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Did y'all know that Gainax published video games? And that there's a PC-98 game based on Gunbuster, Cybernetic Hi-School Ⅲ? And that it's… uh… *squints to confirm what I'm reading* an erotic quiz game? …I dunno about this one.
https://t.co/YMxfiEnsWR (13/?)
This PC-98 game, Wolf Team's supernatural mystery Tokyo Twilight Busters, is one of the most beautiful video games I have ever seen. And extremely unique: it's a graphic adventure / survival / RPG hybrid with real-time elements!? I insta-bought it.
https://t.co/DIPLfWgNeg (8/?)
Dragon Slayer, the fir– no, second (as I recently uncovered: https://t.co/wVTgId6Hr0) action RPG ever, is available to buy officially! In 2020, 36 years after its 1984 release! What in the heck!? This is a wonderful world we live in!!!
https://t.co/5cyh1oDM5s (7/?)
Popful Mail, the marvelous culmination of Falcom's action RPG platformers, is famous in the West for its Sega CD version – but it was originally on Japanese vintage PCs! And it's more than a little bit different! You betcha I'm playing this. (6/?)
https://t.co/gJFtiNbfVP
In 1995, Compile (yes, the company behind Puyo Puyo – they were one of the biggest companies on classic Japanese PCs!) made Battle Girl Saori, a short and *beautiful* visual novel / puzzle RPG with a magical girl theme. And bangin' tunes! It's free! (5/?)
https://t.co/TL6SkBUCgU
I thought I recognized the art style, and as it turns out DICING KNIGHT (the hyper-rare WonderSwan action RPG) WAS DEVELOPED BY THE SAME DŌJIN CIRCLE AS BUNNY MUST DIE (the cult classic dōjin Metroidvania)!?!?!?
Here's another great pair from the Spaceworld demo: Qwilfish was going to learn both Selfdestruct and Explosion, blowing up like a puffer fish from a cartoon! It had a (scrapped) electric-themed evolution, Shibirefugu, which explains why it also learned Thunder Wave. #pokemon1997
One of the strangest evolutionary lines in Pokémon history. Norowara evolves into Kyonpan at lv. 1(!?); half their moves differ (Kyonpan is more physical). Norowara is the only 'mon who learns Nail (Curse), and it learns it at lv. 100, when it can no longer evolve! #pokemon1997