Abandonware

When I was young, I was always curious and somewhat shocked at times at the way people would become so enraged at the performance of machines. Verbal insults were sent flying, hands were clenched into balled fists, and some even resorted to kicks and blows against the offending piece of equipment that had let the angry human down. It seemed silly to me to personify a washing machine, vehicle or even a toaster to the point where the human believed the device was actually performing poorly with malice aforethought.

Quick -- what's the thing all video game villains have in common?

Answer: They're not dead unless you've found the body.

Lychnis is one of the true hidden gems of gaming -- produced by the Korean company Softmax, in cooperation with the indie development team Artcraft. The developers of this game would go on to create some of the most famous Korean games, including Ragnarok Online, Granado Espada and the Magna Carta series. The music is done by Sound Team TeMP, whose work you may have heard in the PangYa / Super Swing Golf games, as well as in the aforementioned titles.