Assuming you canstill reach the game at all.

Elsewhere in the same chat, Kamiya went long on the “JRPG” label.

“I have a positive sentiment when it comes to the term JRPG.

Key art for PlatinumGames’s Bayonetta, showing the title character winking and cocking her pistol against the backdrop of a full moon.

Indeed, I think it’s something that we should be proud of.”

“When you look at God of War, you have Kratos.

He’s muscly, he’s huge, he’s bald, he looks really kick-ass, basically.

A screenshot from PlatinumGames’s vertical shooter Sol Cresta.

It’s a cross-section of cultural influences that doesn’t allow itself to be governed by chronology.

If you have insights, I’d love to read them.

In the meantime, here’s a list ofZX Spectrum games that ought to be on Steam.