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THIS IS THE INFAMOUS "C-TIER" GAME SOFTWARE: A COLLECTION OF HILARIOUS GAMES THAT LEFT GAMERS' JAWS DROP!

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Tsuyoshi Nagao



This book is a comedic, commentary-driven guide to Japan’s strangest “C-Tier” video games. Game journalist Tsuyoshi Nagao organizes dozens of bizarre titles into six themed chapters—odd plots, overwhelming characters, rule-breaking visuals, outrageous gimmicks, misguided experiments, and wild ideas—plus recurring “Game Doctor” columns.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE

BINDING

EDITION

ISBN

YEAR

PAGES

Japanese

Paperback

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9784309491219

1995

238

OTHER NAMES

This is the Infamous “C-Tier” game software: A big collection of laugh-out-loud games that made gamers’ jaws drop!

これが噂のC級ゲームソフトだ: ゲーマーのアゴをはずした爆笑ソフト大集合

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Publishers: #Kawade (Kawade Shobo Shinsha [河出書房新社])

Languages: #Japanese

Format: #Paperback

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Year: #Year1995

Genres: #Compendium


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Games:

#AliciaDragoon (Alicia Dragoon)

#AlienStorm (Alien Storm)

#AllJapanProWrestling (All Japan Pro Wrestling: Fight da Pon!)

#Almana (Miracle of Almana)

#AppareGateball (Splendid Gateball [Appare Gateball])

#AstralBout (Astral Bout 2)

#BattleBlaze (Battle Blaze)

#BattleDodgeBall (Battle Dodge Ball)

#BattleMonsters (Battle Monsters)

#BaseballStar (Aim for the Triple Crown: Baseball Star)

#BurnProBaseball (Burn!! Pro Baseball)

#ChaseHQ (Chase H.Q.)

#CircusCharlie (Circus Charlie)

#CrazyClimber (Crazy Climber)

#DeadDance (Dead Dance)

#DeepBlue (Deep Blue: Undersea Myth)

#DetectiveJingujiSaburo (Detective Jingūji Saburō Series)

#DokiDokiPanic (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic)

#DoubleDungeon (Double Dungeon)

#DungeonExplorer (Dungeon Explorer)

#Falchion (Falchion)

#FaucetAmour (Faucet Amour)

#FireMustang (Fire Mustang)

#FightingStreet (Fighting Street)

#Fripple (Fripple)

#GuerrillaWar (Guerrilla War [Guevara, ゲバラ])

#GorbyPipeline (Gorby’s Pipeline: Great Operation)

#HardDrivin (Hard Drivin’)

#HolySwordPsychoCalibur (Holy Sword Psycho Calibur)

#Hototogisu (Hototogisu [The Cuckoo])

#Hydlide (Virtual Hydlide)

#HyokkoriHyotanJima (Hyokkori Hyōtan-jima: Aim to Be President!)

#IhatovoStory (Ihatovo Story)

#JigsawWorld (Jigsaw World)

#Karateka (Karateka)

#KaiNoBouken (The Adventure of Kai)

#KidKlown (Kid Klown’s Crazy Chase)

#KunioKun (Kunio’s Oden)

#LegendOfJinmu (Legend of Jinmu)

#LunaBall (Luna Ball)

#MagicalSaurusTour (Magical Saurus Tour)

#MahjongStationMazin (Mahjong Station MAZIN)

#MindSeeker (Mind Seeker)

#Misland (Misland)

#MobileSuitGundam (Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Z Gundam)

#MightAndMagic (Might and Magic)

#Neutopia (Neutopia)

#NikoNikoPun (Niko Niko Pun)

#OffRoad (Super Off Road)

#OutLive (Out Live)

#PatPatGolf (Pat Pat Golf)

#Phoenix (Phoenix: Ho-ō Chapter)

#PoliceConnection (Police Connection)

#PokkunMogler (Pokkun Mogler)

#PowerLeague (Power League)

#PrettyFighter (Uniform Legend: Pretty Fighter X)

#RadicalBomber (Radical Bomber!! / Jirai-kun)

#Rastan (Rastan Saga II)

#RippleIsland (Ripple Island)

#RushingBeat (Rushing Beat)

#Salamander (Salamander)

#SealOfHaja (Seal of Haja)

#Shankara (Shankara: Planet of Conspiracy)

#SkyMission (Sky Mission)

#StreetFighter (Street Fighter II Dash)

#SuperAlbatross (Super Albatross)

#SuperAWDSaban (Super AWD Saban)

#SuperFightingDragonDinoland (Super Fighting Dragon Dinoland)

#SuperMetalCrusher (Super Metal Crusher)

#SuperRealBaseball (Super Real Baseball)

#SuperWrestleMania (WWF Super WrestleMania)

#Taekwondo (Taekwondo)

#TakeshisChallenge (Takeshi’s Challenge)

#TheFiremen (The Firemen)

#TheKungFu (The Kung-Fu)

#TheLegendOfKage (The Legend of Kage)

#TwinGoddess (Twin Goddess)

#TsuppariOozumo (Tsuppari Oozumō)

#UmiharaKawase (Umihara Kawase)

#WanchaiConnection (Wanchai Connection)

#WhiteHotProBaseball (White-Hot Pro Baseball ’94: Ganba League 3)

#WonderDog (Wonder Dog)

#YuyuQuiz (Yū Yū’s Quiz: Go! Go!)


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