Taikō Risshiden V (太閤立志伝 V) is the latest title of a Japanese video game series Taikō Risshiden (turn-based sandbox role-playing video games/turn-based strategy) produced by Koei. It was released on PC and PlayStation 2 in 2004 followed by a port to PlayStation Portable in 2009. The first title of the series was released on NEC … Read more
Thomas & Friends merchandise has been produced to capitalize on the success of the television series Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends). Whilst merchandise was produced alongside due to the popularity of the first of The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry since 1945, and the original broadcast of … Read more
Toughman Contest is a boxing video game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Sega 32X. The game is based on the Toughman Contest, an amateur boxing competition. The game was released in 1995 in North America and Europe. It features Eric “Butterbean” Esch as the cover character as well as the game’s final boss. After … Read more
Hang-On (ハングオン Hangu On) is an arcade game designed by Yu Suzuki and released by Sega in 1985. In the game, the player controls a motorcycle against time and other computer-controlled bikes. It was one of the first arcade games to use 16-bit graphics and Sega's "Super Scaler" technology that allowed pseudo-3D sprite-scaling at high … Read more
Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits in Japan) is a fighting game series by SNK. In Japan, the name of the series is officially in katakana, but is often written in kanji (侍魂, samurai tamashii), with the second character pronounced supirittsu, "spirits", to better reflect the game's setting.