Hirameki: The Forgotten Company that Defined Visual Novels in the West Bowl of Lentils 2020-04-24 | This is a video where I overview the history of Hirameki International Group Inc, a publisher that was one of the first companies to sell visual novels to a mainstream audience in America. They were also the first English company to classify their titles as VNs, basically defining the term in the western world. This video is kind of a follow up to my "Origins of Visual Novels" video from last year. I decided to create it after researching why the word "visual novel" was so ubiquitous in the West when it is almost never used in Japan itself. I had a hard time finding a lot of information about Hirameki online when I casually searched so after buying a few copies of their magazine on eBay and digging around old websites on the Wayback Machine I decided to make this video.A lot of this information can also be found on the page for the company I wrote on Giantbomb, which you can find here: giantbomb.com/hirameki-international-group-inc/3010-5118I tried to make this video slightly more upbeat than my last two and attempted to have it be faster paced overall. Hope people enjoy it.Side Note: All the game dates that I show are for that specific version of the game. So if I’m showing the official English edition or a fan translated version of a game then I use the year that version was released. ----------------This video contains the following music composed by Jason Shaw: “Solo Acoustic Guitar”“Wheels”“River Meditation”“Words”“Travel Light”“Bird in Hand”“Running Water”“Serenity”“Green Leaves”“In the Field” ----------------Information Sources:Interview with Kotaro Uchikoshi, "The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Vol. 1" (Pages: 340-341).web.archive.org/web/20030609181037/http://www.hirameki-int.comweb.archive.org/web/20030625041640/http://www.hirameki-int.com/jpnweb.archive.org/web/20030608094727/http://www.animeplay-mag.com/index.phpweb.archive.org/web/20070204131255/http://community.hirameki-int.comweb.archive.org/web/20070227091000/http://anime.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=2536web.archive.org/web/20060901214601/http://anime.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3036web.archive.org/web/20070309062124/http://anime.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3433web.archive.org/web/20060910142145/http://anime.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=2396web.archive.org/web/20070402220338/http://visualnews.net/2006/05/26/fanime-2006-reportweb.archive.org/web/20071018112532/http://visualnews.net/2006/07/09/the-ax-reports-part-1web.archive.org/web/20170824165039/http://archives.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2003/hirameki/index.htmlanimenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-06/hirameki-no-longer-publishing-interactive-visual-novelsmacworld.com/article/1057542/hirameki.htmllemniscatranslations.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/ever17-anniversary-interview-kotaro-uchikoshi-takumi-nakazawa-unveiledhttps://thebroadcast.club/2017/05/15/episode-4-translation-quality/animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-06/hirameki-no-longer-publishing-interactive-visual-novelsweb.archive.org/web/20041230024654/http://www.akibaotaku.com/product.php?prod=1----------------3rd Party Video Sources:Net High by ciel. LByoutube.com/watch?v=CBHHZnEIhikSaiaku Naru Saiyaku Ningen Sasagu by 槐の暇潰しyoutube.com/watch?v=0t7FU3_qtSgAiyoku no Eustia by Nismo GTRyoutube.com/watch?v=yTiUNCpK1ZAMuv-Luv by KevGuueyAnimeyoutube.com/watch?v=a2rU1-2rQvcDisney DVD Ad- New Home (1999) by that90sguyyoutube.com/watch?v=e7lcsxd6rhsPlayStation 2 Launch Day (UK) News Clip 24th Nov 2000 by beetleguese1209youtube.com/watch?v=cmEJ-PETdxwGameWave (ゲームウェーブ) 2000年02月23日by kunkun kunyoutube.com/watch?v=xOHZf3Za2L8Larry Pickett reports on the release of Sony's PlayStation 2 by Larry Pickettyoutube.com/watch?v=gYlVM5O2Pe8Toonami fall 2000 Intros Bumps and Promos by Knightwatcher189youtube.com/watch?v=ChmSZO_KLikSweet Legacy by r18nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5691125Separate Blue by 黒雪NG＋nicovideo.jp/watch/sm35574576Azrael by 黒雪nicovideo.jp/watch/sm33994322Canary by フィリーアnicovideo.jp/watch/sm1705050Izayoi Renkanicovideo.jp/watch/sm24780403Hooligan by 名無しnicovideo.jp/watch/sm17066213Yoshia no Oka de Nekoronde by rynexnicovideo.jp/watch/sm19822576Yukigatari by 黒雪nicovideo.jp/watch/sm33668889999 by World of Long Playsyoutube.com/watch?v=YYMgxc9GRk0And other official trailers.
The GBA’s Largest Adventure Game Bowl of Lentils 2023-06-25 | This video spotlights the self-proclaimed largest adventure game on the Game Boy Advance, Zero One by Fuuki. Learn about this ambitious handheld adventure along with Zero One SP, a remake that features character designs by the creator of Outlaw Star, Takehiko Ito.I’ve been busy this year with other projects so I decided to make something a bit shorter this time around. I started researching Zero One in 2021 and have been hoping to make a video about it for a while. It was a surprisingly ambitious title for its time yet it is basically unknown outside Japan, so I wanted to highlight it. There are actually a lot of Japanese adventure games I'd like to make similar videos about, so I kind of treated this project as a pilot episode for a potential series while I was making it. We'll see if I have the time or motivation to do something like that in the future. But in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this little exploration of an interesting GBA title.I can not read Japanese so if I got any details about Zero One’s story or history wrong, please let me know. —Music—Metal Slader Glory: Charmy from Gen's Auto / Station BayVarious songs from Zero One and Zero One SP—Sources—You can read my full list of sources on this blog post: giantbomb.com/profile/bowl-of-lentils/blog/the-gbas-largest-adventure-game/271336 —3rd-Party Footage—Ace Attorney Japanese Commercial : youtube.com/watch?v=6PVZkkDeXKIAce Attorney Japanese Promotional Video: youtube.com/watch?v=PoyMmEV_wtkHamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak Japanese Commercial: youtube.com/watch?v=wfxN9wJ9vzkHotel Dusk Japanese Commercial: youtube.com/watch?v=SvS-NSaDmkwJapanese GBA Commercials: youtube.com/watch?v=4FrghboQz-8Mikopara [巫女ぱら] Game Sample - GBA/Doujin (Vysethedetermined2, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=pzma58SeQewTime Travelers LEVEL5 VISION 2010 Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=hpsdUdY3Mow
The History of Leaf: Pioneer of the Visual Novel Genre Bowl of Lentils 2022-11-07 | This is a video where I talk about the history of Leaf, an adult PC developer that pioneered the visual novel genre and influenced an entire generation of creators in Japan during the late 90s and early 2000s.I played and enjoyed the Utawarerumono sequels when they were localized back in 2017 and I began looking into Leaf’s history with the idea of making a video after seeing the announcement for Monochrome Mobius last year in November. I wanted to make this video because visual novel developers like Key and Type-Moon have gotten a lot of attention from English-speaking fans but Leaf seems to often be forgotten despite a few of their titles being fairly popular in the West. A large majority of Leaf’s catalog is only available in Japanese, especially their older titles, so I did not talk much about the stories of each individual game. Instead I stuck to mainly describing the history behind the studio and its influence on the industry. I do not know Japanese myself so I relied on machine translation tools to get some of my information, so there may be mistakes. I did the best I could but I provided a list of my sources in case someone wants to dig through what I found and double-check my facts. Let me know if I messed anything up.—Chapters—00:00 - Introduction 01:49 - Leaf’s Beginnings 13:32 - Leaf’s Salad Days 24:28 - Leaf’s Influence 31:39 - Leaf’s Fall from Grace42:57 - Leaf’s Experimental Years51:16 - Leaf’s Comeback and Departure1:00:33 - Conclusion—Sources—I couldn’t fit my full list of sources in the description so I listed them on my blog instead: giantbomb.com/profile/bowl-of-lentils/blog/the-history-of-leaf-pioneer-of-the-visual-novel-ge/266785—Music—Azusa - Kizuato by Azusa Kashiwagi (Leaf Visual Novel Series Orange Soundtrack)未来に向かって - Growing up by Yasumasa Kitagawa (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 2 ALPHA)Night in Way by Naoya Shimokawa (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 2 ALPHA)Visions of a Distant Day by Kojiro Nakashima and Kouta Kato (Kamaitachi no Yoru)During a Lesson by Naoya Shimokawa, Shinji Orito, and Shinya Ishikawa (Shizuku)True End by Naoya Shimokawa, Shinji Orito, and Shinya Ishikawa (Shizuku)Sea Breeze by Osamu Ishikawa (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 2 ALPHA)通常AVG by OdiakeS (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 4 Pop'n 2000)Brand New Heart by Kazuhide Nakagami (To Heart)男の子のテーマ くだけふでっちMix by Ishisan (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 4 Pop'n 2000)Invisible Wings by Suebashi (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 3 Metamorphic)オープニング by STB (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 4 Pop'n 2000)Lonely Cinderella by M.S (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 3 Metamorphic)RADIO KILLER by Rikei Hirashima (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 2 ALPHA)Monochrome Mind by Junya Matsuoka (Tasogare)Midnight Rainy Dance by Sepia Iro no Sora (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 3 Metamorphic)Irregular by Junya Matsuoka (Tasogare)Kaleidoscope by Shinya Ishikawa (Tasogare)幻 by Kiyoko Yamada (KIYO) (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 2 ALPHA)Ptolemaic System by CHEMOOL (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol 1 VOLTAGE)BADEND Crossover Arrangement by Manack (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 4 Pop'n 2000)Take Me With You by Yuuichi Sasaki (Ebi) (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 3 Metamorphic)Heart to Heart by Kazuhide Nakagami (ToHeart2)Brand New Heart Music Box Version by Kazuhide Nakagami (To Heart)Utawarerumono Opening Theme by Susumu Mameda (Utawarerumono)休日のテーマ by Suebashi (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 4 Pop'n 2000)そして愛する者の名を呼び by Kanna (Unison LABEL Sound Collection Vol. 4 Pop'n 2000)翔 - Brand New Heart by 八霧 (Fresh Foliage: Leaf & Key Arrange Music Album)Sunshine Day by Shinya Ishikawa (Heart Session: Cool Weigh, To Heart Arranged Album)
The Other Mystery House: Japans First Graphical Adventure Game Bowl of Lentils 2022-01-23 | This is a video where I talk about Japan's first graphical adventure game, the company that made it, and how the title caused an "adventure game boom" in Japan's PC market during the early 80s.Micro Cabin's Mystery House was a title that I had often heard about in passing where it was described as a Japanese clone of the Apple II Mystery House. However, after I began researching the game myself, I realized that Micro Cabin's Mystery House had a much bigger impact on Japan's game industry then one might initially think. So I decided to make this video in order to explain how Micro Cabin's game wasn't just a simple imitation but a historically important title that laid the groundwork for many future video games. Despite being my shortest history video, this took me a while to research and collect information on. I do not know Japanese so please correct me if I messed up my facts. I would also like to thank Miralita for helping me to obtain an article from the September 1983 issue of Technopolis that featured the photos of Naoto Oyachi and Tsukasa Moritani I used in the video.References:2021 Interview with Naoto Oyachi: http://plus-mie.jp/2021/07/29/ooyachiAdventure Games' Hint Book: archive.org/details/AdventureGamesHintBook/page/n47/mode/2up Akiba PC Watch Feature on Mystety House: akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/retrosoft/1086142.html The Long-Established Software House that Caused an Adventure Game Boom: akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/retrosoft/1182794.html Capcom's Takumi Shu X Storytelling Ishii Jiro: gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2016/08/capcoms-takumi-shu-x-storytelling-ishii.html Chiyomaru Shikura Interview: ch.nicovideo.jp/indies-game/blomaga/ar673614 Hello Microcomputer 2 by Mitsuru Sugaya: archive.org/details/konnichiwa-mycom-2/page/97/mode/2up Japanese Adventuring by Jimmy Maher: filfre.net/2012/07/japanese-adventuring Kopenguin Retrospective on the ADV Genre: kopenguin.com/post-2764/#toc8 Login Magazine December 1982 (Mystery House Sales): retro-game.net/retro-pc-magazine/login/login_198203 Login Magazine October 1986: jiraygyo.com/login049 Login Magazine December 1986: jiraygyo.com/login045 Micro Cabin’s Official List of Games: microcabin.co.jp/?page_id=26 Mystery House Fan Page: http://furuiotoko.la.coocan.jp/room06/mystery1.htmPC Game 80 Chronicles, Adventure Genre Family Tree: archive.org/details/PCGame80Chronicles/page/n21/mode/2up PC Situation in the Mid-80s: akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/retrosoft/1367243.html Personal Computer AVG & RPG III: archive.org/details/supersoftavgrpg31987/mode/2up Photo of Micro Cabin Logo: twitter.com/andrepachimaga/status/590780349329707008The Possibilities of Adventure Games: shmuplations.com/adventuregames Revived PC 8801 Legend: archive.org/details/ASCII-pc-8801/%E8%98%87%E3%82%8BPC-8801%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC%20%E6%B0%B8%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E5%AD%98%E7%89%88/page/154/mode/2up Seilane: Animal Fantasy Adventure by Microcabin: http://pixelmenu.22web.org/features/seilane/seilane1.html?i=1 Technopolis September 1983 (Photos of Naoto Oyachi and Tsukasa Moritani) Plus various magazine scans from the Internet Archive. 3rd Party Footage:1980-1982 CM Collection: youtube.com/watch?v=nOP620NMdyY 1986 SHARP X1G CM: youtube.com/watch?v=zRHV0UIR6V8 4 Hours of Pasokon Sunday Footage: youtube.com/watch?v=c8si5nFspW4 80s Computer Store: twitter.com/markun2/status/1361145225188548608 Asteka Footage by T_G_K: youtube.com/watch?v=gZ8vUa5WPvI Casablanca ni Ai o Footage by Kar Zwei: youtube.com/watch?v=NDZkRKfA2xI Chiyomaru Shikura Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=3ZQ7Iy1zk0I The Computer Chronicles - Japanese PCs: youtube.com/watch?v=rbh1XP4kCT4 [Doc] Tokyo Landscapes 1971 // 1980: youtube.com/watch?v=5BnMipDBx2I Innovation City Yokkaichi: youtube.com/watch?v=9d37H6pgarQ Ito Seisakusho Co., Ltd.: youtube.com/watch?v=3ZsZ2YkGZeY Love Match Tennis Footage by 星野林檎: youtube.com/watch?v=yH-z4MupRSs Mystery House (Sharp MZ-2000) by T_G_K: youtube.com/watch?v=vc8L_I3Abkw NEC PC-6000 Series CM: youtube.com/watch?v=BL36ggLuf8M NEC PC-98 CM: youtube.com/watch?v=RDum5PahIlM Pasokon Sunday 10-1982: nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3611786 Portopia PC-88 Footage by Higemaru: youtube.com/watch?v=EjLO1kFulfk Sharp CM Collection: youtube.com/watch?v=fNNXhHH7f7s Sharp MZ CM 1984: youtube.com/watch?v=O2hhe063j6cSHARP X1F CM: youtube.com/watch?v=BEnf3L0S5Q8 The Space Invaders Boom of 1978-79: twitter.com/xmbhwfqdx/status/1380132231440556032Plus footage from official trailers.
How Layton Forever Changed Ace Attorney Bowl of Lentils 2021-07-25 | This is a video where I talk about the development history of Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and how its creation affected the future of the Ace Attorney franchise. I have been a fan of Ace Attorney for a long time and I've always thought that Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright was one of the most interesting installments in the franchise, due to its general weirdness and surprisingly important place in AA's history. After hearing rumors that The Great Ace Attorney series was finally going to be localized last year, I started thinking about this crossover again. In many ways The Great Ace Attorney is a spiritual sequel to the Layton crossover so I decided to make a video illustrating this while also talking about the game's history and overall impact on the AA franchise. Hope people enjoy it.Special thanks to the “Gyakuten Saiban Library” which hosts dozens of translated Ace Attorney interviews and was an amazing resource while making this video. If I got any facts wrong, please let me know.Chapters:00:00 - Prologue03:14 - Chapter 1: How It All Began07:16 - Chapter 2: Worlds Collide11:22 - Chapter 3: Troubles in Labyrinthia16:23 - Chapter 4: Dual Development20:39 - Chapter 5: End of the StoryReferences:15th Anniversary Gyakuten Saiban Special Talk Session: Yamazaki Takeshi X Iwamoto Tatsurō (2017)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2017/04/15th-anniversary-gyakuten-saiban.html3DS Gyakuten Saiban 5 Special Long Interview (2013)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2016/09/3ds-gyakuten-saiban-5-special-long.htmlAce Attorney 4 Criticismshttps://w.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/?cmd=word&word=%E9%80%86%E8%BB%A2%E8%A3%81%E5%88%A44&type=&pageid=2236Ace Attorney 5 Announced in 2007 (kind of):web.archive.org/web/20070524090312/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=jpconewsstory&refer=jpconews&tkr=9697:JP&sid=axUTmoxQFwcIA Collaboration Between Level-5 and Capcom's Flagship Titles Come True With Layton Kyōju VS Gyakuten Saiban (2012)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-collaboration-between-level-5-and.html#moreCreator Interview - Yamazaki Takeshi (2012)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2020/12/creator-interview-yamazaki-takeshi-2012.htmlDai Gyakuten Saiban - Special Discussion With The Developers To Celebrate Completion & Release (2015)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2016/08/dai-gyakuten-saiban-special-discussion.htmlDai Gyakuten Saiban 2 - A Romantic Adventure Of Reminiscence With The Development Staff Vol. 1 (2017)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2020/02/dai-gyakuten-saiban-2-romantic_10.htmlEnglish Subtitles for Announcement Trailer (in comments): youtube.com/watch?v=hpxEQIe5jdw&lc=UgzVC4niuFHmfH-LZSV4AaABAgIwata Asks: Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorneynintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Professor-Layton-vs-Phoenix-Wright-Ace-Attorney/Professor-Layton-vs-Phoenix-Wright-Ace-Attorney/1-Professor-Layton-s-Secret-Rival/1-Professor-Layton-s-Secret-Rival-850289.htmlIwata Asks: Nintendo 3DS Third Party Game Developers Vol. 1: Professor Layton and the Mask of Miraclesnintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Nintendo-3DS-Third-Party-Game-Developers/Vol-1-Professor-Layton-and-the-Mask-of-Miracle/1-Dragon-Quest-Changed-My-Life/1-Dragon-Quest-Changed-My-Life-839506.htmlLevel-5 Vision 2010 Live Blog (Andriasang) web.archive.org/web/20110717214259/http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/19/l5vision_2010_live_blogTakumi Special Interview (2015)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2016/07/takumi-special-interview-2015.htmlTurnabout Interview 2 – Development Staff Discussion (2005)gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2016/07/turnabout-interview-2-development-staff.htmlAce Attorney Investigations Announcementfamitsu.com/game/news/1214777_1124.html3rd Party Videos:CAPCOM Company Profile (2020)youtube.com/watch?v=Lzxqae64PM0[E3 2010] Developer's Interview - Akihiro Hino youtube.com/watch?v=t3EQ7eJpqOwGetcha TV "LEVEL5 VISION 2010 Interview VTR:nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12545400Ghost TVyoutube.com/watch?v=VqpV7udY8vYNOT FOR SALE Professor Layton DVD's | Promos, Interviews, & Animationsyoutube.com/watch?v=iG9LmMG4bnASpirit of Justice Interviewyoutube.com/watch?v=YMu6vv8hBUsProfessor Layton and the Eternal Diva - Behind the Scenesyoutube.com/watch?v=HbCLznp5imoProfessor Layton vs Phoenix Wright Special Episodes by Zephiel810youtube.com/watch?v=GdM3A1VbW6o&list=PLbwh3iL6INb5qljLv4Rio3jy41iDZN8ieShu Takumi Ace Attorney Interviewyoutube.com/watch?v=H2tYVhKrx4gWhen Phoenix Wright gets into Smash by Fudgenuggetsyoutube.com/watch?v=3V_21P7EWPA\World of Longplays Ace Attorney playthroughs by Geekmeister.And other official promotional videos.
Sakura Wars 2.0 Update Bowl of Lentils 2021-06-22 | This is a video highlighting the changes made to the Sakura Wars fan translation for the 2.0 update. The patch features the following changes:-Lip syncing now works.-Sprite glitches during battles have been fixed.-Battles now feature new smaller menus.-The Script has received an editing pass.-Menus in the theater mode have been translated.-Koi-Koi Wars menus and graphics have been translated.-Fixed colors in loading screen prior to battles.-System warning screens have been translated.-Maria's "Vechanya Slava" special move has been corrected to "Park Villoi".-Corrupted "Obstacle" images have been fixed.-"Fin" graphic has been added to the ending credits.Download the new patch below and make sure to apply it to the original Japanese version of Sakura Wars.mediafire.com/file/ydacbcfvytndffb/SakuraWars_EnglishPatch_v2_1.zip/fileVideo edited by myself, Bowl of Lentils. Music from "Sega Flash Vol. 5" demo disc.
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity (English Playthrough Part 5) Bowl of Lentils 2021-05-08 | This is a recording of my playthrough of Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, a Korean RPG created by Gravity and Sonnori in the year 2000.I played the "Romance of Package" edition of the game that was released in Korea in 2004 and applied the English translation patch created by Helly in 2017. The patch was designed to work with the Japanese DVD version of Arcturus released by Nihon Falcom but I couldn't find that version of the game at the time so I managed to make the patch work with the Korean version.I played the game in 640x480 with the default graphical settings. However, I could not get the fog effect to work on my PC so there are several moments where the game looks cleaner than it should. Additionally, there are other graphical glitches caused by running the game on a modern computer. For example, the red tint that is suppose to cover the screen when Elluard's house is on fire did not display. There is also an angel enemy in the later half of the game that is suppose to look like a wire-frame model but does not display at all in my playthrough. Instead you can only see their weapon floating in midair.Also keep in mind that this was my first time playing Arcturus so there are plenty of moments where I was just wandering around. There is also a moment in Part 1 that has no sound. That was a recording mistake on my end but I left it in my playthrough. The game also crashed several times while I was playing it so the footage will often abruptly cut where I edited around those crashes. In fact, after the first act, I ran into a bug where the game would crash and erase the information inside my save index file whenever I saved my progress so there are a lot of cuts in the second half of my playthrough because of that. I had to swap between the English patch and the Korean version of Arcturus to get past certain points in the game as well so sometimes the text will be in Korean. And finally, I got myself into an unwinnable situation in the game's final dungeon thanks to a combination of avoiding too many battles and the previously mentioned save bug. So I ended up using someone else's save file to complete the final moments of the game, which is why my stats suddenly become much higher.
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity (English Playthrough Part 4) Bowl of Lentils 2021-05-08 | This is a recording of my playthrough of Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, a Korean RPG created by Gravity and Sonnori in the year 2000.I played the "Romance of Package" edition of the game that was released in Korea in 2004 and applied the English translation patch created by Helly in 2017. The patch was designed to work with the Japanese DVD version of Arcturus released by Nihon Falcom but I couldn't find that version of the game at the time so I managed to make the patch work with the Korean version.I played the game in 640x480 with the default graphical settings. However, I could not get the fog effect to work on my PC so there are several moments where the game looks cleaner than it should. Additionally, there are other graphical glitches caused by running the game on a modern computer. For example, the red tint that is suppose to cover the screen when Elluard's house is on fire did not display. There is also an angel enemy in the later half of the game that is suppose to look like a wire-frame model but does not display at all in my playthrough. Instead you can only see their weapon floating in midair.Also keep in mind that this was my first time playing Arcturus so there are plenty of moments where I was just wandering around. There is also a moment in Part 1 that has no sound. That was a recording mistake on my end but I left it in my playthrough. The game also crashed several times while I was playing it so the footage will often abruptly cut where I edited around those crashes. In fact, after the first act, I ran into a bug where the game would crash and erase the information inside my save index file whenever I saved my progress so there are a lot of cuts in the second half of my playthrough because of that. I had to swap between the English patch and the Korean version of Arcturus to get past certain points in the game as well so sometimes the text will be in Korean. And finally, I got myself into an unwinnable situation in the game's final dungeon thanks to a combination of avoiding too many battles and the previously mentioned save bug. So I ended up using someone else's save file to complete the final moments of the game, which is why my stats suddenly become much higher.
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity (English Playthrough Part 3) Bowl of Lentils 2021-05-08 | This is a recording of my playthrough of Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, a Korean RPG created by Gravity and Sonnori in the year 2000.I played the "Romance of Package" edition of the game that was released in Korea in 2004 and applied the English translation patch created by Helly in 2017. The patch was designed to work with the Japanese DVD version of Arcturus released by Nihon Falcom but I couldn't find that version of the game at the time so I managed to make the patch work with the Korean version.I played the game in 640x480 with the default graphical settings. However, I could not get the fog effect to work on my PC so there are several moments where the game looks cleaner than it should. Additionally, there are other graphical glitches caused by running the game on a modern computer. For example, the red tint that is suppose to cover the screen when Elluard's house is on fire did not display. There is also an angel enemy in the later half of the game that is suppose to look like a wire-frame model but does not display at all in my playthrough. Instead you can only see their weapon floating in midair.Also keep in mind that this was my first time playing Arcturus so there are plenty of moments where I was just wandering around. There is also a moment in Part 1 that has no sound. That was a recording mistake on my end but I left it in my playthrough. The game also crashed several times while I was playing it so the footage will often abruptly cut where I edited around those crashes. In fact, after the first act, I ran into a bug where the game would crash and erase the information inside my save index file whenever I saved my progress so there are a lot of cuts in the second half of my playthrough because of that. I had to swap between the English patch and the Korean version of Arcturus to get past certain points in the game as well so sometimes the text will be in Korean. And finally, I got myself into an unwinnable situation in the game's final dungeon thanks to a combination of avoiding too many battles and the previously mentioned save bug. So I ended up using someone else's save file to complete the final moments of the game, which is why my stats suddenly become much higher.
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity (English Playthrough Part 2) Bowl of Lentils 2021-05-08 | This is a recording of my playthrough of Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, a Korean RPG created by Gravity and Sonnori in the year 2000.I played the "Romance of Package" edition of the game that was released in Korea in 2004 and applied the English translation patch created by Helly in 2017. The patch was designed to work with the Japanese DVD version of Arcturus released by Nihon Falcom but I couldn't find that version of the game at the time so I managed to make the patch work with the Korean version.I played the game in 640x480 with the default graphical settings. However, I could not get the fog effect to work on my PC so there are several moments where the game looks cleaner than it should. Additionally, there are other graphical glitches caused by running the game on a modern computer. For example, the red tint that is suppose to cover the screen when Elluard's house is on fire did not display. There is also an angel enemy in the later half of the game that is suppose to look like a wire-frame model but does not display at all in my playthrough. Instead you can only see their weapon floating in midair.Also keep in mind that this was my first time playing Arcturus so there are plenty of moments where I was just wandering around. There is also a moment in Part 1 that has no sound. That was a recording mistake on my end but I left it in my playthrough. The game also crashed several times while I was playing it so the footage will often abruptly cut where I edited around those crashes. In fact, after the first act, I ran into a bug where the game would crash and erase the information inside my save index file whenever I saved my progress so there are a lot of cuts in the second half of my playthrough because of that. I had to swap between the English patch and the Korean version of Arcturus to get past certain points in the game as well so sometimes the text will be in Korean. And finally, I got myself into an unwinnable situation in the game's final dungeon thanks to a combination of avoiding too many battles and the previously mentioned save bug. So I ended up using someone else's save file to complete the final moments of the game, which is why my stats suddenly become much higher.
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity (English Playthrough Part 1) Bowl of Lentils 2021-05-08 | This is a recording of my playthrough of Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, a Korean RPG created by Gravity and Sonnori in the year 2000.I played the "Romance of Package" edition of the game that was released in Korea in 2004 and applied the English translation patch created by Helly in 2017. The patch was designed to work with the Japanese DVD version of Arcturus released by Nihon Falcom but I couldn't find that version of the game at the time so I managed to make the patch work with the Korean version.I played the game in 640x480 with the default graphical settings. However, I could not get the fog effect to work on my PC so there are several moments where the game looks cleaner than it should. Additionally, there are other graphical glitches caused by running the game on a modern computer. For example, the red tint that is suppose to cover the screen when Elluard's house is on fire did not display. There is also an angel enemy in the later half of the game that is suppose to look like a wire-frame model but does not display at all in my playthrough. Instead you can only see their weapon floating in midair.Also keep in mind that this was my first time playing Arcturus so there are plenty of moments where I was just wandering around. There is also a moment in Part 1 that has no sound. That was a recording mistake on my end but I left it in my playthrough. The game also crashed several times while I was playing it so the footage will often abruptly cut where I edited around those crashes. In fact, after the first act, I ran into a bug where the game would crash and erase the information inside my save index file whenever I saved my progress so there are a lot of cuts in the second half of my playthrough because of that. I had to swap between the English patch and the Korean version of Arcturus to get past certain points in the game as well so sometimes the text will be in Korean. And finally, I got myself into an unwinnable situation in the game's final dungeon thanks to a combination of avoiding too many battles and the previously mentioned save bug. So I ended up using someone else's save file to complete the final moments of the game, which is why my stats suddenly become much higher.
Arcturus: The Korean RPG that Inspired Trails in the Sky Bowl of Lentils 2021-03-28 | This is a video about the Korean RPG Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity where I overview the game, talk about its history and how it influenced Nihon Falcom’s Trails franchise.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:32 - Overview06:38 - Development History10:51 - Relation to Falcom 15:39 - Conclusion18:11 - Bonus TriviaI had known about Arcturus for years but, before making this video, I had never seriously played it. However, I started thinking about the game again while making my Falcom video last year. I knew there were rumors in Korea that Arcturus had inspired elements of Falcom's now famous Trails series, so I thought it would be fun to finally play the game myself and make a short video about it. However, finding a copy of Arcturus online, getting it to run on my computer and capturing footage of the title ended up being more complicated than I initially thought it would be. It took me way longer to make this video due to all the technical problems I ran into and because I wanted to play through the whole game before publishing the video. But I’m glad I did it. Arcturus turned out to be a pretty interesting game and the extra time allowed me to do more research which hopefully made the video better in the long run. I’m not an expert on South Korea’s game history nor do I understand the Korean language so please correct me if I got anything wrong. If you would like to play Arcturus in English, there is a translation patch available online that was designed to work with the Japanese DVD version of the game released by Falcom. The patch was made in 2017 by a user named Helly and can be found here: romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=23958.0Keep in mind that the patch was never completely finished so there are typos in the script and some text is left untranslated. Plus the game has a lot of problems running on modern computers and will crash in certain places, such as when you attack any of the mermaid enemies after the first act. So be aware of that if you want to play the game yourself.-----References-----A History of Korean Gaming by Sam Derboo:http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/korea.htmAvatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series (Page 30)Hakkyu Kim Presentation about His Career at Nexon Developer Conference 2014:web.archive.org/web/20140601010020/thisisgame.com/special/page/event/ndc/2014/nboard/227/?n=54956INVEN 2020 Interview with Toshihiro Kondo:http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=243065NAVER Article on Arcturus:terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=3576600&cid=58773&categoryId=58777News Post about Recalls:web.archive.org/web/20010210190556fw_/http://projectarcturus.com/sorry.htmNews Post Asking Fans to Report Piracy:web.archive.org/web/20010124001300/http://www.sonnori.co.kr/main/as/warez.htmlPictures of Arcturus’s Limited Edition Artbook: http://itcm.co.kr/g_board/204507Post Mortem on Arcturus’s Development by Hakkyu Kim:http://web.archive.org/web/20010611143533/http://gravity.co.kr/afterarcturus.htmSeyong Kim Blog Post about Arcturus (Mentions Legend of Heroes III in the Comments):web.archive.org/web/20160106011236/http://overdose.co.kr/wordpress/%EC%95%85%ED%8A%9C%EB%9F%AC%EC%8A%A4-%ED%9B%84%EC%9D%BC%EB%8B%B4Video interview with Hakkyu Kim (V Champ April 1999):cafe.naver.com/0cafe0/41117PC Power Zine 10-1998 (Arcturus Announcement):gamemeca.com/magazine/view.php?mgz=pcchamp&ym=1998_10&p=149PC Power Zine 11-1998 (Early Preview):gamemeca.com/magazine/view.php?mgz=pcchamp&ym=1998_11&p=187PC Power Zine 3-2000 (Pictures of Staff):gamemeca.com/magazine/view.php?mgz=pcchamp&ym=2000_3&p=169PC Power Zine 11-2000 (Article on Goldstar Education Center):gamemeca.com/magazine/view.php?mgz=pcchamp&ym=2000_11&p=205PC Power Zine 01-2001 (Article on Plagiarism Scandal):gamemeca.com/magazine/view.php?mgz=pcchamp&ym=2001_1&p=163PC Power Zine 02-2001 (Arcturus vs The War of Genesis III Part 2):gamemeca.com/magazine/view.php?mgz=pcchamp&ym=2001_2&p=171-----Helpful Resources-----Namu Korean WikiProject Arcturus Fan WikiArchive Dot OrgGamemeca’s PC Power Zine ArchiveArcturus Blog Series by 완두콩-----Extra Reading-----The Making of Ys II Special:blog.naver.com/ukthorn/220222015088-----3rd Party Videos-----Arcturus's Sonnori Festival Video:youtube.com/watch?v=xWUxvf1kgeIAxis Footage by ace saga:youtube.com/watch?v=j2mvbfpbpvQOngamenet Broadcast of a Kingdom Under Fire Competition:youtube.com/watch?v=r5AurpqcJZo&t=296sPlaythrough of the Trails in the Sky Trilogy by kireev20000 (World of Longplays)Seal: Travelers of Destiny Footage by 고전게임전문 -세이지TV:youtube.com/watch?v=6al0OPJWnJQAnd other official trailers and gameplay.
The Early History of Falcom Bowl of Lentils 2020-10-18 | This is a video where I talk about the early history of Nihon Falcom, covering about the first 30 years of their output. I've been a fan of Falcom's Trails series for a while and always found the company's history to be very interesting since they have been around for so long, releasing their first games during the genesis of the industry in Japan. I started researching their history just to learn more about the company and, over time, it eventually turned into this hour long video. This ended up being a huge project that I spent about 4-5 months working on and is by far the longest video I've ever made. Hopefully it is informative and enjoyable. If I goofed up any of my facts, please let me know. Also, in order to keep things concise, I did not overview the stories or dive deep into the gameplay mechanics of Falcom's titles and instead focused on their development and the impact they had on the industry.-----Chapters-----00:00 - Introduction01:40 - Falcom's Prehistory (1981-1985)12:19 - The Rise of Falcom (1985-1988)22:19 - Falcom's Great Exodus (1988-1990)27:41 - New Legends and the End of an Era (1991-1995)38:35 - DEATH & REBIRTH (1996-2005)49:41 - The End of the PC (2006-2010)56:19 - Conclusion-----Sources-----The list was too long to fit in the description so you can read the full list in my blog post here: giantbomb.com/profile/bowl-of-lentils/blog/the-early-history-of-falcom/249548 I do not know Japanese so, if I got any of these facts wrong, let me know.-----Helpful Resources-----Amusement Center’s Falcom Museumh-eba Gagharv Trilogy Japanese Fan SiteFalcom Music ChannelFalcom Official Corporate TimelineFalcom Sub-RedditFalcom Staff Roll WikiGame Catalog: From Masterpieces to Kusoge WikiLongplay ArchiveI Love Falcom Chinese Fan SiteNeo Kobe PC88 and PC98 ArchivesNihon Falcom Japanese Wikipedia PageThe Falcom Chronicle (2011)Psyzans’ Archive of Ys and Falcom InformationThe Falcom Museum Japanese Fan SiteScans of Japanese Game Magazines on Archive Dot OrgSega RetroShumplationsVGDensetsuWorld of LongplaysYs Music Files Japanese Fan Site -----Music-----Falcom Special Box '89 - Fly With Me (Ys I PSG Version)The Legend of Xanadu - Church (Super Arrange Version)The Legend of Xanadu OST - ShopThe Legend of Xanadu OST - New CompanionsFalcom Classics - Dragon Slayer FieldXanadu - La Valse Pour Xanadu EndingAnthem - XanaduXanadu Scenario II - MaplefordRomancia - OpeningYs - Feena (PC-88)Legacy of the Wizard - Overworld ThemeSorcerian - Castle Let's Meet Here (PC-88)Star Trader - The Logic of Shooters (X68000)Ys II - Smile Again (Vocal Version)Ys III - A Premonition Styx (PC-88)Dinosaur - Spirit HymmLegend of Heroes - Game Over (PC-88)Popful Mail - Jungle (Super Arrange Version)Popful Mail - Cave (Super Arrange Version)YS IV: Mask of the Sun - Pass Ruins (Mega CD)The Legend of Xanadu - Legend of the Wind (Super Arrange Version)The Legend of Xanadu - The Silent ShoreThe Legend of Heroes III - The White Witch Gueld (PC-88)The Legend of Heroes III - Little Heroes Julio and Chris' Great Adventure (PC-88)Ys V - Sinister ShadowVantage Master - A Quiet PurityKaze no Tansakusha: Grand Slam - Title ThemeThe Legend of Heroes V - Town of the Eternal PeopleZwei!! - Mythical Land SerpentinaYs VI - Release of the Far West OceanTrails in the Sky - Sophisticated FightVM Japan - Opening ThemeYs V - Field of GaleTrails in the Sky the 3rd - Aster HouseZero no Kiseki - Title ThemeTrails of Cold Steel II - To A Glimmering Tomorrow-----3rd Party Videos-----Again the list was too long so you can see the full list here: giantbomb.com/profile/bowl-of-lentils/blog/the-early-history-of-falcom/249548If anyone is unhappy about me using their footage let me know.-----Extras-----While researching for this video I dug through a bunch of old Japanese magazines on Archive Dot Org and collected an assortment of Falcom advertisements. You can see all the ads I found here: giantbomb.com/profile/bowl-of-lentils/images/?tag=Falcom%20AdvertisementsI also collected Falcom's news letters from Micom Basic Magazine which you can view here: giantbomb.com/profile/bowl-of-lentils/images/?tag=Falcom%20News%20Express
Sakura Wars Fan Translation Launch Trailer Bowl of Lentils 2019-12-15 | This is a launch trailer to celebrate the release of the Sakura Wars fan translation patch for the Sega Saturn version of the game. This marks the very first time that the original entry in this long-running franchise will be playable in English since it was initially published in Japan over two decades ago!Download the patch over at mediafire.com/file/ydacbcfvytndffb/SakuraWars_EnglishPatch_v2_1.zip/fileInstructions on how to apply the patch are included in the Readme file.Trailer Credits:Edited by TrekkiesUnite118 and Bowl of LentilsVO by CrouchingMouseNarration Script by Eien1No1Yami and cj_iwakuraThe trailer was made to look similar to Sakura Wars' original 1996 Japanese television commercial. The clean animated footage and animated English logo were provided by/edited by TrekkiesUnite118 while the trailer itself was put together by myself (Bowl of Lentils). The script was written by cj_iwakura, which was based off a translation of the Japanese ad created by Eien1No1Yami, and the voice-over was recorded by CrouchingMouse.Hope you enjoy the game!
Sakura Wars - Video Game Trivia Bowl of Lentils 2019-09-13 | This is a trivia video where I share some fun facts about a once ultra popular Sega franchise called Sakura Wars, also known as Sakura Taisen (サクラ大戦).The Sakura Wars IP is a massive multi-media franchise spanning across various mediums but I decided to focus exclusively on the video game side of the series for this video since that is the part of the franchise I am the most familiar with. My brothers and I played through So Long, My Love when it was first released on the PlayStation 2 in 2010 which lead to us playing through all the other mainline entries in the series on the Dreamcast using Kayama’s translation guides. My youngest brother would play the games while my other brother and I would read the guides as we played. I have a lot of fond memories playing through the series with my brothers so I made this video to share my love for the series and maybe even get people interested in experiencing the games for themselves if they haven't already.Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video and if I got anything wrong, please let me know. ------------------------------------------------------------------The video contains the following music composed by Chris Zabriskie:"Rewound""Unfoldment Revealment Evolution Exposition Integration Arson""Another Version of You""Air Hockey Saloon""Cylinder Six""What Does Anybody Know About Anything""The Life and Death of a Certain K Zabriskie Patriarch"Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan" by Kohei Tanaka"Future ~Voyage~" from the Sega Piano Nocturne album.------------------------------------------------------------------Sources:web.archive.org/web/20090924030552/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/sat.phpweb.archive.org/web/20090924030648/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/dc.phphttp://awards.cesa.or.jp/2017/history/1.htmlsegaretro.org/Akira_Nishinosegaretro.org/Shuntaro_Tanakasegaretro.org/Ryutaro_Nonakasegaretro.org/Takaharu_Teradaweb.archive.org/web/20181028074104/http://ru.akella.com/Game.aspx?id=374web.archive.org/web/20180923184740/http://ru.akella.com/Game.aspx?id=2058romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=14019.msg205895#msg205895https://dtf.ru/anime/17988-voyna-sakury-kak-akella-operedila-ves-mirweb.archive.org/web/20170825174759/http://ru.akella.com/News.aspx?id=703http://valour.ru/sakura-warshttp://valour.ru/sakura-wars-rusweb.archive.org/web/20000818014444/http://pages.cthome.net:80/Kayamagamefaqs.gamespot.com/community/Kayama/contributions/faqsgamefaqs.gamespot.com/community/Lando/contributions/faqsweb.archive.org/web/20040604171947/http://lando.ngphouse.com:80/sakura/owabi.htmlhttp://sakura-taisen.com/archives/worldprojecthttp://www.rpgfan.com/news/2002/1664.htmlgame.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20020701/sakura.htmdengekionline.com/data/news/2002/7/1/e49115e0d1ab8a3bda79b310137ae77e.htmlgamespot.com/articles/sakura-taisen-world-project-announced/1100-2873039ign.com/articles/2002/07/02/sakura-taisen-world-projecttwitter.com/sam_animeherald/status/1124052177801175040neogaf.com/threads/does-anybody-out-there-hate-atlus.162057/page-4#post-6688492siliconera.com/2010/06/29/nis-americas-president-on-anime-crossovers-sakura-wars-and-ps3-developmentweb.archive.org/web/20091220044134/rpgamer.com/games/sakura/sakura5/sakura5int.htmlhttp://www.psnation.com/2009/12/11/episode-143-super-semi-hardcorehttp://diehardgamefan.com/2009/09/09/interview-with-nippon-ichis-nao-zook-about-sakura-taisen-vs-localizationsiliconera.com/2010/08/30/sakura-wars-vi-finds-love-on-wiiweb.archive.org/web/20100902082410/http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/835399.htmlOther Helpful Resources:Sega RetroValkyria Chronicles: Design Archive (pages 384-385)------------------------------------------------------------------3rd Party Videos:Blossom Time Lapse (KP Photo)Live-Action Performance (sakura shinguji)Project S: The Sakura Wars Documentary (The Sakura Wars Chronicle)CESA Awards 1996: Game Catalogue II 4/17/1997 (kunkun kun)Hudson Soft DiGimation 4 (Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities)TMS Logo (TheEriccorpinc Logo Channel)Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan Covers (Piano Dining Gardenia and reoereoer) Chisa Yokoyama Sakura Wars Choreography Video (sega23date)Robot Restaurant Footage (Hot Tears of Shame TV)Sega Sammy Baseball Cheer Song (toprating2)Ar Tonelico 2 Gameplay (GamePlayShare)Russian Sakura Wars Gameplay (foresterization1)Project X Zone 2 Gameplay (omegaevolutio)World of Longplays
The Origins of Visual Novels Bowl of Lentils 2019-02-20 | Last year I wrote a blog post about the origins of visual novels and how I believe the term is often misused in the West to classify games that are “Japanese adventure games”. I had originally thought of the idea as a video but I quickly realized that it would be a lot of work, especially since I didn’t know how to record gameplay footage at the time nor use any editing software outside of Windows Movie Maker, so I just made it a blog post instead.However, this year, I made a resolution to teach myself some basic editing skills and turn my blog post into an informative video. After two months of work you have the video before you.Hopefully you find it interesting and hopefully I didn’t get too many of my facts wrong. If I did let me know, I always enjoy learning more about the history of this genre.Some of the programs I used to make the video were OBS Studio to record gameplay footage, Davinci Resolve for editing and Audacity for voice recording.The video contains the following music composed by Chris Zabriskie:"Out of the Skies Under the Earth""Candlepower""Chance Luck Errors in Nature Fate Destruction As a Finale""Virtues Inherited Vices Passed On""Is That You or Are You You""Cylinder Seven""CGI Snake""NirvanaVEVO""There's Probably No Time""A New Day in a New Sector"And "Tilbury Fair” composed by Radix and LED------------------------------------------------------------------The sources of my information were:1.) Bungle Bungle - The official website of Tatsuya Takahashi and Tooru Minazuki http://bungle.cocolog-nifty.com/work2.) Chrontendo - History of Japanese Adventure Games 1982 to 1989: youtube.com/watch?v=X1o4bF2dK9M&feature=youtu.be&t=32801989 to 2010: youtube.com/watch?v=oVh95w_xyQk&feature=youtu.be&t=29873.) Game Developer Research Institute - System Sacomhttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/System_Sacom4.) Japanese Wikipedia: サウンドノベル, ビジュアルノベル and システムサコム5.) Kotaro Uchikoshi’s GDC 2013 Presentationarchive.org/details/GDC2013Uchikoshi6.) Mobygames - Novel Waremobygames.com/game-group/novel-ware-games7.) Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma8.) Pixelated Audio - Staff Roll: Manabu Saito – PA101pixelatedaudio.com/staffroll-saito9.) Shmuplations - Chunsoft 30th Anniversary Interviewhttp://shmuplations.com/chunsoft30th10.) Shmuplations - The Possibilities of Adventure Gameshttp://shmuplations.com/adventuregames11.) Shmuplations - What is Game Design? Three Perspectiveshttp://shmuplations.com/whatisgamedesignOther Helpful Resources I used:Visual Novel DatabaseVNBReviewボクの事件簿VGDensetsu------------------------------------------------------------------Third-Party Video SourcesGameplay:Ace Attorney: World of Longplaysyoutube.com/watch?v=7L-RtncIJ1gMystery House – PC88: テキスト８８nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13878778\Portopia PC-6001 Footage: scrumhalf03nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18319842 Colossal Cave Adventure: Glade Swopeyoutube.com/watch?v=O3etkSoHrR8Deadline: AppleAdventuresyoutube.com/watch?v=TF5u0UtwQVMStar Arthur Densetsu I: Xanadu(X1)普通にプレイnicovideo.jp/watch/sm4694321Miko to Akemi no Jungle Adventures: ミゾぐちnicovideo.jp/watch/sm21236726Demons Ring: T GAMEs Kyoutube.com/watch?v=GigHKgKWpyIThe Death Trap: World of Longplaysyoutube.com/watch?v=M3Fq_8GfvBIWill: The Death Trap II: World of Longplaysyoutube.com/watch?v=ecTRDp-6IW8Yami no Ketsuzoku: ヒーホー君youtube.com/watch?v=BFSLi2zjcyI38-man Kilo no Kokuu (Just the Novel Ware logo)http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/MP3/1989/38.htmlDoor Door Footage: PC-6601youtube.com/watch?v=5kHoR-2fa74 Commercials:Portopia Commercial: KazuyaGamesyoutube.com/watch?v=DQNlybZrnWANEC PC-6001 Commercial: agomoai_CMyoutube.com/watch?v=VZYM2u1sNjMNEC PC-98 Commercial: Yukio Kitazawayoutube.com/watch?v=RDum5PahIlMStudy of Dragon Quest: DAIAMOND3rdyoutube.com/watch?v=zByAtVU6vAsFirst Dragon Quest Commercial: TheWorldDBZyoutube.com/watch?v=IVJfginEosYSHARP X1F CM: Qa1uohyoutube.com/watch?v=BEnf3L0S5Q8Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All Commercial: DetectiveNamekoyoutube.com/watch?v=Ab4zuHhzZJMClip of Koichi Nakamura was taken from an episode of a TV series called “パソコンサンデー” (PC Sunday) uploaded by ATRAGON.youtube.com/watch?v=eO8AzdBx2X4Other third-party footage in the video was taken from official trailers for various games.If anyone has an issue with me using their footage please let me know.
