Japan Gaming Guide

Japanese Wii owners have a few new games to choose from this month: Nintendo 64: Mario Kart 64 Super Nintendo: Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu Genesis/Megadrive: Bonanza Bros. Gain Ground TurboGrafx-16: Alien Crush Moto Roader R-Type II Soldier Blade NES Ikki Ice Climber Kid Icarus Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

70. Renegade (Spectrum) This awesome 8-bit arcade conversion actually managed to portray genuinely painful looking attacks out of a few pixels and blobs of colour.  The knee in the groin move still makes us wince today.  Nobody who played this will ever forget Big Bertha. 69. Bust-a-move 2 (Playstation) Accessible and deep, this charm filled […]

80. Cannon Fodder (Amiga) War had never been so much fun.  Sensible Software’s wonderful take on warfare sees you leading a squad of troops through hostile territory – the game caused moral outrage in the U.K. despite it carrying a strong anti-war sentiment.  Your little troops all had names, and losing a man (a frequent […]

The countdown continues… 90. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (PC/Amiga) The greatest text adventure in the history of the universe, if you don’t know what a text adventure is – try this.  If your boss doesn’t know what a text adventure is you can play it at work. 89. Gran Turismo (Playstation) Before Gran […]

Owners of Oblivion on Xbox 360 have until January 1st to download `Mehrunes Razor`, a bonus quest that previously cost 250 MS points.  Japanese owners may need to do this via a non-Japanese gamer tag.

Its here – the top 100 video games of all time according to Japan Gaming Guide!  Starting today with 100-91, here goes.. 100. Suikoden (Playstation) Because we loved fleshing out our castle, and the way the game progressed from turn based combat through to massive battles. 99. Gunstar Heroes (Genesis/Megadrive) Never before had shooting stuff […]

Just a note to wish all our readers a very merry christmas – and a happy new year. Hope to see you all again soon!

Those of you wanting to play non-Japanese Wii games on your Japanese Wii may be relieved to hear that Datel are working on a new version of ‘Freeloader’, the region free software that worked so well on Gamecube. Apparently, later versions of Freeloader can already be used with Gamecube titles on the Wii. If they […]

A few more Xbox titles are now 360 compatible.  You can find the full list here: link

If you’ve managed to survive the recent barrage of flying Wii-motes you might want to make sure your Nintendo DS has a properly working adapter.  If you bought your DS in Japan between January and June, or your DS lite between July and October of this year then your AC adapater may be a fire […]