Insert Credit Gaiden #15 - The 2025 Feast, with John Linneman

DigitalFoundry’s John Linneman (bsky.app/profile/dark1x.bsky.social) returns for what is seemingly becoming an annual event: sitting with Brandon Sheffield to discuss games purchased while in Japan. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman..

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SHOW NOTES:

1: Brandon’s F1 Triple Battle (mobygames.com/game/44413/f1-triple-battle), F1 Circus Special: Pole to Win (mobygames.com/game/54398/f1-circus-special-pol…), and F1 Circus ’92 (mobygames.com/game/158658/f1-circus-92)

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Moto Roader (mobygames.com/game/17783/moto-roader)

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Motoroader MC (mobygames.com/game/55260/motoroader-mc)

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PC Engine (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16)

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Mega Drive (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis)

2: John’s Ridge Racer V (mobygames.com/game/3632/ridge-racer-v) demo and Japanese Ridge Racer 6 (mobygames.com/game/20877/ridge-racer-6)

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Ridge Racer (mobygames.com/game/6348/ridge-racer)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-4

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Xbox 360 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360)

3: Brandon’s Out Live: Be Eliminate Yesterday (gog.com/dreamlist/game/out-live-be-eliminate-y…)

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Out Live (mobygames.com/game/49470/out-live)

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Sunsoft (mobygames.com/company/2264/sun-corporation)

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Kileak: The Blood (mobygames.com/game/16008/kileak-the-dna-impera…)

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Daedalus (mobygames.com/game/36768/robotica)

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Belzerion (mobygames.com/game/181970/belzerion)

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Tetsujin (mobygames.com/game/16124/iron-angel-of-the-apo…)

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Blaster Master: Blasting Again (mobygames.com/game/7094/blaster-master-blastin…)

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Myst (mobygames.com/game/1223/myst)

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The Manhole (mobygames.com/game/9222/the-manhole)

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Atari Jaguar (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar)

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Abduction (mobygames.com/game/181442/abduction)

4: John’s Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku - The Apocalypse IV (mobygames.com/game/11109/tengai-makyo-daiyon-n…)

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Tengai Makyo series (mobygames.com/group/9384/tengai-makyo-far-east…)

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Joe Hisaishi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi)

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Ryuichi Sakamoto (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto)

5: Brandon’s Knight Rider Special (mobygames.com/game/54070/knight-rider-special)

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Chase HQ (mobygames.com/game/9832/chase-hq)

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Magical Chase (mobygames.com/game/61169/magical-chase)

6: John’s Virtua Fighter (mobygames.com/game/7971/virtua-fighter) for PC

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Panzer Dragoon (mobygames.com/game/2897/panzer-dragoon)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NV1

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Sega Saturn (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn)

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3DO Blaster (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Blaster)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-FX

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FM Towns (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_Towns)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

7: Brandon’s Volfied (mobygames.com/game/432/volfied)

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Simple 1500 series (mobygames.com/group/8205/simple-1500-series)

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Qix (mobygames.com/game/3476/qix)

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Gals Panic (mobygames.com/game/67171/gals-panic)

8: John’s Namco History Vol. 4 (mobygames.com/game/205058/namco-history-vol-4)

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Galaxian (mobygames.com/game/137/galaxian)

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Galaga (mobygames.com/game/8402/galaga)

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Gaplus (mobygames.com/game/31405/gaplus)

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Bosconian (mobygames.com/game/18942/bosconian)

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King & Balloon (mobygames.com/game/19630/king-balloon)

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Warp & Warp (mobygames.com/search/?q=Warp+%26+Warp)

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Namco Museum series (mobygames.com/group/403/namco-museum-series)

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Namco Anthology series (mobygames.com/group/9069/namco-anthology-series)

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Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu (mobygames.com/game/26188/valkyrie-no-boken-tok…)

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Konami Game Collection series (mobygames.com/game/78107/konami-game-collectio…)

9: Brandon’s Koudelka (mobygames.com/game/5387/koudelka) and Clock Tower II (mobygames.com/game/5099/clock-tower-ii-the-str…) demos

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Shadow Hearts series (mobygames.com/group/2214/shadow-hearts-series)

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Nier series (mobygames.com/group/12322/nier-franchise)

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Clock Tower (mobygames.com/game/20472/clock-tower)

10: John’s Hungry Ghosts (mobygames.com/game/60162/hungry-ghosts)

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Tokuro Fujiwara (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuro_Fujiwara)

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Ghouls n’ Ghosts (mobygames.com/game/6681/ghouls-n-ghosts)

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Extermination (mobygames.com/game/4689/extermination)

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Hidetaka Suehiro (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidetaka_Suehiro)

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King’s Field (mobygames.com/game/3691/kings-field)

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Baroque (mobygames.com/game/11064/baroque)

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Hungry Ghosts: You are being watched. You are being judged. - Kimimi the Game Eating-She Monster (kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/06/12/y…)

11: Brandon’s RayForce (mobygames.com/game/36903/galactic-attack) soundtrack

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuntata

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Xevious (mobygames.com/game/11460/xevious)

12: John’s Goemon: Shin Sedai Shūmei! (mobygames.com/game/27515/goemon-shin-sedai-shu…)

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Ganbare Goemon series (mobygames.com/group/2346/ganbare-goemon-series)

13: Brandon’s Anearth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume (mobygames.com/game/42729/anearth-fantasy-stori…)

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Seiya Monogatari: Anearth Fantasy Stories (mobygames.com/game/42727/seiya-monogatari-anea…)

14: John’s Gunparade Orchestra (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunparade_March#Gunparad…)

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Sakura Taisen series (mobygames.com/group/539/sakura-taisen-sakura-w…)

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Phase Paradox (mobygames.com/game/165323/phase-paradox)

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Philosoma (mobygames.com/game/26908/philosoma)

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Cosmic Smash (mobygames.com/game/38542/cosmic-smash)

15: Brandon’s Cardcaptor Sakura: Clow Card Magic (mobygames.com/game/5792/cardcaptor-sakura-clow…)

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Twinkle Star Sprites (mobygames.com/game/28745/twinkle-star-sprites)

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Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart (mobygames.com/game/7166/tetris-with-cardcaptor…)

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Tetris: The Grand Master (mobygames.com/game/74406/tetris-the-grand-master)

16: John’s Virtual Boy Wario Land (mobygames.com/game/15926/virtual-boy-wario-land)

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Virtual Boy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy)

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chainsaw-man.fandom.com/wiki/Pochita

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Tatsuki Fujimoto (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuki_Fujimoto)

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Gunpei Yokoi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan

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Gunpey (mobygames.com/game/32515/gunpey)

17: Brandon’s Macross VF-X2 (macross.fandom.com/wiki/Macross_VF-X2)

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HUMMING BIRD (ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/HUMMING_BIRD_(%E3%83%90%…))

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Ace Combat series (mobygames.com/group/1741/ace-combat-series)

18: Brandon’s The Note (mobygames.com/game/39989/the-note)

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Doctor Hauzer (mobygames.com/game/56992/doctor-hauzer)

19: Brandon’s Laplace no Ma (mobygames.com/game/203968/laplace-no-ma)

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