Dead of the Brain ~Shiryou no Sakebi~ is a Japanese horror adventure game, developed by FairyTale and released in 1992 by IDES for the PC-9801. A port bundled with its sequel to the PC Engine CD was published by NEC in 1999, making it the final official PC Engine game to be released.
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| Developer(s) | FairyTale |
| Publisher(s) | IDES |
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Development
After the Saori incident (a scandal about erotic content in Japanese games caused by a teenager stealing a copy of the eroge Saori) and the arrest of the Kirara's president for distribution of indecent material, Kirara rebranded to IDES. FairyTale quickly began experimenting with non-eroge titles, like Shinjuku Monogatari, and violence-themed eroge. Thus, their Nightmare Collection series was formed, with Dead of the Brain and its sequel among its most prominent titles.[1]
Multiple of Dead of the Brain's developers, including scenario writer and director RUSH-TEAM and composer MARINA, originally worked on Saori.
Sequels and Spiritual Successors
The Nightmare Collection series continued in 1993 with Marine Philt in March and Dead of the Brain 2 in November, the latter being a direct sequel to the original.
Fairytale continued releasing horror-themed titles in 1994 under their Fairytale Hardcover brand with Necronomicon, a title based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and Ballade for Maria.
Fan Translations
The game has received several English translation patches: One machine translated in 2019 by Retronomicon and a more accurate translation released on October 31, 2023 by WINE for the PC-98 version, and another one for the PC Engine on October 31, 2023 by Dave Shadoff. All are independent from each other.[2]