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
Developer(s)Chunsoft
Publisher(s)Chunsoft
Platform(s)Sega Saturn
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
ReleaseSega Saturn
  • JP: January 22, 1998
PlayStation
  • JP: January 28, 1999
PlayStation Portable
  • JP: July 30, 2006
Genre(s)Visual novel
Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The player can make 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

The game sold 164,866 copies in Japan.[1]

Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40.[2] In 2006, it ranked 5th in the Famitsu top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.[3]

Tōmei Shōjo Air was slated to be a storyline, but was changed into a miniseries.

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.[4]

References
  1. "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. Collin Campbell (2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
  4. "Steins;Gate is voted the best Adventure game of all time". Japanese Nintendo. June 7, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2017.
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