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CRV 07:50, 22 June 2009 (CDT)

The LJN Mysteries: X-Men Part 2 and Some Other News

X-Men Part 2:

  • According to Japanese Wikipedia, software company Bothtec merged with Quest in 1990. It separated from Quest in 1997, "but it is merged in the B B M F that performed a capital tie-up on May 1, 2009, and the company will become extinct."
  • In this old 2ch thread, post 832 says Dungeon Kid (FC RPG from Quest and Pixel) shares a piece of music with the FDS version of Relics (published by Bothtec). Post 856 suggests Pixel and Bothtec may have been in the same building.
  • We know Pixel did stuff for Quest, but what about Bothtec?
  • I previously pointed out a cheat in FDS Topple Zip which involves entering "PIXEL" as a player name to become invincible.
  • The shared music between Dungeon Kid and Relics is not a solid piece of evidence. Composer Masaharu Iwata, who went on to work on several Pixel games, would have been a Bothtec employee when he was working on Relics, going by his profile. He was probably still with Quest when he did Dungeon Kid. He worked for Quest (post-Bothtec merger) for a year before becoming a freelancer.
  • Relics does have a X-Men vibe to it...maybe.
  • It's possible I read this old post from ArnoldRimmer83 long before he contacted me a couple days ago.

Other news:

The LJN Mysteries: X-Men
LJN and...Atlus? UPDATE!
LJN and...Atlus?
CRV, 17 May 2009

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