Samurai Mech

I’ve been digging up old Macintosh games, and this search has resulted in the website for the classic Japanese game Samurai Mech coming back online after over a decade! Thanks Ritsuko! See: patreon.com/posts/48174477

Samurai Mech サムライ・メック is a Japanese sci-fi RPGs set in a future-medieval-space Japan. You assume the role of the eponymous Samurai Mech over the course of 40h of exploration/battle/puzzle gameplay.

You can practice your swordsmanship at the dojo, and upgrade your Samurai Mech suit with parts obtained through winning battles. The first game has a whole city to explore whilst you solve a mystery involving a group of ninjas.

Here is Samurai Mech running on my 1992 Macintosh Classic, using System 7.1.0 with Japanese Language Kit installed.

In the sequel Samurai Mech II: Heaven サムライ・メックII・天 you are a bounty hunter in an archipelago colony at the edge of the universe. The setting includes an ancient castle, an amusement park, an adult ballroom, and a giant corporation. An all new scenario, more freedom, improved mech system, improved combat, and a choice of colour or mono graphics!

Staff

Samurai Mech

Yukito Morikawa (森川幸人)
Shūji Nomaguchi (野間口修二)

• Star Odyssey
• Jumping Flash series
• Astronōka

Akihiko Miura (三浦明彦)

• Otocky
• Bombliss
• Pokémon series

Minoru Mukaiya (向谷実)

• Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2/3
• Samurai Warriors 2

Samurai Mech II adds the following notable Staff:

Hitomi Amakawa (天川ひとみ)
Shigenori Miyamoto (宮本茂則)

• Jumping Flash series
• Astronōka

Timeline of related games

• 1992: Samurai Mech (HuLINKS)
• 1994: Samurai Mech II: Heaven (HuLINKS)
• 1994: Geograph Seal (EXACT)
• 1995: Jumping Flash! (EXACT)
• 1996: Jumping Flash! 2 (EXACT, MuuMuu Co Ltd)
• 1997: Ghost in the Shell (EXACT, Production I.G.)
• 1999: Pocket MuuMuu (Sugar & Rockets)
• 1999: Robbit Mon Dieu (Sugar & Rockets)