The Other Mystery House: Japan's First Graphical Adventure Game

Описание: This is a video where I talk about Japan's first graphical adventure game, the company that made it, and how the title caused an "adventure game boom" in Japan's PC market during the early 80s.

Micro Cabin's Mystery House was a title that I had often heard about in passing where it was described as a Japanese clone of the Apple II Mystery House. However, after I began researching the game myself, I realized that Micro Cabin's Mystery House had a much bigger impact on Japan's game industry then one might initially think. So I decided to make this video in order to explain how Micro Cabin's game wasn't just a simple imitation but a historically important title that laid the groundwork for many future video games.

Despite being my shortest history video, this took me a while to research and collect information on. I do not know Japanese so please correct me if I messed up my facts. I would also like to thank Miralita for helping me to obtain an article from the September 1983 issue of Technopolis that featured the photos of Naoto Oyachi and Tsukasa Moritani I used in the video.

References:
2021 Interview with Naoto Oyachi: http://plus-mie.jp/2021/07/29/ooyachi/

Adventure Games' Hint Book: https://archive.org/details/Adventure...

Akiba PC Watch Feature on Mystety House: https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/...

The Long-Established Software House that Caused an Adventure Game Boom: https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/...

Capcom's Takumi Shu X Storytelling Ishii Jiro: https://gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspo...

Chiyomaru Shikura Interview: https://ch.nicovideo.jp/indies-game/b...

Hello Microcomputer 2 by Mitsuru Sugaya: https://archive.org/details/konnichiw...

Japanese Adventuring by Jimmy Maher: https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/japane...

Kopenguin Retrospective on the ADV Genre: https://kopenguin.com/post-2764/#toc8

Login Magazine December 1982 (Mystery House Sales): https://www.retro-game.net/retro-pc-m...

Login Magazine October 1986: https://jiraygyo.com/login049

Login Magazine December 1986: https://jiraygyo.com/login045

Micro Cabin’s Official List of Games: https://www.microcabin.co.jp/?page_id=26

Mystery House Fan Page: http://furuiotoko.la.coocan.jp/room06...

PC Game 80 Chronicles, Adventure Genre Family Tree: https://archive.org/details/PCGame80C...

PC Situation in the Mid-80s: https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/...

Personal Computer AVG & RPG III: https://archive.org/details/supersoft...

Photo of Micro Cabin Logo:   / 590780349329707008  

The Possibilities of Adventure Games: https://shmuplations.com/adventuregames/

Revived PC 8801 Legend: https://archive.org/details/ASCII-pc-...

Seilane: Animal Fantasy Adventure by Microcabin: http://pixelmenu.22web.org/features/s...

Technopolis September 1983 (Photos of Naoto Oyachi and Tsukasa Moritani)

Plus various magazine scans from the Internet Archive.

3rd Party Footage:
1980-1982 CM Collection:    • 1980-1982 CM集  
1986 SHARP X1G CM:    • Видео  
4 Hours of Pasokon Sunday Footage:    • 1987年ごろのパソコンサンデー（副音声でプログラムのデータ放送付き）  
80s Computer Store:   / 1361145225188548608  
Asteka Footage by T_G_K:    • Видео  
Casablanca ni Ai o Footage by Kar Zwei:    • 【PC8801】『カサブランカに愛を ～殺人者は時空を超えて』を記憶だけでクリアする...  
Chiyomaru Shikura Interview:    • 【志倉千代丸の愛】ロングインタビュー (オデッサの階段)  
The Computer Chronicles - Japanese PCs:    • The Computer Chronicles - Japanese PCs (1984)  
[Doc] Tokyo Landscapes 1971 // 1980:    • [Doc] Tokyo Landscapes 1971 // 1980  
Innovation City Yokkaichi:    • #YOKKAICHI - Innovation City Yokkaichi- (F...  
Ito Seisakusho Co., Ltd.:    • Ito Seisakusho Co., Ltd.  
Love Match Tennis Footage by 星野林檎:    • PC-6601　ラブマッチテニス  
Mystery House (Sharp MZ-2000) by T_G_K:    • Видео  
NEC PC-6000 Series CM:    • CM　NEC　パピコン　PC-6000シリーズ　1982年  
NEC PC-98 CM:    • 【TVCM】NECパソコン PC98『「檸檬」という字が書けますか？』  
Pasokon Sunday 10-1982: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3611786
Portopia PC-88 Footage by Higemaru:    • Видео  
Sharp CM Collection:    • CM　シャープ　MZ／パソコンテレビ　X1　1982年  
Sharp MZ CM 1984:    • Видео  
SHARP X1F CM:    • SHARP X1F CM  
The Space Invaders Boom of 1978-79:   / 1380132231440556032  
Plus footage from official trailers.