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First Samurai: Development, Reception & Plot

First Samurai, alternatively titled The First Samurai, is a 1991 beat 'em up platform game developed by Vivid Image and published by Image Works. The First Samurai was originally released in September 1991 for the Amiga and Atari ST, and was later ported to the Commodore 64 (reduced graphics), MS-DOS (music during gameplay removed) and the Super Nintendo…

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First Samurai topic overview

The analysis highlights Development, Reception and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around First Samurai.

Related topics
42
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
48
Extracted relationships
70
Related term clusters
25
Bridge connections
48

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Development · 15 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Reception · 9 topics
Gameplay · 3 topics
Plot · 3 topics
Cancelled version · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Artist
Paul 'Dokk' Docherty
Designer
John Twiddy
Developer
Vivid Image
Director
Mev Dinc
Genres
Platform, beat 'em up
Mode
Single-player

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Overview

Plot

Gameplay

Development

Reception

Cancelled version

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How First Samurai connects Entity context

The extracted context around First Samurai shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, First Samurai → Amiga, Atari ST, British, Cecco, December, Deciding, Dinc, Docherty, Docherty's, Dokk' Docherty, Fruad Katon, I've, John Twiddy, July, Mev Dinc, MS-DOS, Obviously, Paul, PC, PDS Another extracted example is First Samurai → Amiga, Amiga Joker, Anyone, Asia-themed, Atari ST, First Samurai's, Furthermore, Image Works, Shadow Dancer, ST Review's Dave Jones, Super Gamer, Super NES, The Last Ninja. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

First Samurai

Top relations

related to Development · 33
First Samurai → Amiga, Atari ST, British, Cecco, December, Deciding, Dinc, Docherty, Docherty's, Dokk' Docherty, Fruad Katon, I've, John Twiddy, July, Mev Dinc, MS-DOS, Obviously, Paul, PC, PDS
related to Reception · 13
First Samurai → Amiga, Amiga Joker, Anyone, Asia-themed, Atari ST, First Samurai's, Furthermore, Image Works, Shadow Dancer, ST Review's Dave Jones, Super Gamer, Super NES, The Last Ninja
related to Plot · 2
First Samurai → In The First Samurai, Japan
Artist · 1
First Samurai → Paul 'Dokk' Docherty
Designer · 1
First Samurai → John Twiddy
Developer · 1
First Samurai → Vivid Image
Director · 1
First Samurai → Mev Dinc
Genres · 1
First Samurai → Platform, beat 'em up
Mode · 1
First Samurai → Single-player
Platforms · 1
First Samurai → Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Super NES, iOS

Important terminology

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Important terminology

samurai amiga game development samurai's vivid sprites image atari st 64 1991 released 'em ms-dos one expressed different graphics platform

First Samurai relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 70 structured relationships around First Samurai. Examples in this analysis include First Samurai → Artist → Paul 'Dokk' Docherty and First Samurai → Designer → John Twiddy. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
First SamuraiArtistPaul 'Dokk' Docherty1.00infobox
First SamuraiDesignerJohn Twiddy1.00infobox
First SamuraiDeveloperVivid Image1.00infobox
First SamuraiDirectorMev Dinc1.00infobox
First SamuraiGenresPlatform, beat 'em up1.00infobox
First SamuraiModeSingle-player1.00infobox
First SamuraiPlatformsAmiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Super NES, iOS1.00infobox
First SamuraiProgrammerRaffaele Cecco1.00infobox
First SamuraiPublishersImage Works Ubi Soft (MS-DOS) Kemco (SNES)1.00infobox
First SamuraiReleaseSeptember 1991: Amiga, Atari ST 1992: C64, MS-DOS 1993: SNES 2011: iOS1.00infobox
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Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around First Samurai bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Samurai, Samurai's and Amiga. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • First Samurai
    • Samurai
    • Samurai's
    • Amiga
    • Development
    • Game
    • Vivid
    • Atari
    • St
    • Graphics
    • John
    • Expressed
    • Image
  • first samurai
    • Samurai
    • Samurai's
    • Amiga
    • Development
    • Game
    • Atari
    • St
    • Vivid
    • Graphics
    • John
    • Expressed
    • Image
  • beat 'em up
    • 'em
    • Beat
    • Platform
    • Super
    • Works
    • Computer
    • Version
    • Image
    • Game
    • Ios
    • Vivid
    • Amiga
  • platform game
    • Works
    • Image
    • Games
    • Ios
    • Samurai's
    • Vivid
    • Commodore
    • Computer
    • Dinc
    • Gameplay
    • Ms-dos
    • Samurai
  • vivid image
    • Vivid
    • Works
    • Docherty
    • John
    • Expressed
    • Development
    • Platform
    • Cecco
    • One
    • Twiddy
    • Atari
    • St
  • image works
    • Vivid
    • Beat
    • Image
    • Platform
    • Works
    • 'em
    • Cecco
    • Docherty
    • Ios
    • Development
    • One
    • Commodore
  • second samurai
    • Amiga
    • Atari
    • St
    • Vivid
    • Development
    • Gameplay
    • Ms-dos
    • September
    • Cecco
    • Docherty
    • Version
    • Expressed
  • samurai
    • Amiga
    • Atari
    • St
    • Vivid
    • Development
    • Gameplay
    • Ms-dos
    • September
    • Cecco
    • Docherty
    • Version
    • Expressed

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For First Samurai, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects First Samurai with Development. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
First Samurai — Development · splits 33 ⟂ 16
First Samurai — Overview · splits 37 ⟂ 12
First Samurai — Reception · splits 39 ⟂ 10
First Samurai — Plot · splits 45 ⟂ 4
First Samurai — Gameplay · splits 45 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

First Samurai

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples70
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around First Samurai to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Development, Reception & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — First Samurai · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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