| Machi | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Chunsoft |
| Producer(s) | Koichi Nakamura |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn PlayStation PlayStation Portable |
| Release | Sega Saturn
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| Genre(s) | Adventure Visual novel |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Machi (街?, literally "City") is a visual novel and the third entry in the "Sound Novel Evolution" series published by Chunsoft. 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 game features a branching narrative.
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: an idol
- Atsushi Takamine: Ryuji's father
- Norio Aoi: a pariah
- Isamu Sagiyama: an assistant director
- Patrick Dandy: a marriage swindler
- Shōjirō Kaizuka: a politician
Reception[]
The game sold 164,866 copies in Japan.[1] Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40.[2] It ranked fifth at the top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.[3] 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. In 2017, Famitsu readers voted it one of the top five adventure games of all time.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 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.
- ↑ Collin Campbell (2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time". Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017. http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/161547711759.
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