Tag Archives: Hiroshi Takeuchi

Falcom, Hudson Soft, PC Engine, Turbo Technologies, TurboGrafx-CD

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, PC Engine

February 28, 2024 Mallo 10 Comments

The Legend of Heroes is the sixth game in the Dragon Slayer series, and the first in The Legend of Heroes franchise. It was developed by Falcom and released initially for the PC-88 – in Japan – in 1989. The PC Engine CD version was localised into English by Hudson Soft and released for the TurboGrafx-CD in North America by Turbo Technologies in 1991. That’s the version I’m showing here.

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Aicom, FM Towns, Sammy, Ving

Viewpoint, FM Towns

September 16, 2023 Mallo 1 Comment

Originally released as an arcade game on Neo Geo MVS hardware, Viewpoint is an isometric bullet hell shooter originally developed by Aicom, ported by Sammy and published by Ving for the FM Towns in 1993. It obviously takes inspiration from Sega‘s Zaxxon, but its aesthetic owes more to Irem‘s R-Type.