Illusion City

Illusion City is a 1991 role-playing video game originally developed and published by Microcabin for the MSX Turbo R home computer, followed by ports for the PC-88, PC-98, FM Towns, X68000 and Sega Mega-CD. The story takes place in the 21st century after Hong Kong was devastated by a demonic attack, before the crisis was isolated and the region was reformed under new order by SIVA corporation. The game follows demon hunter Tian Ren, gathering information in order to unravel the mystery surrounding the demonic beings and SIVA corporation. Gameplay features a growing party led by Tian Ren navigating the city, talking with non-playable characters, exploring complex areas, and taking part in turn-based battles against enemies.

Illusion City was developed by "Project I", a group within Microcabin which previously worked on Fray in Magical Adventure (1990) under the name "Team Piku Piku". Yasuhiko Nakatsu acted as director, planner, and co-programmer. His motivation for creating the game was because he wanted to bring more world variety into the role-playing genre. The character design concepts were created by Kouji Nakakita under the pseudonym "Hyakkimaru", with Yukio Kitta acting as art illustrator. Masashi Katō, who worked on Xak II: Rising of the Redmoon, served as scenario writer. The music was composed by Tadahiro Nitta, Yasufumi Fukuda, and Yukiharu Urita.

Illusion City proved popular among Japanese players and garnered favorable reception from critics, but the Mega-CD version received mixed response and sold over 2,164 copies in its first week on the market. Retrospective commentary has been more positive.