Studio Fazzy
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Studio Fazzy Co., Ltd. (株式会社スタジオファジー) was a Japanese unlicensed adult video game studio and an unofficial development team within Jorudan. Headquartered in Saitama, the team is notable for the relatively-high production values of their two known Sega Mega Drive titles, Divine Sealing and Dial Q o Mawase!, and for being one of few unlicensed developers to produce and release their games exclusively in Japan.
Company
Studio Fazzy was established as an unofficial or semi-official development team within Jorudan, with the group being one of the first unlicensed software developers to cater to the home Mega Drive market. However, unlike the majority of these companies (which were often based in Taiwan), Studio Fazzy was headquartered in Japan and staffed by Jorudan developers, and most notably - its games were only released domestically. The company took notable strides to act as a legitimate business (even publishing its real address in its manuals[1]), and the production quality of their work generally far surpasses other unlicensed adult software companies of the time.
Like most unlicensed adult games released in 1990s-era Japan, both the developer's releases came packaged in a cardboard box[2]; Studio Fazzy again dedicated a significant amount of consideration to the quality of their box artwork, featuring relatively well-drawn artwork and design for the unlicensed adult market. In the case of Divine Sealing, the game was sold as a premium item[3] and priced accordingly - available for the equivalent of about $85.[3]
Both Studio Fazzy's games, and other unlicensed adult titles, were primarily sold at independent used adult software shops, especially those which specialized in the adult PC-98 market.[2] Often, unlicensed games were sold directly beside licensed ones, with little to no distinction between the two.[2] However, the majority of these games were for personal computers, whereas Studio Fazzy was one of the very first developers to show Japanese consumers that erotic games could indeed be produced for home consoles.[2]
Cartridge design
Both Studio Fazzy's games feature the same cartridge design, appearing similar in shape to Sunsoft's rounded Mega Drive cartridges but with the lower section of each side removed. The extra clearance afforded by the cartridge's slimmer lower half is a purposeful design choice by the developer, and allows the company's games to be inserted into any Sega Mega Drive system, regardless of region or shell.
Softography
External links
- Unofficial erotic Mega Drive software: It's no longer an antique article by Yuji Kitahara at Otaku To Subculture Blog (Japanese) (Wayback Machine)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:Divinesealing_md_jp_manual.pdf, page 10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://otaku-subculture.com/メガドライブの未公認エロソフト｜もはや骨董品/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-10-30 11:01)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://sob.xxxxxxxx.jp/enter/div.htm (Wayback Machine: 2011-07-22 13:08)