HOUKAGO WA GIN NO SHIRABE
OFFICIAL TITLE  Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe
COMMON TITLE  Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPM-66914
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Adventure.

DEVELOPER  Fupac Co., Ltd.
PUBLISHER  Dimple Entertainment.
DATE RELEASED  28 February 2008
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPM-66914
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPM-66914
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe is a visual novel videogame released for the PC & the Playstation 2 console, in the game the player takes the role of Kagurasaka Kaname, that is from a family of exorcists. Her mission in the game is to find out the origins of the supernatural phenomenons that are happening in a school. The school confessed that the students have been seeing strange things and have been suffering petty injuries. Although they are nothing big, but for the school's reputation, they have to stop the mysterious incidents..

Since the case is nothing serious, and Kaname is at the right age, she is sent to deal with it. There is only one problem, though: Kaname is a girl and the school is a boy's school.

Since her family is confident that she would have the case solved in no time, they have a brilliant idea. She is to camouflage as a boy and enroll into the school as one of the students. Although unwilling at first, she is well liked, and became friends with a group of charming boys and started getting used to school life.

But she did not forget her mission, she will have the case solved in no time! Or?

This is a text adventure game: The window is split into two, one showing graphics and the other showing text or dialogs.
During the morning investigation period, ask your shikigami Kuon to fly to selected areas within the school.

In the afternoon action period, go to suspicious areas within the school to conduct your investigations. The story changes according to what you have chosen during investigation and action periods.

Your shikigami develop an affinity for a certain element as the game progresses, and if his affinity value reaches a certain point, he will level up. You can see his growth during the morning investigation period.

CHARACTERS:
- Kagurazaka Kaname: The main character of the game.
- Hyoudou Tooma, the main male lead. He has a very cheerful personality and pulls the protagonist into all sorts of things.
- Izumi Yuuto: A good friend of Tooma. He's brash, short, and very competitive. He competes with Kaname a lot because she's around his height.
- Mishiro Takaya: The student council president.
- Kuzunoha Ren: He seemed to suspect Kaname even with our few encounters.
- Abe Tadayoshi: Kaname's homeroom teacher.

The Limited edition: It comes with a book containing all the character settings and a drama CD that contains hidden information on the boys that you can not find anywhere else.

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Sneaks into boys' school in dressed as a man! ? Maiden for school love adventure appeared in the PS2! The boys' school stage. Girl Kagurazaka main hero is a family of nurses timer was livelihood to pay the strangeness of the world, decided to infiltrate the boys' school in dressed as a man for a certain resolution of a case. Let's solve the case that while communicating with individual character, takes place in the school!

  FEATURES:
  • First person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Supernatural, School & Anime themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  121 KB Minimum
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 )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = No / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.2.1
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 1; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = Yes; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = Yes
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX r5864 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X r5830 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  The game doesn't have it.

  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 between actions or answers -  D-Pad or Left Analog Stick
Cancel action -  X Button
Select action or answer -  Circle Button
Options menu -  Triangle Button
Show previous dialogues -  R1 Button
Show / Hide text -  R2 Button

 

RAW CODES:

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 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT BACK
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 500 x 715 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 113 KB
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Dim. - 700 x 997 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 233 KB
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 NTSC-J:
  • Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe [First Print Limited Edition] [DMP-P203]   
     

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