Machi
Is a visual novel developed and published by Chunsoft, originally released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn. It was ported for the PlayStation in 1999 (retitled and for the PlayStation Portable in 2006 as
Machi
- Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Chunsoft
- Genre
- visual novel · adventure video game
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Is a visual novel developed and published by Chunsoft, originally released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn. It was ported for the PlayStation in 1999 (retitled and for the PlayStation Portable in 2006 as
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Key facts
• Title — Machi • Developer — Chunsoft • Publisher — Chunsoft • Programmer — Hidefumi Itano • Director — Kazuya Asano • Producer — Koichi Nakamura Toshiki Kobuko • Writer — Shukei Nagasaka • Composer — Kota Kato Chiyoko Mitsumata Hideyuki Hayashi Shoji Morito Shinichi Itakura • Platforms — Sega Saturn PlayStation PlayStation Portable • Released — Sega SaturnJanuary 22, 1998PlayStationJanuary 28, 1999PlayStation PortableJuly 30, 2006 • Genre — Adventure, visual novel • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
Gameplay
Machi features a branching narrative, consisting of players using eight characters at the start of the game.
Characters
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 popular high school student • Atsushi Takamine: Ryuji's father • Norio Aoi: a pariah • Isamu Sagiyama: an assistant director • Patrick Dandy: a marriage swindler • Shōjirō Kaizuka: a politician
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
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1998
Machi published.
1998
Machi is recorded as published in 1998.
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Places
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- Japan
Named but not plotted · 1
Machi is associated with Japan.
Country
Reception
Reception
Machi sold 164,866 copies in Japan. Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40. It ranked fifth at the top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time. In 2017, Famitsu readers voted it one of the top five adventure games of all time.
Legacy
Legacy
A proposed sequel to Machi was cancelled, but a chapter of it was adapted as a 1998 television miniseries Tōmei Shōjo Ea (Invisible Girl Ea). 428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references.
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- 1.Sega Teams up with Chunsoft. September 9, 2005.
- 2.Now Playing in Japan. May 4, 2006.
- 3.「サウンドノベル 街 -machi-」とはいかなる作品だったのか。20周年を迎えた今，その魅力を語りたい. 4Gamer.net.
- 4.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. 915. 5. June 30, 2006.
- 5.Famitsu. Game Search. Game Data Library. 8 December 2019.
- 6.Collin Campbell. Japan Votes on All Time Top 100. 2006.
- 7.Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time. Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017.
- 8.428: Shibuya Scramble – Hardcore Gaming 101.
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