Alfa System non-shooters

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:38 pm

I picked up Phantasy Star Portable just because it was developed by Alfa System. It's not too bad. What other games has anyone played? Recommendations?

Near-complete list here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_System

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:06 pm

Ha, not that complete. Full list here (it seems they've also been responsible for coding some overseas localizations as well, which I wasn't aware of):
http://www.alfasystem.net/kaisya/games.html

Their PCE ports of Ys I-II and Ys III (for which Hudson and Falcom typically get all the credit) are pretty much legendary.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:55 am

Ganelon wrote:Ha, not that complete. Full list here (it seems they've also been responsible for coding some overseas localizations as well, which I wasn't aware of):
http://www.alfasystem.net/kaisya/games.html

Their PCE ports of Ys I-II and Ys III (for which Hudson and Falcom typically get all the credit) are pretty much legendary.

Interesting. I can't read that list, but I'm guessing a lot of that is work on ports and not original development. I'd like to see a comprehensive list of what they've done along the latter lines. But even more I'd be curious to hear recommendations of good Alfa System games.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:07 am

Elemental Gearbolt and Linda Cube are my favorite Alfa System games. Simply beautiful artistic vision!

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:21 am

Ganelon wrote:Ha, not that complete. Full list here (it seems they've also been responsible for coding some overseas localizations as well, which I wasn't aware of):
http://www.alfasystem.net/kaisya/games.html

Their PCE ports of Ys I-II and Ys III (for which Hudson and Falcom typically get all the credit) are pretty much legendary.

I'm curious about a couple things on there, like Manji Maru, which I was pretty sure was made by Red Company. But that is indeed quite a legacy. Had no idea they worked on that much. Sorta like Compile in a way.