ANIMETIC STORY GAME - CARD CAPTOR SAKURA
Official Title  Animetic Story Game Card Captor Sakura
Common Title  Anime Chick Story Game Card Captor Sakura
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-01830-1
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  RPG  / Mini Games

Developer  Arika\Ancient.
Publisher  Arika.
Date Released  5 August 1999
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number		 DISC 1

SLPS-01830		 DISC 2

SLPS-01831
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-01830 SLPS-01831
Media Disc ID N / A N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )		 1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )		 MB
( .bin / .cue )		 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )		 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )		 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  4526319000013  - 
     

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Cardcaptor Sakura, also known as Cardcaptors and abbreviated as CCS, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by CLAMP. Cardcaptor Sakura is published in Japan by Kodansha and was serialized in Nakayoshi. The series consists of twelve volumes. The manga is well-known for its emphasis on the shojo genre of the series; nearly every page has detailed flowers, bubbles, or sparkles around the main characters. It won the noted Seiun Award for best manga in 2001.

Ten-year-old fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto opens a mysterious book in her father's study and accidentally releases the magical Clow Cards. Created by the half-English half-Chinese sorcerer Clow Reed, the Clow Cards were sealed within the Clow Book upon his death and represent a combination of magic from Clow's mixed heritage. Each card has its own personality and characteristics and can assume alternate forms when activated.

This is the first ever game ever made for Cardcaptor Sakura released on japan, the popular Mahou no Shoujo (Magical Girl) anime about a girl named Kinomoto Sakura who're given a power to seek and seal the Magic Card, namely Clow Card. However, this game is the first anime related games from Arika.

The gameplay consist of 3 Different parts:

- A. Non Interactive Scene During this part, the cutscenes, Conversation,and Anime FMV's occured you're only able to skip the conversation, by pressing Circle Button and Stop the FMV by pressing Start Button

- B. Interactive Scene:
On this part, you may control Sakura or other character. This one happened if the Joystick symbol Appeared on the middle of screen. During this part, Sakura able to interact with other people or environment. If the circle icon appeared when Sakura stand very close to other person or environment, means that's interactable.
- C. Minigame Scene: Simple, just playing minigames by obeying the rules to complete a stage, once you beat the game, you may replay all of minigames.

There are 14 episodes.

The game also features the following extras: Voice Gallery, Movie Gallery & Design Gallery.

  Manufacturer's description:

- So cute! ...Combining chibi-charcters and animation in a modern style story game.
- Want it! ...PocketStation compatible. You can collect voice data within the game and share it.
- Talk! ...The same voice cast as the animation.
- Everyone loves it...From the popular serial "Nakayoshi" by Kodansha! NHK Education, BS2 Animation Broadcasting.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Magic, Fantasy & Anime themes.
Number Of Players  1 Player
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )		  Standard Controller ( Analog Controller compatible )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )		  None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )		  None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )		  Pocketstation
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v1.8.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=1,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.8.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe CDRom Plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move character -  D-Pad
  Select action -  Circle Button
  Pause game -  Start Button

 


   
 
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DISC 1 DISC 2
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Thanks to MATTHEW LA FRANCE for providing the manufacturer's description.
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