KASEI MONOGATARI
Official Title  Kasei Monogatari
Common Title  Kasei Monogatari
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-01630
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Adventure / Mini games / RPG

Developer  Japan Vistec
Publisher  ASCII Entertainment
Date Released  22 October 1998
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLPS-01630
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-01630
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
545 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
237 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

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

Kasei Monogatari is an adventure game with cartoon graphics, the gameplay is about talking with different characters and them solve different mini games to advance in the game.

The game was released in a limited edition package featuring figurines of the main characters, a map of the game's world, and assorted other related paraphernalia.

The game is broken up into 30 episodes, and after each episode ends, the player is treated to a short omake theater stick puppet show involving characters from the game. Each episode also begins with a narrated recap of the previous episode. The main character (Phobos) travels back and forth between time periods during his quest.

STORY:
Kasei Monogatari's plot revolves around Phobos, a young boy with a spirit for adventure and a love for tinkering with anything mechanical. In the beginning of the game, Phobos even has his own garage workshop on the outskirts of the town of Aroma, and his main goal is to complete a land rover that he has been working on. His search for the elusive final part takes him all over town, but he finally finds the part.

Upon its completion, Phobos and two of his friends take the land rover out for a celebratory test drive around town. As they reach the center of town, however, panicking townspeople alert the trio to the fact that some robot has gone haywire in the middle of town and is attacking everything in sight. Phobos, being an extremely conscientious boy, goes to try to stop the robot. As the trio confronts the robot, it immediately blows their land rover to pieces.

After a long battle, Phobos is able to overcome the robot. As he surveys the damage in the wake of the robot's onslaught, he learns that the robot is from the distant (and advanced) city of Kangarian. In order to get to the bottom of this mystery, Phobos decides to travel to Kangarian, and so his quest begins.

GAMEPLAY:
When you travel on the world map, your path gets laid out into squares like a board game, and you advance by spinning a needle and advancing whatever number of spots that the needle lands on. On certain squares, there are enemy encounters, while on others, there are goodies such as treasures, pools that completely heal your party, and other cool bonuses.

Mars Story uses a semi-tactical battle system not unlike that of Game Arts' Grandia. However, there is actually more interaction with the battle screens than in Grandia. Characters can be commanded to move to specific locations, and objects (if not too heavy) can be picked up and thrown at enemies. All battles are in preset locations in Mars Story; there are no random encounters.

The game only allow the player to save his game at the end of an episode.

  Manufacturer's description:

RPG adventure begins from where the boy hero living on Mars the eve of the 12-year-old, standing degree of naming to ritual. The story progresses in the form of short stories all Chapter 30. Mini-game mode and avoid obstacles Sugoroku move from city to city, in the battle'll have been packed with innovative systems in addition to normal physical attack and magic attack, and to attack the enemy and throwing things.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Fantasy themes.
Number Of Players  1 Player
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1-5 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 )
 SLPH-00027
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )
 None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v1.9.0
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.1.9.0
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.
 

 ADVENTURE CONTROLS:
  Move character:  D-Pad
  Run:  X Button
  Examine / Talk / Select action:  Circle Button
  Menu / Status:  Triangle Button


 IN BATTLE CONTROLS:
  Select action:  Circle Button
  Zoom in / Zoom out:  R2 Button
  Change view:  R1 Button


 BOARD CONTROLS:
  Select action / Roll roulette:  Circle Button
  Show next board square:  R1 Button
  Show previous board square:  L1 Button
  Show / Hide map:  Square Button
  Menu / Status:  Triangle Button

 

GAMESHARK CODES:
  9999 Money:  
8001001C 270F
8001001E 270F
 
  Infinite MP:  
D00BA77C 1023
800BA77E 0040
 
  Infinite Items (If you only have the remaining one has no effect At least two of the state to sell an item):  
D00B5B5A 2442
800B5B58 0000
 
  INFINITE MP in battle:  
D002AF8A A466
8002AF88 0000
D002AF8A A466
8002AF8A 0000
 
  INFINITE ??????????combat:  
D002AF62 A066
8002AF60 0000
D002AF62 A066
8002AF62 0000
 
  Items not decrease during combat (However we only have one remaining case is not effective At least two states):  
D0025EE0 1023
80025EE2 0060
 


 
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 NTSC-J:
  • Kasei Monogatari [Limited Edition] [SLPS-01629]   
     

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