https://gu4n.codeberg.page/tags/pc-98/ Recent content in PC-98 on From Anarres to Zemuria Hugo en-us Mon, 02 May 2016 13:18:17 +0000 https://gu4n.codeberg.page/posts/kuro-no-ken/ Mon, 02 May 2016 13:18:17 +0000 https://gu4n.codeberg.page/posts/kuro-no-ken/ <p><em>Kuro no Ken</em>, which translates as Blade of the Darkness, is a unique entry among the works of developer Forest, in that it is their sole game targeted at the general audience rather than those interested in adult visual novels. It was released in 1995 for PC-98 and ported to <a href="https://store.playstation.com/#!/ja-jp/%e3%82%b2%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0/%e9%bb%92%e3%81%ae%e5%89%a3-blade-of-the-darkness/cid=JP0505-NPJJ00606_00-0000000000000001">PlayStation</a> by a company called CD Bros. on October 9th, 1997.</p> <p>After the nation of Kreutzen left in ruin after the attack of a pitch black dragon, the people started preparing their counter-offensive. Their weapon of choice was a magic sword, the eponymous Blade of the Darkness, which was said to be capable of slaying the dragon. A young woman named Shinobu Ryudo, clinging to the Blade of the Darkness, had embarked on a ship toward Kreutzen in order to find someone capable of wielding the soon to be legendary steel. Unbeknownst to her, the oddly named yet highly skilled swordsman Caius Neinturk had boarded that same vessel. Their fates intertwined as the ship got caught in a storm, leaving the two shipwrecked in the nation of Kreutzen.</p>