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Machi (video game)
1998 video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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")),[1] 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").[2]
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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: 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
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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]
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.[8]
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