THE NOTE
Official Title  The Note
Common Title  The Note
Serial Number(s)  SLES-00749
Region  PAL
Genre / Style  Action / Adventure

Developer  NK System Co., Ltd.
Publisher  Sunsoft.
Date Released  1 October 1997
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLES-00749
Serial Number In Disc SLES-00749
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 3
( 1 Data Track &
2 Audio Tracks )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
540 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
  •  4907940130162  - 
     

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English

French

German

Italian

Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish).

Linda, Toshi and Dave, three members of an occult group of a senior high school end up missing while investigating a mansion in a town in southern Europe. Linda, one of the group sent her mother photos of spirits she captured inside the mansion before she disappeared.

You are Akira, a freelance journalist. Linda's mother hired you and your assistant Angela to find the whereabouts of her daughter and the two other kids she was with.

The Note is an action adventure survival horror title, you move around the levels in a first person view and can interact with almost everything in the rooms. Curtains can be opened, fireplaces can be lit (granted, if you have any wood) and items such as paintings can be examined for additional info.

STORY:
The game is set in January, 1997. Akira, a freelance occult journalist, is visited by a woman, whose daughter had left on a trip with her friends and never returned. He agrees to look for the woman's daughter, after being given the last things the woman received from her; including a photo of an old run-down mansion somewhere in Europe, and what seem to be unearthly spirits. Two weeks after this meeting, Akira and his partner Angela, find themselves in a remote European village in front of the very mansion shown in the photos. This is where the game begins.

CHARACTERS:
- Akira: (Age: 23) A freelance occult journalist for the past three years, Akira is yet to write an article based on an actual paranormal experience. His work so far has been selling faked ghost photos and fabricated articles to specialist magazines.

- Angela: (Age: 21) As Akira's partner, Angela accompanies him to Europe to help him find the missing teenagers.

- Linda, Toshi, Dave: (Ages: 18, 17, 18) The missing senior high school students who Akira and Angela have been tasked with locating.

- Paulo: (Age: 26) Akira and Angela first meet Paulo in the mansion, and he appears to be extremely knowledgeable about the occult and the mansion in particular. He may hold the key to finding the missing teenagers, though his actions are shrouded in mystery.

GAMEPLAY:
The game allows binding functions such as Check, Open or item-based functions such as Shotgun or Match to the shoulder-buttons, so you can use doors and weapons without going through the menu every single time.

In the general fashion of survival horror games, you must lit torches or open curtains in order to access dark corners, ie. to use a key to a nearby door or to examine a painting closely. You must also conserve your ammunition since nightly creatures such as rats, bats, werewolves and zombies roam the levels.

You can exit the levels and visit the city where you can buy and sell supplies, rest or save your game. These parts work much like menu based role playing games.

  Manufacturer's description:

Fight Necromeda's powerful demons with both bullets and wits in the best-ever action-adventure title for PlayStation. Stunning real-time 3D graphics and the frightening horror atmosphere of this game will make you live an unforgettable adventure. Your doom awaits you in the darkness...

  Features:
  • First person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Detective, Horror & Mystery themes.
Number Of Players  1 Player
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  2 Blocks
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )
 Standard Controller ( Digital Controller compatible only )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )
 None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )
 None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )
 None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.1.7.0
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= 53, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.7.0
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
  Look Down, Make Selection -  X Button
  Strafe Right, Cancel Selection -  Circle Button
  Strafe Left -  Square Button
  Look Up -  Triangle Button
  Assign Command/Item -  L1 Button
  Assign Command/Item -  R1 Button
  Assign Command/Item -  L2 Button
  Assign Command/Item -  R2 Button
  Map -  Select Button
  Pause game / Inventory / Menu -  Start Button

 

GAMESHARK CODES:
  Infinite energy -  
801FB714 0064
 
  Infinite ammo -  
801FB6FE 0006
 
  Infinite money -  
801FB6F8 270F
 

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FRONT BACK INSIDE
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Res. - 72 dpi
File Size - 40 KB
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 NTSC-J:
  • Koukai Sarena Katta Shuki - The Note [SLPS-00684]  - 
     

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