'89 Dennō Kyūsei Uranai

'89 Dennō Kyūsei Uranai
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Developer(s)	Micronics[1]
Publisher(s)	Jingukan Polaris[1]
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System[1]
Release date(s)	JP December 10, 1988[1]
Genre(s)	First-person simulation game with anime/manga influence[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player[3]

89 Dennō Kyūsei Uranai (神宮館’８９電脳九星占い^?, "'89 Computer Nine-Planets Fortune-Telling")^[4] is a divination video game that was only released in the Japanese market.^[5]

Summary

As a horoscope simulator^[2] for the Nintendo Entertainment System, this game helped provide the roots for the more recent and graphically enhanced dating simulation games.

North America would eventually get a Tarot divination game released exclusively in their market during the same year (but by a different company). Traditionally, the Tarot has been less controversial than the methods used in the game to acquire a fortune reading. These kinds of games would emerge on systems such as the Japanese incarnation of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sega Game Gear, and eventually to the Sony PlayStation series of console systems within the past twenty years. This game is played exclusively in the Japanese language.

Gameplay

This is a fortune that allowed this sample player to predict his life in the "future" of 1989.

The game permits players to hear their fortunes about what their life will be like in the year 1989. Any usage by people born after December 31, 1988 will have unintended side effects as their forecast would end up being completely fictional. These predictions would fall into the categories of either "alternate history" and/or being in a parallel universe where they were actually around in the year 1989. Players must put down their name, birthdate, and their gender.^[2] It is strongly recommended that people born on December 31, 1988 to be the youngest people to use this program only for nostalgia purpose on the present day.

Playing this game is useless in the present era as the information the game gives out to players is not current. Emulation of the game in the 21st century would be considered redundant; it is not possible to reprogram the game to predict present-day events or events in the near future. Collectors have been known to merely seek to add this game into their collection for its future collection value. Regardless of whether the game was physically imported or downloaded on their computer, this game is considered part of the complete Family Computer collection regardless of the fact that it doesn't have any relevance in present day culture.

Fortune-telling parts of the game include: their life fortune,^[2] their annual fortune (predictions for the entire year of 1989),^[2] their daily fortune (predictions for a certain day),^[2] and their male-female compatibility report (for possible love connections).^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/579365-89-dennou-kyuusei-uranai/data. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Basic game overview". Moby Games. http://www.mobygames.com/game/89-denn-kysei-uranai. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 
3. ^ "# of players information (Danish)". N-Club. http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/579365-89-dennou-kyuusei-uranai/data. Retrieved 2010-05-25. 
4. ^ "Japanese title". JPNES. http://kurx.net/game/gamebook/fc/JPnesHe.txt. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 
5. ^ "Additional genre information". Superfamicom.org. http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/89-dennou-kyuusei-uranai/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.