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Post by phediuk on Jan 31, 2019 10:55:56 GMT -5
Added X (Game Boy, 1992), which I thought was a rail shooter but is actually more like Battlezone.
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Post by kaoru on Jan 31, 2019 11:07:01 GMT -5
Wasn't X made by Argonaut?
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Post by phediuk on Jan 31, 2019 11:08:14 GMT -5
Wasn't X made by Argonaut? Argonaut made the engine, Nintendo made the game. Same situation as, say, Kingdom Hearts 3 using UE4. |
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Post by dsparil on Jan 31, 2019 11:41:40 GMT -5
X is definitely more Argonaut than Nintendo. It wasn't even originally going to be published by them although they likely did have some input on the final game. Furthermore, it was solely designed and programmed by Dylan Cuthbert. They did way more than just the engine.
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Post by phediuk on Jan 31, 2019 12:58:32 GMT -5
X is definitely more Argonaut than Nintendo. It wasn't even originally going to be published by them although they likely did have some input on the final game. Furthermore, it was solely designed and programmed by Dylan Cuthbert. They did way more than just the engine. <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.240000000000009" style="position: absolute; width: 34.180000000000064px; height: 3.240000000000009px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT1_21230204" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.240000000000009" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 3.24px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1638px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT1_81989083" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.240000000000009" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 3.24px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 102px;" id="MoatPxIOPT1_80946161" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.240000000000009" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 3.24px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1638px; top: 102px;" id="MoatPxIOPT1_7191694" scrolling="no"></iframe> Still an edge case, and therefore still worth including on the list. The director and graphic designer--key roles on any dev team--were both Japanese, which certainly makes it lean more Japanese than, say Metroid Prime, where those roles were also filled by Americans. The list isn't that long anyway so I'm ok with including cases like this; if there's anything similar (i.e., Western programmer but Japanese director/graphic designer) then I'd be fine with putting them on too unless there's like 100 others like it. I'll include a note by its entry. |
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Post by phediuk on Jan 31, 2019 13:11:14 GMT -5
And actually, the DSi sequel, X-Scape, is similarly split between the UK and Japan, although in this case all of the programming appears to have been done on the Japan side too.
So that one definitely goes on the list.
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Post by phediuk on Jan 31, 2019 19:20:01 GMT -5
Got one more for the list: BRAHMA Force (PS1, 1996).
I knew I was forgetting one of those 90s mech games.
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Post by gabby32 on Feb 1, 2019 23:23:44 GMT -5
TARGET GEAR
１９９７年７月１１日発売
Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ９５/NT4.0 ８，８００円（税別）
DirectX専用
TARGET GEAR 2nd
１９９７年9月26日発売
Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ９５/NT4.0 ７，８００円（税別）
DirectX専用
２枚組みで一枚はデジタルコレクション
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Post by phediuk on Feb 2, 2019 2:43:22 GMT -5
TARGET GEAR １９９７年７月１１日発売 Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ９５/NT4.0 ８，８００円（税別） DirectX専用 TARGET GEAR 2nd １９９７年9月26日発売 Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ９５/NT4.0 ７，８００円（税別） DirectX専用 ２枚組みで一枚はデジタルコレクション Are there any screens or footage of these games anywhere? Can't find anything on Google. I'm assuming these entries were pulled from a database somewhere.
Nice sleuthing; this is some seriously obscure stuff, as in there literally isn't a single mention of it on the internet in English (until now.) More like this please.
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Post by gabby32 on Feb 2, 2019 6:08:09 GMT -5
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Post by Weasel on Feb 2, 2019 15:44:24 GMT -5
There is a freeware Rainbow Six/Goldeneye-like game called X-Operations (or XOPS for short) that was made by two Japanese developers. Sadly, this is the best link I can give for it. |
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Post by phediuk on Feb 2, 2019 15:53:27 GMT -5
There is a freeware Rainbow Six/Goldeneye-like game called X-Operations (or XOPS for short) that was made by two Japanese developers. Sadly, this is the best link I can give for it. At least there's way more info about this one than Target Gear. It's even got a JP Wikipedia article: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_operationsAnyway, nice catch. Added. |
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Post by phediuk on Feb 19, 2019 1:06:37 GMT -5
Added Cosmo Tank (Game Boy, 1990)
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Post by phediuk on Feb 19, 2019 1:24:30 GMT -5
Also added Lucky & Wild (arcade, 1992); an edge case, but it still counts since you're in complete control of the car's speed (accelerator must be held down to move, brake allows a complete stop) and its position on the road (steering wheel).
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Post by eatersthemanfool on Feb 21, 2019 23:23:33 GMT -5
Target Gear kinda reminds me of MechWarrior 2
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