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Nihon Bussan

Cross Romance: Koi to Mahjong to Hanafuda to is a great mix of adventure, love, and a mahjong game. The player controls a high school student that seems to be like a mahjong hero of his town and he will meet different girls during the game that will try to defeat him. The goal of the game is to win the six days tournament that takes places in the town.

Nihon Bussan

A port of Crazy Climber for the Wonderswan

Nichibutsu, Make Software, Nihon Bussan

The first game in Nichibutsu's Formula One top-down racing series. F1 Circus is a top-down Formula 1 racing game and the first game in Nihon Bussan's F1 Circus series. It was first released on the PC Engine in 1990, but a modified version - also partially based on this game's sequel, F1 Circus '91 - would later be released on the Famicom in 1992. As with every other game in the series, the game was never localized in North America or Europe. The game uses the real life names of drivers and teams from Formula 1, like Nigel Mansell and Ferrari. The series would continue to acquire the various licenses needed to use real names from Formula 1.

Nichibutsu, Hamster Corporation, Nihon Bussan

Ganso Family Mahjong is a mahjong game is which the player is a gambler (male or female one, since the game allows the player to choose a name, genre, blood type, etc) that in the new story mode he goes through some kind of board in which he advance playing mahjong matches againts computer opponents. The game also features a tournament mode, a free game mode and also a complete tutorial.

Data East, Nihon Bussan, AV Japan

Pocket Gal Deluxe was produced by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan in 1992. It is the sequel to Pocket Gal. The gameplay of Pocket Gal Deluxe is similar to the Sega Genesis version of Side Pocket. In Pocket Gal Deluxe, the art style is much more realistic than Pocket Gal.

Nichibutsu, Nihon Bussan

Tube Panic was produced by Nichibutsu in 1984. Nichibutsu released 80 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Other machines made by Nichibutsu during the time period Tube Panic was produced include Roller Jammer, Pastel Gal, Ninja Emaki, Dangar Ufo Robo, Cop 01, Dacholer, Skelagon, Nichibutsu Hustler, Rug Rats, and Constella.

Nichibutsu, Nihon Bussan

In a medieval land where a country's power and prosperity depended on mahjong-playing skills of its inhabitants, the Darol army began an invasion campaign, aided by demonic forces. The Kingdom of Rida was conquered. The young royal guard Biares fought valiantly, but was unable to defeat his mysterious opponent in mahjong. He was teleported far away, and found by a girl named Olivie. Biares has to find a way to return to Rida and liberate his country from invaders, finding companions and playing mahjong on the way.

TecMagik, Radiance Software, Nihon Bussan, Tec Toy, Lance Investments

A game endorsed by the American player who stunned the tennis world in the early 90s with his "Image is everything" looks, sporting long hair, earrings and colorful shirts, Andre Agassi Tennis includes eight players (male and female and as as expected, only Agassi is a real player) rated according to movement speed and both accuracy and strength on serve, backhand and forehand. Gameplay features all the usual moves: smashes, passing shots, volleys and all kinds of backhand and forehand plays, but unlike other games, precise positioning and timing are crucial to avoid hitting the ball outside the court, swinging the racket into thin air or more embarrassing, let the ball hit you on the head. Three courts are available: Grass, Clay and Indoor (Sega versions add a fourth, Hard), but the differences between them are minimal. Game modes change according to the version, with the 16-bit versions including a "Skins" game, where each point is worth a sum of money based on the number of times the ball was hit.

Cream, Nihon Bussan

F1 Circus CD (Ｆ１サーカスＣＤ) is a formula one racing game released for the Sega Mega-CD exclusively in Japan. It is the sequel to F1 Circus MD.

Make, Nihon Bussan

Kurogane Hiroshi no Yosou Daisuki! Kachiuma Densetsu is a Sports game, developed by Make and published by Nihon Bussan, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Nichibutsu, Hamster Corporation, Nihon Bussan

A neat drift-racing game ala Initial D that lets you choose among 15 cars and 5 courses. You can race against up to 5 cars in the arcade mode and there's also a story, time trial and practice mode (where you can train tricky parts of courses). Graphics and sound are passable but unremarkable (you can listen the 12 redbook tracks on your stereo) and the handling is a bit hard to get into at first as it feels a bit stiff with a digital pad. I'd recommened using the Negcon, which helps quite a bit. An obscure racing wheel, the "Cockpit Wheel" (SLHP-00024) is also supported. Sadly no multiplayer option, but all in all I'd say it's a nice little racer, albeit not quite up on par with the greats (Side by Side Special, Touge MAX G).

Nihon Bussan, MonkeyPaw Games, Hamster Corporation

Hyper Crazy Climber, a PlayStation game based on Nichibutsu's cult classic Crazy Climber, melds the climbing play mechanic of its arcade ancestor with the trappings of Mario-era 2D adventure titles. At the beginning of the game, players choose one of three characters: a human boy or girl, or an insect-like climber. Each has different levels of climbing speed and endurance (which measures how many hits they can take from falling objects before losing their grip). The basic gameplay of climbing structures is the same, though Hyper Crazy Climber has numerous different settings, including an abandoned clock tower, a misty mountain, and even a giant beanstalk, all rendered with some excellent foreground and background graphics. All of these structures have convenient grids on them, analogous to the windows of the original Crazy Climber. Hyper Crazy Climber doesn't offer much of a chance to stop and drink in that nicely drawn scenery, though there are many new dangers, ranging from the original game's nuisance of people throwing objects, to deadly avalanches of large boulders which can dislodge the climber with a single hit. The object of the game is to survive these various levels and settings to reach the final level with its prerequisite boss showdown. The original Crazy Climber is also included with the new version.

Nichibutsu, 7 Computerised Creations, Nihon Bussan

In 1980, Nichibutsu released Crazy Climber, in which players control a man attempting to scale a series of buildings using only his hands and feet, while avoiding a series of falling objects, mostly thrown by the building's tenants. Crazy Climber 2000 takes the game play of the original and gives it a sweeping graphical makeover. The object is again to scale buildings while avoiding the falling objects thrown at you by its tenants, as well as windows that close on your fingers. The buildings themselves are laid out differently In the first stages, for example, the buildings start out as square skyscrapers. Later levels, however, require you to scale round ones. As well as this, new threats are introduced, such as: - Circling vultures that throw eggs at you. - Gorillas reaching out to grab you on both sides of the building. - Window cleaners that go from left to right, making you fall if you get in their way - Boulders thrown from elevators CC2000 also allows you to move from one face of the building to another. Also included is the original game, in all its early 80s glory.

Nichibutsu, Nihon Bussan

A horizontal space shooter from Nichibutsu.

Nichibutsu, Nihon Bussan

In Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome, the player takes the role of a young man who finds a mysteriously-looking little house, opens the door - and falls through a portal into another dimension! There, he is greeted by a cute bunny-eared girl named Vanilla (perhaps it should have been Bunnyla, but we'll never know), who says she is the guardian of the portal, and if he wants to return home, he'll have to defeat her and the other guardians in the game of mahjong!