Comments on: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Jaseiken Necromancer

By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Out Live @ Magweasel

[I ♥ The PC Engine] Out Live @ Magweasel — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:00:38 +0000

[...] so of PC Engine FAN and checking out the reader mail. Hudson had the genre covered near launch with Jaseiken Necromancer, of course, but for a good year afterward there were zero RPGs whatsoever released for the PCE [...]

By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Makyou Densetsu @ Magweasel

[I ♥ The PC Engine] Makyou Densetsu @ Magweasel — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:33:25 +0000

[...] — Adventure Island, Faxanadu, all the Bombermen until the 32-bit era, Nectaris, even Jaseiken Necromancer — are all amazing pieces of chiptune work, and she deserves a great deal more respect in the [...]

By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Susa-no-Oh Densetsu @ Magweasel

[I ♥ The PC Engine] Susa-no-Oh Densetsu @ Magweasel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:52:58 +0000

[...] a much more commendable effort than Hudson’s Jaseiken Necromancer, right down to the music, composed by ’80s game composer (and modern-day synthesizer [...]

By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Pro Tennis World Court @ Magweasel

[I ♥ The PC Engine] Pro Tennis World Court @ Magweasel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:44:18 +0000

[...] But the real highlight of the PCE World Court, in my uncultured opinion, is undoubtedly the cheapo RPG mode they threw in. The fact there’s an RPG in World Court should give you some idea of how intensely popular role-playing was as a genre on Japanese consoles around this time. (It’s also amusing to think that this is the PCE’s second RPG chronologically after Jaseiken Necromancer.) [...]

By: Esteban

Esteban — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:28:33 +0000

It looks like the dungeon/cave mazes are made slightly more challenging due to the limited visibility (torchlight only illuminates the area immediately surrounding your party). I only watched a small clip from YouTube, though.

If this game had been localized for North America, they might have changed the splatters of blood into splatters of sweat.

Necromancer seems to have decent music, but you never get a chance to hear a track for too long before it is reset (due to an encounter starting/ending, etc.)

One of my pet peeves: constantly listening to a song’s opening, never to hear the composition in it’s entirety.

By: keving

keving — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:45:39 +0000

Shiryou Sensen came out in ’88, right? It’s an obscure series that deserves more attention.

By: Dais

Dais — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:40:08 +0000

wait, it’s about a sword named “Necromancer”? Geez, what a rip.

If “War of the Dead” falls under the scope of this topic at any point, I’d love to hear anything you can tell me about the series.

By: ECM

ECM — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:44:26 +0000

Another game proving that Phantasy Star was way, way ahead of its time.

By: jp

jp — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:18:09 +0000

If I’d played this in 1988, that title music alone would have given me nightmares for years to come.