

The fact that it even saw release is a mystery of itself, considering the small number of stores that were interested in stocking the game. Intended to be the biggest middle finger ever erected at the Japanese video game industry (with especially strong ire against Nintendo), this game served as the first of only two games (the other being The Story of Kamikuishiki Village from two months later) released by HappySoft Ltd, released in 1995 as a Super Famicom exclusive, and the only game by Japanese businessman and essayist Yoshihisa "Kowloon" Kurosawa.


Put simply, Hong Kong '97 is an anti-Chinese propaganda shoot 'em up game. And never, in the history of this website, will there be a game more difficult than Hong Kong '97 to describe. Never, in the history of the world, will there ever be another video game quite like Hong Kong '97. To better accentuate your experience, listen to this while reading.
