The strange world of Japan’s PC-98 computer
The strange world of Japan’s PC-98 computer
You've probably wondered where these otherworldly pixel-art images seen across the web are coming from. The answer is the PC-98.
I love the art and sound of PC98 games, I just wish they weren't all so full of porn.
EDIT: The author of this article is dead to me. They called Hideo Kojima "problematic."
This author is a serious prude. They have an interesting definition of Otaku and makes it seem as if all doujin were porn.
Japan’s culture of hermetic male obsessives…sort of an primordial Incel, if you will
yeah, s/he does not seem to have any clue at all
Pc-98 games were brilliant stories brought to life.
Ah, I recognize the style but didn't realize that it was specific to one computer. It's cool to see various niche traced back to where they came from, over 20 years later and one PC is still having ripple effects on art today