Chunsoft

Sound Novel: Machi

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.

Released: 22 January 1998
Developer: Chunsoft
Publisher: Chunsoft
Engine: TrueMotion
Platforms: Sega Saturn
Genres: Puzzle · Adventure · Visual Novel
Also known as: City · Machi · Sound Novel -City- · Sound Novel Machi -machi-