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Post by fergzilla on Mar 13, 2016 18:39:01 GMT -5
Well, the sole five games on MAME's database credited under "Comad & New Japan System" had 1994-95 copyright dates, so I suspected that. I knew that something was fishy from the pre-1998 release dates alone, but it wasn't until I actually took a look at New Japan System's alleged "kanji name" to put two and two together.
All of NJS's known game library involve naked women as the "main feature", so those games most likely only ended up on really shady bars and pubs hidden deep in the streets, and even export markets outside of Korea (the most likely scenario).
I also know that Koreans aren't stupid and are able to connect "JAPAN = 일본 (ilbon)" and "日本 = 일본" with rudimentary English and Chinese character knowledge at the very least (most likely with negative sentiment to boot), so the "exporter for the outside-Korea market" theory seems even more likely. Considering that 日本 is actually the former Korean hanja form for present-day hangul 일본...
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Post by derboo on Mar 13, 2016 19:47:16 GMT -5
Well, the sole five games on MAME's database credited under "Comad & New Japan System" had 1994-95 copyright dates, so I suspected that. I knew that something was fishy from the pre-1998 release dates alone, but it wasn't until I actually took a look at New Japan System's alleged "kanji name" to put two and two together. The "Comad & New Japan System" font disappeared after 1995, but the Chinese character name persists into the 2000s - see the title screen for WOW New Fantasia (2002), for example. |
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Post by Kubo Caskett on Mar 13, 2016 21:08:06 GMT -5
If those "games" were made before 1998 then it might have something to with the ban on Japanese media at the time (and maybe a sense of jealously towards Japanese companies as well). That doesn't fit the situation in Korea. If anything it would have caused companies to hide Japanese names (but even that wasn't an issue at all ever. The ban was solely on media in Japanese language.) I stand corrected.
Speaking of which, I'm quite glad there's a serious article on the gaming industry in Korea (mostly the South) given that other information on that subject is vague at best and often when its brought up on google its often stuff about people trying to limit games in Korea or dying from being addicted to them.
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Post by starlord on Mar 23, 2016 0:08:21 GMT -5
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Post by moondog on Apr 26, 2016 6:30:29 GMT -5
I'm glad to see new titles showing up once every while, trying to buy this stuff is a nightmare and I've got a whole list of big-boxes I want for my collection. I haven't seen this game mentioned before and it seems to be a localization as it was made by a Taiwanese company called Kingformation Software, or at least that's what I think. Can someone translate the title or give some more information?  |
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Post by dswizzy on May 8, 2016 10:06:45 GMT -5
I'm glad to see new titles showing up once every while, trying to buy this stuff is a nightmare and I've got a whole list of big-boxes I want for my collection. I haven't seen this game mentioned before and it seems to be a localization as it was made by a Taiwanese company called Kingformation Software, or at least that's what I think. Can someone translate the title or give some more information? I actually have a copy of that game on my computer if you want to give it a try |
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Post by moondog on May 22, 2016 18:26:40 GMT -5
Yes, I'd like to take a look at it. Thanks!
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Post by starscream on Oct 16, 2016 13:27:13 GMT -5
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Post by moondog on Dec 7, 2016 22:40:02 GMT -5
 imgur.com/a/UjP6CI found this in an issue of GameChamp. It's a review of the unreleased City Buster game by Mips Soft and has more information including an additional screenshot. So was this released in some form, or near-complete? |
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Post by archminion on Mar 11, 2017 11:38:43 GMT -5
I'm looking for any solid info on the Unico fighting game 'Master Fury' (Masters Fury?).
Both this game and it's prequel Dragon Master might make for an interesting standalone article some day?
Just the fact that both games (including the Playstation version Master's Fighter) use tons of assets from other fighting games of the time is pretty interesting imo.
Very surprised a PS version actually made it to retail.
And the play balance in both games is...questionable.
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Korean arcade distributors as well?
Cheers
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Post by drpepperfan on Apr 6, 2017 4:56:58 GMT -5
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Post by fergzilla on Sept 17, 2017 16:42:33 GMT -5
So this is kind of related to the whole Shocking/Gensei thing from a few years back, but did the Japanese company Compile (known for Puyo Puyo) have an official Korean subsidiary that distributed Korean translations of their games? I was watching a Puyo Puyo 2 PC video earlier, and it was a recording of a Korean version. At the beginning of the video, it showed a "COMPILE KOREA" logo (rather than the usual "Act Against AIDS" logo in Japanese copies of the game), so it might suggest that Compile set up shop in Korea to distribute their PC games themselves (as opposed to relying on a Korean third party to publish). Here's what I can piece together: -Puyo Puyo 2, Madou Monogatari, and several DiscStation titles have received official Korean releases on PC. -Several Sega Master System and Genesis/Mega Drive titles developed by Compile have seen official Korean releases, albeit published by Samsung, the then-official distributor of Sega consoles in South Korea. -South Korea ended up officially getting the American localization of the Sega Genesis version of Puyo Puyo, rebranded Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, and the game still in English. Korean packaging of the game calls it 동글이 퇴치 작전, though the title screen itself is still the same English title as before. If Sonic Retro is to be believed, though, some Korean cartridges of Mean Bean ended up accidentally containing the untranslated Japanese Puyo Puyo. So far, no word on the Nintendo equivalent, which ended up being Kirby's Avalanche/Kirby's Ghost Trap in the West. -This commercial advertising Korean DiscStation releases exists: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rFTpnU112M-Some Korean arcade developers have been known to copy two of Compile's DiscStation titles as well as the Puyo Puyo formula in the past (as discussed a few pages earlier) - Even though this has more to do with Compile Heart rather than the original now-bankrupt Compile, there exists Korean translations of the Hyperdimension Neptunia games. Any info on Compile's short Korean presence? Even though it's dealing with a Japanese company, it would provide some interesting insight on the Korean exported game market, as well as explain a bit more on why Shocking, Bomb Kick, and Dynamite Bomber exists. |
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Post by dswizzy on Sept 18, 2017 15:46:57 GMT -5
I'm glad to see new titles showing up once every while, trying to buy this stuff is a nightmare and I've got a whole list of big-boxes I want for my collection. I haven't seen this game mentioned before and it seems to be a localization as it was made by a Taiwanese company called Kingformation Software, or at least that's what I think. Can someone translate the title or give some more information? I'd promised to give you the game last time but unfortunately i'd didn't had it with me as my old Windows XP computer got busted awhile back and had to go gem hunting over again so i'm deeply and terribly sorry for the long wait! From the screenshot of that game it kinda looks like Summer Story [夏日物語] which i'll give you the link to download the game here: drive.google.com/file/d/0B9E7iliFn9p4VzZsc2dNb2ZaUW8/view?usp=sharing |
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Post by moondog on Oct 9, 2017 1:19:32 GMT -5
No problem, and thank you for the upload!  Coincidentally, I've also managed to find a copy of the previously unavailable game, "Black Sign" (1997, DreamCard). Installation is quick and easy from DosBox but the game has password protection so I scanned the password insert as well. Let's get this stuff preserved! Download: Black Sign |
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Post by dswizzy on Oct 11, 2017 20:57:51 GMT -5
No problem, and thank you for the upload! Coincidentally, I've also managed to find a copy of the previously unavailable game, "Black Sign" (1997, DreamCard). Installation is quick and easy from DosBox but the game has password protection so I scanned the password insert as well. Let's get this stuff preserved! Download: Black SignAnd Thank YOU for Black Sign lol (sorry to ask but what is Black Sign exactly?) |
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