The Mansion of Hidden Souls

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The Mansion of Hidden Souls
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer: System Sacom
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Adventure
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: 日本語 English Deutsch Français Español
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-12-02 ¥7,8007,800 GS-9005 US 1995-11 81012 DE 1995 MK81012-18 ES 1995 MK81012-06 FR 1995 MK81012-09 UK 1995-11 £39.9939.99 MK81012-05 PL 1996 199zł199 AU 199x FMAN09SSC

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The Mansion of Hidden Souls, known as Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga... (真説・夢見館 扉の奥に誰かが・・・) in Japan, is a Sega Saturn sequel to Yumemi Mystery Mansion. Awkwardly its prequel is called Mansion of Hidden Souls in North America, which can lead to some confusion. It was followed by Torico in 1996.

Gameplay

Gameplay is similar to Yumemi Mystery Mansion and Torico in which the player assumes the role of Jun and solves a series of strange events with the NPC, Mike. the game uses FMV to render the titular mansion and the Jun can move down pre-determined paths and examine objects, some of which can be picked up and added to Juns inventory. Unlike the other two games in the series however, (or even similar FMV adventures such as D or Myst there are no puzzles. instead Jun has to converse with other residents to solve problems using either button to react positively or for a negative response. Jun can also give or receive items in successful conversations.

Controls

moves Jun forward, examine objects or rotates Jun on the spot, brings up the inventory, positive response, use or give item from inventory. negative response.

Versions

Note: This is the only game in the series to be localised in languages other than English and Japanese.

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	The Mansion of Hidden Souls	The Mansion of Hidden Souls
Japanese	真説・夢見館 扉の奥に誰かが・・・	Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga...
French	Le Manoir des Ames Perdues	The Manor of Lost Souls
German	Mystery Mansion: Das Haus Der Verlorenen Seelen	Mystery Mansion: The House of Lost Souls
Spanish	La Mansión de las Almas Ocultas	The Mansion of the Hidden Souls

Screenshot

Main article: The Mansion of Hidden Souls/Comparisons.

Production credits

Oversea version

• Computer Graphics: S.S.D.
• Music: S.S.D.
• Sound Effects: S.S.D.
• Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
• Producers: Yoji Ishii, Yutaka Sugano
• Director: Tomohiro Kondo
• Localisation Team: Lia Ithell, Simon Bradley, Cara McMullan
• Testing: Sega of Europe, Sega of America

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In-game credits

• Product Manager: Lori Von Rueden
• Manual: John McClain

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US manual

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Japanese version

Cast

• Mike: Nozomu Sasaki
• Elder: Jyou Fujimoto
• Cathy: Megumi Hayashibara
• Nezumi: Naoki Tatsuta
• Jossie: Akiko Takeguchi
• Danny: Masashi Sugawara
• Sean: Tetsuya Iwanaga
• Raymond: Kan Tokunaga
• Hunter: Kenyu Horiuchi
• Kandolla: Yumi Hikita
• Artist: Yasunori Matsumoto
• Girl: Satomi Koorogi

Staff

• Computer Graphics: S.S.D.
• Music: S.S.D.
• Sound Effects: S.S.D.
• Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
• Producers: Yoji Ishii, Yutaka Sugano
• Directer: Tomohiro Kondo
• Vocal Recording: AUDIO・タナカ
• Supervisor: David S. Stone

The End

(C)Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1994

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: The Mansion of Hidden Souls/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score CD Consoles (FR) 40 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 75 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 78 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 70 Joypad (FR) 83 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 59 Maximum (UK) 25 Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J 84 Mega Force (FR) PAL 69 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 77 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 63 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 50 Player One (FR) 65 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 77 Saturn+ (UK) PAL 79 Sega Magazin (DE) 61 Sega Power (UK) PAL 68 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 69 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 63 Total Saturn (UK) PAL 30 Ultimate Gamer (US) NTSC-U 60 Video Games (DE) PAL 51 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 60

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The Mansion of Hidden Souls

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, UK
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE (USK sticker)
Cover
Disc

Saturn, ES
Cover

Saturn, AU
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	447,703,200		CD-ROM (DE)	MK81012-18 V1.009
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	457,760,352		CD-ROM (ES)	MK81012-06 V1.011
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	444,626,784		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81012-50 V1.009
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	449,434,272		CD-ROM (FR)	MK81012-09 V1.010
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	467,817,504	1994-11-11	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9005 V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	444,278,688		CD-ROM (US)	81012 V1.006
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1995-08-30	CD-R				Page

Track list

1. Data track

2. CD Warning message (special) (00:08)

► Running time: 0:08

Video

The game's graphics are a mixture of still-image and animated cinepak files. most do not have audio, while others sometimes have a voice or music stream.

audio

Voice samples are raw 16bit audio clips played back at a rate of 22050khz. conversely the music during gameplay mostly consists looped 8bit raw clips played at 8000khz, while a select few are 16bit at 4000khz, unless it is integrated in a video stream. these raw audio clips can be imported into audacity and similar sound editors.

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn