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Ys I & II Chronicles+ (2013)
7.1/10on IGDB
Released
Falcom’s first two Ys games began on the PC-8801. XSEED’s English Windows release is a remake that keeps the games’ unusual bump combat. Run into an enemy off-center and notice how much a small change of angle matters. Ys II adds magic, so the sequel gives you another way to handle a crowded room.
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Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure (1994)
7.3/10on IGDB
Released
Falcom’s 1991 PC-8801 adventure reached English-speaking players in the Sega CD adaptation published by Working Designs. The three playable characters give you different ways to move and fight. The English voices also make the exchanges between the bounty hunter and her companions worth hearing all the way through.
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Princess Maker 2 Refine (2004)
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Gainax’s PC-9801 life sim gives you eight years to raise a daughter, a span measured out in the activities you choose for her. The official Windows Refine edition adds redrawn art and Japanese voice acting. Play it for the small decisions about how she spends her time and the way they add up to an adult life.
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Sorcerian (1987)
Released
Start with the official Sierra MS-DOS edition of Falcom’s PC-8801 action RPG. Its manual describes fifteen adventures, and you can create a party to take into them. That makes it a good game to approach one quest at a time while seeing how the same group handles different problems.
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Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (2023)
Released
Konami’s Master Collection groups the two MSX2 adventures in one English-language release. Play both to see how the sequel makes the same idea of sneaking past guards more elaborate. A small room becomes interesting when you have a reason to stop and watch what the people in it do before you move.
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Castlevania Chronicles (2001)
7.7/10on IGDB
Released
The English PlayStation disc includes Original Mode, which brings over Konami’s Sharp X68000 game, and a separate Arrange Mode. Start with Original Mode if the computer game is what you came to see. You can then use Arrange Mode as a second look at Simon Belmont’s trip through the castle.
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Vampire Killer (1986)
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Konami’s 1986 MSX2 game had an official English-language European release. Look for keys and work out which parts of a room you still need to search. The castle’s doors make exploration a bigger part of the trip than the whip on the box might suggest.
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Zeliard (1987)
5.6/10on IGDB
Released
Game Arts made this for the PC-8801 before Sierra published the English MS-DOS edition. Trips into the caverns alternate with stops in towns, where you can turn what you’ve gathered into supplies and equipment. Think about what would help on the next trip as much as what you found on the last one.
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Thexder (1985)
6.4/10on IGDB
Released
Sierra’s English MS-DOS port brings over Game Arts’ PC-8801 game about a machine that can become a jet. The robot and flight forms make the same maze feel different. A narrow passage that looks like a dead end on foot can become the reason to switch forms.
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Silpheed (1986)
5.4/10on IGDB
Released
Sierra’s English MS-DOS release follows Game Arts’ PC-8801 original. Its angled view sends the other craft toward you from deep in the screen. Watch their approach before judging where they’ll cross your path. That look belongs to the older computer game, which also shares its name with a later Sega CD remake.
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Thunder Force II (1988)
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Technosoft’s Sharp X68000 shooter reached North America in a Sega Genesis port. The Genesis game still alternates between overhead stages, where you steer around an area searching for targets, and side-scrolling stages. Try both to see how changing the view changes what you can look for ahead of the ship.
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Uncharted Waters (1990)
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Koei’s first Uncharted Waters started on Japanese computers, including the PC-8801. The English NES release lets you leave Lisbon and decide where to buy and sell as you explore. Treat each stop as a chance to learn what a port is good for. Finding a route for your next cargo can be as rewarding as reaching a new shore.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Koei’s 1985 PC-8801 strategy game reached the NES in English. Choose a ruler and pay attention to the officers you recruit, because their abilities and loyalties shape what you can do with the territory you hold. Start with the first game to see how much of the series was already there in that relationship.
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Super Hydlide (1989)
5.4/10on IGDB
Released
The English Sega Genesis edition adapts T&E Soft’s Hydlide 3, a game released for the PC-8801 and other Japanese computers. It gives weight to the things you carry and makes hunger and time part of a day’s travels. Even a quick trip takes on a different shape when you have to think about how far you can keep going.
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Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (2017)
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Spike Chunsoft’s English edition for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Switch is a remake of the 1996 PC-9801 adventure. The branching map makes it possible to see the shape of choices across parallel worlds. Try following one branch for a while, then return to an earlier decision to see what the other route can tell you.
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Corpse Party (2021)
The 2021 English Windows release revisits a 1996 horror game made for the PC-98. Its five main chapters carry the story, and extra chapters expand on the people caught up in it. Start with the main route to see how a small school corridor can feel ominous through the voices and sounds coming from just out of view.
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Brandish: The Dark Revenant (2009)
8.9/10on IGDB
Released
XSEED’s English PSP release is Falcom’s remake of a PC-9801 dungeon crawler. When Ares turns, the dungeon rotates around him. The remake smooths out that motion, making it easier to keep track of a corner or a trap as you face another way.
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