In “Holy Umbrella”, you control a schoolboy who lives in modern-day Japan. One day, the sky suddenly turns dark blue, a heavy rain falls onto the city, and the boy finds, halfway between his house and the school, an umbrella which seems to have fallen from the sky. What he does not know is that … Read more
A real-time strategy RPG that is depicted from an isometric perspective. The game was developed originally for the PC-9801 computer in 1992 and was then ported to the Super Famicom in 1994.The story concerns the young Crown Prince Richard A. McIntyre (who would eventually be known as the Scarlet King) who is chased from his … Read more
Part of the Compati Hero Series of games that feature cameos from the Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman franchises as super deformed characters of relative size. The series also ties in with the Super Robot Taisen (Super Robot Wars) series of crossover anime mecha RPGs. The game introduces the Gespenst and other narrative elements of … Read more
In Violinist of Hameln you play the role of Hamel, a sort of wanderer / adventurer whose weapon is… a violin. His music can cover enemies in fear, or even control their minds. Hamel and his mascot Oboe arrives at Staccato, a small town attacked by monsters, and drives them away with his power. Impressed, … Read more
The Great Battle V is an action game for the Super Famicom and the fifth game in The Great Battle sub-series, which in turn is part of the larger Compati Hero Series that combines the universes of Ultraman, Kamen Rider and SD Gundam. This game sees the four main characters – Ultraman, Kamen Rider, SD … Read more
The Great Battle IV is the fourth The Great Battle game in the greater Compati Hero Series which aims to combine the heroes and villains of Ultraman, Gundam and Kamen Rider in an SD format where everyone is at a uniform size. The Great Battle are the “core” Compati Hero Series games, presenting a standard … Read more
The Great Battle III is a scrolling brawler featuring the F91 Gundam, Kamen Rider, Ultraman and the Great Battle series’s original character Fighter Roar. The game is set in a fantasy world and the characters all use medieval weaponry in battle. The game is the third in the series of Great Battle brawler/shooter games, and … Read more
The second game in the Great Battle series for Super Famicom which began with SD Great Battle in 1990. It is also part of the Compati Hero Series, which re-imagines Gundam, Ultraman and Kamen Rider characters as super deformed (SD) versions of relative sizes. This was so the immensely tall Gundam and Ultraman characters could … Read more
In Gourmet Sentai: Bara Yarou the player picks from three characters: Bonjour, Mademoiselle, and Très Bien. Each has slightly different movesets to use on downed or stunned opponents, but each posses the punch, throw, and jump usual for belt-scrolling brawlers. The characters must get past several minor enemies on each level before fighting a stronger … Read more
Konami’s Gradius and space-shooter parody series continues with this second installment. Gameplay is similar to the Gradius series in that you control a ship that can move anywhere on the screen while the screen itself scrolls from left to right. Enemies appear in waves and destroying all the fighters in a single wave releases power-ups … Read more