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Feature Celebrating The SG-1000, Sega's First Console And One-Time Famicom Rival
"As for the performance, there is no doubt that SG-1000 and SC-3000 were better"
Feature Pixelthesia: Why We See Things In Video Games
Without pareidolia, would video games even exist?
The Making Of Popful Mail, The Game That Nearly Became Part Of The Sonic Series
"I was the only programmer left and I had no graphics to work with"
The Making Of Steel Battalion, The Ultimate Hardcore Mecha Experience
"I felt this anger against the entire industry. You're all just making the same old shit"
The Making Of Clock Tower, The SNES Horror That's Getting A Second Chance To Scare
"Sticking to your own ideas in the face of market expectations can result in good games"
News Did You Know That Not All Famicom Controllers Are The Same?
"It's like showing a CoreGrafx instead of a PC Engine"
News Clock Tower Creator Didn't Know About Its Upcoming Re-Release
"I have not heard anything about this project and am not involved in it"
Feature Famicom At 40: How Nintendo's Console Faced An Uphill Struggle For Supremacy
"MSX initially had a bigger market than Famicom"
Talking Point Why Do So Many Japanese RPGs Take Place In European Fantasy Settings?
"The Japanese believe Western culture is cool, but not Japanese culture"
Feature I Spent $75,000 Documenting Japan's Gaming History, And It Was Quite The Ride
A wild adventure of tropical typhoons, insane litigation, and fish testicles
The Making Of Langrisser / Warsong - Fire Emblem's Oft-Ignored Rival
"It is actually based on the flow of the Korean War"
Feature I Just Fixed This Obscure Unlicensed NES Game
Nearly 40 years after the Famicom launch, and we're still finding things out
The Making Of Chandragupta: Warrior Prince - The Indian 'Prince Of Persia' Published By Sony
"I wrote the entire design, but the implementation was catastrophic"
The Making Of Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken - A Legendary SNES Mecha Epic
"It was such a wonderful time. I'm so grateful I was able to be a part of that"
The Making Of Soleil / Crusader Of Centy, Sega's Answer To Zelda
"I was desperate to create something that could not be beaten by Zelda"
The Making Of John Romero's Daikatana, The Game Boy Color Zelda Clone That Outscored Its Big Brother
"The plan to turn an FPS into an action-RPG like Zelda was a challenge"
Feature The Man Behind The $1 Million Vapourware RPG, Project Phoenix
"I learned a lot from Sakaguchi-san, but there's a lot of negative encouragement"
The Making Of Sorcerian, The Most Groundbreaking JRPG You've Never Played
"The beauty of Sorcerian is variety"
Feature Do Kyoto's Turtle Stepping Stones Have A Connection To Mario?
Life imitating art, or the other way around?
Feature Nintendo's Golden Ticket - How One Boy Won A Trip To Japan And Met Miyamoto
"I think I used up a lifetime of luck winning that competition"
Feature What Were Japanese Action Adventures Like Before Zelda?
"Japanese people didn't have a well-defined sense of the RPG"
