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Obscure mid-1990’s PC games. How much more obscure can we get than Starfire, released in 1994, for the NEC PC-98 in Japan? While I am sure I could come up with something more obscure, there are not many as interesting. The engine powering Starfire is the Might and Magic engine, with a few minor tweaks […]
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Starfire for PC-98 Sees English Translation Released
July 11th, 2021 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Comp, News 
Tags: Might and Magic, PC-98, role playing game, rpg, Silent Debuggers, StarCraft Inc, Starfire 
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Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap Continues Innovating Classic Formula on Nintendo Game Boy Advance – January 10th, 2005 – Today in Video Game History
January 9th, 2021 Carl Williams Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap has a story set in a unique position. The third entry in the Four Swords series takes place between Skyward Sword and Four Swords. Nintendo’s Hyrule hero’s adventure here also takes place prior to the events that split the Zelda timeline in Ocarina of Time. The Minish Cap allows […]
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Diablo Pits Gamers Against Hell – January 3rd, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
January 3rd, 2021 Carl Williams Diablo is one of those few games that made you proud to be a computer gamer. There were not many that made console gamers jealous, Blizzards Rogue-like was one of them. It joined the ranks of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Command & Conquer, and a few flight sims. Even Rogue was a PC exclusive for most […]
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WonderSwan Color Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Translated to English
December 27th, 2020 Carl Williams Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the start to a classic franchise that is seemingly lost to history. What was once a leader in the role-playing game (RPG) genre is now all but forgotten by most gamers. That is if they knew it at all in the first place. The WonderSwan Color is […]
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Final Fantasy IV Advance Brings WonderSwan Title to Game Boy Advance – December 12th, 2005 – Today in Video Game History
December 11th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IV Advance may seem like a weird name for a Final Fantasy entry, but it is not. The reason it is titled as such is because this is a port of the Bandai WonderSwan Color version of the game. Think of it as Square Enix and Nintendo pulling a WWE move by changing […]
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Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past Adds Four Swords for Game Boy Advance Port – December 2nd, 2002 – Today in Video Game History
December 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past and Four Swords was the Super Nintendo classic ported to the Game Boy Advance (GBA). For the most part, the original game was not changed, just minor fixes and updates. The real draw with this release was the Four Swords add-on. Unfortunately, this meant having at least […]
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Final Fantasy IX Returns Series to Fantasy Era on PlayStation – November 13th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
November 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IX was one of my favorite role-playing games (RPG) on the Sony PlayStation console. It was such a great game, one that returned the franchise to its roots in the fantasy era. Previous entries had a heavy futuristic/science fiction slant to their stories. While those were fun, there is just something about the […]
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Revelations: Persona Makes PlayStation Debut – November 4th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Revelations: Persona is a franchise that I personally never expected to see release in North America. The setting, a high school, the subject matter, demons, and more just seemed to be too much for gamers here. I remember reading gaming magazines in the mid 1990’s and seeing that this game was indeed coming. That was […]
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Lunar Eternal Blue Continues Epic Sega CD RPG – September 15th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
September 14th, 2020 Carl Williams Lunar Eternal Blue takes fans 1,000 years into the future from the events of the previous game. Hiro is the lead with Lucia, who is from the far-away Blue Star, joining him. Lucia must stop the evil Zophar from destroying the world. It is not going to be an easy adventure. Those that have completed […]
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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic is Released – July 15th, 2003 – Today in Video Game History
July 14th, 2020 Carl Williams Today in 2003 – Bioware was battling deadlines and the expectant retaliation of fans of the Star Wars universe. The release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was a big move. They were also battling the stigma that licensed games simply did not live up to expectations. Cross genre titles are also […]
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