Game
Sound Novel: Machi
About this game
Machi is a story of 8 unrelated protagonists, all with their own problems and objectives, all living in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan. The story spans 5 in-game days and is told through a huge number of live-action still photographs. Each of the protagonists lead a completely different story that even defies genres. The player must play all of the stories in parallel, jumping across different protagonists, and backtracking to re-select branches which not only affect the active protagonist, but also other protagonists through often bizarre twists of causality.
Is there a past you would like to return to?
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Game facts
Release date
Jan 22, 1998
Developer
Chunsoft
Publisher
Chunsoft
Platforms
Sega Saturn
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Themes
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
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