Name: Ransei no Hasha
Author/Vendor: SystemSoft/Asmik
Released: 1991
Type: Strategy
Language: Japanese
Premise: This is a MegaDrive port of one of those feudal Japanese strategy games that was originally released in 1989 for 8-bit systems. An early SystemSoft release - the company better known for the Daisenryaku wargaming sim series.
Impressions: I never thought I'd see a Japanese game as pathetic as Dark Castle, but here it is - a game so 8-bit bad that you'd swear you were playing on the old Famicom (aka NES to you English-speaking types). The actual game is decent enough - it's the pastel graphics, PC-speaker-quality sound, and blocky kanji that are the true nightmare. Don't worry if you don't have it - you're not missing anything.
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Recommended Emu: Genecyst X