We all know Yuzo Koshiro as the composer: PC-8801 wizard who gave us The Scheme and Misty Blue, early Falcom icon who contributed to Ys and Sorcerian, Sega legend who put Streets of Rage and Shinobi music on the map, the man who composed Enix’s Actraiser, Super Adventure Island, and more recently Etrian Odyssey, 7th…
This Saturday will see the resurgence of two game music performing legends: Blind Spot (formerly SEGA S.S.T Band) and Motoaki Furukawa, the original headmaster of Konami Kukeiha Club. The two will combine forces in Osaka for a performance aptly named “Blind Spot with Motoaki Furukawa”, set to give old game music fans a treat from…
That’s right. Last minute update: Falcom just announced that their JDK Band summer concert on August 21st, 2010 at Liquid Room in Tokyo will be broadcasted live for everyone around the world via USTREAM. Lucky you! I’ll be there in person for both shows of course. The first stage is a dramatic performance by the…
More Falcom news! In an official press release by Falcom, the company has revealed that first pressing limited editions of their PSP fighting spin-off title, Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga, are set to include a bonus package called “Falcom Collective Music Files” which will include three parts. First is the Ys. vs. Sora…
Yay, Japan gets a concert! It’s been a while since we heard anything new from Falcom. In our last Falcom post, we talked about the jdk Special CD included with the PSP version of The Oath in Felghana, which comes out next week on April 22nd. Falcom has uploaded some clips to from the album…
Heads up Ys fans. Ys III remake for Windows, The Oath in Felghana, is being ported to PSP in Japan on April 22, 2010 and first-print editions will include a bonus CD called Ys: The Oath in Felghana jdk Special. Despite the nostalgic “jdk Special” title, a term that was formerly reserved for Sound Team…
Back in 1993, a simple RPG titled Lufia (Estpolis in Japan) came out for the SNES. It was succeeded in 1995 by a game that some people considered one of the greatest RPGs of the 16-bit era: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals. This game featured traditional RPG elements fused with ingenious puzzle-based dungeons that…
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