Fly hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh! With grace and pride
A rogue-like for the Game Boy that managed to do both its platform and its genre justice.
Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is available now, and I spoke to the author about it and JRPGs (again).
Out Run? OutRun? Either is fine, the game rules regardless.
The kind of game "Zelda clone" was invented for, but the term also doesn't have to be a negative.
About two months from now, Nintendo won't let you buy these games any longer.
A JRPG developed by the iteration of Wolf Team that would go on to become two studios you probably know better.
The very first Fire Emblem feels its age in a number of ways, but it also comes with a more modern update.
A water-based arcade racer where the home console ports were basically just the arcade game again.
An incredibly influential title not just in gameplay, but on the audio side, and one ported to a number of systems with various limitations and strengths,.
And do it in English this time.
What if a shmup was about disco? In spaaaaaaace