Machi (video game)
| Machi | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Chunsoft |
| Publisher | Chunsoft |
| Director | Kazuya Asano |
| Producers | Koichi Nakamura Toshiki Kobuko |
| Programmer | Hidefumi Itano |
| Writer | Shukei Nagasaka |
| Composers | Kota Kato Chiyoko Mitsumata Hideyuki Hayashi Shoji Morito Shinichi Itakura |
| Platforms | Sega Saturn PlayStation PlayStation Portable |
| Release | Sega Saturn
|
| Genres | Adventure, visual novel |
| Mode | Single-player |
Machi (街, literally "City") 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 Machi: Unmei no Kōsaten),[a][1] and for the PlayStation Portable in 2006 as Machi: Unmei no Kōsaten - Tokubetsu-hen.[b][2]
Gameplay
Machi features a branching narrative, consisting of players using eight characters at the start of the game.[3]
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
Reception
Machi sold 164,866 copies in Japan.[4] Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40.[5] It ranked fifth at the top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.[6]
In 2017, Famitsu readers voted it one of the top five adventure games of all time.[7]
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.[8]
Notes
References
- ^ "Sega Teams up with Chunsoft". September 9, 2005.
- ^ "Now Playing in Japan". May 4, 2006.
- ^ "「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.
- ^ "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time". Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2017.
- ^ "428: Shibuya Scramble – Hardcore Gaming 101".