Are there any pc-98 games worth playing outside the old touhous and policenauts? Untranslated is fine too, I'm looking for more moonrune practice. Princess Maker 2 was fun to mess around with, but I'm not that big into sims

>>11856863 (OP)
pick any falcom game

A lovely version of Popful Mail. You'll get good j-practice too. Unlike the Sega CD version there are clues and event triggers that take you back to previous areas

>>11856909
Fair enough, guess I'll check out the first Ys games

>>11856912
Looks interesting, I'll check it out

>>11856863 (OP)
Did the PC98 ever have an adapter to use a standard AT or PS/2 keyboard? Playing Touhou with the standard PC98 arrow keys looks like it'd be painful.

>it is time to post Wizardry Truck Racing again
I personally haven't posted it in quite a while though.

Dragon Master Silk I & II were fun (and not actual porn if that is an issue), but most RPGs on it regardless of rating aren't ambitious in their game design.

>>11856863 (OP)
Any particular genres you like?

>>11857807
>Dragon Master Silk I & II were fun
First one is pretty barebone as a dungeon RPG and is mostly carried by the art and bosses' skits. The sequel improves on everything.

I should ask a translator to translate the story text and fix the rest.

>>11856863 (OP)
46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron is worthy of a playthrough for the concept alone (it's fairly underwhelming as a JRPG).

>>11857807
>wizardry truck racing
Damn, that seems impressive. Was this some kind of fan mod?

>>11857945
I guess I'm looking for more narrative focused stuff - rpgs, adventure games, vn's if you count those. I wouldn't say no to good platformers or shooters though (especially if cute girls are involved)

>>11858317
Yeah I saw that through my searching and it does seem like a fun premise. I'll add it to my list

>>11856863 (OP)
Silent Moebius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRJTxScyKSc
Elmknight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBduKyjgk8
Melpool Land Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qze8PX8aECU
Kyukyoku Henge Battle Gal Saori
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VunSa2tykA
Hamlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HafBm8wKGQ
Amaranth Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcMUpXn7CU

Ryuuki Denshou Dragoon is absolute PEAK. The fact that it hasn't gotten a translation is proof that translators are all troons

>>11858678
Forgot pic. Seriously though it's one of the best tactical RPGs of all time me. It got a couple sequels for windows, a PSX version and an ova.

>>11858502
It's just some (retro) Japanese freeware. It doesn't actually have anything to do with Wizardry.

I know coming here for advice is a fool's errand, but I thought I might as well, since you're the only other group of people I know that care about retro games who aren't totally gay.

I'm going to commission an artist to create a banner for my game store. I'm taking a big huge retarded risk with this because the startup is from my inheritance and my current stock is just my collection. I really need this to work out.

I thought of doing an Adventure of Link style thing, but it just feels played out.

What kind of game reference would make you want to come in a game store if you saw it on a sign?

>>11858678
For this one, I managed to read the pics and map files, and the scripts don't seem that complicated.

>>11858752
Fair enough, is there somewhere I can download it?

>>11858664
Some of these seem pretty obscure, which is great

>>11858685
>>11858678
Looks cool, maybe I could take a crack at translating it eventually, though I imagine modding pc98 games is kinda tricky

>>11860718
The latest version is on vector.co.jp under MS-DOS. https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dos/game/se093453.html

You'd need to copy it to your PC-98 HDD. I haven't made a self-booter, but I have an installed MS-DOS HDD with extensions and the game on it. Should also include the original lzh archive.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/45xr0r9mu9b36vv/K-tora_USA_%2528Against%2529.rar/file

>>11860737
Awesome, thanks anon

>>11856863 (OP)
There's currently an active translation for Sword World PC. There's a bunch of content in this JRPG that adapts the sources TTRPG's rules. Something like close to 60+ scenarios, each with the potential for multiple outcomes.

Right now, the Translation is in the testing phase and is actively recruiting testers.

I also believe you can carry over your character from this game to the Lodoss PC-98 game as well! Or is it the other way around, I dunno...

>>11861728
That seems cool, I'm interested in helping out translation efforts in the long run and this sounds like a great way to get started

Also, man I forgot all the little extra stuff involved in running emulators for computers. I spent way longer than I'd like to admit trying to run a CD with just a ccd file when it also needed an img and sub file in the same folder

>>11856863 (OP)
Tokio is a charming Artdink city manager where you play a comedic version of Tokyo in space.

Not OP, but recs for anything cute like Princess Maker 2?

>>11862714
Well if ye want to join in on the testing and stuffs, there's this link with the details and the like:
https://twinngames.com/announce.txt

and yeah, once this is pretty much done, you can also expect the SNES version to be done later, along with it's sequel.

>>11862757
Madou Monogatari?

>>11859086
>>11860718

>>11862757
Mercurius Pretty
PixyGarden

>>11858678
Eventually, it'll be picked up.

Weeb trash the console

>>11864385
Ackshully, it's a PC

>>11864385
Most of the actual audience is Japanese people, weebs (as in, westerners obsessed with Japanese stuff) just look at select screenshots and gush about the graphics. If they actually played the games, they'd realize it's mostly eroge.

>>11864448
It is funny poking around the neokobe collection and just running into endless sex sims/vns

I like the nipponese comments in the np2kai source code

Surprised that no one mentioned Rusty.
>we have castlevania at home

>>11864448
The library being mostly eroge is why the weebs like it.

t. a weeb

>>11865407
sometimes, you can find the charm amongst the lewd.

I wonder what the old Touhous floppys would sell for in their original ricepaper packaging? I've never even seen them on eBay.

>>11866284
prolly a few million yen each.

bump

Space Harrier in a skirt

>>11868915
Aesthetically it looks cool but the control scheme is so asinine I wouldn't really reccomend playing it.

>>11864440
Shame the closest NEC got to bring something overseas was the TG16. Sometimes it's nice to view the stuff they had.