Popular games published by company T&E Soft
The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay. The game features infinite opportunities of retries in case the player loses one of the Vikings. In 2015, The Lost Vikings were added as a playable hero in Heroes of the Storm, allowing players to control the three Vikings as individual units, making a unique departure from the typical heroes available. Character abilities: All three Vikings (Erik, Baleog and Olaf) have three health points which they can lose by getting hurt by enemies or by falling from great heights, and the ability to carry and use items, mainly keys, bombs, and food (which restore health points). Each of the Vikings has a unique set of abilities: Erik can run faster than the other two, can jump, and can bash through some walls (and enemies) with his helmet. Baleog can kill enemies with his sword, or from a distance with his bow (and a "life-time supply of arrows"). The bow can also be used to hit switches from a distance. Olaf can block enemies and their projectiles with his shield, and use his shield as a hang glider. Olaf's shield can also be used as a stepping stone for Erik to enable him to reach higher ground, which would not be possible without the shield.
Super Hydlide is an action role-playing game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It incorporates a 'good/evil character' morality/alignment system. Like its predecessor Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (1985), the player has a morality meter that can be aligned with either Justice, Normal, or Evil. The game has both good and evil monsters. Evil monsters attack the player character on sight, while good monsters only attack if the player character attacks them first. Killing any monster, good or evil, results in a reward of experience points, money, and occasionally a piece of equipment. However, if the player kills a good monster, points are lost from a statistic called "MF" (Moral Fiber). If the player's MF stat drops to zero, frequent traps will appear across the world. If the player manages to keep it over 100, rewards appear in the form of random items found around Fairyland. The player can also kill good monsters, which usually lowers the morality meter. Unlike Hydlide II, however, the morality meter no longer affects the way in which the townsfolk react to the player. The game also features an in-game clock setting day-night cycles, where the character must eat two times a day and sleep regularly. If the characters stay up late or fail to eat regularly, their HP and attack power gradually drop. Every item in the game (including money) has weight. If the total weight of items the player character carries exceeds their "Load Capacity" (LC), they will move slowly. The game uses cut scenes for its opening and ending sequences, a combat system similar to Ys, a choice between four distinct character classes, and a wide variety of equipment and spells.
An evil demon named Varalys casts a curse upon the princess Ann, turning her into three fairies. You control Sir Jim and set out to find the fairies, and then slay Varalys. Only by vanquishing Varalys can the curse be lifted. Once the princess is restored the kingdom will be saved. The fighting is a little more in-depth than hack and slash. You can either fight with a defensive or offensive stance, or you can use magic spells.
Grab your clubs and head for the first tee. This golf sim recreates the world famous Hawaiian Waialae Golf Course, noted for lots of bunkers and very fast greens. You can choose your golfer, assign him a caddy, pick your set of clubs and adjust the power, putting, technical, recovery and wind game stats to suit your personal preference. The game offers a practice training mode, a tournament mode and the ability to challenge your friends in a stroke match. Oddly, this game was not sanctioned by the PGA and assumes that the golfer is always male.
Golf sim developed by T&E Soft in 1984.
Harukanaru Augusta 3: Masters New is a Sports game, developed and published by T&E Soft, which was released in Japan in 1995.
A young knight and priestess is on a mission to explore all the magic caves located underneath the kingdom's castle. Their first task is to retrieve all the candies stolen by some grey little devils.
A golf game for the N64, released in 1997 and licensed by the Augusta National Golf Club, based in Georgia, USA.
Psy-O-Blade is a 1988 point-and-click adventure game for the MSX, PC-88, and PC-98 by T&E Soft. GRC and Sigma ported the game to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. No version has left Japan. Raika no Papa of GRC did the music conversions for this port.
Slayer is an Action game, published by Rack It (Hewson) as a budget title, which was released in 1988. The game features three levels of horizontal shooting action with end of level guardians after each level. There are power-ups which give you extra firepower and shields,
Bushi Seiryuu-den: Futari no Yuusha is a Role-Playing game, developed by Game Freak and published by T&E Soft, which was released in Japan in 1997.
Onesong's cube-rolling puzzle game lands.
A Vertical Scrolling shooter/shmup released only in Japan. It's notable for using the DMG Game Boy's passive-matrix image retention/ghosting to simulate transparency and multiple layers of parallax.
Hydlide II: Shine Of Darkness is an action RPG, and the second installment in the Hydlide series. In a different space a wonderful world existed, called Fairy Land, which was dominated by swords and magic after the times of domination by monsters and evil had ended. The people of Fairy Land were intoxicated with peace. At that time an incident occurred. A Consciousness filled with evil awoke and it created new monsters, brought the dead back to life, and wanted to dominate Fairy Land again. The monks were one of the first who noticed this and warned the people about it but they didn't listen and left the monks disappointed. The monks prayed to God and asked Him if there was a Savior. God, impressed by the monks prayers warped the space-time of Fairy Land with the human world and selected an innocent boy who lived there. The player controls the innocent boy, who must roam the lands of Fairy Land and free it from evil. The player has to create a character before beginning the quest, customizing his parameters - life, strength, and magic. As in the previous game, the player slays enemies by "bumping" into them or using magical spells. It is possible to change between attacking and defensive stances on the fly. The hero can become stronger and gain additional powers. In the villages there are shops where the protagonist can buy and sell weapons, armor, and items.
Harukanaru Augusta 2: Masters is a golf game that serves as a sequel to the original Harukanaru Augusta. It closely resembles its predecessor in terms of gameplay and mechanics. One notable feature of this game is the inclusion of the Augusta National golf course, which is officially licensed by the Augusta National Golf Club. When playing the game, you view your golfer from a third-person perspective, with a mini-map of the current hole displayed on the right side of the screen. The main menu offers various modes to choose from, such as Masters, Tournament, Stroke Play, Match, and Training. The movement of the ball is influenced by the type of terrain and the point of impact between the club and the ball during your swing. The direction of your shot is affected by the wind, and the game also includes weather effects like rain.
Players take on the challenge of one of the most beautiful and notorious golf courses in the world: Pebble Beach. These eighteen-holes demand accuracy, finesse, and even at times brute strength. The famous beach-side course is littered with sand-bunkers as well as sweeping fairways and cliff-side greens. Game play takes a classic approach - players control a selected golfer from a third-person perspective. Swing-control is displayed as a power and accuracy meter with which players must start and stop accordingly. Again, the classic-style putting system, complete with a topographic grid, lets the player know of the slope and elevation of the three-dimensional putting surface. As there are no other courses to play, this game is a tribute and testament to the challenging course-design of Pebble Beach Golf Links.
A 1990 RPG by T&E Soft.
Sword World SFC 2 is a Role-Playing game, published by T&E Soft, which was released in Japan in 1994.
Sword World PC is a role-playing game on PC-98, published on 1992. It is a game that aims to fully reproduce the system of the Sword World RPG, a table-talk RPG, on a computer.
The final golf game for SNES from T&E Soft. The cartridge contains the SA-1 enhancement chip, so there are less waits during gameplay, graphics are also improved. In previous work, the terrain that had been drawn as flat polygon became a more of a pointillist style painting. There were many interface improvements and the main controls moved from a window to being displayed around the player sprite.
The leader of S.H.A.D.O.W., the world's largest criminal organization, has just been brutally murdered. From around his vast criminal empire they have come to do battle, seven of the Shadow King's best lieutenants. To the winner will go the ultimate prize: the right to be named the next Shadow King. To the losers, there is only death. SHADOW: War of Succession is a fast-paced fighting game that features live, full-sized, digitized actors. The characters possess their own distinct special moves and weapons. This game uses photo-realistic 3D rendered backgrounds. Full cinematic scenes and hundreds of digitized sound effects and real voices intensify the furious fighting action!
A Vertical Scrolling shooter/shmup released only in Japan. It's notable for using the DMG Game Boy's passive-matrix image retention/ghosting to simulate transparency and multiple layers of parallax.
Jun Classic C.C. & Rope Club is a continuation of the T&E Soft New 3D Golf Simulation series. It is played at the Jun Classic Country Club and the Rope Club in Tochigi Prefecture. Unlike most other games in this series, this one offers two golf courses each of which have three different routes of varying difficulty. The game itself is visually similar to other T&E Soft golf games released around the same time as it runs on what is largely the same engine. Compared to the fixed viewpoint camera of the predecessors, this game features a cinematic camera, along with optional free roaming "golf cart" mode that can be activated from the menu.
Harukanaru Augusta is a Sports game, developed and published by T&E Soft, which was released in Japan in 1991.