Machi (video game)
Machi (街, literally "City") is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Chunsoft. It was released for Sega Saturn and PlayStation. It marked the third entry in the "Sound Novel Evolution" series, and retitled Machi: Unmei no Kousaten (街 〜運命の交差点〜, lit. "City: The Intersection of Fate"). The game was remade for PlayStation Portable, titled Machi: Unmei no Kousaten: Tokubetsuhen (街 〜運命の交差点〜 特別篇, lit. "City: The Intersection of Fate － Special Version"), released in 2006.
| Machi | |
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| Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Chunsoft |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn PlayStation PlayStation Portable |
| Release | Sega Saturn
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| Genre(s) | Visual novel Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
The game focuses on the conflict in Shibuya. Depending on decisions, the player makes most multiple endings, but the good ones can be obtained by making the right decision, since choices taken with one can impact another story.
Characters
- Keima Amemiya: a junior police inspector
- Jintarō Umabe: a television actor
- Masami Ushio: the Yakuza member
- Yoshiko Hosoi: a part-time worker
- Masashi Shinoda: a university student
- Ryūji Takamine: a Foreign Legion deserter
- Fumiyasu Ichikawa: a television 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
- In the 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]
- Famitsu scored the game a 33 out of 40.[2]
- 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 miniseries instead.
- The video game 428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references.
- In 2017, Famitsu 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.
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