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Magical Date

Magical Date is a skill game and dating sim published by Taito in 1996 for arcade and PlayStation. In this game, the player picks one of three possible girls to date and then starts off in a square as in a board game, proceeding to other squares which have different mini games. At junction points the player is asked questions about their date and has to pick the correct answer, or she will become upset.

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Magical Date
Arcade flyer
DeveloperTaito
PublisherTaito
PlatformsArcade, PlayStation
Release1996
GenreDating sim
ModesSingle-player, two players
Arcade systemTaito FX-1A

Magical Date (まじかるで〜と Majikaru Dēto) is a skill game and dating sim published by Taito in 1996 for arcade and PlayStation. In this game, the player picks one of three possible girls to date and then starts off in a square as in a board game, proceeding to other squares which have different mini games. At junction points the player is asked questions about their date and has to pick the correct answer, or she will become upset.1

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Magical Date on their February 1, 1997 issue as being the fourth most-successful arcade game of the month.2

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References

  1. Magical date ex - sotsugyou kokuhaku daisakusen at arcade-history: video games, pinballs, slot machines, etc
  2. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 534. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 February 1997. p. 25.
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