This Month in Retro May 2023
Hello all and welcome to This Month in Retro! Today, I'll be taking you back to May of 1999, which was a good month for games but less so for actual happenings in the game industry. E3 happened this month, so it was mostly just announcements, announcements, and more announcements. The most important one came from Nintendo, who publicly announced that their next home system was in developed under codename "Project Dolphin", which eventually became the Nintendo CameCube. Sid Meier, the legendary game developer whose name is often associated with the Civilization series, was the second person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame at the same E3 event. And uh... that's it for this month, so let's move on to the games straight away!
This Month in Retro takes you through the major game releases of May 1999, be it famous- or infamous ones, hidden gems, and all in between. Their legacy will be discussed in the form of reception and sales, as well as their achievement sets if applicable. The Japanese side of this article covers only the games that have never made it to the west, hopefully with fan-translation present so everyone can enjoy them. And that's all you need to know, so let's get to it!
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 Legend of Zelda, The: A Link to the Past (SNES)
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| Release dates | JP: November 21, 1991 |
| NA: April 13, 1992 | |
| PAL: September 24, 1992 | |
| Sales | 4.610.000 |
| Average score | 92% (GameRankings, 15 reviews) |
| 94% (MobyGames, 43 reviews) |
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 Raiden Trad (SNES)
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 Super Adventure Island (SNES)
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 Xardion (SNES)
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 Earnest Evans (Mega Drive)
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 Syd of Valis (Mega Drive)
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 Devilish: The Next Possession | Bad Omen (Mega Drive)*
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 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance (NES)
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 Toxic Crusaders (NES)*
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 Sol-Deace (Mega Drive)
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 Traysia (Mega Drive)
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Sets with an asterisk are currently claimed.
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 Magical Taruruuto-kun (Mega Drive)
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| Release dates | JP: April 24, 1992 |
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