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Yosaku also known as Kikori no Yosaku	1981	image specs screenshots machines company oc_id source /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_box_rear_s.jpg label value year of release 1981 label value companies Epoch label value type game label value media cartridge label value systems Epoch Cassette Vision label value number of players 1 player title subtitle text image let's start a game /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss1.jpg title subtitle text image beware of the snakes and bird eggs /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss2.jpg title subtitle text image let's cut the first tree /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss3.jpg title subtitle text image jump over or kill the wild pigs /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss4.jpg title subtitle text image you can also kill the snakes with your axe /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss5.jpg title subtitle text image first tree is down /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss6.jpg title subtitle text image avoid all the baddies /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss7.jpg title subtitle text image you can jump to avoid snakes /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss8.jpg title subtitle text image second tree is down too /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss9.jpg title subtitle text image kill the pig ! /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss10.jpg title subtitle text image arghhh! a pig killed you /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss11.jpg title subtitle text image you're dead /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_ss12.jpg title subtitle text image Box inlay /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_yosaku_inlay_1.jpg title subtitle text image box - back /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_box_rear.jpg title subtitle text image box - back /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_box-back_2_.jpg title subtitle text image detail /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_box_detail.jpg title subtitle text image cartridge /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_cart_2.jpg title subtitle text image cartridge (later version) /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_cart-alone_1.jpg title subtitle text image documentation /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_doc_1.jpg title subtitle text image documentation (verso) /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_doc_2.jpg title subtitle text image cartridge & doc /media/museum/software/epoch_cv_yosaku_inside.jpg /museum/epoch-cassette-vision /companies/epoch 660 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20221208084245/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=660 2022-12-08

Yosaku was the first cartridge available for the Epoch Cassette Vision system.

It's a very original (and immoral) game where the player must cut down two trees with his axe, while avoiding all sort of hazard like wild pigs, agressives birds (launching eggs), snakes and falling branches.

There are several options proposed like "time attack" variations.

The gameplay seems surprisingly ok for such a limited system with blocky graphics.

Yosaku is in fact an adaptation from an obscure japanese arcade game from SNK, named also Yosaku and released in 1979. It is said to be the first videogame from SNK.