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Mansion of Hidden Souls 
North American boxartDeveloper(s) System Sacom Publisher(s) Vic Tokai Platform(s) Sega CD, Sega Saturn Release date(s) Genre(s) Adventure Mode(s) Single-player Rating(s) VRC: General Audiences (GA) Mansion of Hidden Souls is a game released for the Sega CD and Sega Saturn with a similar format to other puzzle computer games such as Myst, Uninvited and D. The Mansion Of Hidden Souls is actually a sequel to a Sega Mega CD game called "Yumemi Mystery Mansion"
The names for the non North American regions were Yumemi Mystery Mansion in most of Europe (though the Saturn version was still called Mansion of Hidden Souls), Le Manoir des Ames Perdues in France, La Mansión de las Almas Ocultas in Spain, and Yumemi Yataka no Monogatari in Japan.
Contents
Plot
The game takes place many years after the first installment, exactly is unspecified. You play as Jun a male unsighted character who is called to see the Elder of the mansion along with a team mate (Mike) to investigate the mansion while a red moon is present that night. As you journey around the rooms you meet characters who each have their own personality and rooms based on that personality.
Cathy - Little girl
Danny - Gunslinger
Raymond - Adventurer
Nezumi - Trader
Jossie - Fortune Teller
Sean - Nervous Patient
Elder - Wise Head Of The Household
Jun - Unknown (Player)
Mike - Musician
Shortly after meeting with the characters things turn sinister with the theft of a book Mike was borrowing from Elder, upon investigating the theft the residents all accuse Danny however Jun (player) tries to keep an open mind unless otherwise chosen by the player and the game will end. After this event things turn again with the death of the Elder at the hands of one of the residents. After owning up and in fear of his extstance the culprit of the first crime begs your help to stop the perpertraitor from committing anymore of his plan, but not before everyone starts feeling the effect of a chain of the events.
If you the player makes harsh and snap decisions through the game yet survive you will be denied access to the final events, however there is a way to fix this, there is another resident who appears in the stair cupboard which turns into a room, this is the Painter from the first game, if you get his watch from Sean he will repaint your soul in order to pass to the final chamber. The epilogue sees a dark entity had control over the cumbling mind of one resident and forced the actions upon everyone, when she is defeated the resident chooses to leave, the others all cured and back to normal return to the mansion to continue their existences in peace.
Prequel
Yumemi Mystery Mansion is the prequel to The Mansion Of Hidden Souls and was released on Sega CD, it featured the Elder as a young boy who was trapped in the Mansion in order to save his sister from becoming a permanent resident. According to the story they both grew up and Elder's sister died during the war, however it is not specified which war was the cause. The first game had a darker tone and very sinister rooms, consisting of metal, heat, a body and grating, much like Silent Hill's nightmare world. The residents were different too consisting of a female musician with a southern accent, a cockney butterfly collector, a painter, a young girl, and a fortune teller. There are many puzzles in the game and the player must find a way out before the strike of midnight.
References
- ^ Saturn version release data, GameFAQs.com.
External links
Categories: 1993 video games | Sega Mega-CD games | Sega Saturn games | Vic Tokai games | System Sacom games
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