#microcabin

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Xak II: Rising of the Redmoon

[the2dvgstages]

"Cliff View" - Xak: The Art of Visual Stage

[arcadebroke]

[mvfm-25]

" Heroes of unity, now guide the power of transcendence! "

MSX Fan Magazine n10 - October, 1991.

[nomorepixels]

Xak III: The Eternal Recurrence

©️ MicroCabin 1994

Image sourced from gamefaqs.com Minor manual cleanups.

[primiera]

when hte microcabin game Sounds Like That

[happywebdesign]

https://findsanctuary.com/

[posthumanwanderings]

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Fray CD: Xak Gaiden (Microcabin - PC Engine Duo - 1994)

[mgtitlecards]

“Fray in Magical Adventure” - 1990

[vgprintads]

‘Shogi‘ [将棋]

[MSX] [JAPAN] [MAGAZINE] [1985]

“It is not clear when the ancestral chess-type game that later developed into shogi was brought to Japan. This is in contrast to the game of go, which was almost certainly brought to Japan in or around the Nara period, since a go board is stored in the treasury of Shōsōin (正倉院). There are tales that relate that it was invented by Yuwen Yong of Northern Zhou, and that Kibi Makibi (吉備真備) brought it back after visiting the country of Tang, but both these tales are likely to have been invented at the start of the Edo period by those keen to make a name for themselves as authorities on shogi.

There are several theories about when shogi spread to Japan, but the earliest plausible date is around the 6th century. It is thought that the pieces used in the shogi of the time were not the current five-sided pieces, but three-dimensional figures, as were used in chaturanga. This parallels the changes in chess pieces, which are more representational and less abstract than those made earlier. However, a large problem with this theory is that as pieces in this form have never been found, let alone stored in the treasury of Shōsōin, there is little physical evidence supporting it.

Another theory gives a later date, stating that shogi was brought to Japan after the start of the Nara period. However, serious doubts about this theory remain as these games are different from shogi – for example, in that pieces are placed on the intersections of lines. The games of makruk from Thailand and Cambodia and sittuyin from Myanmar have an elephant which moves in the same way as the silver general. Sittuyin also has the practice of dropping pieces. From the Song Dynasty through the Ming Dynasty, China sent great trade convoys through the southern islands and all around the Indian Ocean and also traded with Japan, so elements of South Asian chess could have reached Japan.” ~Wikipedia

Source: MSX Magazine, June 1985 || Internet Archive; msxmag

[bowloflentils]

This is Micro Cabin’s corporate logo featuring their Sherlock Holmes looking icon. Older versions of this logo actually feature an English slogan that reads: “We make adventure spirit!”.

[the2dvgstages]

"River Bridge" - Xak: The Art of Visual Stage

[arcadebroke]

[rpgsitenet]

Princess Maker 2 for the Sega Saturn was out on this day in 1995. A port of the original PC-98 release with improved visuals and lovely box art.

[thisish20]

NOLS Colorado micro cabins. Build one.