Machi (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Chunsoft |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn Sony PlayStation PlayStation Portable |
| Release date(s) | PlayStation/Saturn:
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| Genre(s) | Visual novel Adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | CERO: D (17+) |
| Media/distribution | 2 × CD-ROM (PlayStation/Saturn) 1 × UMD (PSP) |
Machi (街) (translated from Japanese as "city or "town" or "street") is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Chunsoft and released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1998 and then for the Sony PlayStation in 1999. This game was remade for the PlayStation Portable as Machi: Unmei no Kousaten (Town: Intersection of Fate) and was released on July 30, 2006.
Focusing mostly on storytelling, the game is described by its creators as a "sound novel" that focuses on eight protagonists and their adventures and conflicts in the major metropolitan area of Shibuya. Depending on what decisions the player makes during the course of the game, several different endings, both good and bad, can be reached.
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[edit] Story
[edit] Characters
- Keima Amemiya: a policeman
- Jintarō Umabe: an actor
- Masami Ushio: a gang member
- Yoshiko Hosoi: the female protagonist
- Masashi Shinoda: a student
- Ryūji Takamine: a deserter
- Fumiyasu Ichikawa: an author
- Yōhei Tobisawa: a high-school boy
- Atsushi Takamine: a Businessman
- Norio Aoi: a high-school boy
- Isamu Sagiyama: an Assistant Director
- Patrick Dandy: a Marriage Swindler
- Shōjirō Kaiduka: a Politician
[edit] Reception and legacy
- In a March 2006 article of Famitsu magazine, one of the largest videogame publications in Japan, Machi ranked 5th in a top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.[1]
- The Japanese drama Tōmei Shōjo Air was originally slated to be a storyline for this game or a sequel, but delays in production caused them to turn it into a television miniseries instead.
- The video game 428: Fūsasareta Shibuya de by Chunsoft is set in the same location and has many references to Machi.
[edit] References
- ^ Collin Campbell (2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
[edit] External links
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