Did you guys know that there was a manga published in the 80s about the Famicom? It was called Famicom Rocky, I just found a copy of it at a local comic store and it blew my mind. I did a little review of it here:
http://famicomblog.blogspot.jp/2012/04/famicom-rocky-best-manga-ever.html
There is an English translation of a couple of the stories here:
http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/pepsiman/famicom-rocky-the-series-nobody-wanted/30-84010/
Very interesting stuff if you like to collect Famicom ephemera.
That looks cool, and very odd how they made Star Force look like a 1984 Hudson release, such as Nuts & Milk, or as you mentioned, Lode Runner. Almost makes me think it was also released in such a format... hmm..
By the way, regarding the art style of the manga, initially Ranma 1/2 comes to mind. For some reason the characters reminded me of it.
Yeah now that you mention it the main character does look like the one from Ranma 1/2. Maybe the same illustrator!
Nice find. :)
Maybe I should look around at Bookoff, too. ;D
Btw, it was written my Motoyuki Asai.
Ranma is from Rumiko Takahashi.
edit: Ah, what the heck, I just ordered the reprint edition from 2001 in 2 big volumes from amazon. ;D
Yes, I will be looking for these in Book Offs now that I know they exist too. They also had a Game Boy comic that looked like it followed the same theme (only with Game Boys of course).
Edit: Oh, Amazon? That is cheating!!! ;D
Cheating is a big part of Famicom gaming! I did it in the spirit of Famicom! :crazy: