Crowdfunding For Hardback Book: Japanese Game Obscurities
Aug 2, 2017 12:49:00 GMT -5
Post by Discoalucard on Aug 2, 2017 12:49:00 GMT -5
I receive a lot of requests to publish hardcover versions of HG101 books, which unfortunately the current print-on-demand publisher does not allow. The only way they would be financially feasible is through crowdfunding since it requires a substantial upfront investment. However, a few months ago, the British publisher Unbound approached me about doing a book on obscure Japanese video games. It sounded like a fun project so I took it up! Plus instead of crowdfunding a previously published book, it will be a brand new one too!
unbound.com/books/japanese-video-game-obscurities
Unbound doesn't usually do video game books, but they did previously publish Stuart Ashen's Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of (and its upcoming sequel), which you can check out here (and I recommend if you enjoy old, bad British computer software):
www.amazon.com/Terrible-Games-Youve-Probably-Never-ebook/dp/B013A4FV56/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501693654&sr=8-1&keywords=ashens
You can check out the project page and the video to get an idea of what I'm planning for it. My goal is to provide a wide view of Japanese video games, ranging from the games that were extremely popular over there (but barely known outside), games that are historically important to the Japanese video game industry, and a whole bunch of other interesting or unusual titles. I'm planning to include 101 games, with each game getting two pages (with a lot of images). So it'll be at least 200 pages, and will make a nice coffee table book if you want to show off weird stuff to your guests.
I didn't want the content to retread too much of what's already published - the material written is all new but it does cover some previously trodden ground - but I also wanted to make at least half of it covering games that aren't currently featured on the site, especially titles that don't have much in the way of English coverage.
The actual writing is already about half done, assuming it's greenlighted then we'll be working to get it out by winter.
I haven't settled on the full list of covered games just yet since I'm always swapping them in and out of my list, based on whatever I dig up during my research. Here's a tentative list of about half of what I have planned:
46 Okunen Monogatari
Arcus (need some Wolfteam representation somewhere)
Asuka 120% Burning Fest
Battlemania Daiginjou
Binary Land
Bishi Bashi Special
Bokosuka Wars
Boku no Natsuyatsumi
Boogie Wings
Bulk Slash
Captain Rainbow
Chaos Seed
Choaniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko
Daiva
Dancing Eyes
Dark Half
Days of Memories
Dead of the Brain
Densha de Go
Der Langrisser
Devil World
Dezeni World
Digan no Maseki
Emerald Dragon
Ever17
Gamera 2000
Ganbare Goemon: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Gekisha Boy
Geppy X
GERMS: Nerawareta Machi
Gimmick!
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Gokuu Densetsu - Magic Beast Warriors
Hanjuku Hero 2
Harmful Park
Holy Umbrella
Hybrid Front, The
Jagur 5
Joy Mecha Fight
Juushin Rogus
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Kowloon's Gate
Kuma Uta
Laplace no Ma
Last Armageddon
Linda^3
Live a Live
LSD
Majyuuou
Maka Maka
Metal Max 2 (or 3)
Metal Wolf Chaos
Mizzurna Falls
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Muchi Muchi Pork
Mugen no Shinzou
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari
Nazo no Murasamejou
Neko Samurai
Newtron (or Door Door)
Noro to Koku no Koubou Kiri no Mori no Majou
Numan Athletics
Ore no Ryouri
Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke
Pepsiman
Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru
Pu-li-ru-la
Pulseman
Relics
Rent-a-Hero No. 1
Sakura Taisen
Segagaga
Segare Ijiri
Sengoku Turb
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Soma Bringer
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti
Square's Tom Sawyer
Star Cruiser
Super Galdelic Hour
Suzuki Bakuhatsu
Tengai Makyou The Apocalypse IV
The Screamer
The Silver Case
Time Twist
Tokimeki Memorial
Tong Nou
Trio the Punch
Umihara Kawase
Venus and Braves
War of the Dead
Wonder Project J
Xak
Xanadu
Yoake no Mariko
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Yu-No
Zill O'll
Zwei!!
I'll be posting some updates about stuff I'll be writing about on Twitter, so make sure to follow if you want to get a glimpse of it. I'll be sending out previews to Patreon donors too.
unbound.com/books/japanese-video-game-obscurities
Unbound doesn't usually do video game books, but they did previously publish Stuart Ashen's Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of (and its upcoming sequel), which you can check out here (and I recommend if you enjoy old, bad British computer software):
www.amazon.com/Terrible-Games-Youve-Probably-Never-ebook/dp/B013A4FV56/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501693654&sr=8-1&keywords=ashens
You can check out the project page and the video to get an idea of what I'm planning for it. My goal is to provide a wide view of Japanese video games, ranging from the games that were extremely popular over there (but barely known outside), games that are historically important to the Japanese video game industry, and a whole bunch of other interesting or unusual titles. I'm planning to include 101 games, with each game getting two pages (with a lot of images). So it'll be at least 200 pages, and will make a nice coffee table book if you want to show off weird stuff to your guests.
I didn't want the content to retread too much of what's already published - the material written is all new but it does cover some previously trodden ground - but I also wanted to make at least half of it covering games that aren't currently featured on the site, especially titles that don't have much in the way of English coverage.
The actual writing is already about half done, assuming it's greenlighted then we'll be working to get it out by winter.
I haven't settled on the full list of covered games just yet since I'm always swapping them in and out of my list, based on whatever I dig up during my research. Here's a tentative list of about half of what I have planned:
46 Okunen Monogatari
Arcus (need some Wolfteam representation somewhere)
Asuka 120% Burning Fest
Battlemania Daiginjou
Binary Land
Bishi Bashi Special
Bokosuka Wars
Boku no Natsuyatsumi
Boogie Wings
Bulk Slash
Captain Rainbow
Chaos Seed
Choaniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko
Daiva
Dancing Eyes
Dark Half
Days of Memories
Dead of the Brain
Densha de Go
Der Langrisser
Devil World
Dezeni World
Digan no Maseki
Emerald Dragon
Ever17
Gamera 2000
Ganbare Goemon: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Gekisha Boy
Geppy X
GERMS: Nerawareta Machi
Gimmick!
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Gokuu Densetsu - Magic Beast Warriors
Hanjuku Hero 2
Harmful Park
Holy Umbrella
Hybrid Front, The
Jagur 5
Joy Mecha Fight
Juushin Rogus
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Kowloon's Gate
Kuma Uta
Laplace no Ma
Last Armageddon
Linda^3
Live a Live
LSD
Majyuuou
Maka Maka
Metal Max 2 (or 3)
Metal Wolf Chaos
Mizzurna Falls
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Muchi Muchi Pork
Mugen no Shinzou
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari
Nazo no Murasamejou
Neko Samurai
Newtron (or Door Door)
Noro to Koku no Koubou Kiri no Mori no Majou
Numan Athletics
Ore no Ryouri
Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke
Pepsiman
Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru
Pu-li-ru-la
Pulseman
Relics
Rent-a-Hero No. 1
Sakura Taisen
Segagaga
Segare Ijiri
Sengoku Turb
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Soma Bringer
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti
Square's Tom Sawyer
Star Cruiser
Super Galdelic Hour
Suzuki Bakuhatsu
Tengai Makyou The Apocalypse IV
The Screamer
The Silver Case
Time Twist
Tokimeki Memorial
Tong Nou
Trio the Punch
Umihara Kawase
Venus and Braves
War of the Dead
Wonder Project J
Xak
Xanadu
Yoake no Mariko
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Yu-No
Zill O'll
Zwei!!
I'll be posting some updates about stuff I'll be writing about on Twitter, so make sure to follow if you want to get a glimpse of it. I'll be sending out previews to Patreon donors too.