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To find cross-review scores, issue numbers, and review excerpts:
- Go to
famitsu.com - Click the search box at the top right, change the drop down to ゲーム, type in the game name in Japanese, and hit search
- Click the game from the search results to go to its page
- Get the game's ID number from the URL. (Currently, it is after
/title/) - In your web browser URL bar, type:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180101000000/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=followed by the game ID number and hit Enter - You will arrive at an archived Famitsu game page.
- The score is a little bit down the page in the small 商品概要 box represented by a number followed by the 点 character. Remember that Famitsu scores are out of 40; it's a sum of four reviewers each scoring the game on a 1-10 scale. (The individual scores by each reviewer are not provided.)
- The issue number where the score came from is a few lines above with a number followed by the 号 character.
- If you scroll down a bit you will see excerpts from the cross-review. Remember that these are excerpts, not the full reviews.
Famitsu
| Famicom Tsūshin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issue | Year | Month | Day(s) | Game Reviews | Features | Other | Contact |
| 1 | 1986 | June | 20 | Thibbs | |||
| 2 | 1986 | July | 4 | ||||
| 3 | 1986 | July | 18 | ||||
| 4 | 1986 | Aug. | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 1986 | Aug. | 22 | ||||
| 6 | 1986 | Sept. | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 1986 | Sept. | 19 | 1986-09-19 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 8–42 | |||||||
| 43 | 1988 | Feb. | 19 | 1988-02-19 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 44 | 1988 | Mar. | 4 | ||||
| 45 | 1988 | Mar. | 18 | ||||
| 46 | 1988 | Apr. | 1 | ||||
| 47 | 1988 | Apr. | 15 | ||||
| 48 | 1988 | Apr. | 29 | ||||
| 49 | 1988 | May | 20 | 1988-05-20 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 50–60 | |||||||
| 61 | 1988 | Nov. | 11 | 1988-11-11 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 62–90 | |||||||
| 91 | 1990 | Jan. | 5–19 | 1990-01-05–19 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 92–132 | |||||||
| 133 | 1991 | June | 14 | 1991-06-14 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 134 | 1991 | June | 28 | 1991-06-28 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 135 | 1991 | July | 12 | ||||
| Shūkan Famicom Tsūshin (Weekly Famicom Tsushin) | |||||||
| 136–187 | |||||||
| 188 | 1992 | July | 24 | 1992-07-24 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 189 | 1992 | July | 31 | 1992-07-31 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 190 | 1992 | Aug. | 7 | 1992-08-07 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 191 | 1992 | Aug. | 14 | 1992-08-14 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 192 | 1992 | Aug. | 21–28 | ||||
| 193 | See Gekkan Famicom Tsūshin below | ||||||
| 194 | 1992 | Sept. | 4 | 1992-09-04 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 195 | 1992 | Sept. | 11 | ||||
| 196 | 1992 | Sept. | 18 | ||||
| 197 | 1992 | Sept. | 25 | ||||
| 198 | 1992 | Oct. | 2 | 1992-10-02 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 199 | 1992 | Oct. | 9 | 1992-10-09 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 200 | 1992 | Oct. | 16 | 1992-10-16 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 201–225 | |||||||
| 226 | 1993 | Apr. | 16 | 1993-04-16 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 227–256 | |||||||
| 257 | 1993 | Nov. | 12–19 | Reviews Software Impressions
Famitsu Best Selection
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews 30 Point Plus
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Sports games, Romancing SaGa 2 Features: Wolfenstein 3d, Video game graphics and visual style, DQ Times (Dragon Quest I & II, Dragon Quest 4), Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo walkthrough |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and some Columns. Famitsu Express
Arcade Window 3.0 SFII Turbo Times FF Shinbun Columns Information
|
Thibbs |
| 258–279 | |||||||
| 280 | 1994 | Apr. | 29 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
3DO Cross Reviews 3DO Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Final Fantasy VI, Multiplayer entertainment Features: Down the World: Mervil's Ambition, 3DO REAL, Final Fantasy VI walkthrough |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Kindan no Higi, Letters, New's Club, The Schedule, Pick Up, Comics, and Columns. Famitsu Express
FF Shinbun Beam Shinbun
Fire Emblem Kairanban SFII Turbo Times
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times Famitsu Best Selection
Tech View 2000 |
Haitch2PointOh |
| 281–287 | |||||||
| 288 | 1994 | June | 24 | 1994-06-24 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 289–298 | |||||||
| 299 | 1994 | Sept. | 9 | Reviews Software Impressions Famitsu Best Selection
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews
30 Point Plus
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Mother 2: Gyiyg Strikes Back!, DQ Times (Dragon Quest VI) Features: Live A Live, Mother 2 Times (Mother 2), NEW'S CLUB (Gamer fashion), Game Jōhō Shiryōkan (Sansara Naga) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns. Famitsu Express
Kinkyū sokuhō
Kinkyū kokuchi Weekly Derby Stallion PlayStation News
3DO Club
Tokuhō
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
Super Street Fighter II Times FF Shinbun Tech View 2000 Dokusen Scoop
|
Thibbs |
| 300 | 1994 | Sept. | 16 | ||||
| 301 | 1994 | Sept. | 23 | ||||
| 302 | 1994 | Sept. | 30 | ||||
| 303 | 1994 | Oct. | 7 | ||||
| 304 | 1994 | Oct. | 14 | ||||
| 305 | 1994 | Oct. | 21 | ||||
| 306 | 1994 | Oct. | 28 | ||||
| 307 | 1994 | Nov. | 4 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Virtua Fighter (SS) and Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade), Demon's Blazon (SFC) and Shin Megami Tensei If... (SFC) Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Feda: The Emblem of Justice, Kid Klown in Crazy Chase), NEW'S CLUB (1994 Crane Game Prizes), MOTHER2 (Mother 2) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
FF Shinbun
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
PlayStation News 3DO Club
Sega Saturn Information Mother 2 Times Tech View 2000 Tokuhō
|
Thibbs |
| 308 | See Gekkan Famitsū below | ||||||
| 309 | 1994 | Nov. | 11–18 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews
30 Point Plus
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Shin Megami Tensei If..., Chrono Trigger and Front Mission Features: Tokuhō (Kamaitachi no Yoru, Shin Samurai Spirits), Tettei Kōryaku (Demon's Blazon), NEW'S CLUB (Electronic organizers) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Mother 2 Times Super Robot War Frontline Report
Virtua Fighter Today Tettei Kōryaku
PlayStation News
Sega Saturn Information 3DO Club
Neo-Geo Times
Tech View 2000
Tokuhō Kinkyū sokuhō
|
Thibbs |
| 310–322 | |||||||
| 323 | 1995 | Feb. | 24 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Satellaview and Virtual Boy; Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special (3DO), Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special (SS), Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Limited (PS1), Super Real Mahjong P IV + Aishō Shindan (3DO), Super Real Mahjong P5 Custom (PCE), Sexy Idol Mahjong 2: Yakyūken no Uta (PCE), and Mahjong Densetsu (PCE) Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Lady Stalker), Kinkyū sokuhō (Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei), FF Shinbun (Front Mission), NEW'S CLUB (Yakiniku Cross review) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Kinkyū sokuhō
Virtua Fighter Today Neo-Geo Times
3DO Club
Tokuhō |
Thibbs |
| 324 | 1995 | Mar. | 3 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Cheapest places to buy video games, Front Mission Features: Kinkyū sokuhō (Tokimeki Memorial), Neo Geo Times (Ma Samurai Spirits), Idol Studio (Akiko Hinagata), Tettei Kōryaku (Shutokō Battle 2) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, NEW'S CLUB, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
3DO Club
Virtua Fighter Today FF Shinbun
Tokuhō
Kinkyū sokuhō
|
Thibbs |
| 325 | 1995 | Mar. | 10 | ||||
| 326 | 1995 | Mar. | 17 | ||||
| 327 | 1995 | Mar. | 24 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Chrono Trigger and Interview with Hironobu Sakaguchi, Game no Tetsujin (Shiroi Ringu he, Leading Company, Sotsugyō: Graduation Final, Professional Mahjong Kiwame II and Mahjong Station Majin, Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi, Dosei Jin, Virtua Fighter 2, A. IV Evolution, Famitsu Baka Kettei Senshuken, Super Real Mahjong P IV) Features: Tettei Kōryaku (4th Super Robot Wars), Tokuhō (SimCity 2000), Ninki kyūjōshō (Danzen KoSuKe!), NEW'S CLUB (Gift cards) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Kinkyū sokuhō
Virtua Fighter Today Neo-Geo Times
3DO Club FF Shinbun
Video game Dojo
Tokuhō
|
Thibbs |
| 328 | 1995 | Mar. | 31 | ||||
| 329 | 1995 | Apr. | 7 | Reviews Software Impressions New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Super Famicom Hour and Ultra 64, Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Lady Stalker (SFC)), Video game Dojo (Vampire Hunter), Tokuhō (Fatal Fury 3 (Neo-Geo)), NEW'S CLUB (Electronic appliances) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
3DO Club
FF Shinbun
Mega Drive Super 32X Haru no Honō Momoiro Collection
Kinkyū sokuhō
Tokuhō
|
Thibbs |
| 330 | 1995 | Apr. | 14 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Lady Stalker, Chrono Trigger Features: Kinkyū sokuhō (Super Real Mahjong PV), Tokubetsu kikaku (Flupon: Space Biology P!), NEW'S CLUB (video game-oriented television) 3DO First Anniversary (Happy Birthday 3DO) 3DO Games Cross Review
3DO Hamidashi
3DO Shinsaku Game Tsūshin
|
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Tettei Kōryaku Neo-Geo Times
Virtua Fighter Today
FF Shinbun
3DO Club
Video game Dojo
Kinkyū sokuhō |
Thibbs |
| 331 | 1995 | Apr. | 21 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Tekken (PS1) and Daytona USA (SS), Rooms (Ami Shibata, Tadashi Takezaki, Kouji Watanabe, Dr. Nakamatsu, Daisuke Narisawa, Reiko Chiba, Ouji Hiroi, Yuushyou Fukuda) Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Totsugeki-Hen (SFC) and SimCity 2000 (SFC)), DerbyStal Way (Derby Stallion III), NEW'S CLUB (Model figures, Keychain fobs, etc.) |
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Kinkyū sokuhō
Famitsu Best Selection
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
3DO Club
FF Shinbun
Video game Dojo |
Thibbs |
| 332 | 1995 | Apr. | 28 | Reviews Software Impressions
New Soft/New Game Tsushin
Cross Reviews Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews
Previews Previews
|
Cover stories: Playstation Special (Video game developer survey, Over the sea games, Television advertisements) Playstation New Wave Soft
Neo Geo Games Cross Review
|
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, NEW'S CLUB, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns Famitsu Express
Virtua Fighter Today Neo-Geo Times 3DO Club
Video game Dojo Tokuhō
Kinkyū sokuhō
|
Thibbs |
| 333 | 1995 | May | 5 | Thibbs | |||
| 334 | See Gekkan Famitsū below | ||||||
| 335 | 1995 | May | 12–19 | Thibbs | |||
| 336 | 1995 | May | 26 | Thibbs | |||
| 337 | 1995 | June | 2 | ||||
| 338 | 1995 | June | 9 | ||||
| 339 | 1995 | June | 16 | ||||
| 340 | 1995 | June | 23 | ||||
| 341 | 1995 | June | 30 | Thibbs | |||
| 342 | 1995 | July | 7 | Thibbs | |||
| 343 | 1995 | July | 14 | Thibbs | |||
| 344 | 1995 | July | 21 | Thibbs | |||
| 345 | 1995 | July | 28 | Thibbs | |||
| 346 | 1995 | Aug. | 4 | Thibbs | |||
| 347 | 1995 | Aug. | 11 | Thibbs | |||
| 348 | See Gekkan Famitsū below | ||||||
| 349 | 1995 | Aug. | 18–25 | ||||
| 350 | 1995 | Sept. | 1 | ||||
| 351 | 1995 | Sept. | 8 | Thibbs | |||
| 352 | 1995 | Sept. | 15 | Thibbs | |||
| 353 | 1995 | Sept. | 22 | ||||
| 354 | 1995 | Sept. | 29 | ||||
| 355 | 1995 | Oct. | 6 | ||||
| 356 | 1995 | Oct. | 13 | ||||
| 357 | 1995 | Oct. | 20 | ||||
| 358 | 1995 | Oct. | 27 | Thibbs | |||
| 359 | See Gekkan Famitsū below | ||||||
| 360 | 1995 | Nov. | 3 | ||||
| 361 | 1995 | Nov. | 10–17 | ||||
| 362 | 1995 | Nov. | 24 | Thibbs | |||
| 363 | 1995 | Dec. | 1 | ||||
| 364 | 1995 | Dec. | 8 | ||||
| 365 | 1995 | Dec. | 15 | ||||
| 366 | 1995 | Dec. | 22 | ||||
| 367 | 1995 | Dec. | 29 | ||||
| 368 | See Gekkan Famitsū below | ||||||
| Shūkan Famitsū (Weekly Famitsu) | |||||||
| 369–402 | |||||||
| 403 | 1996 | Sept. | 6 | 1996-09-06 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 404–454 | |||||||
| 455 | 1997 | Sept. | 5 | 1997-09-05 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 456–554 | |||||||
| 555 | 1999 | Aug. | 6 | 1999-08-06 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 556–570 | |||||||
| 571 | 1999 | Nov. | 26 | 1999-08-06 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 572–914 | |||||||
| 915 | 2006 | June | 30 | This issue contains six-hundred-ninety-eight Famitsu Cross Reviews from 1999 to 2002. |
Thibbs | ||
| 916–1158 | |||||||
| 1159 | 2011 | Mar. | 3 | 2011-03-03 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1160–1570 | |||||||
| 1571 | 2019 | Jan. | 24 | 2019-01-24 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1572 | 2019 | Jan. | 31 | 2019-01-24 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1573 | 2019 | Feb. | 7 | 2019-01-24 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1574 | 2019 | Feb. | 14 | 2019-02-14 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1575 | 2019 | Feb. | 21 | ||||
| 1576 | 2019 | Feb. | 28 | 2019-02-14 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1577 | 2019 | Mar. | 7 | 2019-03-07 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1578 | 2019 | Mar. | 14 | 2019-03-14 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1579 | 2019 | Mar. | 21 | 2019-03-21 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1580 | 2019 | Mar. | 28 | 2019-03-28 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1581 | 2019 | Apr. | 4 | 2019-04-04 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1582 | 2019 | Apr. | 11 | 2019-04-11 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1583 | 2019 | Apr. | 18 | 2019-04-18 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1584 | 2019 | Apr. | 25 | 2019-04-25 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1585 | 2019 | May | 2–9 | ||||
| 1586 | See Gekkan Famitsū below | ||||||
| 1587 | 2019 | May | 16 | 2019-05-16 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1588 | 2019 | May | 23 | 2019-05-23 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1589 | 2019 | May | 30 | 2019-05-30 at the Internet Archive | |||
| 1160–Present | |||||||