At this point in time, I think I can safely stand by that title. And I found it completely by accident searching for something else. Not much discussion. It's a series of articles about the history of Japanese publisher/developer Hot-B called "Restart: Stargazers Will Awaken Once More," originally published in the collectibles retailer Mandarake's magazine Zenbu, now available on the Mandarake website.
As the name suggests, there's a heavy focus on the "legendary kusoge" Hoshi o Miru Hito (aka Stargazers) for the Famicom. Those of you who are familiar with that game will have plenty to dig into, but this series also covers early Hot-B history, including their work with adult titles, and their more notable, later titles. These include The Black Bass, Cloud Master, Insector X, the Mega Drive version of Kageki, The Blue Marlin, Devilish, Steel Empire, and more.
I'm not sure who wrote this. There was a Twitter account that was researching Hot-B; they even interviewed Hot-B's president and confirmed that Sage's Creation, the American third-party Sega publisher, was basically just Hot-B. I was wondering whatever happened with that.
(As of this writing, there were 20 articles, the latest being from February 6, 2026. There was supposed to be an update on April 3, 2026.)
"Restart: Stargazers Will Awaken Once More" (contains some adult content)https://www.mandarake.co.jp/restart/
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