Beep21 is the recent revival of the Japanese Beep! magazine, and it looks like they've taken some of their articles out from behind the paywall in order to entice people to buy a "value pack" of articles from 2021-2022. This includes part one of "Yumemi Yakata no Monogatari: Secret Stories Told by the Creator at the Time," written by Kouichi Suzuki. (Parts two and three are still behind the paywall.)
As you might be able to guess from the title, Suzuki was essentially the creator of Yumemi Yakata no Monogatari — aka Mansion of Hidden Souls — for the Mega CD, the spooky FMV adventure game, though the roots of the project go back to a prototype Mark Flint showed him on the FM Towns. You'll learn all about that, what it was like working at System Sacom, and more! You'll even get to look at Suzuki's original proposal, back when the game was meant for the "PlayStation 0" (the Super Famicom/Super NES CD-ROM system). Run the article through DeepL, if need be, and enjoy.
