![]() ![]() So here’s my question: why the fuck isn’t anyone else capable of doing this? MPG has shown that they can release Japanese PS1 games, in Japanese, with Japanese manuals, and no English, and they can get it past Sony, and they can make enough of a profit after licensing to warrant their business model. (at least for the US, those of us in Europe still need foreign PSN cards, but at least US cards are cheaper on eBay than Japanese ones) So the fact that these are now available for cheap on PSN, and casually, is like a dream come true. I’m also currently working on a feature covering the entire Dezaemon series, and there’s other titles in that list which fellow writers have been working on for some time. We’ve already cover Chou and Outlaws, plus in the next update there should be an updated version of the Gaia Seed article I put on the blog, with much more screens. These are the types of games that HG1101 has always prided itself on covering. I look forward with tremendous anticipation to what they intend to release in the future, since while they say they can’t acquire games from publishers such as Square (meaning no Einhander), there are literally hundreds of other games for them to bring out. Although the fine work that MPG is doing is a little too late for people like me who went and bought all this stuff already, it does allow those of you who haven’t yet tried importing, to dip your toes for only $6 a pop. I quickly built up a large collection of games at usually a 100% mark up, due to swine on eBay charging double for Japanese cards.Īt long last there’s a company to rectify this problem somewhat. Then I went online and paid exorbitant prices for Japanese PSN cards, and made do with that. So, like most hardcore gamers, when I got my PS3 I hooked myself up with a Hong Kong account which accepted my UK VISA credit card, and bled the store until they banned foreign credit cards. ![]() Japan gets Metal Slug, we get Winnie the Pooh. The US store has gotten better, but the UK one is still terrible. As most hardcore retro and import fans know, the Japanese PSN has hundreds of incredible PS1 games, whereas the US and UK equivalents have very few games, a lot of them crap. I first heard of MPG about 6 months ago, with the claim they’d be bringing Japanese PS1 games to the US PSN. They are what I have hoped for, for the last 15 years. Their aim is simple: provide casual access to cool import games at a reasonable price. Monkey Paw Games are a relatively new online publisher, and despite only releasing about 12 games, I already love them. ![]()
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