- Matt Barnes, Dazz Brown and Greg S-C
A brand new gaming book from the YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming?
Not all games are released equal. The barrier between language and culture can leave our world divided, and this includes the video games that we get a chance to play. Region Locked is a YouTube series we created to give people an insight into titles that never left their home countries; and now we bring it to you in a book.
See games from your favourite series and developers that you may have never known existed as well as some straight up bizarre creations and trivia. Learn more about games which were never published outside of their native regions; we explore what they are, who made them, and try to provide you with insight into why these games never saw international exposure.
Growing up, we played hundreds of games released in the west, and a few which we barely understood because of a language barrier. At the time we relied on translations created by fans of these games, a hobby in its infancy. Now, thanks to the ever-growing passion of the gaming community, access to many more of the missed gems of our youth and even more recent titles have been unlocked.
Throughout this book you’ll discover games from popular series you may have never known existed, unique titles from your favourite developers which were easily missed, and games which just seem so crazy that you might wonder how the hell they were created in the first place. It features games from all eras and a variety platforms so there’s sure to be something to pique the interest of the casual gamer to the most hardcore.
You may already know a few games which were never released on your home turf, but we’re certain that there are some which even the most avid of gaming fans are unaware of. Masterpieces which are a total mystery as to why they were never translated, and others which are… well… Not so masterpiece-y. But don’t you worry, we’ve played them all, gathered the information you need, and present it to you in this glorious slab of paper and ink. This also gives us the chance to share some of our personal opinions on a few of the games that really stood out to us. And to top it all off, you don’t have to suffer through our best attempts at some of those more challenging pronunciations.
Our provisional list of games to be included, ones in bold have not not been featured in a video. There will be more in the final book...
Altered Beast (PS2), Bahamut Lagoon, Battle Golfer Yui, Bomberman Hardbal, Bushi Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha, Broadcast Satellaview Zelda Games,Captain Rainbow, Cowboy Bebop, Crime Crackers, Door Door, Doki Doki Majo Shinpan, Evil Twin: Cyprien’s Chronicles, E.X. Troopers, Fatal Frame IV, For the Frog the Bell Tolls, Gunple: Gunman’s Proof, Holy Diver, Holy Umbrella: The Reckless Dondera!!, Kaena, Kira Kira Star Night DX, Kuma Uta, Klonoa Beach Volleyball, Live A Live, LSD: Dream Emulator, Mario & Wario, Marvelous: Another Treasure Island, Namco X Capcom, Panekit, 3 Japanese Exclusive Pingu titles, Pokemon Trading Card Game 2, Rakuga Kids, Real Sound: Kaze no Regretv, SEGAGAGA, Genso Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia, Super Galdelic Hour, Sweet Home, Tales of Destiny 2, Terranigma, The Adventure of Little Ralph, The Firemen, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Tobal 2, Twin Caliber, Valkyria Chronicles III, Vib-Ripple, Wonder Project J: Machine Boy Pino
The book will be hardback, 320 pages long, 190mm X 184mm with colour throughout. Alongside the text for each of the featured games there will be colour images from the games.
Daniel Loyall “Dazz” Brown, Greg S-C, Matthew Barnes
Dazz, Greg & Matt, life long friends and even life longer gamers. Growing up in the mean streets of Norwich, England, the trio worked hard honing their knowledge, suffering through dial-up connections just to find out that little bit more about games they really shouldn’t have bothered playing in the first place. No matter what glorious summer days were thrown their way, they would always draw the curtains and invest their youths into games they definitely, 100% don’t regret playing now - nothing has changed to this day.
Dazz has worked with games from a young age, running one of the largest archives of sprites even to this day, being featured in the credits of several games and publications.
Greg achieved his degree in Visual Effects and Animation that did absolutely nothing for him. But at least it gave him the skills he needed to make videos.
Matt has a sweet Metal Gear Solid collection.
Their powers combined, they work on the popular YouTube series Region Locked and DidYouKnowGaming.
These people are helping to fund Region Locked.
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Are you able to ship to the United States?
Absolutely, Derek! Just add your shipping address during the checkout phase.
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I'd love to pledge for a physical edition of the book, although I do not reside in the U.S. To which countries would you be able to ship the book?
Hi Abel,
We ship the books from the UK all over the world - just add your delivery address during the checkout process.
Thanks!
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