Machi (video game)

Machi
Machi
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 JP: January 22, 1998; PlayStation JP: January 28, 1999; PlayStation Portable JP: July 30, 2006;
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")),^[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]

Gameplay[edit]

The game features a branching narrative.

Characters[edit]

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[edit]

The game sold 164,866 copies in Japan.^[3] Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40.^[4] It ranked fifth at the top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.^[5]

In 2017, Famitsu readers voted it one of the top five adventure games of all time.^[6]

Proposed sequel[edit]

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[edit]

428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references.^[7]

References[edit]

^ https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/09/09/sega-teams-up-with-chunsoft
^ https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/04/now-playing-in-japan-99
^ "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.
^ http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/428-shibuya-scramble/

External links[edit]

[1] ttps://www.ign.com/articles/2005/09/09/sega-teams-up-with-chunsoft

[2] ttps://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/04/now-playing-in-japan-99

[gamedatalibrary-3] "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

[4] 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.

[5] Collin Campbell (2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.

[6] "Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time". Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2017.

[7] ttp://www.hardcoregaming101.net/428-shibuya-scramble/

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