The third entry in the Mujintou Monogatari series by KSS for the NEC PC-98
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Mujintou Monogatari 3: A.D.1999 Tokyo is similar in concept to the two previous entries in the series, being a "survival life" simulation game. However, its setting is quite different: rather than getting stranded on a deserted tropical island, the protagonist travels in subway when a terrible earthquake occurs. Climbing out of the underground tunnels, the hero discovers, to his horror, that Tokyo has been nearly destroyed and deserted. Teaming up with other survivors, the protagonist has to explore the ruins and stay alive.
The basic gameplay is similar to that of the two predecessors: the player manages parties of survivors, assigning activities to them (exploring, resting, finding items, etc.), then completing the day and watching these events unfold automatically. Water, food, light, and various materials can be found and collected. It is also possible to craft own items. Scripted events introduce new characters to the team. Hostile e
Night Slave is a side-scrolling action game, influenced in setting and gameplay by the Assault Suits series. The player controls Rei in an armored robot, navigating her through hostile areas. The gameplay is heavy on shooting, the stages consisting mostly on fighting one's way through a level, fighting powerful enemies, mini-bosses and stage bosses.
The player finds power-ups of different categories. Some can restore Rei's health, protect her robot with a shield, etc.; others are used to upgrade main and secondary weapons. Weapons can "level up", depending on how many power-ups were spend to upgrade them. The player can choose when and how to spend the power-ups. Weapons are selected before the beginning of each mission.
You are assigned to supervise and lead a group known as Tuned Heart, which fights crime on city streets. The members of the group are all young and pretty girls, and also experts in firearms and vehicles. Mysterious mind-controlling criminals have appeared in America, and now cities are overrun by biker gangs and other criminals. It's time for the hero to assemble his group and show those criminals who is the boss!
Heroine Kim and her side partners Kris and Lee are professional detectives with very much opposite personalities, investigating a murder case that ends up being a much bigger issue, involving gang members, the mafia and later on some sci-fi elements.
Humanity is prospering through the expansion of the Earth's development, but natural destruction has also become extreme.
One day Amon, a scientist who opposed the destruction of nature, decided to return to the Earth 150 years earlier via time machine and protect nature.
You follow a time cop from the future, Milk, and an introverted high school girl named Kurumi, who are forced to share the same body by a strange turn of events. They must stop an eco-terrorist named Amon, who creates monsters from plants.
This series of short VNs is very short, being constituted of two mere episodes, for a total playtime barely reaching 20 minutes. Nevertheless, it may have the best animated sequences you'll ever see on PC-98. Too bad it was canceled so quickly, it certainly had some potential.
The final entry in the JRPG doujin series by Fenrir. The thousand-year old struggle, which began with the Demon King Zozem using the Powers of Chaos against the gods, is nearing its end. Three brave heroes - Ares, Seria, and Georgie - ventured into the World of Spirits to restore balance in the universe. As they continue their journey, a mysterious powerful magician attacks them. They are brought to the house of Dr. K., a local scientist. Seria becomes gravely ill; to save her, Ares and the Doctor go to the nearby forest in search of cure...
Reines Du Sabbat is a JRPG developed by doujin circle Kenix who would later develop Corpse Party, this work became quite infamous on the Japanese internet during the late 90's and early 2000's due to its grotesque content to the point of being "quietly" distributed on freeware sites.
The game takes place in the country of Serfina. In a small hut there lived a girl called Puff, together with her older brother, Lux. Since they've lost their parents at an early age, the older brother had to take the parent role and take care of his little sister. However, one day, Lux suddenly fell ill with a fever of an unknown origin, with no doctor able to help and him gradually losing his strength. Puff heard about a medicinal herb called the Snow Herb that can quickly bring down any kind of fever and went to the forest of Pia to find it. In the forest, being absorbed in the beautiful flowers blooming there Puff lost her uncle.
This is where the game begins and Puff's journey will lead her to witness the cruelty of human beings.
Melpool Land is essentially an overhead fighting game between two characters in a small area. Each of the five characters is armed with two objects that they can use to hit their opponent or block attacks as if they were boxing gloves. The first player to reach three wins is the victor and it's possible to win by either emptying the opponent's life meter or by knocking them out of the stage. It is also possible to destroy the opponent's means of attack since they have their own health meters, leaving the opponent unable to do anything except try to ram their opponent off the stage. Arenas have holes and traps to look out for, such as bumpers and tiles that damage you, but there are no items or other abilities available. The story of the game is framed around a tournament hosted by a goddess that offers the winner anything they desire. Each character gets their own ending if you can complete the single player mode with them. A local multiplayer option is also available for two players.
A shoot-'em-up with more dialogue than most, just don't run into your wingman in mid-exposition... the graphics are all pretty nice, although it seems odd all the shots are simple yellow squares. Movement is via the arrow keys, X shoots, while Z purchases whatever power-up is available, Gradius-style, from the bar below.
Kurou is employed at a firm focused on "headhunting," scouting and hiring talented individuals for major corporations. A new client, representing a company that just finalized a deal with an American software company, is seeking a secretary. The issue: the previous headhunter assigned to a similar task has vanished. As a result, Kurou’s boss tasks him with investigating the situation, partnering him with the clever and charming headhunter Tomoko.
Unlike the first Idol Project, the story of the sequel is directly related to to the anime series Idol Project, starring the same characters, with the young and ambitious Mimu Emilton as the protagonist.
Black Bird is a solo dungeon crawler (with auto-map feature): the gameplay consists of exploring maze-like passages in pseudo-3D environment, fighting randomly appearing enemies. The game features card-based combat. Lightning and his opponent are dealt a deck of cards. The goal is to get rid of single cards and to build combinations (three of a kind, straight, etc.), a bit similarly to a poker game. A successfully built combination inflicts damage on the enemy. There are also defense-strengthening and healing cards, which the player can use between the combinations. Beside that, the game has a traditional RPG system with hit points, experience points, leveling up, money management, equipment, etc.