HIGANBANA
OFFICIAL TITLE  Higanbana
COMMON TITLE  Higanbana
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPS-25111
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Adventure / Visual Novel.

DEVELOPER  Sammy Studios.
PUBLISHER  Sammy Studios.
DATE RELEASED  26 December 2002
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPS-25111
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPS-25111
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.

A visual novel is an interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels.

In Japanese terminology, a distinction is often made between visual novels proper (abbreviated NVL), which consist predominantly of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which may incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006.

Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their extremely minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving (most recent games offer "play" or "fast-forward" toggles that make even this unnecessary).

Most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings; the gameplay mechanic in these cases typically consists of intermittent multiple-choice decision points, where the player selects a direction in which to take the game.

Higanbana is an adventure (visual novel) game based in the novel of the same title of japanese author Shukei Nagasaka. The game allows the player at the begining to chose between 3 different characters and features a lot of different endings depending of the player choices during the game. In the game the 3 main characters (female college students) receive tickets to go to Kyoto and there they will have to face the horror.

One of the special features of the game is the zapping points in which the player can choose his partner for that part, the zapping points are show in screen with a blue circle and can be accessed pressing the triangle button, the green points can be passed pressing the X button.

  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Adventure game sound novel type themed novel Nagasaka Hideka the "amaryllis". I adopt understand what person the original story that the original author wrote a new expands, are next to or are thinking about "zapping point". Female college student three met by chance in the Shinkansen towards Kyoto, caught up in a strange incident in everywhere.

  FEATURES:
  • First person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Horror & Mystery themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  378 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock 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  Yes
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  Yes.

  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
Cancel action in menus -  X Button
Select action or answer -  Circle Button
Hide text -  Square Button
Partner choice screen -  Triangle Button
Show previous dialogues -  L1 Button
Options menu -  Start Button

 



 
 

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