The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion[a] is a 1996 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. It is the fourth game in The Legend of Heroes series, and the second in the Gagharv Trilogy. Originally released for the NEC PC-9801 in 1996, it was later released for the PlayStation in 1998 and Windows in 2000. A remake was …

The rulers of Edo have heard about a powerful Dragon God who was sealed long time ago, and whose defeat made it possible to create the country of Japan. He wants to restore this great power for his own selfish purposes. The hero of the game is a young warrior named Gento, whose companion is a feline creature named Benimaru. …

Xak II: Rising of the Redmoon is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by the Japanese software developer MicroCabin. It is a direct sequel to Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (Xak I). The game was released in Japan only, but due to an MSX scene that arose in Europe (predominately in the Netherlands region) some of the …

Hundreds of years ago, the Master of Magic decided to use his immense power to bring peace to mankind and to annihilate the demons on the Earth once and for all. In a grand battle that lasted thirty-two years, his army defeated the demonic forces. However, as always in such cases, something went terribly wrong. Now the one who must …

Rance 4.2: Angel-gumi is the second part of the story that began in Rance 4.1: O-Kusuri Koujou o Sukue! rather than an all-new Rance adventure. The hero continues to investigate the weird occurrences connected to the Happiness Medicine Factory. Since the story picks up directly where it ended in the sequel, Rance begins his adventure already commanding an all-female squad …

Ultima VIII: Pagan begins where Ultima VII, Part Two: Serpent Isle ended. The Guardian banishes the player, the Avatar, to the land of Pagan, a world under his control. Stranded in this unknown land, without his companions to help him, his goal is to find a way back to Britannia. The Avatar has to confront four Titans in this world …

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes is the sixth game in the Dragon Slayer line of games, and the first in The Legend of Heroes series. The game is notable for being among the first Japanese-style turn-based RPGs with visible enemies and non-random battles. Unlike most other Dragon Slayer games, the installments of the Legend of Heroes series feature turn-based …

This is a side-story in Rance series, released shortly after the fourth game, but dedicated to an entirely different quest. All kinds of troubles are happening to a factory where a new Happiness Medicine is being developed. The mercenary Rance is hired by the manager to investigate the source of these troubles. First task: clear the factory of the monsters... …

Takuya Arima is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya discovers a strange orb in his father's room, along with a letter containing information about the existence of a parallel world. At first Takuya doesn't take it seriously, but soon he realizes that he possesses a device that …

A remake of the classic "Missile Command" where you shoot down enemy craft and defend yourground-based buildings. This game gets very hard after the first level, and makes some attempt at a plot via cut scenes.

Season of The Sakura, or Sakura no Kisetsu [ さくらの季節 ], was one of the first visual novels I played back in the later 1990s. It’s often spoken of in fond circles and equally critiqued as a product of it’s time; one of the very first visual novels – and honestly ‘Japanese’ as a whole – games to release in …

Alice no Yakata(Alice's Cottage)A collection of additional materials including a new adventure story "Sentimental season". The heroine dates a boy, but the relationship in the pair of her school friend Mami develops much more intensively and the heroine does not want to lag behind.

A high-school student named K?suke had a dream, in which he saw a beautiful woman talking to him. The next morning he found out that the new teacher looked very similar to the woman he saw. After overhearing a conversation, K?suke realizes that the new teacher is in fact a detective sent to investigate the murder of a female student …

First released in 1994 for the PC-98 platform to great acclaim, Tenka Gomen (literally "Exempt from Imperial Law") is a simulation game that lets players experience the life of a wealthy merchant in Edo, set against the backdrop of Japan’s peaceful and culturally flourishing early-to-mid Edo period. Players choose one of 10 types of wholesale businesses—including sake, oil, medicine, and …

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Many women have been abducted from various villages throughout a European countryside, and have been transformed by demon possession into hideous monsters, known as the Eight Fiends. Responsible for performing the sacrilegious act is Bloody Mary, a vampire who is Queen of Bloodthorne Castle. Assisting her is a mysterious masked hunter named Gateau. Along with creating monsters to rule the …

Usagi na Panic stars Ramy, a cute bunny-eared female warrior. There isn't much of a story in the game; innocent people and animals require Ramy's protection, and her first mission involves infiltrating a ship called "Pen-Pen", populated by hostile penguins who have gotten themselves into trouble. The gameplay is traditional side-scrolling action with platforming elements. Ramy's default weapon is a …

D.P.S is a collection of three short scenarios, which are unrelated to each other story-wise and can be played separately. Those scenarios are presented as cartridges played on a fictional console named Dream Program System. Each scenario allows the player to choose between two different protagonists, or two different personalities for the protagonist. All of the scenarios feature nudity and/or …

You play the role of a young boy named Custom. You've always liked fighting, but haven't quite found a way to develop your talents. One day, wandering through the country, you meet a beautiful girl named Kumiko, who tells you about the Battling Gods Championship in her town. The conditions sound good enough for Custom, but soon he realizes that …

Chronologically the fourth Farland Story game, "Shirogane no Tsubasa" makes a fresh start story-wise, bring the first Farland Story not to deal with the hero Arc and his friends. In this game, you follow the destiny of a rebel group, who had to flee from the evil despot Pepper. Led by the cat-man Darland and the fugitive Phir, the rebels …

Set in a near-future version of Japan, the games tell the story of a martial arts tournament created to determine the country's strongest woman. The tournaments are sponsored by a number of family restaurants, who in exchange for their sponsorship, are given promotion in the form of having a tournament entry work as a waitress. As a result of the …

For no apparent reason, large quantities of demons and youkai begin to travel from Makai, the world of demons, to Gensokyo, swamping the land and leaving Reimu Hakurei with a lot of extermination to do. Frustrated, Reimu tracks the source of the invasion to "The Cave in Which the Door to Makai is Said to Be," which lies in the …

Touhou Gensoukyou ~ Lotus Land Story is the fourth game of the Touhou Project, which was released at Comiket 54 in the summer of 1998. This game features two playable characters to choose from, with two different attack types each. Reimu Hakurei can pepper a wide area of the screen with weaker attacks, while Marisa Kirisame relies on her power …

While enjoying a quiet morning walk, the local shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei stumbles across some curious ruins a short distance from the Hakurei Shrine's gateway. Spotting Mima and Marisa Kirisame among the crowd gathered, Reimu inquires about the ruins' sudden appearance and is given a flier indicating that the Grand Opening is to occur shortly and that those who enter …