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Post by goldenpigsy on Jun 21, 2010 18:31:43 GMT -5
According to a youtube video which is no longer available, the title was something along the lines of Kyonshi 2, although I can't find it on gamefaqs either.
I didn't mention it in my first post, but really, this article is incredible. Amazing work.
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Post by derboo on Jun 21, 2010 19:18:37 GMT -5
Ah, found it (the copyright says it's by Taito, though) and updated the page. Thanks again.  |
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Post by CRV on Jun 22, 2010 9:05:35 GMT -5
Added some info about the rest of the series. Do you happen to know anything about the developers of those? (Zero Soft?) I figured Carry Lab developed the Jelda games. The FM-7 version says "produced by Zero soft," whatever that means. |
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Post by derboo on Jun 24, 2010 15:20:05 GMT -5
I invested in a bunch of "new" old magazines, and as with each time that happens, I learned some new things. This results in improvements with the company pages of Mirinae (more/corrected info on one of the broadcast games, somewhat proper coverage of Super Beemger) and Open (moved over most games from the SIECO page, Bubble Bobble for Game Gear).
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Jun 27, 2010 6:29:54 GMT -5
Does this article contain everything from your Korean Games Marathon pages? I only ask since I checked the index for Karma: hg101.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=games&action=display&thread=5588&page=6#125170And I couldn't find it. Or is it to be added in Part 2 of the series? I love how daunting this article is - I've gone through the main pages, but each time I start reading the company profiles, my mind kind of recoils at how massive this topic is. |
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Post by derboo on Jun 27, 2010 9:03:29 GMT -5
Yeah, that's coming with part 2. I decided to preliminary upload profiles for part 2 each time I get a bunch together (5-10ish), but Dragonfly, the developer of Karma, released their first game in 1996, so it'll take a while until I get to it. The company still exists, btw., but they're only making online FPS, nowadays: www.dragonflygame.com |
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Post by macaw on Jul 15, 2010 7:22:02 GMT -5
Amazing article. I give massive props to you Derboo. I look forward to future updates, and hope many people use this as a resource for years to come.
I searched through Korean games extensively for a long time and still didn't find some of these obscurities. Also its great your providing many of the box covers too, are you finding the majority of them on auction sites or something?
By the way, has anyone had any luck with finding Fox Ranger 3? Its one of the titles I am yet to find that I am desperate to try. Seems scarcely mentioned on Korean sites, and also had no success finding much info on Japanese sites.
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Post by starscream on Jul 15, 2010 8:19:25 GMT -5
Yup, major props. I'm especially grateful for the information about early homecomputers. The SPC 1000 specs and the games look much like the PC 6001, is it possibly a clone?
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Post by derboo on Jul 15, 2010 20:27:23 GMT -5
Also its great your providing many of the box covers too, are you finding the majority of them on auction sites or something? Most are snatched photos from blogs or message boards of people who are like "look at the box from this old game I own", with rudimental perspective correction. Some (mostly low quality ones) are from official homepages in the Wayback Machine. The few really decent scans for some of the console games are mostly from western collectors, I think. Some are from an online shop, others from old advertisements. For part 2, I'm hoping to scan a number of covers myself (I'm waiting for about 20 boxed games I sent to myself via surface mail and really hope they don't get mashed underway). By the way, has anyone had any luck with finding Fox Ranger 3? Its one of the titles I am yet to find that I am desperate to try. Seems scarcely mentioned on Korean sites, and also had no success finding much info on Japanese sites. I have the game, but it's broken. Makes DOSBox (and DOS in a Virtual PC) crash on the title screen. Yup, major props. I'm especially grateful for the information about early homecomputers. The SPC 1000 specs and the games look much like the PC 6001, is it possibly a clone? I don't think so. The video specs (the SPC-1000 supports 4 colors in 128x192 mode, the 6001 only 2, according to old-computers.com) are different, and the PC 6001 apparently doesn't use the ever popular Z80 CPU (although a compatible one). |
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Post by starscream on Jul 16, 2010 10:17:10 GMT -5
That's probably an omission, the Nec entry at old-computers also lists the co-cpu as MC6847 compatible (which is the video-chip responsible for outputting colours, also found in the Tandy Coco/Dragon).
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Post by stefanl on Jul 16, 2010 18:02:18 GMT -5
There was not much info about Suna's Spark Man... i have that arcade PCB and has done a video recording of it's attract mode and when i play it a little arcade.ym2149.com/sparkmands0472.zip (44mb) |
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Post by cantstandya on Jul 16, 2010 20:58:36 GMT -5
Derboo, your incredibly informative articles finally made me register.
When I was a kid, I played the demo of Corum II which I found on a magazine's demo disc. By some sick craving for childhood nostalgia, I was compelled to hunt the damn game down, no matter what it took. Apart from a few German copies always finding their way on Amazon, there's next to no information about the game (nor the series in general) available on the web.
A few months ago while I was cleaning out our old house I find the aforementioned demo disc, buried beneath a mountain of my other childhood junk, and boy was I glad. The demo is barely an hour long, and needless to say, the game is a heap of crap by today's (or maybe any) standards. Of course, this doesn't deter me at all from getting the full version one day, since A-grade entertainment was not what I had in mind in the first place.
Oh, and I knew there was a third episode from a few websites, but until your article I had minimal info on it. Corum III IS floating around on the web, unlike the second one, the only problem is it doesn't have a Windows version, the game was designed exclusively for BeOS (!) variants. I'm not planning on installing a new OS just for this, but I certainly want to try it one day, since unlike the other two, it actually seems like a great game.
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Post by macaw on Jul 19, 2010 2:20:19 GMT -5
Most are snatched photos from blogs or message boards of people who are like "look at the box from this old game I own", with rudimental perspective correction. Some (mostly low quality ones) are from official homepages in the Wayback Machine. The few really decent scans for some of the console games are mostly from western collectors, I think. Some are from an online shop, others from old advertisements. For part 2, I'm hoping to scan a number of covers myself (I'm waiting for about 20 boxed games I sent to myself via surface mail and really hope they don't get mashed underway). Cool, cant wait for the next update. I think box scans are an important part of games, and especially in an article such as this. I have the game, but it's broken. Makes DOSBox (and DOS in a Virtual PC) crash on the title screen. Is this due to your copy or just no emulation support of the game? Anyway, in upcoming updates I'm sure your going to cover many of the more known games that have been uploaded to underdogs and such in the past, such as Interrupt/Iron Blood, Zyclunt/Blade Warrior, Lars The Wanderer, Electronic Popple, etc. Recently however I came across a game I have never seen before, and is barely mentioned on any English site. Given how much research you've done you possibly know about it, but its called Astrocounter of Crescents (Hangul: 불기둥 크레센츠). Released in 1996 by Samsung, and I think developed by the same team that did Lars. While I haven't played it myself, just from what I've seen it looks absolutely incredible. Amazing atmosphere, graphics, and music. The combat also looks incredibly satisfying. If anyone can find a download of this somewhere on the net I'm sure a lot of people will be very happy! Videos of stages 1-3: ravener.tistory.com/entry/PC-%EB%B6%88%EA%B8%B0%EB%91%A5-%ED%81%AC%EB%A0%88%EC%84%BC%EC%B8%A0-%EC%98%A4%ED%94%84%EB%8B%9DVideos of stages 4-6: ravener.tistory.com/entry/PC-%EB%B6%88%EA%B8%B0%EB%91%A5-%ED%81%AC%EB%A0%88%EC%84%BC%EC%B8%A0-%ED%8C%8C%ED%8A%B8-2%EC%BB%A8%ED%83%9D%ED%8A%B8-46Videos of stages 7-9: ravener.tistory.com/entry/PC-%EB%B6%88%EA%B8%B0%EB%91%A5-%ED%81%AC%EB%A0%88%EC%84%BC%EC%B8%A0-%ED%8C%8C%ED%8A%B8-3%EC%BB%A8%ED%83%9D%ED%8A%B8-79Site mentioning the game and its music: blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=lqqb&logNo=110047462819 |
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Post by CRV on Jul 19, 2010 8:37:42 GMT -5
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Post by derboo on Jul 19, 2010 9:37:34 GMT -5
Too bad none of the 10 owners of the Korean original games ever bothered to hook their 3DO up to a capture card and take some decent screenshots. I've got coverage of the 3DO titles prepared, but all I got screenshot-wise is photographed from magazines. There was not much info about Suna's Spark Man... i have that arcade PCB and has done a video recording of it's attract mode and when i play it a little arcade.ym2149.com/sparkmands0472.zip (44mb) Hey, thanks. I'm gonna grab a few screens from the video. Do you plan to leave it online (semi-)permanently? Then I could link it in a footnote. |
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