Simulation
Here we have all the games in the Simulation Section.
Mega Drive
Simulation
Play as a divine being controlling the lands literally by raising and flattening for your followers. As their love for you increases greater powers will become available such as typhoons and earthquakes. But it is the crusader knight as hard as nails off to do battle in your name that most will remember fondly.
PC Engine HU Card
Simulation
Bullfrog’s seminal god sim made it hard to resist improper gameplay such as sending in the odd earthquake to wake up your people. Made extra popular and collectable on the Engine by being one of the few titles to include a battery back up on the HU Card.
Super Famicom
Simulation
Bullfrog’s seminal god sim made it hard to resist improper gameplay such as drumming up the odd disaster to keep your people.on their toes. This sequel hones the interface and adds a few nice surprises. Subtitled Trials of the Olympian Gods.
PC Engine Super CD ROM
Simulation
Create your very our princess or spoilt brat with this sequel and conversion to the incredibly popular PC game.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Help bring up your own little princess in this rather under subscribed genre! Originally a success on the PC Engine.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Help bring up your own little princess in this rather under subscribed genre! Originally a success on the PC Engine.
GameBoy Original
Simulation
Captures the fun of taking print club pictures which dominated the arcades of Japan. Features can be tweaked in capturing a dream sticker. Also known as Purikura Club Pocket.
Playstation
Simulation
J Pop boy band Project V6 have a fine repertoire of tracks and plenty of them can be sampled in this Playstation dating game which was a forefather to the boom in dating games aimed at the girls.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
An adventure with plenty of political intrigue as the Psycotron technology goes astray being shipped from old Communist Russia to the US of A. Plenty of FMV interviewing follows as the player is charged with the task of charging someone with the disappearance amongst the wreckage of political paranoia.
Mega Drive
Simulation
Snatcher style gameplay with a sci fi setting packed with tension as the story gradually cocoons you up. Graphically and aurally pleasing and well worthy of a second look.
Mega Drive
Simulation
Snatcher style gameplay with a sci fi setting packed with tension as the story gradually cocoons you up. Graphically and aurally pleasing and well worthy of a second look.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
FMV adventure where participants get to select where to go next alongside having to answer or ask queries from time to time. Suitably hammy acting adds to the appeal of this past genre.
GameBoy Original
Simulation
Poor old carpenter Gensan just wants a simple life, but once again his fair lady has been kidnapped and he must battle robot rivals in a quiz format. Questions are a good chance for Japanese students with heavy use of Hiragana and are on the lines of “How many bones in the human body?” Thankfully the answers are multi choice.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Opening with an impressive Golgo 13 style assassination of the President and the aftermath, the sequel to Quovadis immediately cranks up the tension. Players take to their mech suits and move around the overhead arenas fighting it out against dark terrorist forces, kept company by some well animated avatars and interrupted by important developments via the anime cut scenes. Quantum leap forward in the series.
Switch
Simulation
The tactical battle simulation based on the PSP incarnations of the games and looking amazing on the souped up hardware. The source material has clearly inspired the developers to attain new heights in its sumptuous appearance with a devilishly cunning gameplay engine underneath the bonnet.
Brilliant Switch
Simulation
The tactical battle simulation based on the PSP incarnations of the games and looking amazing on the souped up hardware. The source material has clearly inspired the developers to attain new heights in its sumptuous appearance with a devilishly cunning gameplay engine underneath the bonnet.
Famicom Cart
Simulation
Tamiya seem to have got some early product placement in on this remote control car racing sim. Players tweak their vehicles to ensure a souped up vehicle capable of beating the other racers and sit back to savour the product of your work zip around the track.
PC Engine CD ROM
Simulation
Absolute gem for fans of Takahashi’s gender bending Ranma. Digital comic style gameplay captures the essence of the very humourous series with some very bizarre goings on.
Dreamcast
Simulation
Table top simulator doing a good job of converting the game of Othello to the Dreamcast.
PC Engine CD ROM
Simulation
Known in the West as the Lords of the Rising Sun, the game takes us on a trip into Japans feudal past when samurai clashed on the whim of their leader. Here the exiled son must muster all his might to regroup, hold and take back what is rightfully his.
GameBoy Advance
Simulation
Based more on the Rockman Exe Anime series than any other previous Mega Man game, progress rewards the player with new armour and chips are collected from defeated foe. Plenty of exciting material for fans of the little Mega Man.
Famicom Cart
Simulation
HAL never did anything by half and this pinball game is as slick as they come. The ball is small giving plenty of room to the US themed table with nice touches that can be triggered by expertly hitting the switch, usually by waiting for the ball to be on the tip of the flipper. Tunes that are totally chipper make for a delightful dose of Famicom nostalgia.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Koei once again raises the torch to burn the sky to the blood red colour of grand battles. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer as the wisdom of the Five Rings is put to the historical battle test. Koei has made it’s war chest trading historical battle games based on ancient Chinese history. The nation has been divided into three kingdoms. You must unite the country or be destroyed by the prevailing anarchy. Also known as Sangokushi Eiketsuden.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Koei once again raises the torch to burn the sky to the blood red colour of grand battles. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer as the wisdom of the Five Rings is put to the historical battle test. Koei has made it’s war chest trading historical battle games based on ancient Chinese history. The nation has been divided into three kingdoms. You must unite the country or be destroyed by the prevailing anarchy. Also known as Sangokushi Eiketsuden.
Dreamcast
Simulation
Roommania is not you average game as players take the role of a young lad locked up in his small apartment. Well hes not imprisoned or anything, at least physically. Its possible to control their actions, a little like a 3D Little Computer People update. Actions include watching TV, having a smoke under the kotatsu, quick go on the PC, watch a bit of TV. Unusual and very in the distinctive Sega Dreamcast era style.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Homestay game played out as Ryoko san involving dating and cooking. Originally a PC Engine title.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Enjoy the hot summer holiday together with Ryoko san in this popular love simulation series from Japan.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Subtitled Futari, or two people, as Ryoko takes a back seat role for Kaori to lend a hand. Fans of the series and genre will lap up the J Pop tinged department store style BGM and the illustration is exquisite.
Famicom Cart
Simulation
With a name like Dragon King War, you may well expect an action title of sorts. Well the action is all confined to the board here in this take on the shogi game, a sort of Japanese mahjong or perhaps type of chess. The presentation is fine though with caster announcer declaring progress and its possible to take on mythical figures from Japan’s past. No doubt with a civilised cup of green tea.
PS2
Simulation
Plenty of gents with high cheek bones to chat to in this dating simulation. A great language tool as the written and spoken language appear in sync.