Battle of the Ports - Blandia (ブランディア) Show 507 - 60fps 

You know a game is obscure when it only ever got ported to two Japan exclusive computers.

The arcade's music being short is not an emulation issue, it just sounds like that. allumer couldnt figure out how to get waveform audio working on Seta's hardware just yet, so they decided to just make the soundtrack and sample it. and yeah, like 85% of the OST got cut because those sampled tracks took up a massive amount of memory. the vocal track in the fm towns version is called Fantasy of the Heart (心のファンタジー ) and it's probably jist a track included in fm towns dev kits that allumer just decided to use cause they thought it fit, i'm not sure what the reason was, but this song is also on fm towns viewpoint, though it's probably not actually used in game like in Blandia. Anyways, thanks for this episode mark, appreciate ya

Blandia! That's how i thought you described Tiertex games?! Hehe!

Almost as good a name as Iznogoud on PS1.

If I recall correctly, Blandia was released on PS4 / Switch as part of ACA (Hamster bought the rights of all Allumer games). But I wonder if there was any emulation improvements over MAME's offerings.

Gotta love how the Japanese mix up their Ls and Rs in these game titles

That was the longest backstory I’ve ever seen in an arcade game.

"I guess I'll go home and.. and.. become a.. a lumberjack. Ahhh..." *cue Monty Python*

Never heard of this one. Bland version of Grandia?

So after people discovered copper, they battled for gold. And men of power battled themselves instead of pushing the peasants to do it. Very interesting plot.

This is the game that got me into digging around rom data, due to its infamous "unused sprites" haah

I had no idea Blandia came out to consoles. I only played the arcade version.

I could immediately tell exactly what's causing the PC-98 port to run so poorly. It's the PCM sound effects. Every time a sound effect plays, the game pauses until that sound effect is done playing. That means the PCM is being processed through the PC-98's CPU.

I like the music in the end

I have plenty of fun with this game, even with its many flaws; my favorite fighter here is Junne, she's the best character aside from the main boss, for sure!

The game is a simple fighting offering for the time

Never heard of this game. Enjoyed the ending song

There are a lot of games that have had some really bad names, but I still think this is one of the most unfortunate.

I like this game

I used to play this occasionally at a coffee shop with one of those arcade compilation consoles set up. Was a little fun for a short while, but I never cared for the sprite work or gameplay. I tried out the pc98 cd version on Neko project 2 when I came across it some years later, and could only get it working by using an HD image in conjunction with the CD image. I don’t remember it being unplayable, but I only ever tried it once, so it couldn’t have been that great. I do think I was able to pull off all the moves, however

Yet another one i didn't know about!

I never heard of this game. Looks interesting, I'll have to check it out sometime.

Game looks great fun tbh, would love to have a physical version of this for a modern console......to bad that will never happen 😅 Thanks Mark 😊👍🏼

Difficult to emulate in all it's versions. A really true obscure gem. I usually play to the Arcade one.

The arcade version looks so much better than the other two😅

I tried this without knowing anything because I thought the name was hilarious. I soon figured out it was a follow up to Gladiator which I did enjoy in the arcades back in the day so it was a pleasant surprise. I fire Blandia up every now and then to this day. Not great but something about it keeps me coming back

I guess it makes sense that the PC98 port would be converted from the FM Towns version, since they're both x86.

Aw jeez! It's Doinkles again! (forgive my selective dyslexia).

Some fighters punch the air as a celebration. She wiggles her legs. 4:39

Name of the song that plays during the comparison?

Bland...ia.

A bit of teabagging there. 3:36

Fun how they twist the female character body to show her butt everytime she is going backwards but they don't do that to the male characters.

❤👍👍

Аркадная версия лучшая,очевидно) Кстати если игра идет не плавно (с низким ФПС) на эмуляции PC98,то лучше выставлять наименьшие значения в настройках.Странно,но мне помогало во многих играх.

One of the few fighting games to be never released on consoles.

looks a little bit like a Soul Calibur Demake ^^

ALL THE GODS PAY HEAD

Who decided the a name like that was a good idea 💀 Heck if the devs at Meguro didn't pick it up, then the localizers should have, why not Brandia, Burandia or something

Everyone in the crowd is mesmerized by Irriana's proportions and undressnes to the point of being stunned (4:35). Nobody moves a muscle. What a brutal display of sex appeal!😉😅

Battle of the ports of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" please?

This game is perfectly named.

Not familiar with this one at all, which is great! Some thoughts as I experience this gem for the first time: 1) Blandia? That sounds like someone making fun of another game. 2) The nipples on the statues... is that unusual for a Japanese game from the era? 3) Who the hell thought it was a good idea to have those columns in the foreground of that stage?!? 4) Its amusing how the developers came up with a way for the female characters to move in a way that always gets their thongs in view.

A pretty bland-yeah vs fighter for sure.

What

Man, the arcades really were flooded with 2D fighters in the early 90s, weren't they? Unfortunately this looks like one of the more mediocre options, which explains why it got lost in time and only got a couple of Japan-exclusive ports.

I'm amazed this even got ports, considering how, well, bland the game was.

Soooo this game is absolutely dreadful, but if you want a good laugh, jmcrofts ran an actual full tournament of it.

do did the red hair girl have a "sexy" pose too when she wins ? also a minor novelty the damage fills up there bar instead of starting s full bar and counting down ....

Please can you or a viewer tell me a Japanese store that will ship to the UK. I want to get hold of a pc engine. I prefer not to go through eBay/Rakuten. They seem really expensive. I’ve seen Japanese book off and other thrift stores sell them for around £40 uk currency. Unfortunately I can’t see the ship .Yet eBay charge £100+ which is more than I’d pay total in import and tax duty.

This got an Arcade Archives release recently. It’s shithouse.

I'm kind of surprised there are no jokes about such a bland-looking and bland-playing game being names Blandia, but, whatever.

Lol what an unfortunate name for a video game. Was doomed from the start with a name like that.

What a shitty game

This game looks as bland as the name.

And here I thought you were just being mean to Grandia for a second.

This game is absolutely dreadful. Especially around the time it was released