Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. But not all of them were released outside of the country, especially not in the 1980s and 90s. While a few of these titles have since been documented by the English-speaking video game community, a huge proportion of this output is unknown beyond Japan (and even, in some cases, within it).Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities seeks to catalogue many of these titles - games that are weird, compelling, cool or historically important. The selections represent a large number of genres - platformers, shoot-em-ups, role-playing games, adventure games - across nearly four decades of gaming on arcade, computer and console platforms. Featuring the work of giants like Nintendo, Sega, Namco and Konami alongside that of long-forgotten developers and publishers, even those well versed in Japanese gaming culture are bound to learn something new.
| ISBN: | 9781783527656 |
| Publication date: | 14th November 2019 |
| Author: | Kalata, Kurt |
| Publisher: | Unbound |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |