Gambler Jiko Chuushinha: Mahjong Kouisen is a four-player Mahjong game in which the player takes on various characters from the Gambler Jiko manga about the titular legendary gambler. The game follows other Gambler Jiko games like Gambler Jiko Chuushinha for the Famicom. As is the case with most Mahjong games, none of the Gambler Jiko … Read more
Home version of the 1979 arcade game. Players launch missiles from the bottom of the screen at enemy spacecraft located at the top. The missile must pass through a asteroid belt flying across the screen and avoid the shots being fired from the spacecraft. The player controls the missile. Once launched it can be moved … Read more
Galaxy Robo is a sci-fi strategy game from Copya System and Imagineer. The player directs a group of mech pilots, each riding distinctive bi-pedal suits and other vehicles. The game is structurally similar to Fire Emblem: the player moves all their units for their turn, either fighting enemy units or performing other tasks, and then … Read more
A visual novel with a heavy emphasis on scrolling text and photo backgrounds, with the school-aged cast depicted by photos of actors. The game has a horror theme with a spooky tale that is shown from various angles, depending on the character the player chooses to play as.
Gaia Saver: Hero Saidai no Sakusen (“Gaia Saver: Hero’s Greatest Strategies”) is a 1994 Super Famicom turn-based RPG and part of the Compati Hero Series. It features characters from Gundam, Ultraman and Kamen Rider, all in a super deformed form. It’s distinct for being a Compati Hero game that wasn’t developed by Winky Soft, but … Read more
Will is a young boy whose father disappeared long time ago. Now Will lives in a small town with his grandparents. He possesses unusual abilities of pushing and pulling things without touching them. One day, he finds in his house a girl, who soon turns out to be the princess Kara. Kara’s father, king Edward, … Read more
The year is 1999. A boy named Gen lives together with his mother in a small Japanese city. One day he goes to the nearby mountains and discovers an underground cave. In this cave, he encounters a strange bat-like creature guarding what appears to be a huge diamond. When Gen approaches the diamond, the floor … Read more
F-Zero is a futuristic racing game, set in the year 2560. The player chooses one of the four available hovercars and then can race with other hovercars in one of the gameplay modes – “Practice” or “Grand Prix”. In “Practice” mode, the player chooses one track where he competes with one other hovercar to win … Read more
Furuta Atsuya no Simulation Pro Yakyuu 2 (“Atsuya Furuta’s Simulation Pro Baseball 2”) is a Super Famicom baseball game that follows up Hect’s previous baseball game Simulation Pro Yakyuu. Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, who would win the Japanese Center Divison’s MVP accolade twice, lends his name and likeness to the game. He can be … Read more
Fune Tarou (“Boat Taro”) is a fishing game for the Super Famicom released in late 1997. It follows from 1994’s Tsuri Tarou from the same developers, and once again follows a boy named Tarou as he tries to catch a whopper. The game moves from rivers to the ocean, and the player fishes off the … Read more