Games

[icycalm]

Just came across this one:

http://gamedic.jpn.org/museum/tirasi/

Tons of flyer/cover art scans, going all the way back to the Famicom. I seriously need to grab everything and upload it to my archive.

I'll be posting more links as I come across them.

[zinger]

GMCL - Game Music Composer List

Great if you know a composer's name and want to see what else he or she has done. Also, googling the Japanese title of a game "+ GMCL" is usually a good method for finding out who the composer is for that specific game.

[bullethell]

Wonderful site. Thanks for sharing. So many lovely japanese quality boxset scans to see.

[Recap]

Lucky Amusement's DB for old PCB manuals. Quite limited, but Japanese manuals are not that common in the 'net. Useful for default settings and whatnot:

http://www.lucky-net.co.jp/database.htm



Cheat modes and secret stuff for PCB's:

http://gontajin.s151.xrea.com/arcura/index.htm



A comprehensive Toaplan games tribute:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/shootingstar/index.html



A similar one on Namco's:

http://qtchicks.hp.infoseek.co.jp/namco.html



An impressive collection of arcade game flyers you can't find on TAFA, though the guy wants an e-mail if you need hi-res versions:

http://www.dtd-a.com/



"Retro PC Music Streaming Radio". The name says it all. Lovely layout:

http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/MP3/MP3.html



Video-game DB's:

Multi:

http://net-tags.com/game/
http://homepage2.nifty.com/gamedatabase/index.html
http://review-site.net/developer/
http://retroblues.sakura.ne.jp/regeokiba/index.htm (old computers only)


PC-8801:

http://refugee2005.sakura.ne.jp/library/frame1.htm

PC-9801:

http://gontajin.s151.xrea.com/

X 68000:

http://kikux68k.hp.infoseek.co.jp/x68k_ogs_top.html

FM-7:

http://retropc.net/fm-7/

FM Towns:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/ftowns/db/sdb.html
http://www.geocities.jp/micro_towns/tow ... /soft.html

PC Engine:

http://www.waku2traffics.com/pcedb/

Super Famicom:

http://www.super-famicom.jp/d_00.html

Unrelased games:

http://www.age.jp/~saruou/nk/img/maboroshi.htm

[icycalm]

Thanks for the links, Recap. Shame that flyer guy doesn't host high-res versions of his scans. It's due to the insanely high server costs in Japan, no doubt.

[Recap]

I just added some more. If somebody knows a better X68k DB, with release dates, please link it here.

[Recap]

For actual promo-free covers of current games, I believe there's nothing better than Happinet. Depending on the title, it dedicates a press-style page with screens and info. Samples:

http://www.happinetonline.com/gms/07/4571218880013.html

http://www.happinetonline.com/NASApp/mn ... 2330437315

You can complement it with Momo-Ou's and especially Comshop's, which scans at hi rez most back covers ot there and puts them on-line.


Added some DB links, by the way.