Machi (video game)

Machi
Machi
Developer(s)	Chunsoft
Publisher(s)	Chunsoft
Platform(s)	Sega Saturn; PlayStation; PlayStation Portable
Release	Sega Saturn JP: January 22, 1998; PlayStation JP: January 28, 1999; PlayStation Portable JP: July 30, 2006;
Genre(s)	Visual novel; Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Machi (街, literally "City") is a visual novel and the third entry in the "Sound Novel Evolution" series created by Chunsoft for Sega Saturn. It was ported to PlayStation (retitled Machi: Unmei no Kousaten (街〜運命の交差点〜, lit. "City: The Intersection of Fate")), and for PlayStation Portable as Machi: Unmei no Kousaten: Tokubetsuhen (街〜運命の交差点〜特別篇, lit. "City: The Intersection of Fate － Special Version").

Gameplay

The player can make any types of fiction with multiple endings to reveal the conflict in Shibuya.

Characters

Keima Amemiya: a detective
Jintarō Umabe: an actor
Masami Ushio: a gangster
Yoshiko Hosoi: a part-time worker
Masashi Shinoda: a university student
Ryūji Takamine: a legion deserter
Fumiyasu Ichikawa: a screenwriter
Yōhei Tobisawa: a high school idol
Atsushi Takamine: a businessman and Ryuji's father
Norio Aoi: a high-school pariah
Isamu Sagiyama: an assistant director
Patrick Dandy: a marriage swindler
Shōjirō Kaizuka: a politician

Reception and legacy

According to Famitsu, it ranked 5th in a top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.^[1]
- Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40.^[2]
Tōmei Shōjo Air was slated to be a storyline, but was changed into a miniseries.
The video game 428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references.
In 2017, the readers voted Machi one of the top five adventure games of all time, along with Steins;Gate, 428: Shibuya Scramble, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Danganronpa.^[3]

References

^ Collin Campbell (2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
^ プレイステーション – サウンドノベル・エボリ街~運命の交差点~. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.5. June 30, 2006.
^ "Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time". Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017.

External links

[1] Collin Campbell (2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.

[2] プレイステーション – サウンドノベル・エボリ街~運命の交差点~. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.5. June 30, 2006.

[3] "Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time". Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017.

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