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Torico

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), Atlus (US)

Developer: System Sacom

Supporting companies: Sega CS1

Sound driver: SCSP (1/1 track)

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-06-28^[2]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[3]	GS-9056
US	1997-03-26^[4]		T-14403H
EU	1997-03-27^[5]		MK81053-50
DE	1997-03-27^[5]		MK81053-50
PT	199x
UK	1997-03-27^[6]^[5]	£39.9939.99^[7]	MK81053-50
PL	1997
AU	199x		FTOR01SSC

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Torico, known in North America as Lunacy and in Japan as Gekka Mugentan Torico (月花霧幻譚ＴＯＲＩＣＯ), is a Sega Saturn adventure game which exclusively utilizes full-motion video comprised of pre-rendered 3D animation. The spiritual successor to titles like Yumemi Mystery Mansion and The Mansion of Hidden Souls, it was first released in Japan in June 1996^[2], and was later localized and released in the West the following March.^[4]^[5]

Story

“

There exists a legendary city where your every wish is granted. But wishes have a price. Those who have walked into the magical city wear a special mark upon their foreheads - and have no memory of who they once were.

The gateway to this mysterious realm lies in your hometown, the City of Mists. You too wear the mark of a wishmaker. Your past is a blur but your future is set. Lord Gordon, ruler of the City of Mists has ordered you to once again find the entrance to the legendary city, or be killed.

Once you return, you must discover how to keep the magical realm from destroying itself and your homeland as you try to regain your most precious possessions - your memories.

„

— US print advert^[8]

Gameplay

The game plays almost identically to Yumemi Mystery Mansion, the player assumes the role of an amnesiac traveler named Fred. He can travel on pre-determined paths and movement is displayed via FMV. Like Jonathan in Yumemi Mystery Mansion, Fred can examine objects, some of which can be picked up and held in his inventory. In addition to the inventory seen in the previous two games, Torico introduces "memory select" which allows Fred to review any conversation he has had. Unlike Jun in The Mansion of Hidden Souls, the player cannot control the conversation Fred has with other characters in any way, but can give items from his inventory in certain situations.

Pressing or rotates the viewpoint between possible directions of travel, and walks in that direction. The button is used to examine and interact with objects. Pressing opens the inventory, and opens the memory select screen.

Disc A is fairly linear and is set in the City of Mists. Fred navigates this quaint town and can enter buildings that are often inhabited by residents. Fred's goal is to find the city of moons. completing this disc ends in only one possible outcome. Disc B can only be accessed once disc A is completed and is set in the city of moons. Unlike disc A, there are several possible outcomes on completing this disc, depending on what items are used and given. Fred's goal here is to recover his memory and find out his true background.

History

Torico initially struggled to obtain Sega of America and Sega Europe's approval, at one point being publicly cancelled^[9]. It was subsequently un-cancelled and released in early 1997.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Torico	Torico
English (US)	Lunacy	Lunacy
Japanese	月花霧幻譚 TORICO	Gekka Mugentan Torico

Comparisons

Main article: Torico/Comparisons.

Production credits

Cast

Fred: 子安武人
Gordon: 中田和宏
Zaboo: 藤田淑子
Jade: 大塚芳忠
Morse: 長島雄一
Rose: 遠藤春
HAL: 瀧本富士子
MAC: 石森達幸
Hannah: 榊原良子
Gray: 梅津秀行
MEG And LOUISE: 白鳥由里
Anthony: 有本欽隆
Ray: 翠準子

Staff

原案・協力: 竹本健治
企画: 土屋佳緒里
絵コンテ: 祝浩司
作曲: 鈴木日出男, 神保直明
音響: 玉田佳央子, 井上雅晴
プログラム: 谷川健一, 古幡真一
映像: 武田則子, 岡村光, 高見典宏, 渡辺真理
録音制作: (株)AUDIO・タナカ
オープニング・エンディングミュージック: 野見祐二
Supervisor: 伊佐弘, Mark Flint, 佐藤浩一, System Sacom
Producers: 山田辰夫, 吉永匠
監督: 丸濱博之
製作: 株式会社セガ・エンタープライゼス

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[10]

Original Form: Kenji Takemoto
Planning: Kaori Tsuchiya
Continuity: Hiroshi Houri
Composers: Hideo Suzuki, Naoaki Jimbo
Sound Effects: Kaoko Tamada, Satoru Kurita
Program: Kenichi Tanigawa, Nobuhiro Miura
Picture: Noriko Takeda, Koh Okamura
Recording Production: Audio Tanaka Co,Ltd.
Opening & Ending Music: Yuji Nomi
Supervisor: Hiroshi Isa, Kouichi Satoh
Producers: Tatsuo Yamada, Takumi Yoshinaga
Director: Hiroyuki Maruhama
Production: Sega Enterprises Co,Ltd.

Magazine articles

Main article: Torico/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-09: "1996-09 (1996-06-14)" (1996-05-24)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-10: "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (1996-06-14)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-11: "1996-11 (1996-07-12)" (1996-06-28)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

56

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[12]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

50

^[13]

GameFan (US)

81

^[14]

GameFan (US)

91

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

53

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

60

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

60

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

73

^[20]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[21]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-J

75

^[22]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

65

^[23]

Player One (FR)

89

^[24]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

84

^[25]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[26]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[27]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

76

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

83

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

66

^[7]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[31]

Strana Igr (RU)

80

^[32]

Super Power (FI)

77

^[33]

Ultra Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

66

^[34]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

80

^[35]

	71
Based on 26 reviews

Torico

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc 1 Disc 2 Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual Map

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc 1

Saturn, PT
Cover
Disc 1

Saturn, AU
Cover

Saturn, TR
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Torico/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Saturn
Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn

References

↑ File:Torico Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
↑ http://www.sega.highway.or.jp:80/sega/p_cafe/DB/09056/09056.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-05-02 15:50)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Press release: 1997-02-26: Manx TT Leads Sega's Games Line Up For March
↑ http://www.sega-europe.com/saturn/satinfo.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-02 14:09)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1997" (UK; 1997-04-12), page 72
↑ File:Lunacy Saturn US PrintAdvert.jpg
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-01), page 12
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2e0L-68sg
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 53
↑ Famitsu, "1996-07-05" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 76
↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 4: April 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
↑ GamePro, "May 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Game Informer, "April 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 70
↑ MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 73
↑ Mega Fun, "05/97" (DE; 1997-04-02), page 80
↑ Next Generation, "June 1997" (US; 1997-05-20), page 124
↑ Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 173
↑ neXt Level, "Mai 1997" (DE; 1997-04-18), page 68
↑ Player One, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Playmag, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 110
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 128
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 17" (JP; 1996-08-02), page 80
↑ Sega Magazin, "Mai 1997" (DE; 1997-04-09), page 80
↑ Sega Power, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-12), page 44
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (JP; 1996-06-14), page 231
↑ Strana Igr, "Aprel 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 74
↑ Super Power, "6 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Ultra Game Players, "May 1997" (US; 1997-04-29), page 70
↑ Video Games, "5/97" (DE; 1997-04-23), page 110

Torico

Books: Gekka Mugentan Torico Official Guide (1996)

Prototypes: 1997-01-11

Yumemi Yakata games
Yumemi Mystery Mansion (1993) \| The Mansion of Hidden Souls (1994) \| Torico (1996)

[:File:Torico_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Torico Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200330225358.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fsegasaturn.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970502155031.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega.highway.or.jp:80.2Fsega.2Fp_cafe.2FDB.2F09056.2F09056.html-3] ttp://www.sega.highway.or.jp:80/sega/p_cafe/DB/09056/09056.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-05-02 15:50)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990221172240.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fsaturn.html-4] 4.0 ^4.1 http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)

[Press_release:_1997-02-26:_Manx_TT_Leads_Sega.27s_Games_Line_Up_For_March-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Press release: 1997-02-26: Manx TT Leads Sega's Games Line Up For March

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19981202140918.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-europe.com.2Fsaturn.2Fsatinfo.html-6] ttp://www.sega-europe.com/saturn/satinfo.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-02 14:09)

[:File:SSM_UK_19.pdf_p72-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1997" (UK; 1997-04-12), page 72

[:File:Lunacy_Saturn_US_PrintAdvert.jpg_p-8] File:Lunacy Saturn US PrintAdvert.jpg

[:File:MeanMachinesSega50UK.pdf_p12-9] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-01), page 12

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DmP2e0L-68sg-10] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2e0L-68sg

[:File:EGM_US_093.pdf_p53-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 53

[12] Famitsu, "1996-07-05" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-06.pdf_p76-13] Fun Generation, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 76

[:File:GameFan_US_0504.pdf_p26-14] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 4: April 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:GameFan_US_0409.pdf_p22-15] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePro_US_104.pdf_p94-16] GamePro, "May 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:GameInformer_US_048.pdf_p56-17] Game Informer, "April 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:Joypad_FR_056.pdf_p70-18] Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-04.pdf_p73-19] MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 73

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-05.pdf_p80-20] Mega Fun, "05/97" (DE; 1997-04-02), page 80

[:File:NextGeneration_US_30.pdf_p124-21] Next Generation, "June 1997" (US; 1997-05-20), page 124

[:File:NextGeneration_US_22.pdf_p173-22] Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 173

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1997-05.pdf_p68-23] neXt Level, "Mai 1997" (DE; 1997-04-18), page 68

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_075.pdf_p100-24] Player One, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:Playmag_FR_14.pdf_p110-25] Playmag, "Mai 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 110

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p128-26] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 128

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-17_19960823.pdf_p80-27] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 17" (JP; 1996-08-02), page 80

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_42.pdf_p80-28] Sega Magazin, "Mai 1997" (DE; 1997-04-09), page 80

[:File:SegaPower_UK_91.pdf_p44-29] Sega Power, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-12), page 44

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13

[:File:SSM_JP_19960628_1996-10.pdf_p231-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (JP; 1996-06-14), page 231

[32] Strana Igr, "Aprel 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1997-06.pdf_p48-33] Super Power, "6 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_097.pdf_p70-34] Ultra Game Players, "May 1997" (US; 1997-04-29), page 70

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-05.pdf_p110-35] Video Games, "5/97" (DE; 1997-04-23), page 110

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Difference between revisions of "Torico"

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

History

Versions

Localised names

Comparisons

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References