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i have a piece up at @floppyadult.com's new site @vgbees.com about the legacy of Japanese PC RPGs from the 80s and 90s! since i wrote this, a few more have been made available on the switch via EGGCONSOLE, which rules vgbees.com/the-hidden-l...
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merritt k
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E.V.O. is one of my favorite games for all its issues so learning that it's actually a kind of remake/sequel to an even weirder game on the PC-98 was incredible. still need to play 46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinkaron
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Lancaster Dodd
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It really does irritate me just how much the non-american side of PC gaming is treated. There was such a thriving scene in PC gaming in the Europe during the late 80s to early 90s, and all of it just gets ignored completely
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Rad article, extremely well written, and I appreciate the focus on lesser-known games of the era (at least to my knowledge). youtube.com/@basementbro... is where I’ve seen most of the things I know about.
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Clayton
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This is a great piece. Love to learn about new games to care about. Also first I'm hearing about EGGCONSOLE! Very cool.
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re4mat
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Really fascinating article, and a great primer for the subject! I’d not really known a lot about Japanese computer games, and knew only a little more about the hardware they ran on. You’ve given me a new rabbit hole to dive into. 🙂
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Peter
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Great article!
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anna gundlach
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love this article, also it reminds me of how one of my favorite '80s/'90s japanese video gamey things is Ancient Lore Carvings in this kind of style, which maybe started with nausicaa? and then like, la-mulana and various zeldos kept running with
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Deinonykiss
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this was a really fun read, thank you
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