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Post by kimimi on Sept 24, 2009 13:31:09 GMT -5
It's a shame Leithian is so badly balanced because the screenshots look great. There's definitely some good looking games there, thanks for sharing. Oh, I'm pretty sure "Eagle Five" is a port of a PC-98 Gatchaman game, although I couldn't say for certain.
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Post by derboo on Sept 24, 2009 13:52:27 GMT -5
Looks like it: Sometimes it's hard to recognize the origin of some games when I don't know the original.
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Post by Ganelon on Sept 24, 2009 14:54:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not sure all of these games are Korean either. It's really hard to tell sometimes. I sometimes see the same RPG in Chinese and Korean.
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Post by derboo on Sept 24, 2009 16:41:04 GMT -5
From what I've introduced, the only ones left I couldn't give a guarantee for are Lars, Super Cop and Darkness.
I might also start a thread on chinese games some time, but probably not too soon...
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Post by kimimi on Sept 25, 2009 0:06:20 GMT -5
Look forward to the Chinese games thread, it'll give me an opportunity to bang on about how great Fantasia Sango 4 is
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Sept 25, 2009 14:58:59 GMT -5
This has to go down as one of the most amazing HG101 topics I've read in a long time. Please, please tell me this will some day find its way into a fully fledged site article. I know you said one or two games would end up in a feature, but a general round-up of "Korean Gaming" would be cool, with an introduction, bit of history, the effort needed to get and play them, and then several pages on games categorised by genre. Maybe a 10 page epic, put in three separate updates or something.
Regardless, thank you for posting all this. I've for a long time known there was a strong Korean gaming scene, thanks to Brandon's postings on Insert Credit, but it's never been easy to find any hard information on any of it due to the language barrier. Add to that the complications of the Korean citizenship number (apparently a lot of people were using the previous prime minister's number for things - I wanted to fake one for PSN, despite the risks involved), and this becomes a world which is even more impenetrable than Japanese gaming.
I mean, this is like the nichest fringe imagineable, and I salute you for trying to cover it.
You're setting a benchmark here, blazing new trails, expanding the boundaries of knowledge in the English speaking world... or something. I mean, how much if any of this info is available anywhere else in English?
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Post by Gilder on Sept 25, 2009 20:07:38 GMT -5
This has to go down as one of the most amazing HG101 topics I've read in a long time. Please, please tell me this will some day find its way into a fully fledged site article. I know you said one or two games would end up in a feature, but a general round-up of "Korean Gaming" would be cool, with an introduction, bit of history, the effort needed to get and play them, and then several pages on games categorised by genre. Maybe a 10 page epic, put in three separate updates or something. Regardless, thank you for posting all this. I've for a long time known there was a strong Korean gaming scene, thanks to Brandon's postings on Insert Credit, but it's never been easy to find any hard information on any of it due to the language barrier. Add to that the complications of the Korean citizenship number (apparently a lot of people were using the previous prime minister's number for things - I wanted to fake one for PSN, despite the risks involved), and this becomes a world which is even more impenetrable than Japanese gaming. I mean, this is like the nichest fringe imagineable, and I salute you for trying to cover it. You're setting a benchmark here, blazing new trails, expanding the boundaries of knowledge in the English speaking world... or something. I mean, how much if any of this info is available anywhere else in English? Agreed. I have been following this topic since its inception and always await more information. I also have to commend you for getting (or trying to get) these games to a wider audience not just here, but to Abandonia as well. I've always had an interest in games that are made else were that you wouldn't normally hear about like (such as Pathologic, which desperately needs an article on HG101 though this one on Rock Paper Shotgun is incredible). I now found When the Day Comes 2 / For the Day 2. I'm almost inclined to call it the best of the series, though a few of its weapons are useless, and it's not perfectly executed, technically (the 2nd stage has a rather low framerate, and for some reason it only displays the OSD when pausing the game). But it has unlimited continues, thus I actually get to see the later stages in this one. You get a new ship for every stage, but the difference is just cosmetic. It also has a lot of screen text, all in quite hilarious Konglish. That's so awesome! Man, I'd love to just tackle this entire series, but my know-how with MSX emulation and DOSBox is non existence (though I should sit down and try them out again). With you discovering part 2 and part 1 being in debate about whether it was even ever released, are there any sequels after part 5?
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Post by derboo on Sept 25, 2009 22:00:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the compliments This has to go down as one of the most amazing HG101 topics I've read in a long time. Please, please tell me this will some day find its way into a fully fledged site article. I know you said one or two games would end up in a feature, but a general round-up of "Korean Gaming" would be cool, with an introduction, bit of history, the effort needed to get and play them, and then several pages on games categorised by genre. Maybe a 10 page epic, put in three separate updates or something. While I agree that something like this would be awesome to write, it would require a ton of research. An article like that should also cover console & arcade gaming, which I haven't even touched here (though there's significantly less domestic developed console games, I think), not to forget nowadays' online gaming. I'm not sure I'll find the time for such a project. Not this year, anyway. With you discovering part 2 and part 1 being in debate about whether it was even ever released, are there any sequels after part 5? No, 5 is the last one. The same company did a ton of other Shmups, though (in fact, half of the ones I introduced are from them).
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Sept 26, 2009 4:45:04 GMT -5
On a totally side-related note, Pathologic sounds amazing. I've always loved obfuscated game design (which is why I preferred STALKER to Bioshock), and this sounds right up my alley.
How easy is it to buy and install? If it's Russian made, does that mean it uses Starforce for copy protection?
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Post by derboo on Sept 26, 2009 5:18:13 GMT -5
I heard the English version has become rather expensive? The German one is probably available at about 5-10 bucks. Can't remember about the copy protection.
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Post by derboo on Oct 4, 2009 8:08:30 GMT -5
Hmm, I found a new, registration-free site with lots of downloads. Mainly RPGs, and very little of the other stuff I introduced here. However, since it also carries a lot of western games that would be considered warez, I'm not sure about posting it here. If someone is interested in the link, drop me a PM. That's so awesome! Man, I'd love to just tackle this entire series, but my know-how with MSX emulation and DOSBox is non existence (though I should sit down and try them out again). I'd recommend blueMSX for the former, I found that one the easiest to use. Should you decide to write an article on those, I can provide you with box shots for 2 and 3, and at least an ad for 4.
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Post by derboo on Oct 7, 2009 22:28:26 GMT -5
RPG-Update (2) DroyianAnother typical fantasy RPG, with nicely detailed graphics, though. The biggest house in the first town even has a bathroom. The battles are pretty exciting, attacks are shown in a zoomed-in view. I didn't even know I had a 2nd PC until the first battle, since you only see your main hero during the rest of the game. Ridiculously excessive random battles. In the dungeon, I couldn't even make the first ten steps to a treasure chest before being attacked three times, and lost the last fight. There is a later game with an identical title, but this time it's more of an SRPG with plastic doll render graphics. This one has actually been released in the west! (At least in Germany, I once got it with a magazine, but since lost the CD). Either the version I found now is stripped from its background music, or it doesn't run properly on my PC. Either way, I couldn't stand to play it for long in this state. Even later, Droiyan Next was released, which kinda looks like an RPG-BMU mix, judging by the screenshots, but I couldn't find it so far. The Corum SeriesThree action RPGs with dull graphics (at least for the first two), but solid gameplay. 1 and 3 are once again without music, so I only really played 2. Nice combat system with a strong emphasis on blocking. The story didn't tell too much, so far, you're a soldier coming to your home village, which is attacked by goblins, that steal a treasure and kidnap the mayor's daughter. There's also a SRPG called Corum Oejeon (the Korean equivalent to Gaiden), which I got, but couldn't get to run at all. Looks like it features more of a SF setting, reminiscent of Midgar in FF7. It's said to have nothing to do with the other games at all. KarmaReportedly Korea's first 3D RPG, with pre-rendered backgrounds, like the PS1 Final Fantasy games, only looking much worse. In the beginning, you're breaking out from a prison. The battles run much too fast on a modern PC, and since they're ATBs, that renders the game almost unplayable, sadly. (Btw., they're not random battles, but enemies are represented on the map, as in Chrono Trigger or the like) Red HawkSimilar to the former, technically. You're one of two brothers with ridiculous haircuts, who leave their village only to get attacked by two mysterious assassins. Your brother sacrifices himself for you, you run back to your village, and for some reason, you're hunted and have to leave your home by ship. After that, I couldn't figure out where to go next and was killed by a few rats. 아트리아 대륙전기 (History of the Continent of Atria) This game doesn't seem to be quite XP compatible, and there are heavy graphics refresh issues during normal game, which makes it completely unplayable. I managed to get to a few first fights, though, and they're awesome, the game turns into some kind of beat 'em up mode. You can select the character you control before every fight, the others are handled (badly) by the CPU. This has also a second part with the obligatory render graphics, but that's one more to the list of games I couldn't get to run. 일지매 (Iljimae) One more game from the early days, this one, like Hong Gildong, is based on a traditional story. It's heavily Ultima-Inspired, the hero complains he's hungry at the beginning of the game, but I just went out to fight a few whisps(?). Turns out the battle system is more like Dragon Quest, also random battles.
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Post by ryochan on Oct 7, 2009 22:34:20 GMT -5
derboo, I'm curious, do you actually read the Korean language well, or just some of it? Anyway, some of those do look rather nice. Too bad most won't behave on your machine.
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Post by derboo on Oct 7, 2009 22:39:55 GMT -5
I read rather well, but slow. I could tell more about each game's plot if I had the patience. However, right now im more focused on giving an introduction to as much stuff as possible, rather than going in depth.
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Post by stefanl on Oct 8, 2009 13:18:45 GMT -5
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