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This obscure, officially licensed Highlander RPG needs to be found and preserved! ASCII published it in 1986 exclusively via mail order and only for a very limited time. Three episodes were released, each priced at 3,000 yen. The game was available for the PC-8801 and Sharp X1 computers.

Original cover illustrations for Adventures of Lolo 1-3 (NES), drawn by Kaz Aizawa.

Maps for "Egger Land Episode 0: Quest of lala" and "Egger Land/Fukkatsu! Egger Land" for Windows: vgmaps.com/Atlas/PC/ind...

Map for Back to the Future (PC-88): mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/Back%20...

Here's my current high scores for the PC-88 version of Back to the Future, a game that was just recently dumped. It's exactly the same game as the MSX original, but with added Low difficulty, which is only slightly easier.

Believe it or not, but there used to be an undumped, officially licensed Back to the Future game out there... but no more!!

Visuals from Konami's 1993 arcade game, Gaiapolis:

Manual illustrations from Space Manbow (MSX2, 1989, Konami):

Manual illustrations from Märchen Maze (PC Engine):

Not sure why I did this, but I ripped the graphics from all three versions of Hunchback: The Adventure (1986, Ocean Software).

I translated "Backstage" (1993) presented by "LIVECLUB", a mail-order subscription service for CDs and VHS tapes. The in-game goal is to win a radio contest, but the game also invites you to enter a real-life competition that closed in 1994. archive.org/details/back...

This Japanese episodic Highlander RPG, released by ASCII in 1986 for the PC-8801 and Sharp X1 computers, is lost media. It was available by mail order for a limited time and appears to have been advertised only in LOGiN magazines (11/1986–01/1987). Will this game ever be found?

Character portraits from different versions of Xak III: The Eternal Recurrence, an action-RPG by Micro Cabin:

Character portraits from different versions of Xak: The Tower of Gazzel, an action-RPG by Micro Cabin:

Character portraits from different versions of Fray in Magical Adventure (AKA Xak Gaiden), an action-RPG by Micro Cabin:

Character portraits from different versions of Xak II: The Rising of the Redmoon, an action-RPG by Micro Cabin:

Manual illustrations from Usas, a 1987 MSX2 game released by Konami:

Manual illustrations from Belloncho Shintai Kensa (Body Inspection in Belloncho), a PC-88/PC-98/MSX2 adult game published by HARD in 1990. The illustrations were drawn by Sapporo Momoko.

Here are graphics ripped from the 1989 arcade game Plus Alpha, developed by Jaleco. The blue-haired girl is Selia, and the yellow-haired girl is Rumy.

Here’s some graphics ripped from Namco’s Wonder Momo. The arcade (1987) version is on the left, and the PC Engine (1989) version is on the right.

Illustrations from Wonder Momo PC Engine manual (1989, Namco):

(Re-uploaded with improved video quality and an error fixed.) Here's the spiral staircase scene from Ys III: Wanderers from Ys across the different versions of the game. For some reason, this scene isn't included in the Famicom and PS2 releases. #Falcom #Ys

Here's Randar as he appears in Super Cooks (MSX2, Disc Station Special #2, 1989). Super Cooks is a spin-off of the Golvellius series by Compile.

Randar appearances from Compile Disc Station MSX2 manuals (1988-1991, issues 3, 10, 16, 24, 28, 32, SP1, and SP3): #randar #msx #compile #discstation

Illustrations from the MSX2 manual of Mahjong Shikaku (麻雀刺客), AKA Mahjong Assassins, a game released by Nichibutsu in 1990 and based on the 1988 arcade game of the same name.

Manual illustrations and in-game portraits from Hai no Majutsushi (牌の魔術師), a 1989 Konami game for the MSX2, featuring Popolon, Aphrodite, Simon Belmont, Pentaro, Goemon, Moai, Dr. Venom, and Snatcher. #msx #konami

Gagnant is a #MSX game released by Humming Bird Soft in 1986. It’s quite good, with nice mechanics (enemies stay dead, destructible environments), but was released broken. The good ending couldn’t be reached, and the high-score feature didn’t work. @larsthe18th.bsky.social has now fixed it!

Here is the goddess Artemis from Phelios, a Namco game released for arcades in 1989 and the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990:

It was fun exploring the AX series for the PC-6001. Lots of stinkers or generic games there, but there were also games of some interest: Arabian Rhapsody (AX-1) Nostromo (AX-2) Olion (AX-5) Quest: The Adventure (AX-5) Bounder Robo (AX-9) Outlaw (AX-10) Pop Hand (AX-10) The Seven Bibles (AX-10)

Illustrations from the Game Boy manual of Penguin Land:

Every illustration from the Japanese MSX manuals of Gradius (グラディウス), Gradius 2 (グラディウス２), Gopher's Ambition Episode II (ゴーファーの野望ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥII), and Salamander (沙羅曼蛇). Beautiful artwork! #MSX #Konami #shmup #gradius #nemesis #salamander #lifeforce

Here are some graphics from Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX, a 1995 Super Famicom game published by RIGHT STUFF Corporation: i.imgur.com/CxbGRFC.png

Since I've mapped every other game in the Iligks series, I might as well map the Saturn version of Theseus: mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/Theseus...

A perfectly normal early English localization of Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Omen. It was released in the West for the Apple IIGS and DOS under the title Ancient Land of Ys. Nothing unusual here. Nope, not at all!

What a pleasant surprise! In 1998, Masakuni Mitsuhashi, one of the developers of Theseus (MSX), decided to remake the game and include it as one of the sample applications in "GAME BASIC for SEGA SATURN". I had no idea this even existed! It's quite charming.

There we go! I just finished mapping Micro Iligks (MSX), a game that was released as a type-in program listing in LOGiN. With this, the entire Iligiks (MSX) series is now mapped. mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/