What are Doujin Games??
Doujin soft, 同人ソフト short for "software", also sometimes called doujin games 同人ゲーム, are video games created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups (referred to as circles), more for fun than for profit; essentially, the Japanese equivalent of fangames. Most of them are based on pre-existing material, but some are entirely original creations. They are almost always exclusive to the PC, but a few notable exceptions also exist for the Dreamcast, because of its very weak copy protection.
Doujin soft are typically available in "demo" or "trial" (体験版) form for free on the internet, with full versions available for purchase. One game, French-Bread's brawler Ragnarok Battle Offline, a homage/spoof of the MMORPG Ragnarok Online so impressed Gravity Corp. (the original game's designers) that it has been given an official release outside of Japan.
Like fangames, doujin soft frequently use characters from existing games, anime, or manga. These unauthorized uses of characters are generally ignored and accepted by the copyright holders, and are seen as encouraging a greater fan community. This is quite different from the West where high-profile fangames are regularly shut down by cease-and-desist orders. There are also many d?jin soft titles which are completely original, or feature only vague allusions to other series.
While most doujin soft sales occur at anime and video game or anime conventions (such as Comiket), there is a growing number of specialized internet sites that sell them. Some titles sell well enough that their creators can make a full-time job out of their "amateur hobby". One particular circle, TYPE-MOON, has since become a commercial videogame developer and anime studio.
What do I need to in order to run Doujin Games??
1. First thing is first for the fighting games you may require a Japanesse Language Pack, which you guys can get here:
DUMMIES GUIDE
1. UnRAR the file
2. Go into Control Panel
3. Go to Regional Setting and Language Options
4. Click the Install Languages tab
5. Check Install Eastern Language Pack
6. Click OK
7. When it asks for the disk, or the file's location, navigate to the UnRAR'd folder. The rest will work itself out.
After that you must do this:
Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Advanced -> Select a language to match the language version of the non-Unicode programs you want to use: Japanese
And if the fighting game still doesn't work, try this:
1. Make sure that the path to the executable has no spaces.
2. Rename the executable and kgt file to something that's in English.
Hope this helps, note this is only for a few games though, you don't have to do this with all the action games and such!!!
