Game screenshot challenge thread

Technically it was Traffic on the MSX (originally by Andromeda Software (of Tetris sub sub licensing fame) and published by Sony).

Japanese translation. Everyone does spell it differently, however if you can type the romanji in and get the exact Kanji pop up in IME then you probably have the correct spelling. There are Kanji programs to convert Kanji to Hiragana too...

 

Traffic MSX:

Published by
Sony Corporation
Developed by
Andromeda Software
Released
1986

Also For
Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 | Combined View

 

Again easy one:

 

You're no fun... That's Jackie Chan [Action Kung Fu] on the [NES] Famicom by Hudsonsoft.

 

I was trying to keep it easy so others would guess it right :thumbsup:

 

No point, if I recognise it straight away.

Should be a bit of a challenge

 

Naughty Boy, Jaleco, arcade :nod:

 

Took your time.

 

This is probably a little easy, but I love this game:

 

Indeed, but I'll give other people a chance.

 

Nitro Ball / Gunball - Arcade (1992)

Thanks hardcoregaming101.

 

Yeah, that's exactly right, and Data East is of course the developer.

 

Hers mine:

 

I assume that this Andromeda is unrelated to SEGA's internal studio by the same name? (Team Andromeda)

 

One of the Sat/PSX's Madou Monogatari games?

 

Madou Monogatari on the Saturn.

 

There's a reason for this. mainly the Japanese themselves can't decided on a standard but then again they can't decide on anything really :lol: Add the fact that they learn to type using the odd way doesn't help.

The true look to sound way of spelling is as follows

し　SHI
つ　TSU
しゃ SHA
ず　ZU

and so on however there's the "Chinese" style of writing which to be honest is not correct from a romanji point of view and the style I hate.

し　SI
つ　TU
しゃ SYA
ず DU

Fuck knows where that last one comes from but I've seen ZU written in names such as Mizuki as DU so the name looks like Miduki.

Anyway, completely off topic, sorry. If you check out my site you'll notice that I use the "correct" way while another good Sega Site, satakore uses the "wrong" way. So, yes, it is hard to find the correct spelling if don't know the language.

yakumo

 

Completely unrelated. Andromeda Software was a British software company, and Team Andromeda wasn't founded until -94.

 

you have reinforced me in my belief that I am smart, thank you :lol:

 

There are at least 3 different romanization methods for Japanese, and this is what causes confusion. Hepburn (Shi, Tsu...) is most similar to how English-speakers read sounds, but it isn't the "true" way that it sounds to non-English speakers. There is no "true" sound because we all filter what we hear through our own language abilities (and inabilities.)

But, yeah, the other romanization methods are not my favourite, but for one reason or another, they're used by Japanese officialdom.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization#Japanese