Dreamcast

Shenmue

Description

In Shenmue you play some weeks in the life of Ryo, trying to take revenge on the people who killed his father. A time limit ticks down in the background, but as long as you have time, you're absolutely free to do what you want: Spend your days asking people for clues? Good Idea. Play Super Hang On in the local arcade without end? Okay as well. Get a job and drive a fork-lifter for days? No prob, but will it help you? You control Ryo in Third-Person-Perspective in full 3D; most of the time you run around in typical action-adventure-style: initiating dialogues, manipulating objects. Sometimes the game asks for fast-button-pressing. An example: You follow a street and a boy shoots a football across you path. If you press A fast enough, Ryo shoots the ball back and gets the chance to talk to the boy.

Alternate Titles

• "莎木 第一章 橫須賀" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "シェンムー　一章：横須賀" -- Japanese title
• "Virtua Fighter RPG" -- Working title
• "Shenmue: Chapter One - Yokosuka" -- Full Japanese title
• "Project Berkley" -- Second working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with hidden/unlockable full games
• Shenmue series

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User Reviews

The game I've been waiting for	Unicorn B. Lynx (63180)
A work of Art (Capital A intentional)	Tom Blackwell (8)
One of the best games ever made.	Sycada (177)
The only reason you need to buy a Dreamcast.	Courtland Funke (45)
Hello, My Name Is Ryo Hazuki, You Killed My Father Prepare To Die	MasterMegid (864)
The soda-buying simulator	Vance (97)
One of the most realistic games iv'e ever played	Goteki45 (324)

The Press Says

GamesFirst!	Nov 23, 2000		100
Cincinnati Enquirer	Nov 15, 2000		100
Super Play	Nov, 2000	10 out of 10	100
SegaFan.com	Jan 17, 2003	9.7 out of 10	97
Meristation	Dec 01, 2000	9.5 out of 10	95
Game Revolution	Jan 11, 2000	A-	91
Gamestyle	Jul 12, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Armchair Empire, The	Dec 29, 2000	8.3 out of 10	83
GameSpot	Jan 11, 2000	7.8 out of 10	78
Power Unlimited	Jan, 2001	7.8 out of 10	78

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Clear Game Save	3	ganjathief (111) Jul 03, 2009

Trivia

The working title of this game was Virtua Fighter RPG and the protagonist Ryo was in fact based on Akira from the Virtua Fighter series.