“I wrote the entire design, but the implementation was catastrophic”.
The ‘games of the world’ are an engrossing subject, specifically when you look past the dominant geographical triumvirate of America, Japan, and Europe (actually a collection of distinct territories, unfairly homogenised into a single label). My first professional article was in GamesTM #27 covering the unique gaming scenes in South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Iran, and other countries. A few years later I started the weekly Games of the World section on Hardcore Gaming 101, promising anthropological studies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (sadly the HTML is now broken; browse it on Wayback). I stopped updating in 2012 but, in 2015, Mark Wolf of Concordia University wrote an academic book titled Video Games Around the World. We corresponded briefly, discussing his research. As I said, the exotic markets outside of our mainstream domestic one are fascinating and a personal passion.
So when stumbling across Chandragupta: Warrior Prince, a game about the real-life emperor of ancient India, developed in India, specifically for the Indian market, there’s a strong urge to know more. According to MobyGames, it had a PSP release in 2009 and a PS2 release in 2011, with only India listed under countries. Which is odd, given that the PS2 version has a PEGI rating on the cover. Searching online, there’s not a lot of information. Vague release dates, some YouTube videos of the ISO being emulated, and a Reddit thread asking about it – plus a few overpriced copies on eBay.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“I wrote the entire design, but the implementation was catastrophic”.
The ‘games of the world’ are an engrossing subject, specifically when you look past the dominant geographical triumvirate of America, Japan, and Europe (actually a collection of distinct territories, unfairly homogenised into a single label). My first professional article was in GamesTM #27 covering the unique gaming scenes in South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Iran, and other countries. A few years later I started the weekly Games of the World section on Hardcore Gaming 101, promising anthropological studies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (sadly the HTML is now broken; browse it on Wayback). I stopped updating in 2012 but, in 2015, Mark Wolf of Concordia University wrote an academic book titled Video Games Around the World. We corresponded briefly, discussing his research. As I said, the exotic markets outside of our mainstream domestic one are fascinating and a personal passion.
So when stumbling across Chandragupta: Warrior Prince, a game about the real-life emperor of ancient India, developed in India, specifically for the Indian market, there’s a strong urge to know more. According to MobyGames, it had a PSP release in 2009 and a PS2 release in 2011, with only India listed under countries. Which is odd, given that the PS2 version has a PEGI rating on the cover. Searching online, there’s not a lot of information. Vague release dates, some YouTube videos of the ISO being emulated, and a Reddit thread asking about it – plus a few overpriced copies on eBay.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
