Popular games published by company Chunsoft

16.02.2012

The second game in the Zero Escape series. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is a mystery/thriller visual novel. It is story focused with multiple endings that use player choices and puzzle rooms to progress. Additions to the game include an 'auto-advance text' mode, so players can listen to the voice acting without clicking through dialog, a memo function that allows players to note anything they feel is useful, and a flow chart that shows how alternate choices unfold. The in-game calculator has been removed.

29.04.2005

Homeland is a Japanese-exclusive game for the Nintendo GameCube. Its main claim to fame is that it is the only non-Phantasy Star Online title in the system's library to officially support online multiplayer, although the implementation of it is different compared to most other games.

19.07.2001

Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft. It is part of the Mystery Dungeon series, and is a sequel to Shiren the Wanderer GB: Moonlight Village Monster. It was originally released for the Game Boy Color by Chunsoft in 2001. A Nintendo DS remake was released by Sega later in 2008.

30.04.2010

The Title is mostly referred to as "Students of the Round" in English instead of a more direct translation because an English version of the game was never made and the name is a better match for the English subtitle on the cover. It is a dungeon crawling JRPG featuring a bonding system, a trapping mechanic with the ability to lure enemies, and a rivalry system to fight over and steal treasure. It was original released on PC in Japan and was later remade for Xbox 360, under the same name, and Playstation Portable under the name "Entaku no Seito: The Eternal Legend". The Xbox 360 version of the game has extra content that includes new monsters, items, dungeons, background music, as well as new story segments and accompanying artwork. The later PSP version is likely to have the new features but I was unable to find information about it. The re-release of the PC version doesn't appear to have the new features but I couldn't find much information for it. Both consoles had a special edition released a year after the console ports launch titled "Entaku no Seito (DRPG Selection)" on the Xbox 360 and "Entaku no Seito: The Eternal Legend (Kadokawa Game Collection)" on the PlayStation Vita.

17.12.2011

A murder mystery sound novel developed by Chunsoft and the fourth entry in the Kamaitachi no Yoru series. This title attempted to reboot the franchise by returning to a setting similar to the first game, with a group of people trapped in a cabin during a snowstorm, while also introducing new elements such as a real-time polygonal presentation, voice acting and investigative gameplay mechanics, all firsts for the franchise.

28.01.1998

Set in the city of Shibuya, this ensemble drama depicts the intricately intertwined stories of the eight main characters and the characters surrounding them.

07.03.1992

One summer evening, a young man and a woman were driving down a winding mountain road. You take the role of the young man. The young woman is named Nami. The two of you attend the same college. While driving back home from an out-of-town date, you got into an accident. The car's brakes suddenly stopped working, leaving the car totaled and the two of you clueless about where to go, until you spotted the mailbox of a nearby home. Together, you trudged through the woods, struck by the rain and trembling from the lightning. Nami was looking more and more displeased. Emerging from the woods, you found an old western-style mansion gated off with high walls.

07.02.2002

Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren Gaiden - Onna Kenshi Asuka Kenzan! is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Neverland. It is part of the Mystery Dungeon series, and is a side story based on the Shiren the Wanderer series. It was originally released for the Dreamcast by Sega on February 7, 2002. A Microsoft Windows port would be later released on December 20, 2002 and re-released later with internet compatibility on February 27, 2004, both published by Chunsoft.

22.11.1996

Shiren the Wanderer GB: Moonlight Village Monster is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Aquamarine, part of the Mystery Dungeon series. It was originally released for the Game Boy by Chunsoft in 1996.

22.04.2004

A soccer game developed by Chunsoft for the GBA.

31.12.2004

Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren Mega is an entry in the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series released for i-mode compatible cell phones in 2004, only in Japan.

01.12.1995

The player takes the role of the rōnin Shiren, who travels through thirty areas on his way to the Land of the Golden Condor. The game is turn-based, with all enemies and characters in an area moving whenever the player performs an action, such as attacking or moving. If the player falls in battle, they lose all their progress and are forced to restart from the beginning of the game: to counter-act this, they can choose to store powerful items in warehouses, and pick them up again on further playthroughs.

19.09.1993

Torneko No Daibouken is a overhead view game similar to Hack, what might be called a "dungeon crawl". Torneko must venture into the mysterious dungeon gathering treasure. He may equip any weapons and shields he finds there, as well as gather up items such as spell scrolls, staffs and herbs with a variety of effect. A variety of enemies, familiar to the Dragon Quest series, await him. If Torneko successfully exits the dungeon, he is able to sell any of the items he has collected. This money then goes to improve the quality of his shop and living quarters. As the game progresses, Torneko is able to store special items in the vault, which he is then able to bring with him on subsequent trips to the dungeon.

25.12.1994

Kamaitachi no Yoru is a sound novel developed and published by Chunsoft. The game was first released on November 25, 1994 for the Super Famicom. It was also ported to the Playstation and Gameboy Advance It became available on the Virtual Console in February, 2007 for 800 Wii Points. The story-line was written by Takemaru Abiko and production was directed by Kazuya Asano and Koichi Nakamura. Kamaitachi no Yoru was the second sound novel developed by Chunsoft, and its popularity brought a myriad of other companies to develop similar games. The term "sound novel" was originally a registered trademark of Chunsoft, but is now regarded as a whole genre of its own. The game revolves around Toru and his girlfriend Mari, who are suddenly drawn into a horrible murder mystery while on vacation at a skiing lodge. The first part of the games develops as a crime-solving adventure.

18.07.2002

Kamai Tachi no Yoru 2: Jail Island no Warabe Uta is a video game published by Chunsoft and released on July 18, 2002 as an adventure game for the PlayStation 2. It is Chunsoft's fourth sound novel. The previous game, "Night of the Kamai Tachi", is used as a Story within a story. The sequel is "Kamaitachi no Yoru x3: Crescent Moon Island Case no Shinsou".

20.01.2011

Real-time strategy game where you must command a hord of zombies to complete each stage.

22.01.1998

Machi is a story of 8 unrelated protagonists, all with their own problems and objectives, all living in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan. The story spans 5 in-game days and is told through a huge number of live-action still photographs. Each of the protagonists lead a completely different story that even defies genres. The player must play all of the stories in parallel, jumping across different protagonists, and backtracking to re-select branches which not only affect the active protagonist, but also other protagonists through often bizarre twists of causality.