Rise of the Dragon and SnatcherThough, both are pretty rare. Good Sega CD RPGs/ adventures
Well, my favorite has always been shining force aand I see you already have that. I thikn it had a sequel though called like Shining in the Darkness or something like that. I am not sure, I only ever played the original.
For RPGs/Strategy:
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Illusion City
- Alshark
- Seima Densetsu 3X3 Eyes
- Mega Schwarzschild
- Dungeon Explorer
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Popful Mail (Platformer/RPG)
- The Third World War
- Shadowrun
- Rise of the Dragon
- The Space Adventure Cobra
- Snatcher
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- Ranma 1/2: Byakuran Aika
- Dune
- Switch
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Yumimi Mix
- Urusei Yatsura: My Dear Friends
- Nostalgia 1907
- Yumemi Mystery Mansion
- Magical Girl Silky Lip
Thanks a lot dudes, and especially Panzer. I knew you would help me out here. Great :D
[QUOTE=''dragonfly110'']Well, my favorite has always been shining force aand I see you already have that. I thikn it had a sequel though called like Shining in the Darkness or something like that. I am not sure, I only ever played the original.[/QUOTE] It's not really a sequel, and it has only been released for the Genesis as far as I know. It's a great game nevertheless.
[QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']For RPGs/Strategy:
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Illusion City
- Alshark
- Seima Densetsu 3X3 Eyes
- Mega Schwarzschild
- Dungeon Explorer
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Popful Mail (Platformer/RPG)
- The Third World War
- Shadowrun
- Rise of the Dragon
- The Space Adventure Cobra
- Snatcher
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- Ranma 1/2: Byakuran Aika
- Dune
- Switch
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Yumimi Mix
- Urusei Yatsura: My Dear Friends
- Nostalgia 1907
- Yumemi Mystery Mansion
- Magical Girl Silky Lip
I own few Sega CD games- Lunar 1-2. Popful Mail was good game. I do not play Earnest Evans yet.
Holy h*ll get snatcher.Yes it is that importent.
[QUOTE=''Video_Game_King''][QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']For RPGs/Strategy:
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Illusion City
- Alshark
- Seima Densetsu 3X3 Eyes
- Mega Schwarzschild
- Dungeon Explorer
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Popful Mail (Platformer/RPG)
- The Third World War
- Shadowrun
- Rise of the Dragon
- The Space Adventure Cobra
- Snatcher
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- Ranma 1/2: Byakuran Aika
- Dune
- Switch
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Yumimi Mix
- Urusei Yatsura: My Dear Friends
- Nostalgia 1907
- Yumemi Mystery Mansion
- Magical Girl Silky Lip
[QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei''][QUOTE=''Video_Game_King''][QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']For RPGs/Strategy:
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Illusion City
- Alshark
- Seima Densetsu 3X3 Eyes
- Mega Schwarzschild
- Dungeon Explorer
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Popful Mail (Platformer/RPG)
- The Third World War
- Shadowrun
- Rise of the Dragon
- The Space Adventure Cobra
- Snatcher
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- Ranma 1/2: Byakuran Aika
- Dune
- Switch
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Yumimi Mix
- Urusei Yatsura: My Dear Friends
- Nostalgia 1907
- Yumemi Mystery Mansion
- Magical Girl Silky Lip
Just out of curiosity, how do you guys go about playing Japanese games? Do you have some knowledge of the language, play with a guide, or are you just able to usually figure things out on your own just enough to make it playable? I've been dying to get some Japanese games for my Sega CD and TG16, but I would like to know this first. Thanks :)
[QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei''][QUOTE=''Video_Game_King''][QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']For RPGs/Strategy:
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Illusion City
- Alshark
- Seima Densetsu 3X3 Eyes
- Mega Schwarzschild
- Dungeon Explorer
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Popful Mail (Platformer/RPG)
- The Third World War
- Shadowrun
- Rise of the Dragon
- The Space Adventure Cobra
- Snatcher
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- Ranma 1/2: Byakuran Aika
- Dune
- Switch
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Yumimi Mix
- Urusei Yatsura: My Dear Friends
- Nostalgia 1907
- Yumemi Mystery Mansion
- Magical Girl Silky Lip
[QUOTE=''zelda450'']Just out of curiosity, how do you guys go about playing Japanese games? Do you have some knowledge of the language, play with a guide, or are you just able to usually figure things out on your own just enough to make it playable? I've been dying to get some Japanese games for my Sega CD and TG16, but I would like to know this first. Thanks :)[/QUOTE] It depends. If I play a game out of a series (Shining Force 3 for the Saturn is a good example) and I know previous installments that were released in the US or Europe, it is often easy to figure out how the game works. Then there are sites like Eidolon's Inn for example which provide translations for certain games done by fans. And last but not least I'm learning Japanese, which also helps a little. :P
[QUOTE=''zelda450'']Just out of curiosity, how do you guys go about playing Japanese games? Do you have some knowledge of the language, play with a guide, or are you just able to usually figure things out on your own just enough to make it playable? I've been dying to get some Japanese games for my Sega CD and TG16, but I would like to know this first. Thanks :)[/QUOTE]That really depends on how used you are at playing imports. I have been playing games in Japanese since I was a kid, so I'm just very used to them by now.It's a whole lot easier to play imports nowadays with the internet and all. Back then all you had was a Japanese dictionary. Now you have online translators, fan-translation guides, FAQs and more. Even if there's a game out there without any guide or fan-translation, all you have to do is go through Japanese websites and you will most likely find a guide or walkthrough, then just use Altavista or Google to trasnlate it. I remember I used to write out the kanji for town,city, north, south, west, east,the four elements and so on, so I could recognize them if I saw them.In any case, the first thing to do, if you don't have any knowledge of the Japanese language is to grab and memorize the basic katakana and hiragana charts. That's a must. And just don't be afraid of playing games in Japanese in general, the more you become familiar with them, the easier it becomes.
[QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']That really depends on how used you are at playing imports. I have been playing games in Japanese since I was a kid, so I'm just very used to them by now.It's a whole lot easier to play imports nowadays with the internet and all. Back then all you had was a Japanese dictionary. Now you have online translators, fan-translation guides, FAQs and more. Even if there's a game out there without any guide or fan-translation, all you have to do is go through Japanese websites and you will most likely find a guide or walkthrough, then just use Altavista or Google to trasnlate it. I remember I used to write out the kanji for town,city, north, south, west, east,the four elements and so on, so I could recognize them if I saw them.In any case, the first thing to do, if you don't have any knowledge of the Japanese language is to grab and memorize the basic katakana and hiragana charts. That's a must. And just don't be afraid of playing games in Japanese in general, the more you become familiar with them, the easier it becomes. [/QUOTE]Let me finish this line you pretty much ripped from a generic war movie: no, it doesn't. I've played tons of text heavy Japan only games, like X, For the Frog the Bell Tolls, Dragon Quest IV, a bit of Mystic Ark, and half of Thracia 776 (hey, the game's hard even in English), and it doesn't get any easier.
[QUOTE=''Video_Game_King''][QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']That really depends on how used you are at playing imports. I have been playing games in Japanese since I was a kid, so I'm just very used to them by now.It's a whole lot easier to play imports nowadays with the internet and all. Back then all you had was a Japanese dictionary. Now you have online translators, fan-translation guides, FAQs and more. Even if there's a game out there without any guide or fan-translation, all you have to do is go through Japanese websites and you will most likely find a guide or walkthrough, then just use Altavista or Google to trasnlate it. I remember I used to write out the kanji for town,city, north, south, west, east,the four elements and so on, so I could recognize them if I saw them.In any case, the first thing to do, if you don't have any knowledge of the Japanese language is to grab and memorize the basic katakana and hiragana charts. That's a must. And just don't be afraid of playing games in Japanese in general, the more you become familiar with them, the easier it becomes. [/QUOTE]Let me finish this line you pretty much ripped from a generic war movie: no, it doesn't. I've played tons of text heavy Japan only games, like X, For the Frog the Bell Tolls, Dragon Quest IV, a bit of Mystic Ark, and half of Thracia 776 (hey, the game's hard even in English), and it doesn't get any easier. [/QUOTE]Most likely you are playing them without any desire or effort to learn the actual language. Probably you just skip all the text without attemping to figure it out what kanji is what.Of course you won't learn anything if you aren't actually looking to learn. But if you do pay attention, it does get easier, you will learn more and more kanji.
[QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei''][QUOTE=''Video_Game_King''][QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei'']That really depends on how used you are at playing imports. I have been playing games in Japanese since I was a kid, so I'm just very used to them by now.It's a whole lot easier to play imports nowadays with the internet and all. Back then all you had was a Japanese dictionary. Now you have online translators, fan-translation guides, FAQs and more. Even if there's a game out there without any guide or fan-translation, all you have to do is go through Japanese websites and you will most likely find a guide or walkthrough, then just use Altavista or Google to trasnlate it. I remember I used to write out the kanji for town,city, north, south, west, east,the four elements and so on, so I could recognize them if I saw them.In any case, the first thing to do, if you don't have any knowledge of the Japanese language is to grab and memorize the basic katakana and hiragana charts. That's a must. And just don't be afraid of playing games in Japanese in general, the more you become familiar with them, the easier it becomes. [/QUOTE]Let me finish this line you pretty much ripped from a generic war movie: no, it doesn't. I've played tons of text heavy Japan only games, like X, For the Frog the Bell Tolls, Dragon Quest IV, a bit of Mystic Ark, and half of Thracia 776 (hey, the game's hard even in English), and it doesn't get any easier. [/QUOTE]Most likely you are playing them without any desire or effort to learn the actual language. Probably you just skip all the text without attemping to figure it out what kanji is what.Of course you won't learn anything if you aren't actually looking to learn. But if you do pay attention, it does get easier, you will learn more and more kanji.[/QUOTE]Actually, I'm not even sure how you can learn another language when it's in an entirely different alphabet system and you don't have much understanding of it. And while I did skip the text, in Thracia, I did train myself to know what each command was, although that was in the way that a dog understands what sit means without actually knowing what it is. Didn't look at the letters or anything.
[QUOTE=''Video_Game_King'']Actually, I'm not even sure how you can learn another language when it's in an entirely different alphabet system and you don't have much understanding of it. And while I did skip the text, in Thracia, I did train myself to know what each command was, although that was in the way that a dog understands what sit means without actually knowing what it is. Didn't look at the letters or anything. [/QUOTE]Well, in reality you will hardly learn any new language without the proper study.
I'm not really saying you can learn Japanese from video games, I can't really fully articulate a phrase, just figure out the important stuff about it. I sure as hell can't speak Japanese. I do could fully translate a whole prhase if I so desired it, but depending (if the phrase is entirely in kanji, it does take a lot time, and in games like RPGs that would be too time consuming. And it's only reserved for something you just must to do.
But what we're talking about in here is about import savvy-ness, and mainly avoiding getting stuck. Not really understanding everything's that being said. I you can read a guide or FAQ that can make your life easier then by all means. However, from previous arguments it seems your point of view is that you can't really enjoy a game much if it's in Japanese, to what I disagree. And example of this would be the game SEGAGAGA. It is a SIM/RPG with loads of kanji, and I pretty much had to do everything on my own because all the English FAQs for it sucked, and was very obvious none of the persons that wrote them really knew the game very good.But I found everything I needed to on my own and from Japanese websites, then everything becomes second nature. and I throughutly enjoyed the game very much. I'd rather play a game in japanese than not at all. It's a pity that many people skip on them and miss great gaming experiences because they can't understand it. When I was a kid, I was in the same boat with English games because I couldn't understand it, so you can say I've always been struggling with language barriers. :P
[QUOTE=''Panzer_Zwei''][QUOTE=''Video_Game_King'']Actually, I'm not even sure how you can learn another language when it's in an entirely different alphabet system and you don't have much understanding of it. And while I did skip the text, in Thracia, I did train myself to know what each command was, although that was in the way that a dog understands what sit means without actually knowing what it is. Didn't look at the letters or anything. [/QUOTE]Well, in reality you will hardly learn any new language without the proper study.
I'm not really saying you can learn Japanese from video games, I can't really fully articulate a phrase, just figure out the important stuff about it. I sure as hell can't speak Japanese. I do could fully translate a whole prhase if I so desired it, but depending (if the phrase is entirely in kanji, it does take a lot time, and in games like RPGs that would be too time consuming. And it's only reserved for something you just must to do.
But what we're talking about in here is about import savvy-ness, and mainly avoiding getting stuck. Not really understanding everything's that being said. I you can read a guide or FAQ that can make your life easier then by all means. However, from previous arguments it seems your point of view is that you can't really enjoy a game much if it's in Japanese, to what I disagree. And example of this would be the game SEGAGAGA. It is a SIM/RPG with loads of kanji, and I pretty much had to do everything on my own because all the English FAQs for it sucked, and was very obvious none of the persons that wrote them really knew the game very good.But I found everything I needed to on my own and from Japanese websites, then everything becomes second nature. and I throughutly enjoyed the game very much. I'd rather play a game in japanese than not at all. It's a pity that many people skip on them and miss great gaming experiences because they can't understand it. When I was a kid, I was in the same boat with English games because I couldn't understand it, so you can say I've always been struggling with language barriers. :P [/QUOTE]....Did you translate your post from Japanese :P? And I'm not saying it is impossible to enjoy a game entirely in Japanese (those games I listed I did enjoy (except the archaic X)), just that it makes games harder than need be. Getting through them without an FAQ is a challenge. And Segagagagaga was a business sim, right? Maybe that's why they didn't like it. And wait, if you don't speak English or Japanese, what language are you speaking? Spanish? Portuguese? One of those langauges people invent in video games (Al Behd, that StarFox Adventures langauge, etc.)?
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