FREE PC-98 games

[Ji-L87]

...so, is anyone a member on the Tokugawa boards?

Thanks for the video, I checked out some gameplay/openings from some of the titles I spotted and could find but...nothing really caught my fancy, I'm afraid.
Still, some of those games looks pretty good for their age, 3D and all. Probably were impressive back in the day. I agree with kazekirifx, surely there must be some PC-98 nut that wants these, if for no other reason than collecting.

[kazekirifx]

...so, is anyone a member on the Tokugawa boards?

Yeah. Username "kazekiri". But haven't been visiting lately. Maybe I should take a look today. I assume things aren't too active nowadays - they weren't last time I visited. I'm usually not too interested in the topics being discussed anyways... I'm really just into collecting the boxed games I want for PC-98 and X68k, and I have most of them already.

[SuperDeadite]

Yeah I lurk there on occasion.  But it seems all the topics are just "Send me the ROMZ plz."  It's a nice board for emulation peeps, but for actual computer owners it's a bit useless imo.

[Ji-L87]

Well, their frontpage still says

The Tokugawa staff wants to buy original PC-98 games and Technopolis magazines. Please send us your pictures and prices immediately!

So it might be worth a shot

[soop]

Well, their frontpage still says

The Tokugawa staff wants to buy original PC-98 games and Technopolis magazines. Please send us your pictures and prices immediately!

So it might be worth a shot

Nice, emailed them

[kazekirifx]

Yeah I lurk there on occasion.  But it seems all the topics are just "Send me the ROMZ plz."  It's a nice board for emulation peeps, but for actual computer owners it's a bit useless imo.

I always found it useful when I had my PC-98 and X68k hardware with me. (It's all back in the U.S. right now.)

I found it useful for downloading Dojin games (which I don't care to collect actual disks of myself), and occasionally it is good for finding disk images of some of the rare games which I own, but do not have working disks for. If nothing else, it was a good place to find out what games exist are out there. There are so few places on the web that have information about these things.

[SuperDeadite]

For X68k I stick to Japanese sites, and NFG for hardware stuff.  Of course the floppies won't last forever, but I happily pickup all original X68k doujins that I can when they turn up cheap.  I love the hand drawn paperwork most of them had.  For example:

[soop]

Nice!  Package weighs 8.5 kg btw.

[kazekirifx]

Yeah... I'm not going to collect something that looks practically home made.

[Ji-L87]

Yeah... I'm not going to collect something that looks practically home made.

But that's the beauty of it!

[Necromancer]

Yeah... I'm not going to collect something that looks practically home made.

But that's the definition of doujin.

[kazekirifx]

Yep. Also why I don't collect anything doujin.

Actually, mostly because it opens up too many possibilities of more shit I don't need to collect.
Much easier to just say, "Nah. Stealing is justifiable when it's old doujin games."

...some of the best X68k and PC-98 games are doujin though.

[esteban]

...so, is anyone a member on the Tokugawa boards?

Thanks for the video, I checked out some gameplay/openings from some of the titles I spotted and could find but...nothing really caught my fancy, I'm afraid.
Still, some of those games looks pretty good for their age, 3D and all. Probably were impressive back in the day. I agree with kazekirifx, surely there must be some PC-98 nut that wants these, if for no other reason than collecting.

Yes, but I haven't been lurking as often as I used to years and years ago.

I am "esteban" or "stevek666" over there, as well.

When they switched servers, years ago, I stopped visiting as frequently.

[kazekirifx]

I can't seem to login to the Tokugawa boards with my old account (probably deleted), and there doesn't seem to be anyone around to approve my request for a new one, so I guess I can't post there even if I wanted to now.

[esteban]

I can't seem to login to the Tokugawa boards with my old account (probably deleted), and there doesn't seem to be anyone around to approve my request for a new one, so I guess I can't post there even if I wanted to now.

I haven't tried yet. I forgot all about it until seeing this thread again.

I'll report back.

The french forum (where pce fans hang out) usually has some Tokugawa folks, if that helps.