Created in collaboration with author Kurt Kalata, A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games is an ambitious project that aims to cover the entire history of Japanese role-playing games from 1982 to 2020. From Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy , from Megami Tensei to Pokémon , A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games explores the expansive history of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs), beginning on 8-bit microcomputers, and following them all the way up to the heavy hitters of the modern era.  As well as reviews of over 600 games, covering a wide range of sub-genres, including strategy RPGs like Fire Emblem , Rogue-likes such as Mystery Dungeon , and first-person dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey ,  A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games  includes articles on the genre, its music and art. Overall, the book weighs in at over 370,000 words and contains contributions from a wide selection of fans and journalists, combining to create the ultimate coffee table book on Japanese role-playing games.