Machi (video game)
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").
| 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 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.
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