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Harakiri

A humorous strategy RPG taking place in feudal Japan, framed as being made by a fictional American clueless about Japanese culture, and thus riddled with inaccuracies of the time period.

1 January 1990

Harakiri is a video game developed by Game Arts, released 1 January 1990 on PC-8800 Series.

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What Harakiri is

Harakiri was developed by Game Arts and released in 1990. It is available on PC-8800 Series only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A humorous strategy RPG taking place in feudal Japan, framed as being made by a fictional American clueless about Japanese culture, and thus riddled with inaccuracies of the time period.
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What it launched against

Harakiri launched on 1 January 1990, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

Quick answers

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When did Harakiri come out?
Harakiri was released on 1 January 1990 for PC-8800 Series.