Iriliane
iriliane.bsky.social
Iriliane
@iriliane.bsky.social
Japanese to English translator and retro game enthusiast.
May have an unhealthy addiction to retro game shopping.
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It'd be good to get to know more people on here, so I guess I should probably do one of these. #promosky

I'm interested in:

- Japanese retro game collecting
- JRPGs (Atelier, Growlanser, Breath of Fire, Tales, Ys)
- Visual novels
- Anime (and sometimes manga)
- Mecha
- Magical girls
Day 167 of posting games I own.

This time, Exist Archive for PS Vita.

I picked up a Vita last week and needed a game to test it with, and this is what my 550 yen got me.

It's a pretty decent RPG so far. The cast is good, and I like the presentation, but...it's sadly let down by frequent crashes.
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Day 166 of posting games I own.

This time, Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi for Super Famicom.

Exactly what it says on the tin, this sound novel is a collection of short scary stories told to a member of the Newspaper Club doing an article on the seven mysteries of the school.
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Day 165 of posting games I own.

This time, Zombie Hunter for Famicom.

I was in the mood for an action RPG earlier this month and initially pulled this out. It doesn't have a system for saving progress, so I died a lot and bounced off of it.

Impressive hearing voice clips on the Famicom, though.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Day 164 of posting games I own.

This time, Toujin Makyouden: Heracles no Eikou for Famicom.

A DQ clone with some ideas of its own, it has a weapon durability system (ugh), talking to boss monsters (barely used), and towns directly on the world map without separate load zones for them (kinda neat).
October 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Day 163 of posting games I own.

This time, Ai no Densesu:Olympos no Tatakai/The Battle of Olympus for Famicom.

I was in the mood for an action RPG, and hadn't plugged in the Famicom in a while, so I picked this Zelda 2 inspired one about charging into Tartarus and making Hades give your wife back.
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Day 162 of posting games I own.

This time, Kuon no Kizuna Sairinsyo for Dreamcast.

In this novel game, our protagonist's strange dreams are tied into a story of love and reincarnation that plays out across the Heian, Genroku, and Bakumatsu periods, and the present.
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Off to Tokyo later this week to hopefully meet up with folks and do some game shopping.

If anyone I know on here is also in town and feels like meeting up on the 25th, feel free to reach out. No plans yet for that day.
September 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Day 161 of posting games I own.

This time, Bishoujo Hanafuda Kikou Michinoku Hitou Koi Monogatari Special for Sega Saturn.

Romance game about a guy traveling to take photos for a contest instead of inheriting his folks' hanafuda school and the girl he meets by chance and enlists as a model.
September 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Day 160 of posting games I own.

This time, Cyber Troopers Virtual On for Sega Saturn.

Spent a couple hours playing this for the first time today. I'd been meaning to for awhile, but it's a bit of a pain setting the twin-sticks up on my desk.

I wasn't good at it, and got killed a lot, but had fun!
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Day 159 of posting games I own.

This time, Amagami for PSP.

Been working through this one off and on over the course of this year. The format with lots of short scenes that you select from a grid made it pretty easy to pick up and put down.

Still a bunch of mahjong content to go back to sometime.
September 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Day 158 of posting games I own.

This time, Momotarou Densetsu II for PC Engine.

When it turns out that reforming the oni through the power of love, courage, and violence didn't stick the first time, Momotarou has to travel around the world teaching the oni a lesson again. This time with friends!
August 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Day 157 of posting games I own.

This time, July for Dreamcast.

This "seikimatsu cinematic suspense" game follows a university student who miraculously survived a bus bombing and the escaped test subject taking revenge on people connected to a shady pharma corp that's connected to that bombing.
August 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Day 156 of posting games I own.

This time, Bluesteel Variable Formula -Space Griffon- for Dreamcast.

As the new guy on a team of mecha pilots working for a PMC owned by a shady corporation, you're sent to investigate the lunar city HAMLET which suddenly went silent.
August 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Day 155 of posting games I own.

This time, Another Code: Futatsu no Kioku on Nintendo DS.

Pulled out the DS for the first time in a while to play this mystery game about searching for your dad who abandoned you eleven years ago with your newfound ghost buddy.
August 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Day 154 of posting games I own.

This time, Dancing Blade Katte ni Momotenshi II ~Tears of Eden~ Kanzenban for the Dreamcast

Continuing on the Momotaro theme, I went back to watch the second volume of this branching anime OVA masquerading as a game. I like the stylized cover for the DC release.
August 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Day 153 of posting games I own.

This time, Momotarou Densetsu Turbo for PC Engine.

This lightly comedic Dragon Quest clone follows the story of a boy born from a peach as he travels to Onigashima to teach the oni the meaning of love and courage. Violently.
August 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Day 152 of posting games I own.

This time, Tengai Makyou: Ziria for the PC Engine.

A Dragon Quest clone in a fantasy Japan setting that takes advantage of being a CD game by including lots of voiced lines.

I'd stalled out on this so long I almost lost my save at one point, but finished it today.
July 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Day 151 of posting games I own.

This time, Team Innocent for the PC-FX.

A short sci-fi survival horror game that layers 2D sprites over pre-rendered 3D with occasional animated cut scenes. The controls took some getting used to, and it struggles against technical limitations, but it's a good time.
July 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Day 150 of posting games I own.

This time, Ihatovo Monogatary for SFC.

A man arrives at Ihatovo Station. Everyone he meets there is a big fan of local author Kenji Miyazawa, so he decides to meet him, but Kenji's always busy, so he ends up searching for the author's missing notebooks instead.
July 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Day 149 of posting games I own.

This time, Brain Lord for Super Famicom.

This was a nice, short action RPG with a forgettable plot about finding a dragon and killing a demon lord, but it plays well, and the puzzles and platforming were just the right difficulty to not be too boring or frustrating.
July 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Day 148 off posting games I own.

This time, Akai Ito on Playstation 2.

In this yuri horror vn, Kei returns to the countryside to inspect the house she inherited after her mother's passing.

A house that appears in her dreams. A house near the sacred tree where she once lost someone important.
July 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Day 147 of posting random games I own.

This time, Zettai Zetsumei Toshi/Disaster Report for PS2.

Put a few hours into this one today. Having fun exploring the city as it falls apart around me. Making the island sink into the sea behind you as you progress sure is one way to eliminate backtracking.
June 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Day 146 of posting games I own.

This time, Gunslinger Girl Volume.1 for Playstation 2.

Didn't have a lot of time to play games this week, so opted for something short, and this anime-based rail shooter about little girl assassins and their handlers fit the bill.
June 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Day 145 of posting games I own.

This time, Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy for PS2.

My first Katamari experience. My sister's friend brought over the demo and I watched them play the level where you roll up origami cranes in a school.

I was instantly sold on it. Ran out to buy a copy the same day.
June 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Day 144 of posting games I own.

This time, Forever Blue/Endless Ocean for the Wii.

I picked up this game (and a Wii U with it) to fill the Everblue shaped hole in my heart.

Does it do that? Not really. They're very different games.
But it lets me pat manta rays and penguins. Highly therapeutic.
June 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM