Sorcerer's Maze

[Sqoon]

Every site has Sorcerer's Maze listed for December 2003 but I saw it at one mall a few weeks ago. Like Sol Divide and Mobile Light Force, I think it's some kind of Japanese game, this time a puzzler. Has anyone seen it in stores or know what it's a localization of? Very curious.

Also, I'm finally starting to see copies of Builder's Block around (what - two years after its release?), and I just realized that it's Taito's Landmaker! These budget releases...

[jiji]

What the hell? And after all those copies of Builder's Block that I passed up. Maybe I can still find one. I've wanted to try Landmaker for a while now.

Sorceror's Maze is apparently Prism Land Story, a game I'm not familiar with. There are some screens and info here:

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthr...threadid=20272

I'm putting together a page on my site to keep track of these localizations...I'll definitely have to add Builder's Block as well as Sorceror's Maze.

[Punky Skunk]

I'm putting together a page on my site to keep track of these localizations...

Cool idea. There's very little information about them. I couldn't even find a page for XS Games.

[Sqoon]

Thanks for the link. Japanese title is cool, but the game itself looks pretty awful.

I'm putting together a page on my site to keep track of these localizations...I'll definitely have to add Builder's Block as well as Sorceror's Maze.

I'm looking forward to this. Even though most of them are pretty awful, I can't get enough of these PSX budget games.

[jiji]

OK, here's what I've got up so far:

http://sevenforce.ayashii.com/exportwatch/

I'll be posting more tonight, and as more info on other games comes out.

[jyoung]

You might want to consider adding Gekioh: Shooting King to your site. It's a $10 re-release of the Saturn/PSX shooter Shienryu with a few new modes added that are variations of the main game.

Here's the information from Gamefaqs
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/data/23710.html

[UndeadKing]

jiji,
Another game you could add is that jigsaw game. I have the Japanese version entitled Jigsaw Island Japan Graffiti. I am 99.9% positive that it was recently released as Jigsaw Madness in the Us. The screenshots looked similar anyway.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/data/35239.html

[jiji]

Yup, you're right. I'd seen on Nippon Ichi's overseas site that they had made Jigsaw Madness, but I almost thought that it was an original game based on Marl de Jigsaw, but I guess it was the other way around. Jigsaw Island came out in 1996, before Nippon1 hit it big with Marl. I'll be sure to add it to the list.

http://www.nippon1.co.jp/product/jigsaw_i/index.html

I've updated with a few more entries. Hopefully I'll be able to add an entry soon that associates Mobile Light Force 2 with Shikigami no Shiro. I won't add it to the list until we know for sure, though.

[Punky Skunk]

Another budget release has been brought to my attention: Cleopatra's Fortune. Taito puzzle game?

[jiji]

Oh goodness. They just keep coming. And Bethesda's publishing it? How odd. Yeah, it's a Taito Puyo Puyo-ish thing...

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?...=C&game_id=629

I can't wait to see what other publishers are going to bring out.