#chunsoft

[obscurevideogames]

Torneko: The Last Hope (Chunsoft/Matrix - PSX - 1999)

[abobobo]

Kow Yokoyama illustrations for a Famitsu Dragon Quest III guide (Issue 43 - February, 1988).

[setzeri]

Character sketches of 999 I did some time ago. The game was first in its genre which made me go "wow these Visual Novels can get quite intense!" and the character sprites with varying poses are great.

[vgadvisor]

[the2dvgstages]

"Crystal Cave" - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness

[acquired-stardust]

Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert Gameboy Color 2001

[vgprintads]

'World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko - The Last Hope'

[PS1] [USA] [MAGAZINE] [2000]

"If you don't follow game sale in Japan, Torneko was big… we're talking 600,000 copies big. Or perhaps you've heard of Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 1 & 2 (which were inspired by Torneko). Those games together sold over a million copies in Japan. So though you may have never heard of this game, it's got quite a history in Japan.

I wasn't that crazy about the gameplay in Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, but I'm actually excited about playing Torneko, even though it's not set in the highly appealing Final Fantasy world. Instead, Torneko takes place in the Dragon Quest universe (think Akira Toriyama, character designer for Dragon Ball and Chrono Trigger), full of monsters such as: slimes, wyverns, zombies, and more; But that's not why I'd rather play Torneko than Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. Torneko has better gameplay. You're still exploring randomly generated dungeons and battling monsters in quick, turn-based combat, but much of the tedium is removed by [a] simple feature (auto-mapping an entire room as soon as you enter it or quick button presses to get diagonals). The graphics and music are also well done. Though Torneko is geared towards younger audience, it has a high addiction factor, and I'm interested in playing it more when the reviewable comes in soon." ~Eric Mylonas(?), Gamefan (December 2000, Vol. 08, #12)

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Source: GameFan, December 2000 (Vol. 01, #12) || Internet Archive; Jason Scott

[ninebaalart]

Torneko

recently watched a video documentary about this guy and his legacy and i have to say, its quite impressive that this is the guy you have to thank for pokemon mystery dungeon, izuna unemployed ninja, and most rouge-likes that took elements from the mystery dungeon series as torneko was the protagonist of the very first one before it was taken to other franchises and settings. here in the west he's nowhere as big of a icon but i just think its the lack of familiarity over here