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On vacation
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 2 comments
Did you know that Flicky was originally going to be called Flippy until US distributor Bally/Midway found that someone else had already trademarked that name? It’s true! Here’s the original art for the instruction card, as drawn by designer Yoshiki Kawasaki — who, for some reason, moved to Sega’s sales/PR department in the late ’80s and still works there as of 2007.Anyway, I’m roadtripping this weekend so I’ll be back next week, when some of the following things will happen:
- I will talk about Gaia no Monshō and Makyō Densetsu (aka The Legendary Axe)
- The long-awaited Chapter 4 of The Phantom of Akihabara will be uploaded
- I will write a thorough analysis including video examples of how to play Puyo Puyo competently and make your friends wish you were a rotting dead person
- I finally start discussing the ZX Spectrum and put more people to sleep
Stay tuned!
2 responses to “On vacation”
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Ethan July 6th, 2009 at 12:44
Kevin, longtime Fenky reader, fellow fan of the PC Engine! Just piping in to say that these posts are rad. I snagged a bunch of these early Hu Card games from bargain bins during my stay in Japan and it’s cool to find out all this random stuff about them.
Gaia no Monsho is a good example of this. Have it, but haven’t played it yet. It looks pretty crappy from the manual pics, but I’m eager to see what you have to say about it.
I also randomly played Flicky recently on the Genesis collection for the 360. It was fun! Sort of!
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keving July 3rd, 2009 at 08:13