1995 · Bundle / compilation · Koei · Adventure · Visual novel

Emit

Bundle / compilation

A compilation of Koei's three EMIT games: visual novels with a CD audio component.

Released: 29 September 1995
Platforms: 3DO 3DO Interactive Multiplayer FM Towns PC-9800 Series PlayStation SNES Sega Saturn Windows macOS
Genres: Adventure Visual novel
Developers: Koei
Publishers: Koei
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Text
Themes: Science fiction
Languages: English, Japanese

About

Emit (エミット, Emitto) is an adventure sound novel video game developed and published by Koei. It was designed to teach Japanese students more about English, and played the audio CD back at particular times using a peripheral called Voicer-kun, an IR emitter that could command the CD to change tracks and play them. It is the first visual novel in the "English Dream" series, the only other being an unconnected novel named Dark Hunter.

The game was originally released in 1994 and divided into 3 volumes: Lost in Time (時の迷子, Toki no maigo), Desperate Journey (命がけの旅, Inochigake no tabi) and Farewell to Me (私にさよならを, Watashi ni sayonara o). The scenario writing for all 3 volumes was done by Akagawa Jirou. The plot is about another world connected to ours where people age in reverse.

›Story

EMIT Vol. 1: Toki no Maigo:

On October 5, 1994, a seventeen year old high school student named Yuri meets a polite yet mysterious elderly gentleman at the crosswalk. Although puzzled by his questions, she answers them honestly to the best of her ability. As Yuri walks across the street, she hears the man mutter the word "Emit" to her. Yuri thinks nothing of the conversation until an oddly familiar yet attractive young man approaches her a month later on the street.

EMIT Vol. 2: Inochigake no Tabi:

After Yuri's friend Outa Ichirou tells her that he met her the other day, even though Yuri hasn't seen Ichirou for a year, it becomes clear that a dimensional doppelganger is trying to steal her identity.

EMIT Vol. 3: Watashi ni Sayonara o:

Ichirou and Yuri's mother start getting suspicious of the doppelganger, not to mention that Yuri's return wrecks her plans to steal her identity.

Keywords

interactive movie
female protagonist
alternate dimensions
voiced narration

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored both Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the Sega Saturn version of the game a 23 out of 40 each.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation	29 September 1995	Japan
Sega Saturn	15 December 1995	Japan
PC-9800 Series	15 December 1995	Japan
SNES	15 December 1995	Japan
macOS	31 December 1995	Japan
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	31 December 1995	Japan
Windows	31 December 1995	Japan