Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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There's plenty of ways (both legal and not-so legal) to explore the libraries of home micros popular in the US and Europe. But exploring the libraries of Japanese micros can be impenetrable - at least without the likes of Project EGG, and its counterpart EGGCONSOLE which is bringing a selection of those games to the Switch.

But if the language barrier has stopped you from trying them out, here's a few which can be enjoyed without needing to read Japanese!

Check out the EGGCONSOLE catalogue: amusement-center.com/project/egg/console

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Guardic
03:39 Hydlide
05:51 Silpheed
08:07 The Scheme
10:11 Zanac
12:32 Final Thoughts & Outro

Thanks for watching!

Beyond The Scanlines is a series of explorations of *interesting* games (old and new) for classic home computer and console systems.

● Series Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAgJhaPWsQJpvpcqCxgDtI420aKxsUnI
● New Episodes Mailing list: eepurl.com/hnpZhX
● Discord: discord.gg/dypVTqYd3p
● Streams: twitch.tv/hellfire64
● Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/beyondthescanlines
● Patreon: patreon.com/robc