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Hi friends! I decided to write this article not as a “journalist” with Wikipedia open, but as someone who truly lived this game since the late ’90s. I had my beloved “gray” PS1, and among my discs was the one — Tekken 3. And while the fights, characters, and graphics were mind-blowing back then, the music… the music became something much bigger for me. I want to share why the Tekken 3 soundtrack is still one of the best in the series - and in all games of that era. How It All Began: Who...

Sometimes the best games come to you… completely by accident. That’s exactly what happened to us with Kamen Rider V3 for the PlayStation 1. One day I stumbled upon the image of this game on a site “The Repo” I downloaded it without any expectations - you know, just to fire it up during a retro night with friends, have a laugh, forget about it, and delete it. I figured we’d launch it once, watch some Japanese trash, and then go back to battling it out in Tekken. Yeah, right. ⸻ “What even...

Third article in the series! I already had this one cooked a while ago, reason I can post it now instead of in two months. Read the previous ones to keep up with the narrative: The Beginnings of Nihon Falcom and Adol Christin The Dark Ages PART 9: THE GOLDEN AGES Xanadu Next is a game that I cannot recommend enough if you are into Diablo-likes. Featuring exhilarating dungeon gameplay! In 1996, Nihon Falcom finally woke up and started releasing games on Windows (ironic, considering the...

Sometimes, there’s just nothing better than a simple hack and slash. I’m not talking about something like the Devil May Cry or my beloved Ninja Gaiden series, what with their actual button combos and intricate game systems of different juggle states and their ‘strategy’ or 'thought put into the gameplay'. I’m talking about the classic arcade games of old. You get in there, mash on your buttons, kill a lot of stuff, and then go onto the next room/murder arena to likely do the same simplistic...

Oof, this took way too long. Don't worry, the next articles won't take as long. Please read the previous articles to catch up with my narrative. PART 5: THE DARK AGES After the outstanding success of both chapters, one could think that Nihon Falcom would be launched into the levels of Squaresoft or Enix, but nope. I don’t know how or why, but Falcom reached an impasse. Some key members behind the franchise left, leaving the Ys series in a bad spot. Ys III went through several changes before...