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EasyGameStation
EasyGameStation is a Japanese dōjin soft company. They are mostly known for their games Chantelise and Recettear, both localized in English by Carpe Fulgur. They have also produced several fangames. Games developed * (2001), a snowball fighting ''Azumanga Daioh'' fangame. * (2001), a puzzle ''Azumanga Daioh'' fangame. * (2002), a volleyball ''Azumanga Daioh'' fangame. * (2003), unofficial sequel to '' Threads of Fate''. * (2004), a game featuring Hsien-Ko (Lei Lei in Japan) from '' Darkstalkers''. * (2005), a ''Read or Die is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's '' Super Dash Bunko'' imprint. ''Read or Die'' follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division ...'' fangame. * (2005), unofficial sequel to '' SkyGunner''. * '' Chantelise – A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2006, English release in 2011) * '' Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale'' (2007, English release in 2010) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantelise – A Tale Of Two Sisters
is an indie action role-playing and Dungeon crawler video game. The game was developed by EasyGameStation for Windows. Development It was originally released in Japan in 2006. The game was localized into non-Japanese languages twice; first by DHM Interactive in January 2010 at physical retail in a release that did not leave continental Europe and an English version was released World Wide on Steam and GamersGate on July 29, 2011. Gameplay and plot The player takes control of a character named Chante, on a quest to find the witch who cursed her sister, Elise, by turning her into a fairy in order to turn her back into a person. The player explores multiple forests and towns across five different chapters; with every chapter separated by an elemental themed dungeon. The game’s graphical content is built off of two-dimensional sprites placed onto a three-dimensional background, similar to games seen frequently on the PlayStation 1 The (abbreviated as PS, commonly know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dōjin Soft
is software created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups (referred to as "circles"), more for fun than for profit. The term includes digital , which are essentially the Japanese equivalent of independent video games or fangames (the term "''doujin'' game" also includes things like ''doujin''-made board games and card games, however, which are not covered in this article). ''Doujin'' soft is considered part of ''doujin katsudou'', for which it accounts for 5% of all ''doujin'' works altogether (as of 2015). Doujin soft began with microcomputers in Japan, and spread to platforms such as the MSX and X68000. Since the 1990's, however, they have primarily for Microsoft Windows. Most ''doujin'' soft sales occur at ''doujin'' conventions such as Comiket, with several that deal with doujin soft or doujin games exclusively such as Freedom Game (which further only allows games distributed for free) and Digital Games Expo. There is also a growing number of specialized internet site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dōjin Soft
is software created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups (referred to as "circles"), more for fun than for profit. The term includes digital , which are essentially the Japanese equivalent of independent video games or fangames (the term "''doujin'' game" also includes things like ''doujin''-made board games and card games, however, which are not covered in this article). ''Doujin'' soft is considered part of ''doujin katsudou'', for which it accounts for 5% of all ''doujin'' works altogether (as of 2015). Doujin soft began with microcomputers in Japan, and spread to platforms such as the MSX and X68000. Since the 1990's, however, they have primarily for Microsoft Windows. Most ''doujin'' soft sales occur at ''doujin'' conventions such as Comiket, with several that deal with doujin soft or doujin games exclusively such as Freedom Game (which further only allows games distributed for free) and Digital Games Expo. There is also a growing number of specialized internet site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpe Fulgur
Carpe Fulgur is a game-localization studio that concentrates on making independent Japanese games available to the English-language market. Carpe Fulgur consists of founders Andrew Dice and Robin Light-Williams. History The following history is largely based on an interview Andrew Dice gave to Gamasutra. Andrew Dice and Robin Light-Williams met through the Something Awful forums. Dice had been interested in English translations of Japanese games and following in the footsteps of Ted Woolsey in the translation of several Square Japanese titles. After attempting to gain employment at a localization company in California, Dice contacted Light-Williams and proposed the idea of forming their own company for performing localizations. Dice said he saw value in bringing Japanese titles to the West as "above all what the Western gaming audience likes is a unique experience", an opportunity afforded by the growing dōjin market in Japan. After forming Carpe Fulgur, Dice and Light-William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SkyGunner
''Sky Gunner'', often stylized as ''SkyGunner'', is a 3D third-person combat flight simulation video game for the PlayStation 2. The game's setting and art style has elements of steampunk. It was developed by PixelArts and was released in Japan on September 27, 2001 by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released to the North American market by Atlus USA on June 24, 2002. Plot ''Sky Gunner'' follows the story of 3 ace pilots, Ciel, Copain and Femme, who are hired to protect the "Eternal Engine", an engine capable of perpetual motion. Little do they know, the criminal genius, Ventre, is planning to use the town's celebration aboard the luxury airship, Merveilleux, as an opportunity to steal the Eternal Engine for his own evil ends. Reception The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, ''Famitsu formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Item Shop's Tale
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian anime convention * Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) * Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 ** AN Railway, a successor company, 2002– * Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization * Australian National Railways Commission, an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 * Antonov, a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media * Antv, an Indonesian television network * ''Astronomische Nachrichten'', or ''Astronomical Notes'', an international astronomy journal * ''Avisa Nordland'', a Norwegian newspaper * '' Sweet Bean'' (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangames
A fangame is a video game that is created by fans. They are usually based on one, or in some cases several, video game entries or franchises. Many fangames attempt to clone or remake the original game's design, gameplay, and characters, but it is equally common for fans to develop a unique game using another as a template. Though the quality of fangames has always varied, recent advances in computer technology and in available tools, e.g. through open source software, have made creating high-quality games easier. Fangames can be seen as user-generated content, as part of the retrogaming phenomena, and as expression of the remix culture. Fangame development Fangames are either developed as standalone games with their own engines, or as modifications to existing games that "piggyback" on the other's engines. Each approach has different advantages, as standalone games are generally accessible to larger audiences but may often be more difficult or time-consuming to develop. Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azumanga Daioh
is a Japanese ''yonkoma'' comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by MediaWorks; three additional chapters were published in Shogakukan's ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' in May 2009 to celebrate the manga's tenth anniversary. The manga was first released in English by ADV Manga, and later re-issued by Yen Press. An anime television adaptation titled ''Azumanga Daioh: the Animation'' was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan between April and September 2002, consisting of 130 four-minute segments compiled into 26 episodes. The compiled episodes were released on DVD and Universal Media Discs (UMDs) by Starchild Records, and an English-language version was produced by ADV Films. Prior to the series, a theatrical short and an original net animation were also produced. Several soundtrack albums were released, as well as three ''Azumanga Daioh'' video games. Both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threads Of Fate
''Threads of Fate'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation, released for Japan in 1999 and for North America in 2000. The story is split between two protagonists in search of an ancient relic said to grant any wish; the amnesiac Rue who seeks to revive a dead friend, and the banished princess Mint who dreams of conquering the world. Gameplay focuses on action-based combat while exploring dungeon levels featuring minor platforming elements. Beginning development in 1998, director and programmer Koji Sugimoto wanted a light-hearted game to contrast against his work on ''Xenogears''. The team also aimed for a fully 3D game without pre-rendered cutscenes, which was a challenge on PlayStation hardware. The script was written by Daisuke Watanabe based on a world design by Makoto Shimamoto, and the music was composed by Junya Nakano. The game received generally positive reviews for its combat and graphics, but it was a commercial disappointm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsien-Ko
(), known in Japan as , is a fictional character from the '' Darkstalkers'' fighting game franchise. She was introduced in '' Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' in 1995. Her character is based on vampires of Chinese folklore known as jiāngshī, into which she was transformed when she was magically merged with her twin sister Mei-Ling (), known in Japan as . Together, they fight to free the cursed spirit of their dead mother and to destroy the monsters preying on the people of China. Hsien-Ko has since become one of the franchise's more popular characters, garnering positive fan and critical reception. She has also appeared on official ''Darkstalkers'' merchandise and as a playable character in several games outside the series. Appearances In video games According to her '' Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' backstory, Hsien-Ko and her twin sister, Mei-Ling, were born in 1730s China (Qing dynasty). During a time when undead spirits arose and attacked a rural village, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
