoshikazu Kakinoki. The game is designed to present shogi experts with a challenging level of AI shogi playing, with less emphasis on graphics and presentation. The game also gives players the option to customize the board’s pieces for famous … Read more
A sequel to the Shubibinman Turbografx action platformers developed exclusively for the SNES. A new gang of cyborg-enhanced goons threatens peace in the city, so “Doc” decides to test his newest creations: Raita and Azuki, by sending them to destroy all the baddies and restore peace. The game plays as an 2D action platformer as … Read more
Dezaemon, or Kaite Tsukutte Asoberu (“Draw, Make, Ready to Play”) Dezaemon is a shoot ’em up construction kit from Athena. It allows players to draw their own ships, including additional frames of animation for moving right and left, as well as creating enemies and bosses, customizing weapon types and other elements. The game comes with … Read more
Harley is a hip, young scientist who happens to have an IQ the size of Mt. Rushmore. While experimenting with a shrinking machine, something goes terribly wrong–the machine explodes and Harley is now the size of a bug! Harley has to find the missing pieces of his machine and reassemble it in order to return … Read more
Kachou Shima Kousaku: Super Business Adventure (“Section Chief Kousaku Shima: Super Business Adventure”) is a text adventure game from Tom Create based on the Kachou Shima Kousaku manga, regarding a young salaryman trying to get ahead in life. The story is directed by simply choosing options from a list, like a Choose Your Own Adventure … Read more
Keiba Yosou Baken Renkinjutsu (roughly “Winning Horse Betting Prediction Alchemy”) is a horseracing game that is geared towards helping pundits to determine the results of races, by inputting horse and race data and seeing how a hypothetical race might result. The game is very dense with technical horseracing terms and Japanese horseracing rules, so some … Read more
Kabuki Rocks is a turn-based RPG that is heavily inspired by traditional Japanese Kabuki theater. Most of the characters and enemies are based on some aspect of Kabuki, including the wild-haired protagonist Rock. The game’s equivalent of magic are songs learned at karaoke parlors performed on each character’s musical instrument. Many other elements are based … Read more
Kabuki Machi Reach Mahjong is a mahjong game created for the Super Famicom by obscure developer Studio Softmov. It would be the only game they ever develop. The game features an overworld map, allowing the player to move from location to location playing mahjong with various people. It features four-player mahjong, which became the norm … Read more