The game was written and produced by Sekino Hikaru, a friend of Yuji Horii (Person). Released in 1985, this game helped lay the foundations for the dating sim genre. In particular, its artificial intelligence based dialogue system was considered revolutionary for its time, with the female characters reacting somewhat realistically to the player character's dialogues.
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Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (Game)
June 1983
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish the template for the Japanese adventure genre, which many other titles would imitate and build upon.
Hokkaidou Rensa Satsujin: Ohotsuku ni Kiyu!! (Game)
21 December 1984
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
Tokimeki Memorial (Game)
27 May 1994
Tokimeki Memorial is the first in the long-running series of dating sims by Konami which started life on the PC Engine. Released in 1994, it boosted the popularity of the dating sim genre in Japan immensely.
Karuizawa Yuukai Annai (Game)
31 May 1985
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii in 1985 about a young man trying to find the sister of his girlfriend.
Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (Game)
1 December 1987
A visual novel from Nintendo and Squaresoft featuring real teen idol Miho Nakayama. Released in 1987, it is considered one of the first true dating sims.
Night Life (Game)
30 April 1982
One of Koei's first video games, Night Life was an adult computer game released in 1982.
Tenshitachi no Gogo (Game)
30 June 1985
Released in June 1985, Tenshitachi no Gogo (Afternoon of Angels) this was one of the first adult dating sims, an adventure game set in a Japanese high school.