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| Machi | |
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| Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Chunsoft |
| Director(s) | Kazuya Asano |
| Producer(s) | Koichi Nakamura Toshiki Kobuko |
| Programmer(s) | Hidefumi Itano |
| Writer(s) | Shukei Nagasaka |
| Composer(s) | Kota Kato Chiyoko Mitsumata Hideyuki Hayashi Shoji Morito Shinichi Itakura |
| 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. 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.
Proposed sequel
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).
Spiritual successor
428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references.
References
- "Sega Teams up with Chunsoft". September 9, 2005.
- "Now Playing in Japan". May 4, 2006.
- "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".