Itou Haka Rokudan no Shogi Dojo (“Sixth-Tier Expert Itou Haka’s Shogi Dojo”) is a competitive/instructional Shogi game exclusively for the Super Famicom. It features the likeness of Itou Haka, who regularly addresses the player and appears in menus throughout the game. He’ll escort the player through the basics, challenges with specific tile set-ups and regular … Read more
Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No. 1 (“Shigesato Itoi’s Bass Fishing No. 1”) is a bass fishing game for Super Famicom and N64. The game is a realistic angling simulator, with accurate fishing rod physics and cutaways of digitized photos for NPCs, though it does also include anthromorphic characters as other anglers. The player can … Read more
A multiplayer board game adaptation that plays similarly to Monopoly. Players make their way around the board, buying properties and returning to the start point after passing through four integral points around the board shaped like playing card suits. There are multiple boards to choose from, each of which has a different shape and is … Read more
Isozuri: Ritou Hen (“Rock Fishing: Island Edition”, where Isozuri specifically refers to standing on a rocky coastline while casting out to sea) is a fishing game exclusive to the Super Famicom. The player travels around an archipelago finding a place to start angling, catching different ocean fish depending on the location and the time of … Read more
Iron commando is a brawler beat-em-up like Final Fight or Streets of Rage with lots of weapons and big end bosses. The B-movie story is cheesy and does nothing more than accommodate for the action. From the introduction sequence: “The peril came from outer space. A meteorite entered the earth’s atmosphere bringing chaos. After observation, … Read more
Ippatsu Gyakuten: Keiba – Keirin – Kyoutei (“One-Shot Reversal: Horse Racing – Keirin – Boat Racing”) is a gambling game for the Super Famicom featuring the three eponymous sports. It was the last Super Famicom game produced by either Eleca or POW. The player is seeking to build their fortune by making smart bets on … Read more
International Tennis Tour puts the player behind the racket of a generic male tennis player going up against a plethora of other generic players in various game modes. There is a practice mode where the player can learn the in and outs of the game along with an exhibition mode where they can choose settings, … Read more
Indiana Jones gets the Super Star Wars treatment for SNES. The title consists of platform levels from the first three Indy films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade. Players get to use Indy’s trademark whip, as well as guns, grenades, and his fists to get through the game. Indiana Jones … Read more
A 2D volleyball game that was released exclusively in Japan. The player selects their volleyball players from a group of twenty-four characters, each with their own stats and idiosyncratic appearances, and takes on another team in various beach volleyball venues across the world including California, Hawaii, Japan, Brazil, Australia and India. Twenty of the characters … Read more
Illvanian no Shiro: Ruins of Illvanian is a strategy RPG published by Nippon Clary Business. The player guides units around the map in turns, taking over territory and fighting enemy units in cutaway scenes. The hero can summon various creatures to help him out, many of which can evolve to stronger versions with enough battle … Read more