Datach – Dragon Ball Z – Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai (Japan) [JP]

Dragon Ball Z: Gekito Tenkaichi Budokai, Doragon Boru Zetto Gekit? Tenkaichi Budokai; translated as “Dragon Ball Z: A Fierce Battle at the Tenkaichi Budoukai”) is the first fighting video game based on Dragon Ball Z. The game was unique in that it came with a special card reader attachment for the NES, the Datach Joint … Read more

Datach – Crayon Shin-chan – Ora to Poi Poi (Japan) [JP]

The game is a simple card game with a Tetris element. The layout is similar to a Tennis court with both players on either sides defending their goal, while stacks of cards are positioned in the center. Players must move Shin up and down sliding cards, in two’s, to the center pile matching up symbols … Read more

Datach – Battle Rush – Build Up Robot Tournament (Japan) [JP]

The player has to build his own combat robot to use in a fighting tournament. These robots are built in factories that assign the robot a name in addition to installing its head, body, shoulder, and feet. The player has a pre-game lobby to get ready for the robot combat action. All matches have rounds … Read more

Dash Yarou (Japan) [JP]

There’s a cross-country motorcycle rally going from San Fransisco to New York. In Rally Bike, the player has but one goal, to work their way up through the ranks of the racers and place high enough to qualify for the next race. The game contains six stages to race through. The player controls a motorcycle … Read more

Dark Lord (Japan) [JP]

Dark Lord seems inspired by the Dragon Knight series, of which we got a random handful translated into English such as Legacy of the Wizard and Sorcerian. Dark Lord is really a lot like Sorcerian, it just swaps clunky action-based side-scrolling combat for clunky overhead-view RPGing with Shining Force-style battles.

Daiva – Imperial of Nirsartia (Japan) [JP]

DAIVA Story 6: Imperial of Nirsartia is the sixth part of a seven part series developed by Toshiba EMI. The series is not a collection of sequential stories, but rather a presentation of the same story from seven different perspectives. Billed as an “Active Simulation War”, each game has the player direct a different protagonist … Read more

Daisenryaku (Japan) [JP]

One of many grand war simulations in Daisenryaku series, Daisenryaku for Famicom is a turn-based strategy with quite modern armies, the abstract “Blue” and “Red” countries (controlled by the player or AI), are at war with each other. Three basic phases make up each turn: production, movement and combat. Like in other Daisenryaku games, each … Read more

Daiku no Gen-san 2 – Akage no Dan no Gyakushuu (Japan) [JP]

Dr. Parallel, an evil scientist, plans to control the Japanese construction industry. However, his scheme is thwarted by a giant wooden machine created by Genroku Tamura, Gen-san’s mortal rival. Parallel then targets Genroku and his son, Minamoto-san. The game is a classic platformer where you control Gen Tamura through eight levels, fighting Dan in boss … Read more

Daiku no Gen-san (Japan) [JP]

In the peaceful town of Carpentersville, some workers known as The Rusty Nailers decide to bulldoze a house that belongs to Harry. Harry is certainly not happy with this, and goes on a rampage, destroying workers that get in his way. As Harry, you can destroy workers in one of two ways: you can smash … Read more

Daikoukai Jidai (Japan) [JP]

The Franco family used to be one of the influential houses of Portugal. That is until the head of the family sailed out of a disastrous voyage to find the kingdom of Prester John. The disarray that followed brought about an end to the nobility of the Franco name. 100 years have passed and Portugal … Read more